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Workshop Topic |
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Mon. Aug 25
10:00 a.m. -2:00 p.m.
L-314 (CETL)
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An Overview of Service Learning as a pedagogy for Inclusive Excellence
Breakfast & Light Brunch will be served
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Service Learning Overview:
"Integrating Service Learning in your courses in Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 "
Faculty development workshop to support QCC-ExCEL, Queensborough's service-learning initiative
Opening Meeting: Service Learning 101 |
Fri. Aug 29
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
(Please attend both sessions: Aug 29 & Sept 19)
L-117
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Session 1
“Build your own online course!”
Instructional Design & Effective Pedagogy
Presenters: CETL & ACC
Refreshments will be Served
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Hands -on workshop to help you set up your courses in Blackboard and to use it to support student learning;
This workshop is designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to Blackboard and related effective pedagogy.
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Wed. Sept 3
1:00 p.m.- 2:00 p.m.
H 349
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Service Learning Pedagogical Projects
Fall 2007- Spring 2008
Lunch will be served
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Faculty who received CETL and CUE grants to help fund pedagogical projects will present the results of their work.
More Details...
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Wed. Sept 10
2:00 p .m.- 3:00 p.m.
CETL Office
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Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Refreshments will be served
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How can CETL support your teaching and research?
Become familiar with CETL services for pedagogical research, scholarly grants, and faculty publications. |
Wed. Sept 17
12:00 p.m.- 1:00 p.m.
CETL Office |
Second-year faculty share what they learned during their first year teaching at QCC
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Meet colleagues from across the disciplines and get some tips about thriving during your first year
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Fri. Sept 19
1:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m.
L 117
(Please attend both sessions: Aug 29 & Sept 19)
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Session 2
“Using Blackboard Effectively”
Presenters: CETL & ACC
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QCC faculty will demonstrate the effective use of Blackboard.
Don't miss this opportunity to ask questions about using Blackboard in your classes!!! |
Wed. Sept. 24
2:00 p.m.- 3:30 p.m.
CETL Office |
Presenters:
CETL & Library Staff |
Learn how to design assignments, educate your students and develop a classroom environment where plagiarism is less likely to occur (and information about what to do when it does occur!)
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Wed. Oct 15
1:00 p.m.- 2:30 p.m.
H- 349
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Presenter
Prof. Ed Volchok, Business Department
Refreshments will be served |
Get an overview of some strategies for
effective PowerPoint presentation.
Presenter will illustrate the pedagogical uses of PowerPoint in the classroom. |
Wed. Oct 22
1:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m.
H- 347 |
“How Human Language Evolved”
Presenter:
Dr. Jilani Warsi, Basic Skills Department
Refreshments will be served
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Linguists discuss "Why chimps can't talk and we can. How language must be a biological phenomenon. How we inherited body language, gestures and facial expressions from our animal past...." |
Thurs. Oct 23
1:00 p.m.- 2:30 p.m.
L- 318
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Presenter:
Prof. Maria Isabel Fernandes,
Faculty Outreach Librarian, QCC
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An overview of the CUNY-wide resources available to QCC Faculty: CUNY+ PLUS , CLICS, library databases, REFWorks and other services to support your research teaching.
-- BRING YOUR BIBLIOGRAPHY --
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Fri. Oct 24
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
L-117
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Presenters: CETL & ACC
Session will include ideas for using “Podcasting” in your classes!!!
Refreshments will be served |
This workshop is for anyone wishing to use Podcasting as a teaching tool, or those who simply want to learn more about this burgeoning technology.
Participants will learn how to create audio/video programs accessible to students at the computer, ipod, or other portable player.
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Wed. Oct 29
1:00 p.m.- 2:30 p.m.
H-347
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A dialogue about the Inclusive Excellence initiative at QCC
CETL and Affirmative Action
Lunch will be served
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As a strategic initiative at CUNY & QCC, the goal of Inclusive Excellence is to "create a systematic presence of diversity at the core" of the institution.
Attend this session to learn more… |
Wed. Nov 5
1:00 a.m.- 2:30 p.m.
H-347
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Rescheduled for Spring 2009
Presenter: Dr. Jilani Warsi
Basic Skills Department
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In this panel discussion, participants will discuss Fillmore and Snow's paper entitled "What Teachers Need to Know About Language".
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Fri. Nov 14
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm.
M 136
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“Error Correction in Second Language Teaching: Towards a Differential Approach ”
Guest Speaker: Dr. Han
(Teacher's College, Columbia University)
Refreshments will be Served
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The history of second language teaching has witnessed changing perceptions of corrective feedback. The speaker will provide pedagogical insights into questions that are of major practical concern to L2 teachers.
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