SPRING 2009

Minimal Marking
Chris Schmidt (WAC) & Siohban Cooke (WAC)
This workshop focuses on learning grading techniques called "minimal marking," time-saving ways of responding to student writing that will help students identify areas which need improvement and areas where they have excelled.
Wednesday, February 25, 1PM-3PM

Prior Knowledge in the Core Classroom
Mobina Hashmi (TVR), Stephanie Jensen-Moulton (Music) & Michael Meagher (Education)
This workshop focuses on ways in which the engagement of students’ prior knowledge of core subject matter can help bring about a balance between the practicalities of life in the classroom and the creative aspects of teaching that make core classes both interesting and integral to undergraduates’ general education.  Faculty will be encouraged to re-examine their courses with the assessment of prior knowledge in mind, and to envision a course that draws as much information out of students at the start of term as at term’s end.
Wednesday, March 4, 12:30PM-2PM

The Challenges of Teaching New Millennium Students
Danny Kopec (CIS)
The “New Millennium Student” comes “equipped” and trained with technological
advances over the prior generation of students. Besides access to the World Wide Web, sophisticated cell phones, and other wireless technologies today do seem somewhat “deskilled” when it comes to critical thinking and analytical tasks.  The issue for consideration and discussion is “How can we bridge the gap between student’s ‘technological capabilities and their abilities’ to apply their skills to acquiring deep subject matter knowledge, understanding, and problem-solving?”
Wednesday, March 11, 1PM-3PM

Collaborative Teaching Workshop: Tips and Techniques
Helen Richardson (Theatre) & David Grubbs (Music)
In this workshop, Prof. Helen E. Richardson (Theater) and Prof. David Grubbs (Music) will share their experiences in team-teaching courses in Brooklyn College’s graduate programs in Performance and Interactive Media Arts (PIMA).  Not only are PIMA courses team-taught, but nearly all of the student work consists of collaboratively produced interdisciplinary performances.  We hope to be able to explore -- with the help of Center for Teaching workshop participants -- the extent to which our insights from teaching in PIMA can translate into different classroom situations.
Monday, March 16, 2:30PM-4PM

CASES in Action in the Classroom
Theodore Muth (Biology) & Danny Kopec (CIS)
 Recently (Jan. 21) we had a very effective Workshop by Barbara Gross Davis
Assistant Vice Chancellor, Equity and Inclusion, University of California (Berkeley) on
Using CASES for Teaching  Diversity and Inclusion in the Classroom.  We’d like to share some of our experience in using CASES and their effectiveness in such diverse subject areas as Biology, E-Commerce, Computer Ethics, Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence.  Audience contributions are welcome and expected!
Wednesday, March 18, 1PM-3PM

Ingredients of Effective Course Design
Dr. Kathy Powell-Manning (CCNY)

What

FALL 2008

New Faculty Workshop on Teaching at Brooklyn College

Friday August 22,  9am - 3pm 

Lily Pond Reading Room, Library

New and Adjunct Faculty are invited to attend a full day orientation workshop.

View the Agenda (pdf) (updated 8/12/08)

The Transformative Powers of Listening

Cyndi Stein (Speech)

Thursday September 11, 1-3pm

CfT Office 2420 Boylan

Infuse magic into your professional relationships with a unique and powerful communication style.   At the conclusion of this session you will be ready to:

1. Use the different levels of listening with your students, colleagues and supervisors

2. Handle challenging conversations with confidence and ease

3. Increase the connection with your students

4. Deepen the engagement, motivation and learning in your classroom environment.

Writing a  Teaching Philosophy Statement: Why and How

James Davis (English) & Amy Hughes (Theater)
Thursday October 23, 1-3pm.

CfT Office 2420 Boylan

Whether you are  applying for a job, a grant, a fellowship, or tenure, chances are you will be  asked to write a statement about your teaching philosophy.  Professors  James Davis (English) and Amy Hughes (Theater) will illustrate the process in  the course of a workshop that offers practical guidance and discusses the  institutional and pedagogical utility of creating a Statement of Teaching  Philosophy. CLICK FOR HANDOUT

Curriculum Design for Authentic Assessment

Eleanor Miele (SOE) & Wayne Powell (Geology)

Date/Time TBA

CfT Office 2420 Boylan

Learn the "reverse design" technique for developing courses based on what you want to achieve, and not just "covering the material."  This course development technique leads naturally to authentic assessment. 

Advising

Jocelyn Wills (History)

Wednesday November 12, 2-4pm.

