Atkins Fleming, Assistant Director of Learning Spaces at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. In my first demi-decade as a Higher Ed-tech manager, responsible for planning classroom upgrades, completing A/V projects, and purchasing technology, I was accustomed to staying a few months ahead of our installation schedule. For most classroom upgrades that began in... Read More
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There is a place for collaboration, evaluation, and demonstration of new technology but hopefully, this happens outside of the classroom production environment. Read More
The Do’s and Don’ts of Your Summer non-Vacation by Craig Shibley, Director of Multimedia Services at California Baptist University It’s the middle of summer. You made it through the weirdest, and possibly hardest, full school year of your professional career. Great job. And now that summer break is here and there are classes to handle,... Read More
Live Events Are Back….Right? Seth Roybal, Audio Visual Services Manager, California Baptist University As the summer of 2021 approaches, it seems as though life is becoming more normal every day. But there is also the big question of how “normal” will “normal” actually be? Is there a “new normal” that we are going back to?... Read More
AV and IT – Building different parts of the same sandcastle. Director of Multimedia Services, California Baptist University It doesn’t feel like very long ago we were having the debate about where audiovisual equipment fell in with the IT world. And not long before that, the debate didn’t even exist. I got into the AV... Read More
Emerging Technology in Higher Education Joshua Kaufman, M.Ed, CTS Campus AV Coordinator Tufts University As a kid, my grandfather would take me to flea markets after breakfast on Sundays. We’d walk up and down the rows of junk, jetsam, and occasional treasures. One particular booth called “Trailing Edge Technology” always intrigued me. I didn’t understand... Read More
COVID Anniversary – The Good, the Bad, and How We’ll Do Better Craig Shibley, Director of Multimedia Services at California Baptist University Last March I was planning my annual trip to MLB Spring Training in Arizona when I got an email from campus with a COVID update saying that our county was considered safe and... Read More
Do you love AV? Circle YES or NO Donovan MondayClassroom Technology and Distance Education at West Virginia University I can say there are a lot of things I love in this world. My wife, my son, Walt Disney World, a good bacon cheeseburger, but AV? Can I really say that? What would make someone love... Read More
