Monday, Monday

<span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.archidose.org/wp/">A Weekly Dose of Architecture</a> Updates:</span><br /><br />This week's dose features <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2012/07/23/le-grand-stade/">"Le Grand Stade"</a> in Fontainebleau, France by Joly&Loiret:<br /><a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2012/07/23/le-grand-stade/"><img alt="this week's dose" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Jul12-23.jpg" style="cursor: move;" title="This week's dose" width="640" /></a><br /><br />The featured past dose is the <a href="http://www.archidose.org/Mar08/24/dose.html">UIC Student Recreational Facility</a> in Chicago, Illinois by Moody•Nolan & PSA-Dewberry:<br /><a href="http://www.archidose.org/Mar08/24/dose.html"><img alt="this week's dose" src="http://www.archidose.org/Mar08/24/image04.jpg" style="cursor: move;" title="featured past dose" width="640" /></a><br /><br />This week's book review is <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2012/07/23/portfolio-design/"><i>Portfolio Design, Fourth Edition</i></a> by Harold Linton (L):<br /><a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2012/07/23/portfolio-design/"><img alt="this week's book review" height="300" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/linton.jpg" style="cursor: move;" title="This week's book review" /></a>   <a href="http://www.archidose.org/books/materiology.html"><img alt="this week's book review" height="300" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/materiology.jpg" style="cursor: move;" title="This week's book review" /></a><br />(R): The featured past book review is <a href="http://www.archidose.org/books/materiology.html"><i>Materiology: The Creative Industry's Guide to Materials and Technologies</i></a>  by Daniel Kula and Élodie Ternaux.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">World-Architects.com U.S. <a href="http://www.american-architects.com/projects/reviews/41">Building of the Week</a>:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.american-architects.com/en/projects/project-review-detail/37339_virgin_atlantic_jfk_clubhouse">Virgin Atlantic JFK Clubhouse</a> in New York, NY by Slade Architecture:<br /><a href="http://www.american-architects.com/en/projects/project-review-detail/37339_virgin_atlantic_jfk_clubhouse"><img alt="this week's Building of the Week" src="http://c214210.r10.cf3.rackcdn.com/files/projects/37339/images/900:w/JFK-8_scaled.jpg" style="cursor: move;" title="Current Building of the Week on american-architects.com" width="640" /></a>

Monday, Monday

A Weekly Dose of Architecture Updates:This week's dose features "Le Grand Stade" in Fontainebleau, France by Joly&Loiret:The featured past dose is the UIC Student Recreational Facility in Chicago, Illinois by Moody•Nolan & PSA-Dewberry:This week's bo…

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Sr. Software QA Engineer (Testing, System/Black Box/White Box ,SDLC, Test Automation ) (#108348)

<!-- Converted from text/rtf format --> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT COLOR="#1F497D" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">P</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">osition</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">: Sr. Software QA Engineer</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><BR> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Location</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">: Milpitas, CA</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><BR> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Duration</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> : Full time</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><BR> <BR> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Job Description:</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><BR> </B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The Reticle and Photomask Inspection Division (RAPID) is the leading manufacturer of advanced Reticle Inspection systems. We provide state of the art inspectors for the reticle and fab market. We are</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><BR> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">based in San Jose CA and have employees around the world</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><BR> <BR> </B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Responsibilities</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><BR> </B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">In this position the engineer will help designing and develop a new Software Test Automation framework utilizing simulators and our inspection systems. This will include developing test code in C, C++  or test scripts in Java, Unix, Linux (CentOS/SUSE10), and Windows.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The engineer will work closely with the SCM group, Developers, and SQC team to implement a new build and test process with the goal of having nightly software builds tested at the unit, integration, and system level.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The selected engineer will maintain the system test automation framework; will own pruning the automated regression test suite, adding new regression tests, and developing the test framework to accommodate new products. The engineer will also work as a consultant to the development team to help them improve their unit tests automation.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><BR> <BR> </B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Career path growth includes but is not limited to Design Engineering, Systems Engineering, Applications, Marketing, Manufacturing Systems Engineering</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><BR> <BR> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Preferred Qualifications</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><BR> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">1) Bachelor's Level Degree in Computer Science or related degree with 10 or more years of experience in test automation frame work development</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><BR> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">2) Expert level understanding of Black box, Gray box, and White box  testing techniques applicable to object oriented and structured programming methodologies</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><BR> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">3) Expert knowledge of software development life cycles i.e. Waterfall, SCRUM, DOD V..etc</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><BR> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">4) Expert knowledge of Unix/Linux, and Windows operating system</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><BR> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">5) Must be able to work with changing priorities and schedule pressures.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><BR> <BR> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Working knowledge of</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><BR> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">a) IBM's Rational Team Concert (RTC)  is a plus</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><BR> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">b) RTC Source Code Control is a plus</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><BR> <BR> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Minimum Qualifications:</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><BR> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">a) Bachelor's Level Degree in Computer Since or related field with 5 years of experience in test automation development.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><BR> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">b) Good verbal and written communications skills is a must.  The candidate will be working with a culturally diverse team.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><BR> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">c) Good understanding of Black Box, White Box and Gray box testing techniques applicable to object oriented and structured code</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><BR> <BR> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Working knowledge</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><BR> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Software development cycles i.e. Waterfall, SCRUM, DOD V..etc</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><BR> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Unix/Linux, and Windows operating system</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><BR> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Source Code control tools like Clear Case, Rational Team Concert, RCS, CVS..etc</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><BR> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Must be able to handle work priority changes, and work under schedule pressures The candidate must be willing to work late nights and weekends for up to three months at a time. National and International</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><BR> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">travel may be required but should be less than 25% of yearly work hours.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><BR> <BR> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The candidate needs to have a strong positive personality to present and implement new test ideas and approaches. The candidate will work in a cross functional team and needs to be able to get their buy in on new test ideas when necessary.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><BR> <BR> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Kindly send your resumes to</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><A HREF="mailto:Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com"><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000080" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"><BR> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN></P> <P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>

