Spring 2012 Workshop Schedule
CNDLS is dedicated to encouraging reflective teaching practice at Georgetown University. Offering workshops that bring educators and future educators together in conversation becomes an important part of achieving that mission. From inspiring new ways of teaching to nurturing deeper reflection on how students learn to providing guidance on using technology in the classroom, topics addressed in our workshops reflect the diversity of expertise and research at CNDLS. While some of our workshops are crafted with a particular audience in mind, others are open to all interested members of the campus community. Please browse the list of available workshops below and contact us with any questions.
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Intro to Teaching ResourcesThursday, January 26, 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM (McShain Small, McCarthy Hall)
This orientation session serves as a welcome and introduction to the AT Program by CNDLS and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. You will meet other graduate students interested in the program, and will find out about teaching resources available to you as a graduate student here at Georgetown.
Instructors: John Rakestraw (CNDLS)
AT Program workshops are designed to be well-suited for graduate students. Faculty interested in attending this workshop should contact Anna Kruse for more information.
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The Teaching Portfolio
Tuesday, January 31, 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM (Murray Room, Lauinger Library)
This workshop explains and demonstrates how to document and reflect on the knowledge and skills gained from your teaching experience through developing a professional teaching portfolio. We will illustrate the iterative and continuing nature of portfolio construction by demonstrating the revision process used in writing and revising a teaching philosophy statement. Participants will leave the workshop with a template for building their own teaching portfolios, as well as examples to support them in writing their own teaching philosophy statement.
Instructors: John Rakestraw (CNDLS), Joselyn Schultz Lewis (CNDLS)
AT Program workshops are designed to be well-suited for graduate students. Faculty interested in attending this workshop should contact Anna Kruse for more information.
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Effective Classroom Interaction
Monday, February 6, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM (Murray Room, Lauinger Library)
This workshop covers various types of classroom interaction including lecture, discussion, and other activities that can be used in both small and large classes. Possible additional topics include the use of online communication environments to enhance class interactions both in and outside the classroom.
Instructors: Janet Russell (CNDLS), Joselyn Schultz Lewis (CNDLS)
AT Program workshops are designed to be well-suited for graduate students. Faculty interested in attending this workshop should contact Anna Kruse for more information.
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LOL: Using Humor in the ClassroomWednesday, February 15, 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM (Murray Room, Lauinger Library)
This workshop will explore the role of humor in the classroom. How can humor be harnessed to mediate conflict? How can humor become an educative tool? And how, as an educator, do you deal with divisive or unwelcome humor that may emerge during class? This workshop will address these questions and more.
Instructors: Joselyn Schultz Lewis (CNDLS), Andria Wisler (JUPS)
AT Program workshops are designed to be well-suited for graduate students. Faculty interested in attending this workshop should contact Anna Kruse for more information.
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Non-Verbal Communication in the Classroom
Thursday, February 23, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM (McShain Large, McCarthy Hall)
This training workshop focuses on effective instructor nonverbal communication behaviors. Using the skills acquired in this workshop, you can significantly enhance your students' attitudes and learning outcomes, as well as their perceptions of you. The workshop will heighten your awareness of and intensify your mastery of effective nonverbal behaviors, including body language and voice aspects such as vocal variety, eye contact, smiling, body orientation, posture, gestures, movement, and others. The workshop is highly interactive; attendees will participate in many in-class individual and group practice exercises to master the skills.
Instructors: Zaydoon Jawadi (Special Guest)
AT Program workshops are designed to be well-suited for graduate students. Faculty interested in attending this workshop should contact Anna Kruse for more information.
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Digital Stories
Wednesday, March 14, 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM (Lauinger 158)
Digital stories are multimedia projects that combine text, images, audio, video, and animation into short film clips. In recent years, digital storytelling has turned many university classrooms into spaces of creative multimedia production. Drawing on examples of student produced stories, in this workshop we will explore digital storytelling as a social pedagogy that allows students to construct and represent knowledge to others in a format that differs from traditional writing assignments.
Instructors: Bill Garr (CNDLS), Matthias Oppermann (CNDLS)
AT Program workshops are designed to be well-suited for graduate students. Faculty interested in attending this workshop should contact Anna Kruse for more information.
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Syllabus Design
Thursday, March 22, 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM (McShain Large, McCarthy Hall)
In this workshop we will discuss the fundamental components of a good syllabus as well as organizational approaches to designing one. In light of these components and approaches, we will discuss best practices of syllabus design through past examples. Participants should bring a syllabus or ideas for a syllabus to the workshop to receive informal feedback from the group.
Instructors: John Rakestraw (CNDLS), Maureen Walsh (CNDLS)
AT Program workshops are designed to be well-suited for graduate students. Faculty interested in attending this workshop should contact Anna Kruse for more information.
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Assessment & Grading
Monday, March 26, 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM (Lauinger 158)
In this workshop, we explore a variety of ways to understand what and how students are learning. Why wait until the end of the semester to find out that your students didn't 'get it'? We will introduce a number of techniques to use early in and midway through the semester to assess your students' true understanding of material. We will also discuss topics such as rubrics and taxonomies for easy and effective grading, and accounting for prior knowledge and possible misconceptions on the part of students.
Instructor: Mindy McWilliams (CNDLS)
AT Program workshops are designed to be well-suited for graduate students. Faculty interested in attending this workshop should contact Anna Kruse for more information.
Workshop Registration Information
Graduate students must register for workshops. To register, click the Register link following each workshop description above. PLEASE NOTE: Before registering for a workshop, be certain that you are able to attend the entire session.
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