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Today, I told the University that I will be retiring on July 1st, after almost 33 years in #HigherEd. I plan to go corporate or stay in Edu

#edu11 - @garay valuable Exhibit Booths thus far: Google, MoodleRooms, Blackboard, ShareStream, SunGard, Vidyo, Epson and Lenovo.

#edu11 - Blackboard Keynote: Blackboard Client Appreciation Party - tonight at Loews Hotel, 2nd Floor.

UIC students and faculty, drop in at today's listening sessions by Blackboard Product Development in the Cardinal Room at 10:30am or 1:30pm.

UIC faculty, teaching staff and students invited to listening sessions with Blackboard Product Development, next Wednesday 7/28 in SCE.

RT @garay: WordPress 3.0 ships (multi-user included, and lots of good stuff) - http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/17/wordpress-30/

Try out at UIC the new Blackboard Mobile Learn apps for iPhone/touch & iPad (via Wi-Fi) or the Android & Blackberry apps (on Sprint 3G/4G)

UIC Academic Computing ITL & SML will begin supporting WordPress Blogging, campus-wide, for students, faculty and staff, late this Summer.

What other mobile devices do #UIC folks want to try out at the @ITL @uicSML? Sprint and Verizon smartphones? Android tablets? Please tell us

#UIC students, faculty & staff can already try out iPads, iPod touch and Kindles at the ITL and Student Media Labs.

The superfast Sony Vaio Z laptops we bought for the UIC Student Media Lab are @laptopmag Editors' Choice in the May issue.

RT @garay: Blogger, YouTube, Picasa, iGoogle, Reader, others coming to Google Apps this Fall - http://bit.ly/duiBrP #eLearning #education

Ed Garay is looking for UIC instructors interested in assigning multimedia-rich student homework. The students will be supported by the SML.

UIC Faculty Teaching & Learning Technology Prep Week of August 9 announced: Blackboard, Google Docs, Google Sites, Fusion, and more.

Check out the 200+ Safari Books Online titles on Information Technology available to everyone at UIC - http://bit.ly/uicITbooks

iPad Demo Days at ITL :: Mon-Thu 1-5pm, starting Monday, April 26. Loaded with apps & UIC Wireless :: come see what the fuzz is all about.

Excellent analysis of today's #smartphone market by InformationWeek at http://bit.ly/4F5VSa #mobile #iPhone #Android #Blackberry

Faculty Summer Institute 2010 at Urbana-Champaign, set for Mon-Thu, May 17 to May 20. UIC to send a full team of instructors again. #fsi2010

RT @garay: Join the discussion Re: today's Chronicle article on computer labs as tech-friendly coffee shops - http://bit.ly/60d5jd #EdTech

Google Apps' Groups adds discussion forums &vmailing lists. Forums can have embedded apps like calendar & GoogleDocs - http://bit.ly/8Oa9NS