Faculty Technology Centers at Fordham

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Jesuit Education is about being agents for change and fighting for social justice--it makes sense then that Fordham Educators are Teaching with Wikipedia and our students are becoming Wikipedians. This giant encyclopedia, with over 40,750,129 pages in English (and counting) should be leveraged in the classroom for its bank of knowledge and vibrant global community. Wikipedia is a teaching tool for exploring concepts such as public trust and open source. It’s also a valuable opportunity to develop critical thinking and research skills, increase media and digital literacy and do volunteer work for the public good. Samantha Weald, Outreach Manager of the Wiki Edu Foundation, will be giving the afternoon keynote at Faculty Technology Day on May 22nd. We hope you will join us, please RSVP here: https://itnews.blog.fordham.edu/

Access to information is a human right and Wikipedia should reflect diversity and the full spectrum of human knowledge; Samantha Weald of @WikiEducation intends to guide students and educators to do just that! Samantha Weald is the Outreach Manager of the WIKI Education Foundation. Join us on May 22nd for Faculty Technology Day for Samantha Weald’s keynote. Please RSVP Today! https://itnews.blog.fordham.edu/

It is time to remember that having a higher public calling can unite doing well with doing good... our communications technologies can help us prosper while inspiring our whole civilization to become greater. (Bill Baker) Bill Baker’s is the Director of Bernard L. Schwarts Center for Media, Public Policy and Education at Fordham University, and President Emeritus of WNET, Please come join us on May 22nd for Faculty Technology Day for Bill Baker’s keynote on "The Digital Me...dia Transition: Redefining the American Media Landscape. Please RSVP Today! http://itnews.blog.fordham.edu/

Within and beyond schooling, learning should empower students to make informed decisions-- it should inspire a disposition and a habit of being that helps them shape the shaping of the rest of their lives. Watch the video below to hear more from Gardner Campbell's interview: Educating the Whole Person Join us on May 22nd for Faculty Technology Day for Gardner Campbell's keynote on Exercising the Franchise of Digital Citizenship. Please RSVP Today!... http://itnews.blog.fordham.edu/

We are living in the middle of the largest increase in the expressive capability in the history of the human race. (Clay Shirky, Here Comes Everybody) Gardner Campbell shares this quote during his talk "Teaching, Learning and the Digital Imagination" because we are at a fundamental turning point in human civilization. Join us on May 22nd for Faculty Technology Day for Gardner Campbell's keynote on Exercising the Franchise of Digital Citizenship. Please RSVP Today!... http://itnews.blog.fordham.edu/