Video recordings of Past Tech Trends Lectures are available through WBGU's DVSS services to those who have a BGSU username and password. Those who have access will have to login once during each browser session to view videos.

Microsoft Vista and Office 2007
February 26, 2008, 2:30 pm, Bowen Thompson Student Union Theatre
Speaker: DeVaris Brown, Academic Relations Manager for the Heartland Region of Microsoft Corporation
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Copyright Issues in the Digital Age
November 28, 2007, 2:30 - 4:30 pm, Bowen Thompson Student Union Theatre
Speaker: Dru Zuretti, Manager of Copyright Education at Copyright Clearance Center (CCC)

MUVEs and Web 2.0:  Using Second Life to Create Real World Learning
October 23, 2007, 3:00 pm, Bowen Thompson Student Union Theatre
Speaker: Sarah "Intellagirl" Robbins, Director of Emerging Technologies at Media Sauce in Carmel, Indiana
Note: This presentation includes a short introduction of Second Life and the BGSU Second Life Virtual Campus presented by Bonnie Mitchell and Anthony Fontana.

Google and the Search Economy
April 3, 2007, 4:00 - 5:00 pm, Bowen Thompson Student Union Theatre
Speaker: Grady Burnett, Head of Online Sales and Operation, Google, Ann Arbor
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Technology Trends and Web 2.0
March 22, 2007, 2:30 - 3:30 pm, Bowen Thompson Student Union Theatre
Speaker: Erick Schonfeld, Business 2.0 Editor-at-large
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Why Should We Care About Net Neutrality?
February 28, 2007, 2:30 - 3:30 pm, Bowen Thompson Student Union Theatre
Speaker: Alexander Curtis , Director of Policy and New Media for Public Knowledge
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Copyright Issues in YouTube, Second Life and the metaverse: How Technology is Changing Music, Law, Politics and Higher Education
January 26, 2007, 2:30 - 3:30 pm, Bowen Thompson Student Union Theatre
Speaker: Dr. E. Michael Harrington, Professor of of Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Music Business, Belmont University
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Best Practices in the Use of Digital Video Streaming Service in Classes and Training - a Panel Presentation
September 21, 2006
Moderator: Tony Short, director, Television Learning Services, WBGU-TV
Demonstrator: Cheryl Joyce, assistant director, Television Learning Services, WBGU-TV
Panelists: Melissa Spirek, associate professor, Journalism
     Betsy Burner, project director, AIDS education, Health and Human Services
     Rachel Vanatta, interim school director, Leadership & Policy Studies and associate professor, EDFI
     Margaret Weinberger, instructor, Sociology
Discussion Leader: Bonnie Fink, interim director, Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology

Third Frontier Projects and Funding Processes
April 6, 2006, 11-12:30 p.m.Room 314, Bowen-Thompson Student Union
Speaker: Carol Wedding, President of Imaging Systems Technology
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Podcasting - an Apple Computer Presentation
March 16, 2006, 11-12:30 p.m.Room 201B, Bowen-Thompson Student Union
Speaker: Jeff Feeman of Apple Computer
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Distance learning:  Trends, Opportunities and Current Statistics
February 9, 2006, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Room 228 Bowen-Thompson Student Union
Panel Discussion: Bonnie Fink, Lecturer, VCT, BGSU College of Technology,
     Sheryl Hansen, Director, Professional Development Programs, Ohio Learning Network,
     Connie Molnar Director, Distance Learning BGSU
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 Laptops for Everyone? Possibilities and Challenges
November 17, 2005, 1:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Room 228 Bowen-Thompson Student Union
Speaker: Dr. Alfred Joyal, Provost and VP Academic Affairs, Northern Michigan University
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Copyright and the Use of Multimedia in Courses
October 20, 2005, 11-12:30 p.m.Room 201B, Bowen-Thompson Student Union
Speakers: Dr. Bonna Boettcher, University Libraries and Dr. Paul Cesarini, College of Technology
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