January+2016+-+27th

The sessions listed below occur on Wednesday, January 27th

Next day Previous day ** Mini Conference ** ** Cancelled due to snow ** January 27 || 9:00- 11:00 || DH123 || Eric Belt || **Canvas - Basics II** //**HCC Express #7333 **// This hands-on training session is for novice users who want to expand their knowledge of Canvas. Learn to create pages; manage files; conduct online discussions; post/collect assignments; support online collaboration and more. ||  || January 27 || 10:00-11:00 || DH208 || Mary Beth Furst Bring your coffee and join us for a mid-year update on INSPIRES Global Perspectives projects. All participants will be asked to update the group on what they have learned so far and their focus for the spring semester. RSVP to Mary Beth Furst (x4929 or mbfurst@howardcc.edu) ||   || January 27 || 11:00- 12:30 || N224 || Amy Chase Martin (x4848) Mary Beth Furst (x4929) || **IDEA - Interpret and Act!** //**HCC Express #7335 **// Faculty course evaluations went online in Fall 2015. Join us to learn how to interpret your evaluation and how to take action on your collected feedback. ||  ||   || 12:30 || N206 || Cherly Campo ccampo@howardcc.edu || **Early and Often: How to Incorporate t-STEM Transfer/Career Resources into your Semester Planning** //**HCC Express #7629 **// During this session, an overview of transfer, career, and other resources developed through a t-STEM partnership between HCC, Anne Arundel Community College, CCBC Montgomery College, and UMBC will be provided. Session participants will have an opportunity to evaluate and rank these resources as well as brainstorm ways in which they can efficiently and effectively be used in the classroom. Faculty in attendance are requested to bring sample course syllabi to the session. Please RSVP to ccampo@howardcc.edu with name, contact info, and home department.​ ||   ||   || 12:30 || DH202 || Jim Bell (x4892) || **Excellent Teaching - Sharing Teaching Tips that Work** **// HCC Express # 7338 //** Join colleagues in activities and discussions concerning how to help students thinking metacognitively. Share in small groups ideas you have found that increasing learning. Participants will receive a handout of ideas from previous workshops on Excellent Teaching  ||   ||   || 2:30 || HS113 || Ben Fan(x3163) Brandon Yerrid (x4274) || **Bright-ening Your Classroom**   //**HCC Express #7337 **//   Updates to the Health Sciences classrooms now support digital annotation on a whiteboard. Create and save diagrams, text, even annotated PowerPoint slides. A must for anyone teaching in HS113, HS115. ||  || January 27 || 1:00- 2:30 || HS363 || Megan Myers (x3418) || **Experience VoiceThread: Communicate and Collaborate with your Students** //**HCC Express #7402 **// Interested in promoting student collaboration, displaying meaningful images, sharing presentations, or conducting peer reviews using a tool that integrates with your Canvas site? Introducing VoiceThread! Students can contribute using a microphone, webcam, text, phone, or audio-file upload. Come join Dr. Megan Myers (History) to learn about this tool; see if it is right for your class, and practice building your first VoiceThread. || http://hccfacultysupport.wikispaces.com/VoiceThread || January 27 || 1:00- 3:00 || N206 || Various Faculty || **Strategies for Student-Centered Instruction - Faculty Panel**   //** HCC Express # 7338 **//   Participate in this faculty-led discussion on strategies to increase student motivation and retention in courses from a variety of disciplines. Come with questions or offer your own “best practices”. ||  || January 27 || 2:00- 3:30 || N228 || Angela Phillips (x4621) || **Clickers: Ready, Set, Assess**   //** HCC Express #7339 **//   Faculty use student response devices (clickers) as powerful tools to assess student understanding, stimulate discussion, review content and more. Learn how to add interactivity to your PowerPoint presentations; support student engagement and gain insight into student mastery. ||  || January 27 || 3:00- 5:00 || DH123 || Eric Belt ||   **Canvas - Basics II** //** HCC Express # 7343 **// This hands-on training session is for novice users who want to expand their knowledge of Canvas. Learn to create pages; manage files; conduct online discussions; post/collect assignments; support online collaboration and more. ||  || January 27 || 5:30- 7:00 || N224 || Amy Chase Martin (x4848) Mary Beth Furst (x4929) ||  **IDEA - Interpret and Act!** //** HCC Express #7344 **//   Faculty course evaluations went online in Fall 2015. Join us to learn how to interpret your evaluation and how to take action on your collected feedback. ||  || January 27 || 5:30 7:00 || N228 || Cliff Galloway (x4080) || **Video-conferencing Using Adobe Connect**   //** HCC Express #7345 **//   Faculty are bringing subject matter experts into the class conversation, and conducting meetings via web-conferencing. Come learn how to host and participate in an Adobe Connect web-conferencing session. A useful alternative when weather or schedules make it difficult to get together face-to-face! ||
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