For those of us who are adept with recent technologies, we sometimes forget that there are many others who still have not traversed into these waters. Presenting at the Emerging Technologies Symposium is a great way to assist them while gaining instructional experience. It can also give concrete examples of SLIS competencies necessary for the LIBR 289 e-Portfolio. Look at the proposal form to get a sense of what technologies we are looking for and then go ahead and complete the form by June 26, 2008. Decisions about presenters will be made by ALASC in July.


You may take up to one (1) hour to present and provide step-by-step guidance. In that time, presenters are expected to

1. Post your photo (or any image) to their ETS profile and provide some information about yourself. (This is a great way to get to know fellow SLISsers.) Either through handouts or your profile, make it as easy as possible for participants to get to know you and contact you.
2. Post a description of your session and what you intend to focus on. Feel free to continually modify your program on this wiki and provide the following information to help others gain the most from your session.
   • any specifications necessary to use the product(s)
   • whether your experience is which Macs or PCs, Firefox or Internet Explorer, VISTA or Windows XP, etc.)
   • link to product website
   • price if applicable
   • whether or not a product download is necessary
3. Discuss the purpose of the technology and how it can be useful to their graduate studies and/or the LIS field.
4. Walk participants through opening an online account with the product(s) you introduce and helping them download the software where necessary.
5. Encourage participation by limiting your own talking time and encouraging questions.
6. Check out these presentation tips.

ALASC will also provide presenters with moderator training in Elluminate, the web conferencing software that will be used at ETS.

The tone of the conference is meant to be relaxed and non-threatening for both presenters and participants. It is meant to encourage the exchange of knowledge and give experience to SLISsers. Since this is a learning environment for both presenters and participants, ALASC does not expect perfection from its presenter, but rather that all have a good time and leave with tangible skills and experience with emerging technologies.

Participants are free to jump in and out of sessions and explore throughout the symposium.

Once your proposal has been approved, please post your Presenter Profile and any handouts by September 1, 2008. We also encourage you to post your resume or a link to your online professional profile.

You may also use the thread discussion below to post questions and answer others' questions.