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Promoting writing as a learning tool will provide strategies to encourage more writing without creating more grading. The focus of the conversation is how to introduce these strategies to pre-service teachers. SMART Responders for Assessment will include training on how to develop effective formative assessments.
Promoting writing as a learning tool will provide strategies to encourage more writing without creating more grading. The focus of the conversation is how to introduce these strategies to pre-service teachers. SMART Responders for Assessment will include training on how to develop effective formative assessments.
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Promoting writing as a learning tool will provide strategies to encourage more writing without creating more grading. The focus of the conversation is how to introduce these strategies to pre-service teachers. SMART Responders for Assessment will include training on how to develop effective formative assessments.
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College of Education’s Professional Development Day
January 11th, 2011
9:30 am—3:30 pm
Workshops Offered College of Education
Hunting is not just Those Heads on the Wall: More Resources for Faculty Writing, Less Grading across the Disciplines Andy Allen .................................. 410-704-3676 9:30- 10:40am - HH 110 Amy Chase Martin........................ 410-704-3293 Presenter: Barbara Bass, Ph.D., Director, Maryland Writ- Debbie Fuller ............................... 410-704-2452 ing Project/ Associate Professor, Department of English Duane Smith ............................... 410-704-2575 This hands-on workshop focuses on promoting writing as a Education Innovation Lab.... COE110@towson.edu learning tool. It will provide strategies to encourage more Liyan Song (Chair, ITC) .......... lsong@towson.edu writing without creating more grading and will offer a dem- Graduate Assistants: onstration lesson on writing as thinking that employs these Jillian Neville .................... COE110@towson.edu strategies. Frank Guang ................... COE110@towson.edu Erin Crisp ........................ COE110@towson.edu
Evidence-based Classroom Management Techniques SMART Responders for Assessment
9:30- 10:40am - HH 122 10:50-12:00pm -HH 219 Presenter: Dr. Nicholas Ialongo and Dr. Anne Henry, Johns Presenters: Amy Chase Martin, Lecturer and Technology Hopkins School of Public Health Mentoring Program Coordinator, and Jillian Neville, Dr. Nicholas Ialongo and Dr. Anne Henry, researchers at EDTL Graduate Assistant Johns Hopkins University, will be leading this workshop on Learn about innovative means of using SMART Respond- evidence-based classroom management. Topics to be dis- ers to conduct formative assessments and that engage cussed include (1) the use of a common lens to evaluate and students in active learning. The workshop will include improve teacher-student interactions, specifically the Class- training on how to develop effective formative assess- room Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) and (2) inter- ments, how to utilize the learner response system to access ventions to increase teachers’ use of effective management students’ pre, post, and ongoing knowledge, how to dis- strategies, including the Good Behavior Game. The focus play and export data, and novel ways to use the SMART of the conversation is how to introduce these strategies to Responders to create an engaging and interactive learning pre-service teachers. environment.
ActivExpressions Responders for
Assessment Evaluating the Effectiveness of Classroom Instruction 10:50-12:00pm - HH 110 1:00-2:10pm - HH 110 Presenters: Dr. Kay Holman, Assistant Presenter: Dr. Jeff Kenton, Assistant Dean of the College Professor, Department of Special of Education Education, and Erin Crisp, EDTL Participants will be investigating effective classroom assess- Graduate Assistant ment techniques and how they can be used to meet course Learn about innovative means of using ActivExpressions to objectives. During this session, participants will become conduct formative assessments and to engage students in familiar with basic and advanced tools that are designed to active learning. The workshop will include training on how measure student learning in the classroom. Participants will to develop effective formative assessments, how to utilize learn more about: formative and summative evaluations, the learner response system to access students’ pre, post, selecting appropriate testing tools, and using classroom and ongoing knowledge, how to display and export data, information to make tactical teaching decisions. Participants and novel ways to use the ActivExpressions to create an are encouraged to bring one example of an assessment engaging and interactive learning environment. instrument used on a daily or weekly basis. COE’ S P ROFESSIONAL D EVELOPMENT D AY
Additional Resources
Here are some useful links related to several of the
workshops that will be offered. http:// Blackboard 9.1 upgrade resources for www.towson.edu/ faculty. This site, hosted by OTS, has blackboard/upgrade/ documents and videos to support facultyresources.asp faculty use of the latest upgrade to Blackboard.
http:// COE Technology wiki hosting
edportfo- documents, videos, links and other lio.wikispaces.com/ resources to support faculty integration of technology. Blackboard 9.1 Demonstration A & B http:// Jing– Screen capture tool for recording 9:30-10:40am - HH 219 - Session A www.techsmith.com brief videos of screen procedures or 1:00-2:10pm - HH 219 - Session B /jing/ capturing static images Presenter: Amy Chase Martin, Lecturer and Technology http://prezi.com/ Prezi– Dynamic web-based alternative Mentoring Program Coordinator and Ryan Peterson, BB to PowerPoint Administrator http:// Writing resource site created by Dr. View the new 9.1 interface, and learn how to locate and use www.towson.edu/ Peggy Benner. Activities and assess- familiar tools. Participants will also see some of the new ows/ ments are designed to support knowl- Blackboard additions - such as blogs, mashups and chats in indexexercises.htm edge of grammar, sentence structure action and learn about their potential for increasing student and other writing essentials. engagement. Other Useful Wikis
Presentation Tools & Techniques http://tu-pds-tech- Towson University PDS
2:20-3:30pm - HH 110 day.wikispaces.com/ Technology Day - Presenter: Dr. Jack Cole, Lecturer, Department of Secon- A repository of resources and dary Education, Amy Chase Martin, Jillian Neville and links shared with mentor teachers. Erin Crisp http://731.wikispaces.com/ Technology integration/web Effective presentation skills are essential for faculty and 2.0 tools identified and students. This workshop will examine best practices for reviewed by students in Dr. designing content for an effective presentation as well as Sadera’s ISTC 731— various presentation tools. Prezi, PowerPoint and Jing will Integrating Digital Resources all be explored in this hands-on session. course.
REGISTER NOW FOR JANUARY 11th.
Best Practices in Conducting Effective Instruction Use the link below to register for the workshops. Online and Transitioning from a Traditional Face-to- *All workshops have the prefix COE* Face Learning Environment, http://fusion.towson.edu/www/ciat/ 2:20-3:30pm - HH 219 workshops Presenter: Dr. William Sadera, Director of Instructional Technology Doctoral Program You will receive a confirmation email requesting your lunch selection or The Blackboard learning management system provides you may e-mail us directly at many tools to support student learning. The process of COE110@towson.edu with your transitioning a course from a f-2-f to an online or hybrid selection in the subject line. Lunch choices: class requires more than knowledge of the tools, it requires Roast beef and swiss sandwich a shift in how a course is structured. Dr. Bill Sadera offers Turkey and cheddar sandwich some best practices in conducting effective instruction online. Roasted veggie wrap * This is not a Bb9 presentation. Chicken salad wrap Questions? Please email COE110@towson.edu