Personal response systems (clickers) enable instructors to gauge student understanding of concepts and information in a course in real time. For an instructor seeking to engage students responsively, no matter what the class size, clickers are an amazingly powerful tool. Possible uses include:
- uncovering typical misconceptions,
- testing student ability to apply a concept to specific situations,
- surveying student opinions,
- predicting outcomes,
- establishing baseline knowledge before embarking on a new topic,
- checking comprehension of class readings before continuing, and
- inspiring student discussion.
Each presentation will explore the use of TurningPoint, a software add-on to Microsoft PowerPoint that enables educators, trainers and presenters to develop and administer real-time assessments of participants within their PowerPoint presentations.
The Clicker Primers Part I
Schedule: Monday, August 13, 2012, 09:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Location: Lambton 2103
Instructors: Troy Verriez , Brad Ketelaars, Lorna Stolarchuk
This workshop is designed for those who are considering using clickers in the next semester, and don’t want to leave the decision and logistics to the last minute!
The Clicker Primers Part II
Schedule: Monday, August 13, 2012, 12:30 PM – 02:30 PM
Location: Lambton 2103
Instructors: Troy Verriez , Brad Ketelaars, Lorna Stolarchuk
The Clicker Primer, Part II, will include extended knowledge of clicker use.
If you can’t bring a laptop to the session, or are planning on using a Mac system, please contact CTL ext. 3050 ahead of time to discuss options.
For more details and to register, click the link below
Summer Series on Teaching and Learning
August 14-16, 2012
Registration: www.uwindsor.ca/ctlworkshops
The Summer Series on Teaching and Learning begins on Tuesday, August 14, with a series of seven free energizing and interactive sessions, and closes with a free barbecue luncheon on August 16.
Themed Technology and the Class, this year’s sessions will explore the many ways in which the use of technology can enhance teaching and student learning.
We invite you to register for one or more of the following workshops:
- Opening Plenary
- Classroom Technologies
- Presentation Alternatives
- The Culture of Information and Student Learning
- Prepping Your First Day and Designing for Engagement
- Teaching With Gadgets: Educational Technologies Discussion and Demonstration
- TECH Talks
For more information on the Summer Series, or to register for individual workshops and the barbecue luncheon, visit www.uwindsor.ca/ctlworkshops
The Tomorrow’s Professor mailing list publishes excerpts of essays and articles about teaching, many of which will be interesting to GAs and TAs.
The most recent post shares tips for getting the most out of the conferences you attend.
Folks:
The posting below looks at important things students should do at conferences to maximize their time and benefit. It is from Chapter 8, Communicating, in the book, Navigating Graduate School and Beyond: A Career Guide for Graduate Students and a Must Read for Every Advisor, by Sundar A. Christopher. Published under the aegis of the AGU Books Board.[http://www.agu.org/] © Copyright 2011 by the American Geophysical Union, 2000 Florida Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20009. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.[…]
I was once asked to come up with five things a student should do at a conference to organize their time. … Here are some guidelines:
- Attend talks that will strengthen your specific research topics.
- Attend talks that will broaden and enhance your research.
- Learn how to have fun at the conference venue.
- Interact with peers from other universities and organizations. Networking with your peers pays huge dividends. Peers today, leaders tomorrow!
- Finally, set aside some time to talk to potential mentors and some of the icons of the field. Most senior researchers enjoy interacting with graduate students.
There are several reasons for attending a conference. This is an opportunity for the world to see the face behind the name–you! This is why giving good talks is important. Most talks last 12 minutes, yes, 12 minutes with about 3 minutes for questions. Therefore, claim your fame during your talk!
Conferences are also for networking. Networking simply means that you meet people of similar research interests so that you can collaborate with them to further your research and, get this, theirs! Conferences are also great places to meet potential mentors and to gain ideas for deepening or diversifying research.
Here’s something you won’t hear in any book (except this one!). If you do not plan on interacting at a conference, don’t even go. If all you will do is interact with your office mates or your friends from your workplace, you might as well do that over a cup of hot chocolate at a coffee shop in your neighborhood rather than travel all the way to a conference. It’s a waste of time and money. At the end of each conference, you should be able to sit down and list specifically the people with whom you interacted and the follow-on action items as a result of those interactions.
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