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Students collaborate work with new hub
Hillside Hall gains high tech upgrades By SAMANTHA FRAZIER Staff sefrazie@ius.edu
The IT Department added two new collaboration hub tables on the second floor lounge of Hillside Hall. Finished just a week before fall classes began, this source of technology allows students to share individual work from their laptops through a big screen TV. “This is brand new for this campus,” Tom Sawyer, chief information officer for the IT Department, said. “This is as good as you’re going to see anywhere in the country,” Sawyer said. “Nobody else has done it. The company that put this together for us had never done one like this.” The collaboration hub tables work by letting up to four students connect their laptops or tablets to the TV screen by connecting a chord to their computers. The chords are kept in a small black box on the table, which
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Mark Bobo, Robert Lizenby, Craig Bates and Hannah Wohlenhaus, informatics seniors, collaborate for a project in their informatics capstone class using one of the collaboration hub tables in Hillside Hall. The hubs allow students to share information from their laptops and project it onto a TV screen.
also brings up a touch screen panel. Students can view each other’s work from their individual laptops by touching a number on the touch panel. The information from one student’s computer is shown on the screen and can be switched between each student’s laptop by pressing a button. Sawyer said the keyboards and mouse are
wireless in order to better assist students and keep the tables neat. He said he did not want chords hanging out, as with some of the other IU campuses. Though located in Hillside Hall, the tables are not owned by the Department of Education or Business — they are available for everyone on campus. No appointment is
needed but use is based on a first come, first serve basis. Aside from working at IU Southeast, Sawyer also works with three other IU campuses. He added a total of nine collaboration hub tables at each campus and one in the new IUS Graduate Center in Jeffersonville. “[Other IU campuses] have similar technolo-
gies, but they haven’t put them together quite like we did,” Sawyer said. “We did them a little bit different.” Sawyer said the idea for the collaboration tables themselves actually came from collaborations among IT Department members. The members brainstormed ways to keep up technologically with changing teaching methods
and worked with other IU campuses to see how they could best implement new technology at IU Southeast. After seeing other campuses using collaboration hub tables, Sawyer said they worked to add some on campus. In addition, Sawyer said he noticed how his grandchildren were starting to work on collaborative kinds of projects as early as elementary school and thought colleges and universities should keep pace. He also said he hopes new equipment, such as the hubs, will help take the technology discussion off the table for faculty and students. “There should be no reason why technologically they can’t do the things they want to do,” he said. The collaboration hub tables are meant to be a pilot for IU Southeast to see if and how well they work. Sawyer said the IT Department is looking to find out if this is something teachers and students want and can use. “We’re trying to get See HUBS, page 2
Intramurals director spikes program into new year
campus and the commuters together. Because a lot of people tend to commute to IU Southeast from Louisville and Southern Indiana, Dowling said The Intramurals Program delayed he would like to have more events its activities for the 2012-13 school during the daytime so they can fit inyear while the Athletics Department tramurals into their schedules. searched to find a new intramurals di- He said this would allow students who live in the dorms or commute to rector. After nearly a month of inactivity, get to know each other. Tom Dowling was hired to fill the po- In addition, Dowling said he would sition after Perry Brown, former intra- also like to have more events occur at mural director, moved to Alabama to night, specifically around 9:30 or 10 p.m. work for Talladega College. “I’m really excited for this po- The first late night event Dowling is sition,” Dowling said, “and, even planning is dodgeball. though I’m still in the process of fig- “Sometimes, students are looking for something to do but uring things out, I can’t they lack money or even wait to get everything a car to go out and do started for this year.” something,” Dowling The first event Dowlsaid. “This would be a ing has planned is flag great outlet for them to football, starting Oct. 28. get out and just enjoy Dowling said he has themselves.” some very specific goals Another goal Dowlin mind for the outcome ing has is to see a higher of this program. percentage of students Dowling said the Inparticipate in all of tramurals Program used sports instead of one. to be more tournament “I would ideally like based, but he and the to see an outcome of 700 Athletics Department Tom Dowling to 900 unique students would like to have intramurals director involved with intramuthe program be more rals,” Dowling said. league-based. Joe Glover, athletics “While tournaments are great, they typically are only once director, said Dowling already has a week and tended to never be on the great ideas for the Intramural Prosame day,” Dowling said “By chang- gram. ing from tournaments to leagues I Glover said, while the Athletics Dehope to create a level of consistency partment is ambitious for the outcome for the students, so they will know ex- of the program this year, it will be actly when and where they are play- hard to accomplish without the help of work-study students. ing, and what sport is being played.” Dowling said he also wants to work “Right now, we have hired two to integrate the students who live on part-time staff positions — one to run By GAIL FAUSTYN Staff gfaustyn@ius.edu
This would be a great outlet for them to get out and just enjoy themselves.
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the Intramural Program, and one to maintain the student gym,” Glover said. “It’s a lot of work for these gentlemen to take on, and they both have very busy lives. We would really like to see some work-study students help out.” Glover said the department is looking to find about 10 to 20 students to help with the Intramurals Program, as well to help maintain the gym. The position would be part-time and paid.
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For intramurals, the work-study students would act as referees. If students wanted to work for the Athletics Department, they would complete tasks, such as making sure students sign in and out, showing others how to use the equipment and maintain the upkeep of the Activities Building. “No special skills are necessary for this position, the student will just have
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