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FAST FIVE for the week of December 9, 2012
Professor's favourite apps: Since so many students now enter the classroom with a tablet or a smartphone, professors are discovering ways to integrate these tools into their teaching and research. At the University of Ottawa, the Teaching and Learning Support Service’s Centre for e-Learning recently hosted its first ever show-and-tell session, where professors from a variety of faculties presented their favourite teaching and research apps and software. uOttawa show-and-tell apps session
Network renewal: The University of Calgary is planning a complete campus network core upgrade to improve reliability, adopt an improved security model, and enable large increases in network bandwidth. Targeted upgrades to local building networks will enable individual campus users to take advantage of the improved core network. The first outage needed to implement the changes will occur over the holiday break with a follow-up outage next year. uCalgary network upgrade
Mobile phone live hockey: Ryerson University students can now watch their hockey team's games live in a mobile phone format. For their fourth-year practicum project, a team of students created a mobile-optimized website at ryersonhockeymobile.com featuring stats and info for the Ryerson Rams hockey team, and live broadcasts of three full games that people can watch on their phones. Ryerson mobile phone hockey
Call for proposals: The CANHEIT 2013 organizing committee has issued its call for proposals for this year's conference. The theme of the conference is “Exceptional ideas for a changing world.” Proposals must be submitted by January 31, 2013 and they will be selected through crowdvoting and an evaluation committee process. CANHEIT 2013 proposals
Compliments U: Queens University has setup an unusual FaceBook page: Queens U Compliments. The page allows anyone to post a compliment for a Queen's student and have it published anonymously. If you have something nice to say about someone and maybe don't feel comfortable saying it to them in person, you can post it here. Being nice @ Queen's
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