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November 16 - 20 Learning Labs |
Employee Benefits Information Session - Open Enrollment Starts Monday, October 26! • Change medical and dental plans • Add or remove dependents • Reinstate previously waived coverage • Enroll or re-enroll in FSA and DCAP • Changes take effect January 1, 2010 PEBB provides the following to help employees make decisions: • For Your Benefit newsletter, mailed to homes or on the web • Benefit Fairs across the state – At a Vendor Fair you can learn more about your health and other insurance plans by attending one of the PEBB Program’s benefits fairs. You can pick up information and speak personally with representatives from the health plans, the PEBB Program, flexible spending account program, Dependent Care Assistance Program, Department of Retirement Systems, life insurance, long term disability insurance and auto/home insurance companies. • OE video on the web • OE video copy by calling 1-800-700-1555 • Web based information at www.pebb.hca.wa.gov/ You are cordially invited to take a moment to stop by this helpful info session, especially if you have specific questions about changes to your healthcare coverage for 2010. Questions or not, all are welcome and you do not need to sign up in advance. |
| Angel Monday, Part I Monday, November 16, 2:00 to 4:00 PM, TLC LB 3231C Part 1 of a 4 - Part Angel Training Series Facilitators Tom Braziunas, Carol Howe This hands-on learning lab will provide an overview of the teaching-support features in the Angel learning management system . Included will be the many design and navigation options for forming a virtual classroom or supplementing a campus class. We will share examples of effective classroom instruction using ANGEL and also share pedagogical resources and practical guides for instructors and students. Participants will learn how to incorporate subject matter, lessons and assignment “drop boxes” into the ANGEL learning environment. |
SGID Training The basic model is that one faculty member (the "teacher") invites a faculty colleague (the "SGID facilitator") into his/her classroom to conduct a 30-50 minute "group interview" with the class. The teacher leaves the room while the facilitator divides the class into small groups and asks them to discuss and record their responses to two questions: (1) what is working well in this class? (2) what is not working well and what can be done to improve it? Small groups share their responses in a large-group discussion while the facilitator confirms and compiles all of the information. Outside of class, the facilitator meets with the teacher to share what the students had to say (students' observations are reported anonymously). The teacher considers the student feedback and then, in a subsequent class session, informs the students what s/he will or won't change about the class. Typically, SGIDs are conducted by mid-quarter so that changes can be made during the same quarter with the same group of students. Please note: SGID is completely separate from the Peer Observation process introduced last year. Wrote one NSCC faculty member: “I really appreciated being able to do SGIDs in the past; early in the quarter so that I could make corrections on the fly! The fact that I requested it, that the students could talk to a colleague who understood both me and my students, and I knew that the information would only be made public if I was comfortable, made it an easy way to get a lot of information. Just talking to a seasoned SGID mentor afterwards allowed me to improve my classes almost instantly. I really miss that kind of fast turnaround. For more information, please email Jack Bautsch at jbautsch@sccd.ctc.edu or Jane Lister-Reis at jreis@sccd.ctc.edu. |
| Angel Tuesday, Part I Tuesday, November 17, 12:00 to 2:00 PM, TLC LB 3231C Part 1 of a 4-Part Angel Training Series Facilitators Tom Braziunas, Carol Howe This hands-on learning lab will provide an overview of the teaching-support features in the Angel learning management system . Included will be the many design and navigation options for forming a virtual classroom or supplementing a campus class. We will share examples of effective classroom instruction using ANGEL and also share pedagogical resources and practical guides for instructors and students. Participants will learn how to incorporate subject matter, lessons and assignment “drop boxes” into the ANGEL learning environment. |
Learning the HP3000: An Overview of the Student Management System (SMS) |
| Advanced Angel Teaching
Tips Wednesday, November 18, 2:00 to 4:00PM, TLC LB 3231C Instructor SCCC Nutrition Instructor Deborah Ocken Another "higher angel" learning lab, this time focusing on the many uses of Automation (affectionately aka the "secret agent") to reveal content sequentially through the weeks of the quarter or link its appearance to student progress. Timely content delivery can be central to successful elearning/teaching experiences and Automation in Angel provides the capability to make it more convenient, even intuitive, for both instructor and student. This will be Deborah's fourth year teaching with Angel and she has a wealth of tips and tricks to pass on to newer users. If you have specific questions you would like her to address, please feel free to email them ahead of time to tlcnorth@sccd.ctc.edu so she can do any necessary research and have good answers ready at the lab. |
Jing Project and Screencast.com
Jean guarantees your students will thrive with the help of your Jing videos and screen snapshots just as hers have. |
| The BUZZ Friday, November 20, Noon to 1:00 PM, Club Room Facilitators Tom Braziunas, Carol Howe "BUZZ" stands for "Better Understanding through piZZa," which gives an some idea about this informal, lunch time discussion group designed to provide opportunities for instructors to explore online teaching issues and share information on pedagogy or technical solutions they may have developed in response to those teaching issues, while taking care of lunch at the same time. Advance sign-up not required, but RSVP's appreciated so the right amount of piZZa can be secured. |
| Faculty Development Learning Community Initial Meeting Friday, November 20, 2:00 to 3:30 PM, Club Room CC1360 (in the Cafeteria) Facilitator Karen Michaelson Have you read Ken Bain’s book "What the Best College Teachers Do?" Here’s an invitation to explore how this book could change your teaching. Please join us to engage with other faculty and discuss how faculty learning communities can support teaching and learning. Today's initial gathering will explore: • What it means to be part of a Faculty Learning Community • If North campus would like to form one or more groups to explore the themes/ implications of this book • An introduction to a leadership training that will be offered Sponsored by District Faculty Development and facilitated by District Faculty Development Coordinator and Librarian Karen Michaelson, light refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP to kmicha@sccd.ctc.edu, so we will know how much water, cookies and fruit to bring! “Simply put, the best teachers believe that learning involves both personal and intellectual development and that neither the ability to think nor the qualities of being a mature human are immutable. People can change, and those changes – not just the accumulation of information – represent true learning” (83). -- Ken Bain |
