Campus Explorations - Fall 2007

An interdisciplinary project.
A campus-wide Learning Community focusing on

IMPACTS OF TECHNOLOGY

The entire campus voted for this year's theme, and we invite everyone to participate in the conversations and projects that will follow from our various interests in this important topic.

Consider the following ways to participate:

Register for our seminar (Class #74130) and earn one unit of college credit!
Seminar sessions are held once a week, Wednesdays from 2 - 3 p.m. in Room ES-19

Want to know more? Contact the Learning Outcomes Council
Professor Barbara Kelber (760)744-1150 Ext. 2402   email: bkelber@palomar.edu

Visit http://www.palomar.edu/campusexplorations

Fall Semester 2007

• "Impacts of Technology" - reflecting on American life and literature; group discussion
  Barb Neault Kelber, English
  August 29th | 2:00-3:00pm
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• "Open Eyes: Teaching with Technology"
  Thomas Powers, Art
  September 5th | 2:00-3:00pm
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• Mary Cassoni, Business
  September 12th | 2:00-3:00pm
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• Dillon Emerick, Philosophy
  September 19th | 2:00-3:00pm
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• "Technology as Trojan Horse: Some Thoughts on where High Tech Gadgets are taking the Culture and the Educational System"
  Martin Japtok, English
  September 26th | 2:00-3:00pm
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• "Assessment of Technology: The Importance of the Negative View"
  Daniel Finkenthal, Physics
  October 3rd | 2:00-3:00pm
  (no live webcast | archive only)

• Mid-semester OPEN FORUM on "The Impacts of Technology"
  YOU are the speakers!
  Welcoming all views, all contributions...
  October 10th | 2:00-3:00pm
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• "Flattened by Globalization"
  Jose Esteban and Teresa Laughlin, Economics
  (in conjunction with Political Economy Days)
  October 17th | 2:00-3:00pm
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• "Evolution of the Book: How Technology Impacts What We Read and How We Read"
  Library faculty - Professors Judy Cater, Katy French, Byung Kang, Linda Morrow, and Tamara Weintraub
  October 24th | 2:00-3:00pm
  (not available)
  
  
• Guest of Phil de Barros, Anthropology
  October 31st | 2:00-3:00pm
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• "Technology's Unseen Hand: Getting A Grip on the Late Capitalist, Post Industrial, Post Modern, Information Age" - a multi-media, multi-facetted, multi-disciplinary, multi-tasking, multivalent presentation.
  Mike Mufson, Performing Arts
  November 7th | 2:00-3:00pm
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• "Technology and the Study of Life Sciences"
  Life Sciences Faculty
  November 14th | 2:00-3:00pm
  (not available)
  
  
• Happy Thanksgiving!
  November 21st
  
  
  
• "Batteries Included: Toys of Today and Their Impact on Children's Development"
  Jenny Fererro and Gina Wilson, Child Development
  November 28th | 2:00-3:00pm
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• Madelyn Byrne, Music/Performing Arts
  December 5th | 2:00-3:00pm
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