CIS Presents

Careers in Information Technology

2008-04-04T07:38:00.000-07:00

March 19th- "Technologies in the market & Careers"

2008-03-23T19:00:00.000-07:00

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Ian Ceicys Senior Consultant, at Microsoft spoke on the topic "Technologies in the market & Careers"
Click here to listen to the lecture.

Chris Penn, New Media

2008-03-17T06:00:00.000-07:00

Chris Penn, host of the Financial Aid Podcast, spoke at Bentley about New Media.
Watch the Quicktime video here: http://blip.tv/file/741865

Feb 25th- Introduction to Vista

2008-02-29T15:42:00.000-08:00

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Edwin Guarin of Microsoft spoke on the topic "Introduction to Vista and Office 2007"
Click here to listen to the lecture.

Everything Google Part 1 GoogleTranslator

2008-02-27T11:26:00.000-08:00

Google Translator being used to convert languages.

Everything Google Part 6 Google Maps (continued)

2008-02-27T11:09:00.002-08:00

Google Maps continued showing the first person view of Boston and other local places.

Everything Google Part 5 Google Spreadsheet

2008-02-27T11:09:00.001-08:00

Google Spreadsheet being used to do your work for you.

Everything Google Part 4 Google Docs

2008-02-27T11:09:00.000-08:00

Google Docs is used as an online word document that is capable of being edited by anyone who is invited.

Everything Google Part 3 Google Maps

2008-02-27T11:08:00.000-08:00

Google Maps being used to locate houses and other places.

Everything Google Part 2 Google411

2008-02-27T11:07:00.000-08:00

Google 411 being used to order pizza, and is also capable of many other features.

Feb 11th: Open Source Software

2008-02-13T15:31:00.000-08:00

Prof.David Yates spoke on the topic "How Open Source Software and Wireless Networks are Transforming Two Cultures: An Investigation in Urban North America and Rural Africa"
Click here to view the powerpoint slides

Feb 4th- Electronic Voting

2008-02-07T15:30:00.000-08:00

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It is Super Tuesday and Prof.Coralee Whitcomb spoke on the topic "Electronic Voting"
Click here to view the powerpoint slides

Everything Google

2007-11-27T07:18:00.000-08:00

Nov 6- CIS Major or IT Minor

2007-11-08T11:58:00.000-08:00

Powerpoint
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Prof.Jennifer Xu spoke on the topic "Learn about the CIS Major or IT Minor"
Click here to view the powerpoint.

Oct-30 Tony Tryonis

2007-10-31T08:22:00.000-07:00

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Tony Tryonis,Student Microsoft Representative,spoke about "XNA-Building Games for XBox 360"Click here to listen .

Oct 23- Edwin Guarin

2007-10-23T20:45:00.000-07:00

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Edwin Guarin of Microsoft,spoke about "The Business of Online Games"Click here to listen .

Who Runs the Internet

2007-10-23T14:22:00.001-07:00

PowerPoint

Prof. Coralee Whitcomb spoke on the topic "Who Runs the Internet?"

Podcasting Basics

2007-10-23T14:09:00.000-07:00

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Mark Frydenberg spoke about RSS Feeds and podcasting.
Here are two podcasts mentioned during the presentation to which you might subscribe:

Mr Excel's Podcast (RSS Feed)

Ask A Ninja

Surveillance

2007-10-04T13:46:00.000-07:00

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Prof. Coralee Whitcomb presented on the topic of Surveillance and Identity Theft. Her Powerpoint presentation is here.

Oct 2 - Chris Penn

2007-10-04T12:12:00.000-07:00

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Christopher Penn, co-founder of PodCamp and CTO of the Student Loan Network, discussed new media and its implications for students of today who are tomorrow's professionals. See the slides from his presentation and more info in this post
on Chris' blog.

Surveillance

2007-10-01T10:34:00.001-07:00

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Prof. Coralee Whitcomb presented on the topic of Surveillance and Identity Theft. Her PowerPointand Notes are here.

Colin Rhinesmith: Tools for Social Networking

2007-04-25T15:54:00.000-07:00

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Colin Rhinesmith is a graduate student at Emerson College working on a master's degree in media arts, with a focus on digital media and culture. He also works at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society. Colin spoke about how he is using several social networking tools to as part of his graduate research project at Emerson.

