The Teaching, Learning and Technology Center and Student Leadership Development are teaming up for the second year to bring the Student Technology Week to back to Seton Hall University. Starting Nov. 10 and ending Nov. 14, the two organizations will be hosting workshops that are geared toward helping student leaders advertise and represent their organizations with the help of technology.
The programs are open to all members of the Seton Hall community, but according to Heidi Trotta, an instructional designer with the Teaching, Learning and Technology Center, the workshops are “focused more on sections student club leaders would benefit from.”
There will be four programs, all of which are going to be held in the Computer Training Classroom in the bottom floor of Walsh Library.
“Each section has a particular focus,” Trotta said.
There will be a workshop on marketing through print as well as crash course on using WordPress 101, a program which can be used by students to create and design websites for student organizations. Both programs were held last year during the first Student Technology Week.
According to Trotta, they were popular enough to bring back. There will also be several new programs this year, such as WordPress 201, which helps students further explore WordPress and teaches them how to design their websites for mobile use.
“Our goal is providing different workshops so students can use the information wherever they need it,” Trotta said.
According to Maggie Bach, assistant dean of Leadership Development for the Department of Student Life, the reason the organizations decided to dedicate a whole week to technology because it is important in managing an organization. With over 15 students attending each workshop last year, Bach said that she found it was a good plat- form to teach students how to use technology for their organizations.
Along with holding workshops, Bach’s organizations also have a social media campaign component. Using the twitter handles @SHU_Leadership and @SHU_GreekLife, the organizations will be tweeting technology tips during the week.
Teagan Sebba, SGA’s secretary, attended the programs last year.
“I think that it’s so important for student organizations to learn tech skills,” she said. “It’s honestly crucial for successfully running a club.”
Students can register for these workshops online, although walk-ins are welcome. Each program will offer pizza and drinks for lunch and each student who attends will receive a free pair of tech gloves. Participating students will also be given a ticket for each workshop they attend to enter in a raffle to win a pair of Beats headphones.
Elena Vitullo can be reached at elena.vitullo@student.shu.edu.
