Join Us for Our First I Love Learning Week at the MCC CTL

By Helice Agria | January 30, 2013

I Love Learning Week! February 9 – 15, 2013

Explore our love of all things teaching and learning here at Mesa Community College. From exciting Canvas Tools to teaching techniques that engage and motivate students, the Center for Teaching & Learning is your support and resource for innovative education technology and pedagogy. So skip the flowers and chocolates this Valentine’s Day and treat yourself to this fun and informative week of learning sessions!

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Saturday, February 9, 2013

8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Discovering Your Teaching True Colors (C.A.F.E. Credit, Weekend)

HRMS Course #001802, Session #0002; CTL Workshop Room AS Building

Discover your True Colors, a personality assessment based on the Myers-Briggs Inventory. This fun and interactive session will help you shape your classroom environment and activities to meet the needs of the full spectrum of students.

Monday, February 11, 2013

11:00a.m. – 12:00p.m. A Place for Games in the Online Classroom (C.A.F.E. Credit)

HRMS Course #001797, Session #0002; CTL Workshop Room AS Building

In this session, participants will learn how to incorporate games in the online classroom environment. Explore they way games can build student to student connections as well as student to instructor and content connections.

2:00p.m. – 3:00p.m. ShareStream: Integrating Rich Media into Your Classes (C.A.F.E. Credit)

HRMS Course #001847, Session #0001; CTL Workshop Room AS Building

Learn how MCC will use ShareStream to make media (rich video and audio files) easy to store and share with your classes both inside and outside of Canvas.

5:00p.m. – 7:00p.m. Working Together in Canvas: Peer Review & Groups (C.A.F.E. Credit, Evening)

HRMS Course #001841, Session #0002; CTL Workshop Room AS Building

Student-to-student interaction is critical to the learning experience in both face-to-face and online courses. Explore the tools in Canvas to build a variety of group experiences (informal study, projects, wikis) and allow students to provide valuable feedback to each other. The pedagogy of Group and Peer Review Assignments will also be discussed.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Skill Building with StudyMate & Canvas (C.A.F.E. Credit)

HRMS Course #000783, Session #0015; CTL Workshop Room AS Building

Help students learn the basics while having fun with your content. In this session we will build a variety of engaging learning activities including self-assessments, practice exercises and games using StudyMate & Canvas Tools.

3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. MS PowerPoint, Basic Presentations & Beyond (C.A.F.E. Credit)

HRMS Course #001858, Session #0001; CTL Workshop Room AS Building

For over 20 years PowerPoint has been the standard for professional presentations. But despite its long standing reign, it is one of the least understood products. In this session we will explore the mechanics (creating presentations, finding and using themes, adding slides, inserting images/graphs and audio, animating objects/text and more) and best practices in using PowerPoint to maximize the power behind your presentation points.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. The Three C’s: Collaboration, Chat & Conferencing in Canvas (C.A.F.E. Credit)

HRMS Course #001768, Session #0003; CTL Workshop Room AS Building

Explore the interactive features of Conferencing, Collaboration and Chat in Canvas that can bring a dynamic, high-touch learning environment to any class.

3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. MS PowerPoint, Basic Presentations & Beyond (C.A.F.E. Credit)

HRMS Course #001858, Session #0002; Palo Verde Room 209 Red Mountain Campus

Thursday, February 14, 2013

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. From Blah to Bling! Easy Screencasting with Panopto (C.A.F.E. Credit)

HRMS Course #001587, Session #0003; CTL Workshop Room AS Building

Screencasts can make materials come alive and help with the understanding of complex ideas and directions. Discover the free and easily integrated with Canvas tool of Panopto to help you capture anything on your computer screen into a narrated presentation.

3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Collaborative Presentations, Projects and Storytelling with VoiceThread (C.A.F.E. Credit)

HRMS Course #001800, Session #0002; CTL Workshop Room AS Building

VoiceThread is tool that makes every day slide shows into interactive collaborative course materials or engaging assignments. Learn how to use this amazing tool to tell content stories, generate lively discussions, debate topics and more.

Friday, February 15, 2013

10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Collecting and Reflecting on Learning with Canvas ePortfolios (C.A.F.E. Credit)

HRMS Course #001843, Session #0001; CTL Workshop Room AS Building

In this session we will explore the different types of ePort assignments and how students store, track, reflect on and share their learning using the Canvas ePortfolio Tool.

2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. A to Z Digital Tools (C.A.F.E. Credit)

HRMS Course #001722, Session #0003; CTL Workshop Room AS Building

This workshop will focus on how to integrate Digital Tools (Web 2.0 and more) purposefully throughout any lesson design. This presentation will highlight and demonstrate a variety of tools to enhance teaching and learning engaging the 21st century learner across disciplines regardless of delivery format.

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