CTL Calendar
SPRING 2012
Using Apple's Logic Software in Teaching
Wednesday, February 8
4:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Presented by Chris Farr, Music
CTL, Terra Hall, Room 900
Chris will demonstrate how he is using Apple's Logic software to create play-a-long tracks and to record faculty work for students to use as transcription material.
The E-Resume: Looking Good on Paper is Just a Start
Thursday, March 22
4:30 p.m - 6:00 p.m
Presented by Barry Atticks, Music
CTL, Terra Hall, Room 900
Come to a fun, interactive session to discuss the benefits of students' creating and utilizing e-resumes that benefit from the integration of videos, audio, pictures, and more.
Wednesday, March 21
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Terra Board Room, Terra Hall, Room 905
Keeping Up With Steve Jobs: Design Your Own iPhone, iPad (or Android) App
Slavko Milekic, Professor, Art Education
Slavko will speak about how an unusual course format encouraged a group of students from a wide variety of departments, both undergraduate and graduate, to collectively discover and share information to accomplish learning goals.He will illustrate how students who found solutions for particular problems became instructors to other students and how a teaching assistant enhanced the delivery of the course.
Our Ethiopian Connection
RAS Mikey C (Michael Courtney), Senior Lecturer, School of Dance
Ras Mikey C will speak about the ways Ethiopian culture has impacted his approach towards teaching the World Dance Forms course, African Dance in Diaspora. He will also speak about the many connections he has found between worlds that seem very different and why he thinks it important to include Ethiopia in our African studies.
Tools for Teaching
Monday, May 14, 2012
9:00am - 3:00pm
Terra Board Room, 9th floor, Terra Hall
UArts Faculty: Learn how your colleagues are integrating writing, research, and digital tools in their classrooms. Workshops covering grants, e-resources, Digication, etc. will be offered.
EMAIL RSVP REQUESTED (due to limited lab seating available): teaching-learning@uarts.edu
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
9:00 - 9:30
Refreshments & Social gathering - Terra Board Room
10:00 - 11:30 WORKSHOPS
UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES ONLINE
Presenters: Josh Roberts, Digital Initiatives & Systems Librarian, and Shannon Marie Robinson, Access Services Librarian
This hands-on workshop will introduce the various electronic multimedia resources available through the Libraries including article, ebook, image, and audio/video collections and how they can be used for teaching. Options for integrating these resources in the Libraries' E-Reserves system and Digication will be reviewed. Access, and fair use and other copyright practices will also be covered.
DIGICATION: THE ePORTFOLIO COMPONENT
Presenter: Michele Kishita, Senior Lecturer, Liberal Arts & Academic Counselor, Academic Support Services
Digication is a great tool for organizing all of your course content and assessing student work using e-portfolios. In this workshop you will learn how to build a Digication course site, an e-portfolio, and use technology in the classroom.
GRANT DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP
Presenter: Mira Zergani, Assistant Vice President for Development
Explore the ins and outs of grant development. Learn how to identify potential funders and how to make your project ideas resonate with funding agencies. The workshop will also cover procedures and policies for soliciting funds at the University of the Arts.
TIME WARRIOR: HOW TO DEFEAT PROCRASTINATION, PEOPLE-PLEASING, SELF-DOUBT, OVER-COMMITTMENT, BROKEN PROMISES AND CHAOS
Presenter: De Angela Duff, Associate Professor, CAMD
De Angela will give participants an overview of productivity tools and systems--most notably Steven Chandler's 2011 book, which is the title of this workshop, as well as the "unschedule" concept from Neil Fiore's NOW Habit (1988). She will also demonstrate the tools she currently uses, such as Evernote and Google Tasks.
11:30 - 1:00
LUNCH - Terra Board Room
1:00 - 3:00 WORKSHOPS
DIGICATION: THE COURSE MANAGEMENT COMPONENT
Presenter: Krishna Dunston, Assistant Dean, CPA
Digication’s course-management component works in tandem with the eportfolio. In this workshop you will learn how to use the course management component to record grades, upload syllabi, keep attendance, store reading materials, create assignments, grade electronically, and develop grading rubrics.
GRANT DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP (repeat of a.m. workshop)
Presenter: Mira Zergani, Assistant Vice President for Development
Explore the ins and outs of grant development. Learn how to identify potential funders and how to make your project ideas resonate with funding agencies. The workshop will also cover procedures and policies for soliciting funds at the University of the Arts.
CREATING EFFECTIVE RESEARCH ASSIGNMENTS: THE PAPER AND BEYOND
Presenter: Sara MacDonald, Public Services Librarian
This workshop will review the principles behind effective research assignments and look at a variety of assignments (good and not-so-good), examine some alternatives to the standard research paper, and discuss ways to collaborate with UArts librarians. We'll begin with a quick overview of the research resources available to the UArts community, with a particular focus on article databases and other electronic resources as a way for faculty to review what's available to students.
READING AND WRITING FOR THE STUDIO
Presenter: Alexander Rosenberg, Assistant Professor, CAMD
As artistic fields are becoming increasingly multidisciplinary, reading and writing are valuable tools to help students think critically about their creative ideas, their artistic practice, and the work of other artists. For some students, reading and writing can even become central to their studio practice. In this workshop, Alex will discuss how to use reading and writing processes to enhance the studio classroom learning experience.
3:00 - 3:30
Wine and Cheese Reception - Terra Board Room
