OnTechNews, published monthly, seeks to inform UW faculty, staff, and students about new and interesting technology to use in teaching, learning, work, and life.
Now you can download free cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and choking aid training applications to your iPhone or Google app compatible phone (Android). Dr. Mickey Eisenberg, UW Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medical Director for King County Emergency Medical Services, worked to make these life-saving techniques available to a wider audience. The one-minute videos are adapted from those on the Learn CPR Web site, which has details on how to get these mobile apps.
Join the Client/User Engagement (CUE) team to have your opinions heard on the future development of Catalyst Web Tools such as GradeBook and WebQ as well as Learning & Scholarly Technologies' UW Seattle technology spaces. CUE members are asked to volunteer once or twice a year as participants in surveys, interviews, or focus groups. Sign up today.
Historic Census data have never been so easy to access and manipulate. Social Explorer provides user-friendly tools for analyzing U.S. demographic changes at various geographic levels. Explore thousands of interactive historical data maps and tables back to the first U.S. Census in 1790 with this UW-restricted tool.
Resource Oriented Architecture (ROA) is an important new paradigm for delivering data and automating processes because it enables UW developers to create Web pages and applications using formerly unavailable institutional data. OnTheROA, a new blog, keeps campus developers informed about this Web service activity at UW.
UWTV's new YouTube channel provides easy access to UWTV's best programming in YouTube's familiar format. It also makes it easier to watch UWTV on your mobile device. For iPhone users: Bring up http://m.youtube.com/UWTV on Safari, tap the plus sign, and tap Add to Home Screen to add UWTV's YouTube site as an app. For other smart phones, you can bring up the same Web page and bookmark it.
At the end of May, the White House released Cyberspace Policy Review after a 60-day input period from government, private sector, and academia. Part of the 24-point action plan includes creating a new White House office led by the Cybersecurity Coordinator to oversee public/private partnerships; increasing cybersecurity public awareness, education, and research; and refining government procurement to improve market incentives for secure and resilient hardware and software. Read President Obama's May 29 remarks on cybersecurity.
