The Discovery and Discussion Series
Presents
Hands-on Technology Workshops for Faculty and Graduate Instructors
If you are interested in introducing a new element into your teaching, these workshops are an excellent opportunity to find out more about everything from working with digital images to creating better PowerPoint presentations to using multimedia projects with your students. There is even a session on collaborating digitally with your peers. Each session is three hours in length and includes discussion, exploration and hands-on experience. The last session is set aside to create a product you can use in your courses, using one of the tools you learned earlier in the week.
To encourage networking across disciplines, a reception will be held for all participants
on Friday, September 21st at 4:00 in the TO Wright Room of the Reynolds Alumni Center.
Because there is limited seating for these workshops, you must register ahead of time. (All sessions are free of charge and open to faculty and graduate instructors in the College of Arts & Science, the School of Journalism and the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources.
To register, please check the appropriate boxes at the bottom of the page.
Wednesday, September 19 –TO Wright Room (Reynolds Alumni Center)
9:00am – noon Digital Images for Teaching and Learning
This session gets you started using digital images in your work. It takes you through the process of capturing images from a digital camera or from the web, organizing and editing them on your computer, and then employing them in a presentation. You will learn to search and save images from the web, to employ the iPhoto software, and to incorporate images into a Keynote or PowerPoint presentation.
1:30 – 4:30 pm Rethinking the Lecture
How can we make sure we are taking full advantage of digital technology in our lecture slides? How can we avoid the powerpointlessness that students complain about? How can we use presentation technology to make our lectures more active and engaging? This session will explore these questions, providing practical tips and guided practice in the development of digital lectures. The session begins with a critical analysis of computer presentations, and then goes on to propose some principles for developing effective slide shows that avoid the most dangerous pitfalls. This is followed by hands-on work to develop a new presentation for a favorite lecture of your own.
Thursday, September 20 - Reading Room (Life Sciences Center)
9:00am – noon Podcasting with GarageBand
This seminar examines the educational possibilities of podcasts, and shows you how to produce your own. This session will look at how podcasts are being employed in higher education, help you become familiar with iTunes, and get you started making your own podcasts with Garage Band.
1:30 – 4:30 pm Digital Collaboration
Collaboration has for centuries been an important part of teaching and research. This session introduces you to the basic concepts of digital collaboration and provides you with a hands-on, on-line collaborative experience. By the end of the seminar you will have designed a collaborative e-assignment for one of your own courses.
Friday, September 21 - TO Wright Room (Reynolds Alumni Center)
9:00am – noon Multimedia Projects
This seminar provides examples and ideas to help you incorporate multimedia assignments into your teaching, and to help you evaluate the work that students submit. It proposes a method for evaluating a multimedia project that focuses on content as well as creativity, on ideas as well as images.
1:30 – 4:30 pm Redesigning the Course
For this session, attendees of any and all sessions are invited to bring their own materials to work on a project they wish to use in class, based on what was learned during the week's sessions. Reception to follow.
To register, check the box by the name of as many session as you would like to attend.
For more information, please contact the ASSET Office: asset@missouri.edu