Sr. Software QA Engineer (Testing, System/Black Box/White Box ,SDLC, Test Automation ) (#108348)

Position: Sr. Software QA Engineer Location: Milpitas, CA Duration : Full time Job Description: The Reticle and Photomask Inspection Division (RAPID) is the leading manufacturer of advanced Reticle Inspection systems. We provide state of th…

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System Engineer (IT Project Manager , CAD, Engineering) (#108306)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><!-- Converted from text/rtf format --> <br /><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Position</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">: System Engineer<br /> </span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Location</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">: Milpitas, CA<br /> </span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Duration</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">: Full time</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><br /> <br /> </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Job Description:</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><br /> </b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en" style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial;">Corporate Information Technology (IT) partners with each division in KLA-Tencor to develop, engage and promote global enterprise solution leading the way with innovations which meet the business’ needs. IT is responsible for delivering consultative services in support of our world-wide design engineering teams to meet our strategic objectives of bringing new products to market Better, Faster, and Cheaper</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><br /> <br /> </b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Responsibilities</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">:</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><br /> </b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en" style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial;">The Information System Analyst position will focus on engaging with our internal business partners to promote global enterprise solution leading the way to innovations which meet the business’ needs.  In this position you will interface with the global Design Engineering group and provide consultative services and solution with will support meeting our strategic objectives of bringing new products to market Better, Faster, Cheaper. You will be responsible for identifying pain points in the development cycle and coming up with solutions to address those needs. Solutions can entail enhancements to current enterprise wide applications, changes to business process, application substitution or new technologies which will yield the desired improvements.  The user must have a strong working knowledge of common industry application used by design engineers, must be able to establish good rapport with design engineering groups and managers, and provide continuous solutions and improvements to our business partner</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en" style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial;">s</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><br /> <br /> </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Preferred Qualifications</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">:</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="en"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial;">KNOWLEDGE:<br /> </span></span></b></span><span lang="en" style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial;">Having broad expertise or unique knowledge in Design Engineering or System Engineering applications such as CAD Programs, PLM and CLM systems, Source Control and Incidence Management Applications and the skills to contribute to development of company objectives and principles and to achieve goals in creative and effective ways.<br /> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="en"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial;">JOB COMPLEXITY:</span></span></b></span><span lang="en" style="font-size: small;"><br /> <span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial;">Works on significant and unique issues where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangibles.<br /> Exercises independent judgment in methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results. Contacts pertain to significant matters often involving coordination among groups.<br /> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="en"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial;">SUPERVISION:</span></span></b></span><span lang="en" style="font-size: small;"><br /> <span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial;">Acts independently to determine methods and procedures on new or special assignments. May supervise the activities of others.<br /> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="en"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial;">EXPERIENCE:</span></span></b></span><span lang="en" style="font-size: small;"><br /> <span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial;">Typically requires a minimum of 12+ years of related Design Engineering experience.<br /> Project Management Experience.<br /> People person with the ability to establish good relationships with business partners<br /> <br /> </span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Minimum Qualifications:</span></b></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span><span lang="en" style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial;">Master level degree in Engineering with atleast 5 yrs of experience<br /> OR<br /> Bachelor level degree in Engineering with atleast 7 yrs of experience<br /> <br /> </span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Kindly send your resumes to</span></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="mailto:Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com"><span lang="en-us"><u><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial;">Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com</span></u></span></a></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial;"><br /> <br /> </span></span></div><div dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span><span lang="en-us" style="font-size: small;"></span></div></div>