CfT Office 2420 Boylan

Brownbag Discussion Series: Engaging our Students

Google and Wikipedia Can Actually Lead to Good Research Skills

Jill Cirasella (Library)

Wednesday October 29, 2-4pm

CfT Office 2420 Boylan

Faculty want students to use library databases  and scholarly articles, but students want to use Google and  Wikipedia.  Fortunately, these desires aren't so incompatible.   Let's talk about when, why, and how to encourage the use of Google and  Wikipedia -- and when, why, and how to transition to scholarly  resources.  CLICK FOR HANDOUT

Enhancing Teaching with Technology

Danny Kopec (CIS)

Wednesday November 5, 2-4pm

CfT Office 2420 Boylan

Technological advances are deemed to provide tools for improving teaching. However, employment of new technologies gives no assurance that teaching quality and effectiveness will indeed be improved. This workshop will attempt to present and discuss some of the advantages offered by new technologies. What are the new technologies and how can they most effectively be exploited?

Improving Student Writing

Mark Kobrak (Chemistry)

Wednesday November 19 2-4pm

CfT Office 2420 Boylan

  Teaching writing at the college level is a complex process, as students with greatly varied backgrounds must be taught not only the conventions of basic prose but also how to write as professionals. We consider the college writing experience, and discuss the needs of different students. Strategies for providing feedback are also presented.

Recent Advances in Enhancing Student Learning
PLTL Peer-Led Team Learning

A panel discussion and demonstration

M. Contel, R. Eckhardt, L. Hainline, J. Polle, Brooklyn CollegeP. Lloyd, P. Pilchman, A. Zeitlin, Kingsborough CC.

Monday November 24th, 1-3pm

CfT Office 2420 Boylan

 
              Over the past few decades, there have been a number of classroom presentation techniques developed which are meant to engage today’s “millennial” students more by promoting active learning and supportive interactive group learning.  Millennial students many times do not thrive in classes with only traditional lecture formats and predominantly passive learning.
            One such new technique that has been developed and employed is called Peer-Led Team Learning, or PLTL for short.  Using this technique, classes of students are divided in small groups where they work together to solve problems designed to require them to discover and understand underlying key concepts.  They do this in the presence of a trained Peer Team Leader who can help guide each group to the correct solution of the problems.  The Team Leaders are many times previous students who had done well in a given course and are subsequently trained in PLTL procedures and protocols.
            Although initially developed for the sciences, PLTL can be used in almost any subject area with favorable results.  At Kingsborough and Brooklyn College, classes using PLTL usually result in increased student learning and a better grade distribution overall. From evaluative studies, many students felt that the experience of being in PLTL classes had helped to make them better learners with improved study skills.

Spring 2008

TUE March 4

CONVERSATION: THE CASE FOR (BETTER) TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING AT BROOKLYN COLLEGE:
1.30-3.30 Boylan 4305

TUE March 18

Workshop: GUIDED INQUIRY TEACHING METHODOLOGIES (Bryan Lees)
1.30-3.30 Boylan 4305

TUE March 25
Workshop: What is your teaching philosophy and how do you formulate it? (James Davis, Amy Hughes)
1.30-3.30 Boylan 4305

TUE Apr 1

Conversation: Elizabeth Minnich on Core Goal 2 “Moral and Ethical Judgments”
1.30-3.30 Boylan 4305

TUE Apr 8

Conversation: Time Management, Que-est-ce que c'est? (Janet Johnson, Jill Cavanaugh, Stephanie Jensen)
1.30-3.30 Boylan 4305

FRI Apr 11

WHOLE DAY WORKSHOP: The case for technology in teaching - Set formats for Hybrid courses - Building a technology-based curriculum - CMS: Epsilen Details TBA

THU April 17

Conversation: ADVISING Jocelyn Wills
1.30-3.30 Boylan 4305

THU May 1 Conversation: Expectations vs. culture of accommodation (Robert Cherry, Veronica Manlow)
1.30-3.30 Boylan 4305

VIDEOS

2007 Fall

August 23
NEW FACULTY ORIENTATION TO TEACHING
PROGRAM
PARTICIPANTS |  New Faculty Photos (2007)
REPORTS FROM THE WORKSHOP

New Faculty Brown Bag Lunches Series
SEPT 25 Organizational meeting
OCT 18 Community Building; Technology in everyday teaching

BEYOND BLACKBOARD: WEB 2.0 / FREE OPEN SOURCE TOOLS FOR TEACHING
Oct 2: Open Source Applications; Course Management Systems; Blogs, Wikis and Blikis.

2007 Spring

Assessment Stories: A Panel Discussion

1:30-3:00 May 1, 2007