WIRELESS NETWORK ACCESS AT THE PYLE CENTER - The Pyle Center now offers wireless network access. Faculty and staff who use The Pyle Center can connect their laptops to the Internet via the "wireless" service.

Program directors and coordinators like the efficiency of being able to easily check their email or access Web sites while they're in the building. Many people use their laptops in The Pyle Center already, so this service extends the abilities to offer timesaving and convenient technology tools for busy faculty and staff.

Most public areas of The Pyle Center can access the 11 MB wireless network, a network speed that is comparable to wired connections in most UW buildings and about 200 times faster than a 56-kilobit-per-second dial-up modem. To access The Pyle Center service, users need a laptop equipped with a wireless network card that meets the IEEE 802.11b wireless standard. Most cards range from $100-$200. A password, issued by ICS, is also required for accessing the wireless service. (ICS ONLINE NEWS and EVENTS)

eWEEK - In cooperation with eWEEK publication, an evaluation of authoring tools for use to create interactive multimedia learning objects will take place in Madison, Wisconsin, April 11-13. The goal is to identify tools to be used by faculty or other content experts to deliver interactive learning over the Internet or intranet. Vendors will be asked to produce a learning object (or objects) using identical curricular content. Final output must be accessible by the learner (student/employee/customer) using a Web browser. Tools will be evaluated based upon criteria including progress made during the 2-day development process. This process and the end results will be covered both in the pages of eWEEK and at CLICK: http://www.eweek.com

TTT - Articles in the new issue of "Teaching with Technology Today" include:

* BioLEARN: Wisconsin's Science Teachers Share Curriculum Ideas and Professional Development, CLICK: http://www.uwsa.edu/olit/ttt/biolearn.htm

* Using Ground Penetrating Radar in Archaeological Digs: A Faculty Profile of Dr. Harry Jol, CLICK: http://www.uwsa.edu/olit/ttt/jol.htm

* The Chaos Game: Stimulating Math Curiosity with Interactive Software by Professor Richard O'Malley, UW-Milwaukee, CLICK: http://www.uwsa.edu/olit/ttt/article2.htm

For the TTT archives CLICK: http://www.uwsa.edu/olit/ttt/ (Jennifer Smith, UW System)