System Engineer (IT Project Manager , CAD, Engineering) (#108306)

Position: System Engineer Location: Milpitas, CA Duration: Full time Job Description: Corporate Information Technology (IT) partners with each division in KLA-Tencor to develop, engage and promote global enterprise solution leading the way …

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30 Days of Web tools: #12: Use Today’sMeet for useful backchannel discussions

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg_rraN6MHpAzTHWYqv2L1LB-kRAWE_BaGlrAnBVqQDKK42Y0NkjgSx570X3yB2k7wguT-vlvwD1RXwsHjRZ6QdsvHiLLaK18mmJRzVrzkXZwKaCwqtjIdpH_i_I2-sTtlhyphenhyphencqVCX0Fe0/s1600-h/image%25255B3%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="85" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwPY20eumdhAeLCP9KEpRr6IrP1f4yUZH0f0V1h3x076Pfw4OypM7UXbTZsJlB6roD21QA3Zb8FeOHp_W0iGipBEg1g6KhWBQluCf8jZ4j7IBAIk2qY4JpBCKrvfzfz1Y2yiceIIhQZPY/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Often when you are watching a presentation and you have computer access you want to make a comment on what the presenter is saying. Twitter is most often used for this. But often, if one wishes the responses to be more private a backchanneling programme like Today’s Meet is used.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>What is Today’sMeet?</b></span></div><b> </b> <br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Today’s meet is a simple way to set up an instant live chat room. It allows participants to ‘backchannel’. This means they can get fully involved by adding their comments and thoughts for everyone to read as the presentation is being delivered. In a backchannel participants can ask questions, discuss what is being presented, share links and reflect on their learning. A backchannel is a great way to enable peer support and the beautiy of it is that you can look through it afterwards to see what to comment on or clarify. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">How to create a backchannel using Today"sMeet</span> </b></div><h5 style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">1. This isa web-based tool so can only be used online. Open it at </span><span style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://todaysmeet.com/">http://todaysmeet.com</a></span></h5><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">2. Create a ‘room’ (this is the lingo when creating a backchannel). The following graphic is taken from <a href="http://quickshout.blogspot.com/2009/06/tap-into-backchannel-in-your.html">Nik Peachy’s blog</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlqA-YPuC3smlYhmghtfswrm3GJe8dG-tzjuuru4EvSn9hpBY0Gc4NKKwIunb1ld3i5j8xEp4DIIMobhtnZ2_Jn4MlpmyQTZBTaIy06keYBkTbfHXu9ys2hksziFe5akyYWhyphenhyphenih6U1-Pc/s1600-h/image%25255B12%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGa0qhadjFmiTRytJ3cxVA-BiJ0L8nQe3ovGQoq9BYdzZ5LYxxwNUdQBmrtDOi76Q5jv5aOK7_U6N4xKwJ9xjsw8mmZLuRef1Dbfb1kinpkwr29uG_aKHtfSib5gQuDJ1o3oJjjyn9lE4/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="405" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you look at the image above you’ll notice that there is place to:</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">a) Name<b> </b>your room: This might be the name of the presentation, teacher, subject or whatever you choose. You’ll see that a green tick appears if the name is available. If not available, make another choice.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">b) Choose when to delete your roo<b>m</b> and all the data. The time range can be anything up to one year.  </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">c) Set a password if you wish to. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">d) Click on “Create your Room”. You can now give out the URL to others. The URL will have a specific format starting with <a href="http://xn--todaysmeet-ow6e.com/name">http://today’smeet.com/name</a>. </span><b><br /><br />How does a participant join a backchannel?</b></span></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. If you are joining a backchannel that has been creating simply type the URL into your browser. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">2. You will be asked to type your name in the blue box and to click join. The following two graphics come from the <a href="http://www.teachgennow.com.au/">Teaching Generation Now</a> blog</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy3AwlLb6GZANRjYWKXgNBFBiDV8GEnBFUo7t_7IetGuhZmEeccejHwsllZqmAlyDQ7EPxQZucTPgcDEc40nGqLXDpmTJNt7SLsjKoIgQ62dbSca9Fy-Ev7joTiT0AD8bBqV06ePAU5U0/s1600-h/image%25255B16%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRqVD5cl26W2ldYFZdVaV3gqoJpOnrgWQ33vrqFfT2JLfJ5e2aJl8ohZUSkc1HZmeh3-JWomsPKq2V1YpAMTz_vqylv4eU2u4NnFVNzNC7IvGti0tuZ6lZr6orGidXmGBvNIEFB4QY1wM/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">3. Thereafter you will type your message in the blue box and click on ‘Say’. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisCQKwuk11r1_AGTqJcuxSrzw6T3J8xGXUjm-zLJOtDrTLXEzFtrNmctK1OuqacAilEmW3xVqz6aqd65yesUvn8rUDj7QbXusGlmdaTR__aU3KjmT-bQqa55CjuOUo7xNHjt8jDN9qiYE/s1600-h/image%25255B20%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixPsodOTHnTAKcQLZMFwqj798geLdyXKHMUUaZEFKyCuWNMEBr82G6U0D1J_b3BBfuP0tu7Lu69S075nFoHXYDBjTjiMJbJQxX0u0MijwFet1iSuCQFXKKVpzvFx7tAcS53NgzQ3Ko1oY/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">If you are using a data projector the backchannel will be displayed. At the bottom of the screen you will see the words ‘<i>Transcript</i>’. When you click on this you will be able to see the whole conversation. </span><b> </b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>When would one use a backchannel in the classroom?</b></span></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Students would need access to computers. The backchannel could be used:</span></div><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">for Skype calls </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">for listening to audio podcasts or watching educational videos </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">for revision classes </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">during debates </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">when listening to guest speakers </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">for oral presentations</span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">when learning new skills</span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">to teach students about online etiquette</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Further reading</b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">1. <a href="http://langwitches.org/blog/2011/01/09/backchanneling-movie-watching-note-taking-information-scribes/">Backchanneling-Movie Watching-Note Taking- Information Scribes</a></span><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">2. <a href="http://judyarztblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/todaysmeet-super-tool-for-discussions.html">lTry TodaysMeet for backchannel chat without distraction</a><br />3. <a href="http://judyarztblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/todaysmeet-super-tool-for-discussions.html">TodaysMeet: Perfect Tool for On-the-Spot, Total Student Engagement</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">3. </span><a href="http://www.teachgennow.com.au/2011/04/35-todaysmeet/">http://www.teachgennow.com.au/2011/04/35-todaysmeet/</a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">4. <a href="http://quickshout.blogspot.com/2009/06/tap-into-backchannel-in-your.html">http://quickshout.blogspot.com/2009/06/tap-into-backchannel-in-your.html</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div></div>

