Weekly News and Tip, March 26, 2009

Two Tips - Help Them Study; Help Yourself Publish

• Your students are back - and time in the semester is growing short! This week’s Tip is a website with links to tips and suggestions on time management, note-taking, reading retention, and other important study skills.
• CELT maintains a list of teaching-related journals or disciplinary journals that publish the scholarship of teaching and learning. This list has recently been updated. Look for outlets for teaching-related scholarship in your field.

Announcements - CELT Events
To sign up for CELT events, use AccessPlus > Employee > HRS Training > Courses. Contact CELT at 294-5357 or celt@iastate.edu if you have difficulty using AccessPlus.

• Teaching with an Audience Response System: Advanced TurningPoint 2008 for MS Office 2007, tomorrow, Friday, March 27, 12-1 p.m., 1230 Communication.
• YouTube and TeacherTube: Introduction to Video Sharing Websites, Tuesday, April 7, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., 1230 Communication.

FYI - Presentation on “Arts as Synergy”; New Parks Library Seminar

• A Campus Conversation on the Arts as Synergy, featuring faculty from the departments of English and Art and Design, will be held tomorrow, Friday, March 27, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in the Christian Peterson Museum, first floor of Morrill Hall. All are welcome.
• Sarah Passonneau, Assistant Professor, ISU Library, will present a session on Open Source Software: Its Impact on Education, Wednesday, April 1, 3:15-4:30 p.m. in 192 Parks Library. Open source applications include Firefox, Wikipedia and Google code. In this session, learn the history, current developments, and ongoing challenges of open source “products.” Examples that can benefit your teaching and learning will be demonstrated. Register via AccessPlus.

Weekly News and Tip, August 23, 2007

Tip - Share Your Interest in Your Field
Motivating students is one of the most challenging tasks we face as teachers, but it is also one of the most significant for student learning. Sharing your passion for your subject is one way to help motivate students. For more ideas on student motivation, visit: http://www.opd.iupui.edu/uploads/library/IDD/IDD585502.pdf

Announcements

• CELT's Learning Technologies workshops are already underway, with sessions coming up on managing students and grades, Communication Tools and Strategies, and Managing Course Content. See the Learning Technologies schedule at: http://www.celt.iastate.edu/events/homepage.html#tech
• Faculty interested in entrepreneurship are invited to attend the Agricultural Entrepreneurship Institute, September 17-18 at the Gateway Hotel & Convention Center on Elwood Drive. Speakers will address ways to prepare students for the agriculture and life science business world and will explore how entrepreneurial activities and ideas can enhance student creativity, innovation, persistence, communication skills, and career success. The cost is $75. For more information, contact Stacey Noe at 4-4945 or mailto:snoe@iastate.edu. For more information, see: http://www.entrepreneurship.ag.iastate.edu/2007_Institute/index.html

FYI - For Leisure Reading
Assumption College English professor James Lang has provided readers of the Chronicle of Higher Education with recommended articles for college teachers. See his findings: http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2007/08/2007082001c/careers.html

This list of articles complements his earlier "summer reading list" for teachers, which is still online: http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2006/07/2006071001c/careers.html

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