Focus on Faculty Newsletter

Each semester, the Center for Teaching and Learning puts out a newsletter. Below is the Spring 2010 version. Check it out!

FOFSpring_2010

Visual Communication – Timelines, Screencasts, Concept Maps and More

This workshop discusses ways to visually share information with students.

Getting to the CTL Blog

This screensteps module will guide you to the CTL Blog on MyMC

Go to MyMC

Logon to [http:mymc.montgomerycollege.edu] to sign-in

Choose the FACULTY Tab

Click on the faculty tab to access content.

Find the CTL Blog block

Scroll down on the page to access the CTL blog. Click on any of the stories to access the full blog.
... and now the CTL blog

You can also access the blog directly at mcctl.blogspot.com

CTL Professional Development Series II: Teaching Our Digital Natives

The Center for Teaching and Learning's second Professional Development Series for the 2009-2010 academic year has been rescheduled for May 1, at the Germantown Campus, Goldenrod Building, from 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. This event will offer part time faculty five professional development credit hours that can be used to increase rank and/or salary and full time faculty the opportunity to meet their professional development goals as well.

Teaching Our Digital Natives will focus on tools that can facilitate instruction. Many of the workshops are hands on or interactive. Learn about and how to use Smart Instructor Work Stations, Library Technology Resources, Banner for faculty, Web 2.0 tools, and much more.



These offerings are sure to enhance your instruction and support our mission to support students' success and change students' lives.



For more information, contact Professor Windy Jefferson-Jackson at windy.jefferson-jackson@montgomerycollege.edu or 240-567-1383.



To request accommodations for a disability, please contact June Clarke, CTL, at 240-567-2001.

Blended Learning Blogs

I'm facilitating a Blended Learning fellowship for the college. Fellows were asked to maintain blogs throughout the second semester. I figured online educators should be doing online activities:) Here are a couple of them.
(taken from the college's online newspaper)
All this week, we will be highlighting faculty blogs from the Blended Learning Fellowship facilitated by the Center for Teaching and Learning.
Yesterday, we highlighted a computer applications course: http://mcjcblended.blogspot.com/. Today we move on to math:

Today we switch to math and highlight the blogs from Professor's Rose and Shaw. Professor Rose and Shaw are both developing math courses.

Prof. Alison Rose's blog: http://ar-mathspot.blogspot.com/
Prof. Nancy Shaw's blog: http://www.myblendedblog.blogspot.com/

Please feel free to leave comments.

5 Strategies for Using Wikis in the Classroom: Engaging Students in Technology Projects that Support Learning

Educators are constantly seeking new strategies for using Wikis in the classroom. This is especially true for teachers who have formulated some ideas; however, they are still looking for additional ideas. Even teachers who have been using this technology for quite some time are on the lookout for new ideas. Regardless of being new to Wiki or a veteran, new strategies and techniques for engaging students are just around the corner.

Wikis are one of the easiest Web 2.0 applications on the Internet to use, no downloading of software required and works just like a word processing program. The use of this technological tool has grown tremendously in the past years with more than 180,000 in classroom use today (Wikispaces for Educators Website, June 2009). They are free for educators, advertisement free, and have controlled access to ensure student information remains private.

Read more at Suite101: 5 Strategies for Using Wikis in the Classroom: Engaging Students in Technology Projects that Support Learning http://teachingtechnology.suite101.com/article.cfm/5_strategies_for_using_wikis_in_the_classroom#ixzz0l2Zob9YX

5 Strategies for Using Wikis in the Classroom: Engaging Students in Technology Projects that Support Learni

Technology of the Month -- WIKIS

This month, the Learning Technology Committee at Montgomery College decided to select wiki's as the technology of the month.

It was my unit's turn (Center for Teaching and Learning) to take the lead so here's a little video on wikis. The next post will be the flyer:

Using Wetpaint WIki

A little screencast I created for my students on using wetpaint as a wiki.

Online Tools for Educators -- and a Diigo demo

I was asked by a faculty member to create a list of online tools [view as list or slideshow] I use in the classroom. It was hard because I go back and forth with some tools, like mindmeister, that didn't make the list, versus mywebspiration, which did. Or for timelines, dipity versus timerime (not on the list).

Diigo can show your URL's as a  list :

or as a slideshow:

The show will rotate through each site (every 10 seconds), or you can click on the site you like.

Wetpaint WIki's in Plain English

I use Wetpaint when I use wiki's in the classroom.... here's a little video from Youtube:

Comic Life for Fliers

I really like Comic Life as a tool for making fliers. Here's a flier I made the this month's Technology of the Month at Montgomery College.

WIki's Technology of the Month

Wiki's, March's Technology of the Month

Along with the Learning Technology Committee, the CTL will be offering workshops on the use of Wiki's in the Classroom this April. Register via PDS.

Wednesday	April 14, 2010	12:00 pm to 1:00 pm	-	Online
Monday	April 19, 2010	1:00 pm to 2:30 pm	GT	GT170
Thursday	April 22, 2010	2:30 pm to 4:00 pm	TP/SS	RC211
Friday	April 30, 2010	11:00 am to 12:00 pm	-	Online

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