30 days of web tools TodaysMeet Tutorials Web tools 30 Days of Web tools: #12: Use Today’sMeet for useful backchannel discussions

Often when you are watching a presentation and you have computer access you want to make a comment on what the presenter is saying. Twitter is most often used for this. But often, if one wishes the responses to be more private a backchanneling progra…

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Library Assistant - The West Haven Public Library, Louis Piantino Branch

<strong>Library Assistant - </strong>The <span style="color: #48286d;"><strong>West Haven Public Library, Louis Piantino Branch</strong></span>, seeks a part-time circulation assistant (16 hours per week) evenings, days and Saturdays at $9.34 per hour. Under the direction of the Branch Manager, duties include: charge items in and out, answer telephone, assist patrons with library resources, patron registration and inquiries. Excellent customer service and computer skills are essential. High school diploma or equivalent required, prefer Bachelor's degree and library experience. Please e-mail cover letter and resume to: Director, West Haven Public Library, 300 Elm St., West Haven, CT 06516 or <a _fcksavedurl="mailto:dir@westhavenlibrary.org" href="mailto:dir@westhavenlibrary.org">dir@westhavenlibrary.org</a>. No telephone inquiries. EOE/MF.

Library Assistant - The West Haven Public Library, Louis Piantino Branch

Library Assistant - The West Haven Public Library, Louis Piantino Branch, seeks a part-time circulation assistant (16 hours per week) evenings, days and Saturdays at $9.34 per hour. Under the direction of the Branch Manager, duties include: char…

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Library Assistant - The West Haven Public Library

<strong>Library Assistant - </strong>The <span style="color: #48286d;"><strong>West Haven Public Library</strong></span> seeks a part-time circulation assistant (4-16 hours per week) evenings, days and Saturdays at $9.34 per hour. Under the direction of the Circulation Manager, duties include: charge items in and out, answer telephone, assist patrons with library resources, patron registration and inquiries. Excellent customer service and computer skills are essential. High school diploma or equivalent required, prefer Bachelor's degree and library experience. Please e-mail cover letter and resume to: Director, West Haven Public Library, 300 Elm St., West Haven, CT 06516 or <a _fcksavedurl="mailto:dir@westhavenlibrary.org" href="mailto:dir@westhavenlibrary.org">dir@westhavenlibrary.org</a>. No telephone inquiries. EOE/MF.

