Forwarding Email from Campus Cruiser Email Account   Lectures, Articles, and Song World Lecture Hall This oldie but goodie is still one of the best places to discover online course material - syllabi, course notes, audio, or video -- on virtually every topic, from around the world. Equally useful for students, independent learners, and faculty seeking models for new courses they've been assigned to teach at http://web.austin.utexas.edu/wlh/index.cfm Discover Magazine Online magazine for science news, articles, current events and future views on technology, space, environment, health and medical, more at http://discovermagazine.com/ Songwriting Online Create your own music tracks, create chords, rhythms, and drumbeats for different genres of music.  Share your masterpiece with other online songwriters. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/soldonsong/guide/songwriting_game.shtml   Upcoming Conferences Community College Research Center (CCRC)  Fall Seminar Through our ongoing seminar series, CCRC provides opportunities for community college faculty and administrators, policymakers, and researchers to work together to develop their common agenda of strengthening the influence and effectiveness of these important institutions. Participants gather to exchange ideas, present research findings, and explore new areas of study. Information on past CCRC Seminars can be found at http://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/ContentByType.asp?t=3 CCRC Podcast Series CCRC will be continuing its new series of podcasts titled, "The Community College Equity Agenda." Narrated by contributors to CCRC's latest book, Defending the Community College Equity Agenda, this series highlights important topics from the book. Listen to previous podcasts at http://feeds.feedburner.com/CCRCPodcast 2007 POD Conference Information 32nd Annual Conference, October 25-28, 2007 Omni William Penn Hotel Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. http://www.podnetwork.org/conferences/2007/index.htm   21st Century Classroom Each month, PDWS will highlight a specific strategy for faculty and staff to implement in the workplace.   The strategy may be useful in the utilization of multimedia software to create dynamic course content, to deliver instructions and tutorials for students, or to provide directions on policies and procedures; or may consist of suggestions for better communication with colleagues and students. If you have any questions about the webcast, or if you would like to learn how to use the featured software, please contact PDWS at Ext. 7338 to schedule an appointment. September’s webcast features Dale Mabry faculty member, Jim Reese providing guidance on the use of equipment in the 21st Century Classrooms. This webcast provides an overview and demonstration of the 21st Century Classroom Control Panel. Features include utilizing the projector; connecting/using a laptop; accessing the document camera, DVD, and CD; and USB ports. (4:55) http://pds.hccfl.edu/pds/Webcasts.cfm   Fall Training Schedule PDWS website features the professional development training schedule and online registration.  Simply click on Register to reserve your seat in a training session; you may click Show All to view all the workshops for the semester, or click on a specific category for information on workshops in that classification. http://pds.hccfl.edu/pds/Workshops.cfm