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Wednesday Wire: March 13, 2019

  1. Creative Apps for Classroom Use

    Submitted by Valerie Childress, childress.39@osu.edu

    Interested in adding some flair or a little color to your presentations? Or just love drawing and creativity in general? In this session we will demonstrate what industry standard creative applications are available. Topics will include creating graphics, doodles, mind-maps, graphs, and more. We will also explore Apple’s ‘Everyone Can Create’ curriculum and have some free time to work with these apps. Students, Faculty, and Staff are all welcome to attend. 

    Presenter: Margo Freed, CFAES IT Application Developer Assoc; Systems Developer/Engineer 

    Location: RS130 and via zoom 

    Register here for the Zoom information and to have the event added to you calendar: https://osu-cfaes.zoom.us/meeting/register/ba087c93ee1e8427c5b9141539e44ee6 
     

  2. Phi Theta Kappa Blood Drive

    Submitted by Kim Hostetler, hostetler.78@osu.edu

    Phi Theta Kappa is hosting a blood drive on Tuesday, April 9 from 10:00am to 4:00pm in the Housing Community Room. We hope to see you there.

  3. Better Science through Better Mentoring

    Submitted by Kris Boone, boone.3@osu.edu

    Strong mentorship has been linked to enhanced mentee productivity, self-efficacy, career satisfaction, and is an important predictor of the academic success of scientists and engineers in training. The Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER) has developed a curriculum based on proven mentorship development curricula.

    Federal funding agencies are calling for evidence-based development of mentoring skills as an important component of successful grant proposals. By participating in this workshop faculty will develop and/or enhance their mentoring skills and receive resources and materials to support effective mentoring of graduate students and postdoctoral trainees.

    This type of preparation is required for some faculty who plan to submit nominations for the 2020 President’s Postdoctoral Scholars Program (See nominating faculty eligibility here).

     

    Date:  March 18, 2018

    Time:  8 AM – 12 PM

    Location:  Room 126 in the Research Services Building

    Attendance is limited to 30 faculty members from any discipline although many of the case studies come from STEM fields.

     

  4. Request for Student Employment form updated

    Submitted by Robin Frazier, frazier.398@osu.edu

    The ATI Request for Student Employment Form has been updated and the revised version is now available on the ATI Intranet. Please dispose of any old versions of the form and begin using the updated one immediately. 
        
    New to the form: update to the minimum wage, place to provide information if the student's wages will be paid from grant/startup funds, and place to indicate if your student employee will need any IT equipment. 
        
    Overall, the process will remain the same. Please remember to allow 2 weeks for all student hires and include the completed student application with the request to hire form to start the process. 
        

  5. New Blog Post: 10 Things Every Incoming Freshman Should Know About College

    Submitted by Frances Whited, whited.16@osu.edu

    Check out the new post on the Buckeye Voices of Ohio State ATI blog by Sophie Hoelscher. She shares some great advice for incoming freshmen. 

  6. ATI Hort Complex featured in OSU alumni magazine

    Submitted by Kris Boone, boone.3@osu.edu

    ATI's horticulture complex is one of eight OSU gardens featured in the Spring 2019 online edition of the Ohio State Alumni Magazine. The eight also includes four CFAES gardens in Columbus, including Chadwick Arboretum.

  7. Using BigBang AR app as an icebreaker

    Submitted by Valerie Childress, childress.39@osu.edu

    As you know, I'm a tech and science nerd so recently I came across an article about a new app called "BigBang AR".  So, I downloaded it to my iPad and put on my headphones to see what it was about.  Of course, I thought it was awesome but then I thought I might share it with you because it could be used as a great icebreaker activity for the first or week of class in the fall of 2019 (you might want to check to see when they are getting their iPads).  In the fall our incoming freshman will once again be given iPads so that means almost all of our students will have iPads.  I'm working on some ways for them to be used in education so here is one of my ideas for an icebreaker or introduction activity:

    • Ask them to bring their iPad and a pair of headphones to class
    • Have them download the BigBangAR app * have them explore the app and then at the end it asks them if they want to take a "star" selfie (we know how students love taking selfies)
    • Have them upload their selfies to Carmen in a discussion board and introduce themselves

    ** if you are teaching chemistry or biology this might be a great introduction into elements I can show you how to do this activity if you need help. Article: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/google-cern-team-up-to-show-you-the-big-bang-in-ar/ar-BBUwf5D

    How to download: https://home.cern/news/news/knowledge-sharing/download-big-bang-your-smartphone

    Here is my star selfie:

    Big Bang photo