Library Assistant - The West Haven Public Library

Library Assistant - The West Haven Public Library seeks a part-time circulation assistant (4-16 hours per week) evenings, days and Saturdays at $9.34 per hour. Under the direction of the Circulation Manager, duties include: charge items in and ou…

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Staff Research Scientist (UV laser technology | optical alignment | Designs | Research) (#108200)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="WordSection1"><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Job Title:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> Staff Research Scientist</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Location:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">  Milpitas, CA</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Duration:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> Fulltime</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Job Description:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">This Staff Engineer will be responsible for developing high stability deep UV lasers for KLA-Tencor’s inspection tools. He/she will propose new laser designs and research the technology needed for those lasers. Then he/she will build prototypes, thoroughly characterize those prototypes in the lab and then use those results to improve the design. He/she will work with KLA-Tencor’s manufacturing organization and outside vendors to transfer the technology into production.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">To be successful, this Engineer must make decisions based on simulations and quantitative data analysis. Careful experimentation is required to ensure that the results are correct. This Engineer must be able to work without close supervision, complete the projects and write up the results. This Engineer must be able to develop innovative solutions to challenging technical problems.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Candidates for this position must have a strong background in UV lasers and be thorough in laboratory work. They should have experience building lasers using non-linear crystals for frequency multiplication or frequency mixing.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">This Engineer will work with leading laser, optics and crystal manufacturers to manufacture the lasers. He/she will interact with the world-class team of optical, mechanical, electrical and software engineers who develop KLA-Tencor’s market leading inspection systems.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Education and Experience:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">This Staff Engineer will develop state-of-the-art, high stability, deep UV laser technology to enable KLA-Tencor’s inspection tools to keep up with the challenges of Moore’s law. He/she will propose innovative new laser designs and develop the necessary technology to make them work. He/she will prototype the lasers, will characterize those lasers in the lab and then will use those results to improve the design.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Once the technology is successfully demonstrated this Engineer will work with KLA-Tencor’s manufacturing organization and outside vendors to transfer the technology into production.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Must be experienced in designing and carrying out experiments to thoroughly and accurately characterize high-performance UV lasers. Strong optical alignment and diagnostic skills.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Must be a team player with good writing and verbal communication skills.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">MS or Ph.D. in optics or equivalent field with 4 or more years of experience in laser development including using non-linear crystals to generate harmonics or mix frequencies.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Basic Qualification:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Doctorate (Academic) with at least 3 years of experience. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">OR </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Master's Level Degree with at least 6 years of experience.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Please send in your resumes to <a href="mailto:vinod.sanker@kla-tencor.com">vinod.sanker@kla-tencor.com</a></span></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

Staff Research Scientist (UV laser technology | optical alignment | Designs | Research) (#108200)

Job Title: Staff Research ScientistLocation:  Milpitas, CADuration: FulltimeJob Description:This Staff Engineer will be responsible for developing high stability deep UV lasers for KLA-Tencor’s inspection tools. He/she will propose new laser designs …

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30 days of Web Tools #11: Use Audacity for creating MP3s and podcasts

