February 2009 - Posts

• Announcement 2-16-09

  Here are a few things to keep in mind for the upcoming weeks: Have you been meeting with your mentor?  As you begin or continue to work on your project, be sure to keep your mentor ‘in the loop’ and informed of what is going on. TEACH Project Progress Reports are due next Friday.  If you have any questions consult the TEACH Wiki or get in touch with your consultant. Be sure to go online and register for your spring workshop hours.  If you are unable to attend a session you registered for, that is okay, just be sure to sign up for something else so that you are able to fulfill your 10 hours.   Posted Feb 16 2009, 03:55 PM by mmeixner with no comments Filed under: TEACH, Upcoming Events

• What Students Remember

  Last week several of you attended the TEACH Lunch Series session on using case studies or problem-based learning as a teaching tool in the classroom…I wish that you all could have been there, it was a great session!  Take a look at the Feb. 13th blog posting from The Teaching Professor on What Students Remember at the end of the semester.  I’d love to hear what you think!  Also, one of the links I posted last week didn’t work…sorry!  If you are interested, here is the link on Problem-Based Learning from the Center for Instructional Development and Research at the University of Washington.  http://depts.washington.edu/cidrweb/Bulletin/PBL.html   Posted Feb 16 2009, 09:12 AM by mmeixner with no comments

• Problem-Based Learning

  The TEACH Lunch Series this week features Problem-Based Learning (PBL) and will be facilitated by Dr. Donna Davis and Dr. Debbie Laverie from Marketing.  Both of these distinguished faculty members continue to successfully implement PBL in their classrooms and on Friday they will share more about that experience.  I hope that you will all be able to come and learn more about how and why you could use PBL in your classrooms. To help provide you with some background information on PBL, check out the following resources for a brief overview.Problem-Based Learning (Center for Instructional Development and Research—University of Washington): The CIDR at the University of Washington provides an outline of PBL including why you should use it, how it works, how to get started, and what kind of classes it can be used in.   Pedagogy Resources—Problem-Based Learning (Teaching & Learning Center—University of Nevada, Las Vegas):  The TLC at UNLV provides a more in depth look at a variety of topics related to PBL such as assessment, developing a PBL problem, finding PBL problems, etc.    Posted Feb 10 2009, 08:55 AM by mmeixner with no comments Filed under: TEACH, TEACH Lunch Series

• StrengthsQuest Month

  I don’t know whether or not you have received the emails from Jay Killough regarding StrengthsQuest Month, but this month (February) is StrengthsQuest Month and the staff at Career Services have organized a series of events geared towards helping us each learn more about our strengths.  Sessions will be held throughout the month in the SUB Playa Room from 3:00-4:00pm, check out the calendar for specific dates.   If you haven’t taken the StrengthsQuest, all TTU students can take it once for free, so I would encourage you to take it and stop by some of the sessions.  You’ll learn a lot about yourself!   Career Services Homepage StrengthsQuest Homepage Posted Feb 02 2009, 03:50 PM by mmeixner with no comments Filed under: TEACH