All Things Google

2007-03-27T11:51:00.000-07:00

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Mark Frydenberg presents on "All Things Google", and shows some of the products and services the company provides beyond the search engine.

Check out this video about working at Google.

RSS Blogs and Podcasts

2007-03-27T11:43:00.000-07:00

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Mark Frydenberg talks about XML, RSS, and Podcasts. Here's the PowerPoint.

Here are some podcasts to which you might want to subscribe:

Mr Excel's Podcast
http://feeds.feedburner.com/LearnExcelFromMrexcelPodcast

The Financial Aid Podcast
http://feeds.feedburner.com/StudentFinancialAidNews

Vintage ToonCast
http://feeds.feedburner.com/tooncast

Ask a Ninja Podcast
http://feeds.feedburner.com/AskANinja

Best Damn Tech Show Period
http://www.bdtsp.com/podcast/rss.xml (audio)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/BestDamnTechShowPeriodVideo (video)

Mobile Computing

2007-03-27T11:34:00.000-07:00

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Mark Frydenberg talks about developments in Mobile Computing. Here's the accompanying PowerPoint presentation.

URL's referenced in this presentation:

JuiceCaster

Nov 6 - Holmes Wilson "Digital News"

2006-11-07T11:17:00.000-08:00

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Holmes Wilson, from the Participatory Culture Foundation talked about the role of blogs, podcasts, and videos on the web. How can they make a difference on mainstream media? You can also download Democracy Player for an open source media player with access to several free video podcasts and other online sources.

Some sites that Holmes mentioned:

Oct 23- Colin Rhinesmith

2006-11-07T08:50:00.000-08:00

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Colin Rhinesmith, from Action Coalition for Media Education in Boston was our guest speaker. His topic was "Embracing New Technologies for Media Education, Justice, and Reform."

MySpace, Gather, and other social networking sites are bringing people and communities together online. But the New Digital Media Titans (the Yahoos, Googles, and Amazons) are increasingly invading our online public and personal spaces through profit motivation at the expense of conversation, education, and civic participation. How can a new generation of critical media educators and activists push back against this influx of corporate digital media consolidation and work
together through embracing new online technologies to benefit our students and communities?

In the spirit of the Free Culture movement, are media educators and activists willing to give up their personal ownership of ideas, skills, and knowledge for the benefit of their students and communities? How can media educators and activists embrace these new concepts and technologies to pave the way for a larger progressive movement fighting for racial, economic, and social justice against the backdrop of an increasingly corporate digital media system?

Hands On Wireless Networking

2006-11-01T19:39:00.000-08:00

Bill VanderClock led a session about building a wireless network. Read the overview, network requirements, and steps for setting up a wireless network.

How Did My IT Minor Help My Career?

2006-11-01T11:10:00.000-08:00

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Eric Olson, Bentley class of 2004, was a finance major and IT Minor. He spoke about how his IT Minor, his blog, and his podcast all helped him in the various jobs he has had since graduating from Bentley.

Eric says that the blog will soon replace the resume, so check out his blog at The Wannabe Venture Capatalist. You can also look at his PowerPoint slides too.

XML, RSS, and Podcasting: The Need for Feeds

2006-10-24T19:07:00.000-07:00

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Mark Fyrdenberg spoke about how to use Live BookMarks in Firefosx,
and subscribe to podcasts in iTunes. Subscribe to podcasts and get
the most from your iPod.... Here's the
presentation.

The Future of Mobile Computing

2006-10-16T12:21:00.000-07:00

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Mark Frydenberg presented on the future of mobile computing. The
PowerPoint presentation shows lots of cool mobile devices.

Who's Watching You?

2006-09-25T14:32:00.000-07:00

Here's Coralee Whitcomb's presentation on Internet Surveillance. Audio to come.

Net Snippets

2006-09-21T08:58:00.000-07:00

Here are some of the materials from Tamara Rabinovich's presentation on NetSnippets.

The Awesome World of Electronic Resources at the Bentley Library

2006-09-18T15:45:00.000-07:00

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Lisa Curtain from the Bentley College Library presented on electronic resources, online databases, and other research tools available at the library. Here is the PowerPoint that accompanied the presentation.

Welcome to CIS Presents!

2006-09-08T07:43:00.000-07:00

Welcome to CIS Presents, a weekly podcast on topics of interest in Information Technology. This podcast is sponsored by the Computer Information Systems Department at Bentley College.