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Turbo-Charge Your by James Chaffee A s the information technology age speeds up, it's vital that business faculty keep themselves and their stu- dents up-to-date. But how can professors know which technological tools are right for their subject matter and style of teaching, and which ones will fall flat? The role of a robust IT services office is to help them determine just that, pro- viding broad-based, cross-curriculum technological leadership and support to a school's students, faculty, and staff. In the Stead Technology Services Group at the Uni- versity of Iowa's Tippie Col- lege of Business in Iowa City, we believe that there should be few limits to what a technology services office can do to assist faculty. It should do more than set up video conferences and tackle IT troubles. It should also foster faculty's excitement about and willingness to experiment with technology; it should help them solve problems in the classroom, with or without technology. Its function is to encourage and support professors' attempts to enhance their teaching. Tech Services An active office of technology services can help a business school spark the imaginations of its faculty and build innovation into its culture. 40 BizEd JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2009