Good afternoon. I just attended a session on the authoring tool, Sophie.

I was hoping I could attach my notes since I was working in Word (am not aware of how to copy and paste). Will need to re-type when I have more time.

Prior to this session, I had a conversation with an Associate Dean from Duke about a poster display which was an overview of renovated building design in which the library, multiple classrooms, digital media rooms, and the helpdesk are in the same building. It appeared to be a holistic sense of combining faculty, students, resoures and media technology under one roof. Students and faculty alike really appreciate the functionality as well as the ambiance (not blue and white centric). Students increase traffic to this building 68% in the first year after the remodel. Students were not just going to check out a book and leaving (it appeared to be solely a library prior to 2008).

Also at this same time, a colleague from MTU, was hosting a project briefing on Acrobat Connect. Since I am familiar with it, I wanted to see if he had anything new to offer. Individuals were asking a lot of questions and I was pleased to know that I knew the answers thanks to my training in the CTIP computer bootcamp, our CTIP informal practice sessions and my classroom experience with it. So...while he may have had new information, I didn't hear anything based on questions that were asked.

Need to get moving to the next session.