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbDz-u2bjHxZOliV5BZz1kk_UfD0XuN1VsqH5niq695mX56E72NJTRbJ0J2A8i0Wi70Cdq-Z92hKxUMQQQzSevC28h76DgBiGRTIS0Y-2rS0MiKRt4KhqJdT47Aa8Ziow7YOp8h9HPfQk/s1600-h/image%25255B1%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6PkM3NFVhMgDGTjr9wbglWK6FtJwZhgZaDaHV2Sqhl_ZAcsZIbPtzb9JBX9gmPzciLdKSG1iTxjL0zN6KKF9ZYTBCE53eKLXka7S_OP5bkjPVNtJQa1-fIZNP9-U5geL2zHTKRksodvU/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Audacity is not really a webtool as such but it is a free tool that can be downloaded from the web. It is one of those tools that you simply cannot be without as a teacher! To put it in a nutshell, Audacity is a simple sound editing programme that is used to create MP3s.  </div><br /><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">What can Audacity be used for?</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Audacity can be used across platforms from any operating system which is a big plus. It can be used to record live audio and even edit various sound files. It can export files as MP3s but for this purpose you have to also download LAME along with it. Directions for doing this can be found <a href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq_i18n?s=install&i=lame-mp3.%20">here</a>: </span><br /><br /><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">What do you need to be able to use Audacity</span></b>?<br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. The programme should be downloaded from <a href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/">http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/</a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. Download LAME so that Audacity can be exported as a MP3 (see below)<br />3. A microphone.<br />4. A computer</div><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>How to download LAME to use with Audacity</b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">I’ll just copy and paste the directions for Windows since that is what I am using. <br />Go to the <a href="http://lame1.buanzo.com.ar/">LAME download page</a>. </span><br /><ol style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">Under "For Audacity on Windows", left-click the link "Lame v3.99.3 for Windows.exe" and save the file anywhere on your computer. Do not right-click the link to the .exe file.</span> </li><li><span style="font-size: small;">Double-click "Lame v3.99.3 for Windows.exe" to launch it (you can safely ignore any warnings that the "publisher could not be verified"). </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">Follow the "Setup" instructions to install LAME for Audacity. Do not change the offered destination location of "C:\Program Files\Lame for Audacity". </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">The first time you use the "Export as MP3" command, Audacity will ask for the location of "lame_enc.dll". Navigate to "C:\Program Files\Lame for Audacity", select "lame_enc.dll", then click "Open" and "OK". </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">If you prefer the Zip option for the LAME download, save the zip file to anywhere on your computer, extract "lame_enc.dll" to any location, then show Audacity where to find it as in Step 5 above. </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">In case of difficulty, please view our <a href="http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Lame_Installation#Windows_Instructions">more detailed instructions</a> on the <a href="http://audacityteam.org/wiki/">Audacity Wiki</a>.</span></li></ol><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Using Audacity for the first time</b></span><br /><br />1. Once Audacity is downloaded and Lame is downloaded and installed it is A for Away! The toolbar can look rather daunting at first, but once you realise that you only need to know a few of the icons and what they do it suddenly becomes a whole lot easier.  </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKSL8H2MMZBHkvo0UAlwh6iqwymtpiTUtWEQScX1GnjKz72KaB3vy2jP8sY-FmmX5bfadUMr1iZZgnXSIBavuKoFuNQ-WooxrYP6LCr4p9T93fFjs4cfhMgB8NKeoonADAfoAojyoWyDE/s1600-h/image%25255B9%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="129" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDois0yxVVZDPs8rhWoo7LsPMSHITEdO5SnhM_LzuPnaVqate4vi-pvjNlSrpLwpX64l5Z2buCDMzwRAk8Tbd8ywi6wuesVbTVy4IdgEW1dkdggbMdq7M_FjJse80KRX-tAyzSBsSfPJ0/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="435" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">2. Just make sure Audacity has automatically picked up your speakers and microphone. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiN3-YIJ4dvOyvk0qrRkeQl3rTlGsf07ZvXIz79p74KWlin62GlhR5lqNMFnIM0fUuWXS9E8zaqC62jIAuQezQsd0-1uCbAuOZrstwnt3mKjrOj5rcLmi61r3n8BK5MjlM8Qa1l-aKpmQ/s1600-h/image%25255B13%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="56" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg764K0MKXCNhpsSn5SXsm6Az0rxLdmX76sxQvd07VgAJztc4DUWq0H5klnstaLaqyzpdGb02CY7EWEA2cZPW_2QZ62TBmH_ihkN8x_FaSU9-KoYXljkZw7YxgK-Kq5e4HrQv0tsQWNtkY/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="242" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">3. To start recording click on the big red microphone circle. It will start recording immediately so start speaking into your microsphone right away<b>. </b>Your voice will appear as a long jagged line with rises every now and again like this:</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigGdzHPBTkEaGfEUrndYRMFuD97VcLyGlUK8CfrpJmFR-hga6v-nWggsrXwFPzViDBpD3wsGLLKyb00VrKat6SU36kIceJcLAKSC5NhQtZaGZF0VhZN7wrRPioY_PcGgFzJh4wl1IiXxM/s1600-h/image%25255B17%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="53" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTbccJkk0i4CPRbIWLn8kJ7W7I0FHP3tLTT1UHT9coMv-L_FA2-rSkE1JK73NpmJrlqz6pn2jJtwBqiYrHBFX7CCBVB8QoSHdSqx17jqu-4n7LZ-EZIjt0jiAHlrQlULA3sJ8gE1CSZg/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="242" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">4. When you are finished recording press the yellow square. If you want to test out the recording you have just made, press the green triangle.</span></div><br /><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>How to save your file</b></span></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You can just save the project at this stage if you wish by clicking on <i>Save project as</i>. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv-qg1QsNURemKT5yMhVaHYnMLAj-OL8_dj8Udy04i0euXNe8gxmTT_XgbJBa-sF5kdHvvurbIdKSMh_TC_H5ZUOW0Tw5QaylO8xiELBTL_x4KTH5nJ-yRDT4mu7sYa16P9MOcSTLs8TU/s1600-h/image%25255B23%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiILM8pZ1ZfRhwrzs3jKTwBvwO_N-p-vDg6xY6ZwEpL1fk8_yUUDUGyPj-PlrE22dROFW_OgxswNzAtaIB09YizRXaRtucQK5tajhNALwv01ga2D1G4hokuy-dWuPiLhKmFI5ZOQJQ843U/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Otherwise you can do what I always do and that is export the file as an MP3. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEHOkE0h5ryROm_fIMP6Xh_yxg6te24uClVo_I43Lr2kXkVTpDTLonBOeV9xXsONsdJ399h_ZleQpNMBtowwtxv_djw2e9x9J3QcEyaLR8atGwctse301Mh_lsIrnC-Ji5eV-CjnL85Mw/s1600-h/image%25255B27%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvugKMY_vT7Ka5pqEEt0V3Ob-p7nNkC1-I5lLygxFtuhXX-Sq44x3JZA5c4QFJ6VgtzF9vNcm58Kx9ziK1NWDjWh-8fBTF8Uc5i5XqseHJptHC7MPauw7f_HMasdNBSZvM863Brw_p-g0/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="242" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It will then save as an MP3 and you can save this file wherever you wish on your computer. That is how easy it is to record using Audacity. Of course there are a lot more complicated things you can do with audacity but for a teacher, this is enough to go by.Here is a YouTube tutorial that can take you though those steps again.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Mf7-2KSqj4s?rel=0" width="420"></iframe></span></div><br /><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">How can Audacity be used in the classroom?</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">These are some of the ways I have used Audacity:</span><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. You could record your students speaking and then upload to Voki to create speaking Avatars. this is useful on a bog to greet visitors. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">2. You can create podcasts of book reviews, poetry readings, book reading, orals etc. You can document reading through the year to note students’ progress. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">3. You can create sound files to go with  a PowerPoint presentation or a Windows Movie Maker Movie or Photostory. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Here is a Slideshare showing how Audacity and Photostory 3 can be used together.</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="356" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/62788" style="border-bottom: #ccc 0px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; margin-bottom: 5px;" width="427"></iframe> <br /><div style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><b><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/lisashusband/audacity-and-photo-story-in-the-classroom" target="_blank" title="Audacity And Photo Story In The Classroom">Audacity And Photo Story In The Classroom</a> </b>from <b><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/lisashusband" target="_blank">lisashusband</a></b> </div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">4. You can upload these to an online recording service such as Vocaroo.com so that they can be embedded in a blog or wiki. Notice the upload button just under the little girl on the right in the image below. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLLihiqc8uACmXLAHmE-WYkvZB-gG5k7GkmBEcX75603fF_uH_XQdmw9Cy38ip1woMCsAi9wvoX_nGPl5KdYvP2iK-_SdxF0xp3bhhW4UWwFdzMv-2YntZ8N21NbyxKHyIrGa8lRS1_U/s1600-h/image%25255B31%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnsLrmmO8uzqPOZCvy-mfhvHHbCYOuvRGjtBq62bu4krcsQOIOzMc6CubilRD_K_rKN-Q5ARtBBxRTz4V0mIGGC-StYUz4iKzlwNAacIqkmcOkoWNMsEOSeCqBzCR6FSYOLBAFXNljEBo/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="242" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">5. You can record messages and email them to penfriends as MP3 files.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">6. You can record sound to add to Voicethreads. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;">So, give Audacity a try! You won’t regret it. </span></div><br /><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Further reading</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">1<b>.</b> <a href="http://kerileebeasley.com/2009/04/08/10-great-ways-to-use-audacity-with-your-students/">10 great ways to use Audacity with your students</a></span><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">2. <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/audacityclassroom/">How to make a basic podcasting recording with Audacity</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">3. <a href="http://teachinghappilyeverafter.blogspot.com/2011/06/audacity-in-1st-grade-classroom.html">Audacity in the First Grade classroom</a></span></div></div>

