Festival of Learning

Open Session Limited to 60 Participants (First-Come, First-In)

A Maker Faire session is a time where a variety of technologies and expertise exist to help you create something to take back to your classroom. You may drop by to learn more about them or sit down to build a project. The Maker Faire happens again on Thursday with new table topics and areas to explore. Feel free to drop in at any time in this time period of 9-12. 

Topics 
Table 1: Audio Recording Basics: Bring your audio related questions. We will cover generic recording equipment for instructional applications. You will walk away with knowledge of beginner's basics of audio and microphone setup principles. For example: How to insert audio file into Powerpoint, learn about mic positioning during setup, how to prepare audio for use as a podcast, etc. (Gee Lam and Adam Thomas)

Table 2: Presentation Planning and Speaking with Slides: How to plan, design and present digital slide presentations. Bring a topic and take your presentation through the EdMedia visual presentataion best practice templates (John Born)

Table 3: Design/Typography Clinic: Graphic design suggestions to improve your printed and digital materials. Bring your current or past projects to see what can be down to improve it. Bring your own laptop with your files. (Gabe Wong)

Table 4: Getting Started with Grav CMS: Bring your Mac or Windows laptop and take the modern flat-file (no database) CMS Grav for a quick spin, editing your Grav site with the text editor of your choice! Cloud-only option is available for the brave with only a tablet or Chromebook. Makes for a great preparation for the 'Moving Beyond the LMS with Grav' studio Thursday (June 9th) from 1:00pm - 4:00pm. (Paul Hibbitts)

Table 5: Open Source Apps that Can Aid Your Teaching: Want to try out some new open source apps that aid your teaching, learning and administrative activities? Want the functionality of Google drive or Dropbox with audio and video streaming capabilities, or a survey tool, or a chat service that are easy to set up, FIPPA compliant and offered by a trusted BC source? Bring your laptop and get going with apps in the Sandstorm framework. (Troy Welch)

Facilitators
Carson Au, Learning Technology Specialist, Teaching and Learning Centre, Simon Fraser University
Gee Lam, Learning Technology Specialist, Teaching and Learning Centre, Simon Fraser University 
Gabe Wong, Media Designer, Teaching and Learning Centre, Simon Fraser University 
John Born, Manager, Educational Media, Teaching and Learning Centre, Simon Fraser University 
Adam Thomas, Teaching and Learning Centre, Simon Fraser University 
Paul Hibbitts, Educator and Interaction Designer, Hibbitts Design / Simon Fraser University
Troy Welch, Innovation Developer, Thompson Rivers University