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Early on Saturday, August 25th, members of the ZSR staff, along with the ITGs, RTAs, and some members of the IS staff, all met in Brendle Recital Hall for the third annual Technology@WFU.

Since 2005, when “ThinkPad Orientation” morphed into “Technology@WFU” in order to better meet the needs of a freshman orientation schedule that had be shortened by one day, we’ve been meeting with 500+ students at a time in two sections in Brendle Recital Hall. Half the students come from 9am-10:15am and then the other half attends from 10:45am to 12noon. This year we had 1059 students attend (a 94% attendance rate!)

We covered a wide range of topics, including “Care of the ThinkPad,” “Computing on a Campus Network” and “Classroom Computer Etiquette.” We had ITGs, RTAs and IS staff all volunteer to present on stage with me and Caroline.

This year we incorporated “clicker” questions into the event and gave out the Library’s 60 clickers. Students passed the clicker along their row, giving everyone a chance to answer at least one question. While the clickers were successful, I think it would have been more successful if every student had been able to answer each question.

This Fall and Spring we will be reviewing this year’s program and looking for more ways to streamline this process! Thanks to Lynn Sutton, Susan Smith, Kevin Gilbertson, Tim Mitchell, Craig Fansler, Kaeley McMahon, Lauren Pressley, and Carolyn McCallum for volunteering this year! Caroline and I appreciate all the assistance with this project from the members of the ZSR staff! Special thanks to Susan Smith for being the group photographer this year!