COM Educational Technology

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COM Educational Technology

• Russell Scaduto, Ph.D.
• rscaduto_at_hmc.psu.edu
• Associate Professor
• Director of Research and Academic Computing
• April 1, 2006

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This Presentation.

• is available on my website at
• http//www.hmc.psu.edu/scaduto

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Our Computing Environment

• All educational material is available on-line
  through ANGEL (http//angel.psu.edu). All
  faculty members provide their lectures as
  PowerPoint presentations and notes/handouts as
  either PDF or Word files.
• All lectures rooms (well, almost all), all
  Problem-Based Learning rooms, the student
  cubicles, the outdoor courtyard and the Harrell
  Library have wireless Internet access. The dorms
  (Manor) are wired.
• Lecture rooms have 120V power at the seats.
• Everyone has a personal file space (that is
  backed up daily) and an account to a centralized
  email and calendaring system.
• All lecture material and your personal file space
  is available from any computer with Internet
  access.
• Students can bring their own computer (Mac or
  PC), or you can purchase a pre-configured Dell
  laptop from us through our Student Laptop
  Program.

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Laptop Program, Why?

• We want to enhance your educational experience at
  the College of Medicine, and allow you to focus
  on things that matter. You should not be
  distracted with having to manage the service of
  your computer.
• We can better support computers that we know a
  lot about. Let IT manage your computer (patches,
  security updates, etc.), so you dont have to.

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Laptop Program, How it works.

• Through bulk purchasing agreements with Dell and
  with educational software discounts, we can offer
  a purchase plus support plan for a laptop that is
  well-suited to your needs for a very competitive
  price.
• The Dell laptop Model D610 was chosen by the
  medical student IT representatives for the 2009
  class. This year it may be the Model D620.
• The support plan includes remote control
  capability and a laptop-swap for hardware
  repairs.
• All anti-virus, anti-spyware and software updates
  are pushed automatically.

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Laptop Program, More Details

• The current laptop is a Dell Model D610 with the
  following featuresIntel Pentium M 2.0 GHz 760
  processor, 40 GB HD, 512MB DDR RAM, 56K Modem,
  24X CDRW/DVD, Wireless LAN 802.11a/b/g, Carrying
  case, 4 USB 2.0, 14.1 SVGA, Serial port,
  Parallel port, Ethernet, PCMCIA, 4.67 lbs.
• Installed software includesWindows XP
  Professional, Microsoft Office 2003 (Word, Excel,
  PowerPoint, etc.), Adobe Acrobat Reader,
  GroupWise email client, Roxio Easy CD Creator,
  Symantec Antivirus, LANDesk, Webroot Spyware
  Sweeper.
• The laptop comes pre-configuredThe laptop is
  ready-to-go and is set to use our wired and
  wireless networks, and has print drivers to print
  to networked printers in the George Harrell
  Library.

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More details.

• We anticipate a class size of 135 students.
• We will be offering laptop computers through this
  program until the order deadline of June 15,
  2005. If you are interested, dont forget the
  deadline.
• The purchase price last year was 1,646. You can
  arrange to have this paid through your student
  loan. You can also mail us a check.
• You can obtain more information and register
  on-line at www.hmc.psu.edu/md/students
• Send questions to me or to Fred Stuppy
  (fstuppy_at_hmc.psu.edu).

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Thank you

• Hope to see you in August!Enjoy your summer!
• This presentation is available on my website at
• http//www.hmc.psu.edu/scaduto