30 days of web tools Audacity Tutorials Web tools 30 days of Web Tools #11: Use Audacity for creating MP3s and podcasts

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Systems Design Engineer (EUV | Design | micro droplet | cryogenic | Ultra High Vacuum ) (#108404)

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Systems Design Engineer (EUV | Design | micro droplet | cryogenic | Ultra High Vacuum ) (#108404)

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Library Aide II - Canton Public Library

<strong>Library Aide II -</strong> <span style="color: #48286d;"><strong>Canton Public Library</strong></span>. The Town of Canton is seeking applications for the position of Library Aide II. The position is 20 hours per week and pays $15.27 per hour. Applicants must be able to work evenings and some weekends. The Library Aide II provides technical and clerical assistance to library staff and to the public. The successful candidate will be responsible for assisting with reference, technical services, programming, interlibrary loan, creating promotional brochures and program flyers, and writing publicity. Minimum requirements are a high school diploma and a minimum of two (2) years of public library work experience, or a similar combination of education and experience. A bachelor’s degree is preferred. Application and job description can be obtained at the library or via <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.townofcantonct.org" href="http://www.townofcantonct.org/" target="_blank">www.townofcantonct.org</a>. Applications and resumes are due by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, <span style="color: red;">August 6, 2012</span>. Send to: Robert Simon, Library Director, Canton Public Library, 40 Dyer Avenue, Canton, CT 06019. EOE.

