{"id":33449,"date":"2026-06-12T09:17:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T13:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/?p=33449"},"modified":"2026-06-12T09:17:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T13:17:40","slug":"teaching-with-technology-2026-kicks-off-june-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/teaching-with-technology-2026-kicks-off-june-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching with Technology 2026 Kicks off June 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Registration is open for our annual faculty development event! Week one kicks off with three sessions designed to ease you in and meet you where you are this summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>New this year is the Open Office Hours where at the end of each program day, you can drop in to ask additional questions about that day\u2019s sessions or bring any question pertaining to D2L or our other supported tools. Here is the lineup for week one:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>9:00 AM: From This Year to Next: A Guided Reflection for Faculty (Andy Wilczak)- <\/b>Join us for a guided reflection on the past year of teaching and learning. Through a series of focused questions, we will consider what worked, what didn\u2019t, and what we want to carry forward or leave behind. This session offers space to share experiences, gain new perspectives, and identify small, meaningful changes for the year ahead.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><b>10:00 AM: Click. Create. Collaborate: The Book Creator Experience (Stefan Zubel)- <\/b>Tired of the &#8216;copy-paste&#8217; cycle? Discover how to create a Single-Source Hub in Book Creator that stays synced across every D2L shell.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><b>10:45 AM: Transition to Teams for LIVE meetings (Karen Rodgers) &#8211; <\/b>Learn how to use Microsoft Teams meetings as a practical alternative to Zoom for online classes, office hours, and collaboration. This workshop highlights the basics of scheduling, joining, and managing Teams meetings with confidence.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><b>12:00 PM: Office Hours (OTTL staff) &#8211; <\/b>Drop in to our Brightspace\/LIVE Office Hours for quick help and friendly support. Whether you&#8217;re setting up your course, trying out new tools, or running into an issue, feel free to stop by, ask questions, and get the help you need\u2014no appointment required.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a great way to begin a summer of professional development. You won\u2019t want to miss it!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Get all of the details and register for sessions by visiting the TWT <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/wilkes.edu\/twt\/2026-agenda-recordings\"><b>website<\/b><\/a><b>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Earn the TWT 2026 Attendee Badge <\/b>by attending at least three complete sessions over the course of the event.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Your colleagues and the OTTL staff look forward to seeing you!<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Registration is open for our annual faculty development event! Week one kicks off with three sessions designed to ease you in and meet you where you are this summer.\u00a0 &nbsp; New this year is the Open Office Hours where at the end of each program day, you can drop in to ask additional questions about&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/teaching-with-technology-2026-kicks-off-june-17\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Teaching with Technology 2026 Kicks off June 17<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-staff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33450,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33449\/revisions\/33450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}