Join us for 20 minutes of presentation, followed by 20 minutes of discussion time…

Dr. Kevin McCully & Hui-Ju (Zoe) Young
KINS – Kinesiology

Thursday, March 28, 2013
2:30 p.m., 631 Aderhold

“Academic-Community Partnerships to Enhance Student Education and Wellness of Disabled/Injured Populations”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWLjzjzgW-s

In this presentation, we will share our idea and establishment of a wellness class for individuals with disabilities. The class utilizes the idea of using student wellness coach approach as a way to build partnerships between the academia and the community. The goals of the wellness class are to 1) provide valuable hands-on patient experience that will better prepare UGA students for future professional training in the field of healthcare; 2) offer an affordable and sustainable wellness program that serves as a motivational and educational resource to help people with disabilities adopt a healthy lifestyle. We will discuss our instructional experiences and how the class has been evolved over the three semesters that has been taught.

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THANK YOU!

Dr. Sylvia Nogueron-Liu

See Dr. Sylvia Nogueron-Liu on “Life After Teaching with Tech #EpicFail Moments: The paper/screen balancing act”
link to video: http://youtu.be/lFXkdlC5-Iw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFXkdlC5-Iw

In this presentation, I will share my rationale and theoretical foundations to engage students in the use of digital tools in courses related to literacy instruction. My goals usually include the critical examination of such tools, as well as dialogue and reflection about the affordances of technology in the classroom. Implementing these goals requires hands-on experience in both face-to-face and online interaction, as we navigate and try out applications and online platforms. I have found that an important part of this process is to carefully examine those moments when things just don’t work. Or when we can’t make them work. I will share some insights on the shifts in my instruction and planning after debriefing and troubleshooting, as I try to maintain a balance and well-informed choice of print-based and screen-based activities and materials.

Innovation 20/20 Series

We are again soliciting your nominations for Innovation 20/20 sessions. The idea is for people known to be innovative in their teaching to give a very short presentation of the innovation in about 20 minutes, followed by engaging in a 20 minute discussion with the audience.

Anyone can be nominated — faculty, students, and staff — because we believe that innovation in teaching is not restricted to rank or position. And remember, these can be “Little i” innovations — those small creative implementations of ideas that have been successful and made a difference in teaching. With the presenter’s permission, we record the presentation portion of the 20/20 session in order to make these available for those not able to attend.

While it is difficult to pin down what is meant exactly by “innovative teaching,” here are are a few guidelines. Nominees should be more than just good teachers. They are people who take some risks and try new things. They are also people who are known to use one or more unique innovative strategies consistently as part of their teaching repertoire.

The focus is squarely on “innovation in teaching,” but if some attention is given to how technology makes the teaching innovation possible or feasible, all the better.

To submit a nomination, send the following information to Lloyd Rieber:

*Name and email of the nominee
*Nominee’s department and/or program
*Short explanation of why you are nominating this person (e.g. in what way
is the person innovative in his/her teaching)

Self-nominations are also accepted, but priority will be given to people nominated by others.

So, please consider nominating someone to do an Innovation 20/20 session!

To view video recordings of past sessions, go to the Innovation in Teaching and Technology Web site and click on “Innovation 20/20″ in the menu in the top left corner of the screen.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Many thanks!

Lloyd Rieber
Director, Innovation in Teaching and Technology

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MepoOVWk1m8

Dr. Jim Garrett: Wednesday, November 28, 2012
10:30am, 631 Aderhold

In this presentation I elaborate on a conceptual model, an illustration, of how thoughts “move” in a classroom. In my teaching I attempt to invite students into conversation with practices, theories, each other, and me. The hope is that in these conversations students have the opportunity to find new ideas about teaching and learning. Within classrooms, though, what ideas get heard? Which do not? Which ideas move a conversation forward? Which ideas lead to new ideas? And, what is the teacher’s role with, through, and around these ideas?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FheI0XsRSws

Dr. Lew Allen: Wednesday, November 7, 2012
12:00pm, 631 Aderhold

In my class syllabi I state my classes are highly interactive. However, student interaction is the bare minimum of what I’m shooting for. I don’t want polite, safe interactions. I want memorable interactions that open students’ hearts and minds to different ways of feeling and thinking. In this session we will discuss strategies and activities that have the potential to create the type of classroom environment that facilitates a climate that encourages and facilitates students’ efforts to engage each other and me in meaningful, transformational ways.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmYLxQGam94

Dr. Cory Buxton - Wednesday, October 24, 2012
2:00pm, 631 Aderhold

A number of years ago I became frustrated that the kinds of final exams or final projects that I would use in my classes were not giving me a clear picture of how my students were able to apply what they had learned to their thinking about who they wanted to be as teachers. I decided to try using a mock job interview format as a way to push my students to describe how they could make authentic use of what they learned. Students routinely tell me two things about the experience: 1) it scared them and made them study, and 2) it was the most valuable learning experience in the course.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgQNeerrz-o

Dr. Nancy Knapp: Wednesday, October 3, 2012
3:00pm, 631 Aderhold

Many scholars have characterized the “apprenticeship of observation” as a “pitfall” to be avoided or a barrier to be overcome in preservice teacher education, but directly challenging students’ experience-based beliefs often leads to resistance, making students feel discounted or disrespected. In this session, we look at several ways that reflective journals can be used to help early preservice teachers non-threateningly confront their often unconsidered assumptions about teaching and learning, so that their shared life experiences become a resource for, rather than a barrier to, their developing understandings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pd_IGpVjTI

Dr. Amy Parks: Wednesday, September 26, 2012
2:00pm, 631 Aderhold

Although considerable evidence suggests that students learn more when they engage with others, often groupwork tasks devolve into unrelated conversations or result in one or two people taking over. This talk, grounded in sociologist Elizabeth Cohen’s work on status, discusses particular strategies for designing and implementing intellectually engaging tasks in which all students learn and participate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft3Pmn0-A0c

Dr. Meg Hines: April 3, 2012
3:00pm, 631 Aderhold

This session is aimed at sharing several tried and true tools/strategies Dr. Hines has learned in her eight years teaching online.  She will share with you what she feels are the three essential elements in an online class (Accessibility, Communication and Evaluation) and ways that she has used various tools and strategies to help support these elements.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYOVMkVNldE

Keri Valentine – March 27, 2012
3:00pm, 631 Aderhold

This session shows how a semester long blogging community can support creativity, communication, collaboration, and critical thinking. Survey data from students will be shared as well as exemplars of their work. Learn how to support implementing a blogging community with your own students, including the benefits and roadblocks you may want to consider. The instructor is excited to share this successful project in hopes that you too will realize the benefits of expanding your classroom learning environment beyond the traditional four walls.