Library Aide II - Canton Public Library

Library Aide II - Canton Public Library. The Town of Canton is seeking applications for the position of Library Aide II. The position is 20 hours per week and pays $15.27 per hour. Applicants must be able to work evenings and some weekends. The Li…

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Acquisitions & Financial Services Team Leader - University of Connecticut Libraries

<strong>Acquisitions & Financial Services Team Leader - <span style="color: #48286d;"></span></strong><span style="color: #48286d;"><strong>University of Connecticut Libraries</strong></span>, Storrs, CT. The University of Connecticut Libraries seeks an Acquisitions & Financial Services Team Leader, a University Librarian III (UCP 9). JOB SUMMARY: Under the direction of the Vice Provost or a Program Area Director, the incumbent leads the Acquisitions & Financial Services (AFS) Team, ensuring that acquisitions and financial services operations and services are conducted efficiently and effectively. He/she coordinates ordering, receipt, and payment functions; establishes library expectations for vendor performance and methods to track vendor performance; and supervises all AFS Team members. Working in close collaboration with the Electronic Resources Management Librarian, this position assists in the documentation and management of the collections budget for electronic resources. The incumbent works with the Acquisitions Librarian and other AFS Team members to oversee the Libraries budgets for continuations, one-time collections expenses, and collections support expenses. The incumbent also works with the Libraries’ Finance Director and other AFS Team members to oversee expenditures related to compensation, commodities, contract, and equipment expenses. This position also oversees fund accounting and end-of-fiscal-year closure in the libraries’ integrated library system and internal library and accounting systems and reconciles expenditures with the University’s financial accounting system. He/she coordinates the preparation of budget projections and analyses as required or requested. For a complete position description with minimum qualifications please go to <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.jobs.uconn.edu/" href="http://www.jobs.uconn.edu/" target="_blank">http://www.jobs.uconn.edu/</a>. Appointment Terms: This is a full-time, permanent position. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience and includes a full benefits package. To apply please submit a cover letter addressing your qualifications for the position, a current resume, and names and contact information for three references via Husky Hire. The University of Connecticut is an EEO/AA employer.

Acquisitions & Financial Services Team Leader - University of Connecticut Libraries

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Library Manager - Greenwich Library

<strong>Library Manager -</strong> <span style="color: #48286d;"><strong>Greenwich Library</strong></span>. Current Opening in Lending Services. Salary: $43.34 to $55.93 per hour. The Greenwich Library is recruiting for a Library Manager to head its Lending Services Team. The responsibilities include professional library work with responsibility for the leadership, direction, management and administration of this major library team. Work involves the application of advanced professional library knowledge, personnel management skills, and technology skills to guide clerical, technical, and professional staff to work together towards goals and objectives. The position works under the general review of the Library Director and the Deputy Director. The requirements include: Master’s degree in Library Science or Information Science from an ALA accredited college or university plus 6 years post master’s experience in professional library work including 3 years of library experience managing and directing librarians and professional library staff. Some assignments may require a valid driver’s license. For additional information and to apply visit <a href="http://www.greenwichct.org/jobs" target="_blank">www.greenwichct.org/jobs</a>. The Town of Greenwich is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V. Close date for accepting applications is <span style="color: red;">August 3, 2012</span>.

Library Manager - Greenwich Library

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I'm still on vacation but that doesn't stop me from doing a little seek and find over on <a href="http://mybestfriendcraig.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">My Best Friend Craig</a>. <a href="http://mybestfriendcraig.blogspot.com/2012/07/craigslist-monday-elizabeth-of-little.html" target="_blank">Check it out</a> and have a great Monday!<br /><a href="http://mybestfriendcraig.blogspot.com/"></a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU-DvWu6wy480mQCt2aV03VJmNsRw0l34M40zL5LoYC-IYCiipjjV2lCAFDl_Z1duSS2iR_mIHdf29y3B6VvtZv5XN6A6DMWssMIfkiZw9WTzNk5zUs_uRcs_x6eJxYClFhFXT-59VGy9S/s1600/CRAIG2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU-DvWu6wy480mQCt2aV03VJmNsRw0l34M40zL5LoYC-IYCiipjjV2lCAFDl_Z1duSS2iR_mIHdf29y3B6VvtZv5XN6A6DMWssMIfkiZw9WTzNk5zUs_uRcs_x6eJxYClFhFXT-59VGy9S/s640/CRAIG2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Disclaimer - this is my first time on an iPad, sorry for the funky view.

guest post - My Best Friend Craig

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