Articles from:May 2014

  • Profession Development at Colleges and Universities CONGRESS 2014 Mon. May 26, 8:30 am, PL409

    Thursday, May 22, 2014 | By

    Learning about Teaching: Developing and affirming pedagogic knowledge through the Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) is part of a panel where educational developers share their experiences of providing professional development (PD) programs for faculty and TAs. They will discuss aspects of what constitutes effectived PD and focus on benefits and outcomes of delivering the three day Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) within your own educational contexts. 

    The ISW helps educators explore and celebrate participants’ pedagogical knowledge while reinforcing the importance of student centred learning.

    Presenters: 
    Jill Grose, PhD, Director Centre for Pedagogical Innovation, Brock University
    Michael Tjivikua, PhD, Centre for Teaching and Learning, Polytechnic of Namibia
    Lianne Fisher, MA, Educational Developer, Centre for Pedagogical Innovation, Brock University

     

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  • Wikipedia in the Classroom – Faculty Perspectives

    Tuesday, May 20, 2014 | By

    Join Drs. Jonathan Obar, Michigan State and U of T, Nicola Simmons and Dale Bradley, Brock University for Faculty Perspectives of WIkipedia in the Classroom. This panel will provide an overview of interesting ways faculty use WIkipedia in their courses.

    This will be followed by a hands-on Intro to Editing Wikipedia Workshop facilitated by Obar.  BYOD (bring your own device) Participants will require a laptop or mobile device with internet access.

    Questions?  Contact CPI at [email protected] or call X3933.

    Sponsored by the James A. Gibson Library and the Centre for Pedagogical Innovation

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  • Instructional Skills Workshop May 12 – May 14

    Tuesday, May 06, 2014 | By

    The Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) is designed to enhance your teaching effectivness through practice and feedback in small groups.  Participants are required to attend all 3 days, and will receive a certificate upon completion. Open to Brock University 1) faculty, 2) sessional instructors, 3) teaching assistants and graduate teaching assistants, 4) lab demonstrators, and 5) tutorial leaders.

    For additional information or to register online.

    Questions? Contact the Centre for Pedagogical Innovation at [email protected] or X 3933.

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  • Dramatic Arts is Digging In The Soil

    Saturday, May 03, 2014 | By

    Brock students, staff, alumni and volunteers brought downtown St. Catharines to life April 25-27, 2014 as the In The Soil festival once again took over the core for a weekend of creative arts, entertainment and more.

    The three-day multidisciplinary arts fest, now in its sixth year, kicked off Friday at 5 p.m. with a performance by the Woodshed Orchestra at the Festival Hub on St. Paul St. between James and Carlisle Streets, closed off to vehicle traffic.

    The annual showcase for Niagara’s budding creative arts scene expected to draw more than 400 artists and 5,000 attendees to the city for the three-day weekend festival.

    Check out the 2014 festival’s promo video here.

    “With more than 140 acts, artisans and installations to check out, this is truly a festival that celebrates and highlights the arts in Niagara and beyond,” says Sara Palmieri, Committee Chair for In The Soil.

    This year’s festival also included a 50-foot-high ferris wheel right on St. Paul St. – a first for the City of St. Catharines. Thrill–seekers caught glimpses of the adjacent Academic and Cultural Arts Centre and future home of Brock’s Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts , both under construction for their 2015 opening.

    Other festival highlights included musical performances by Canadian hip-hop artist Buck 65; Billy Martin, drummer with the New York City-based jazz-funk trio Medeski Martin & Wood; and St. Catharines-based group Creature Speak.

    There was also live theatre and comedy such as Paper Song by Concrete Theatre group; The Dirty Cabaret III by St. Catharines theatre company Suitcase in Point; and The Al Borland Band or Tool Time Take Two by local artist Danny Fast.

    Not to mention art and photography installations around downtown like Adam CK Vollick’s Frame of Reference and a Vendor Bender marketplace, both at the Festival Hub. Just to name a few of the many things to see and do.

    Check out the full schedule at www.inthesoil.on.ca

    DART alumni and students involved with In the Soil in 2014 include Colin Bruce Anthes, Genevieve Bain, Stephanie Baxter, Brent Cairns, Edwin Conroy Jr., Miles Coverdale, Dawn Crysler, Brian Foster, Collin Glavac, Geoffrey Heaney,  Nathan Heuchan, Saide Isaak, Deanna Jones, Katelyn Lander, Nicholas Leno, Bri Lidstone, Anna MacAlpine, Nathan Tanner MacDonald, Karen McDonald, Hayley Malouin, Dylan Mawson, Tanisha Minson, Erica Nauta, Kendra Neaves, Natasha Pedros,  Jonathan Phillips, Caitlin Popek, Rachel Romanoski, Marcus Schwan, Nicole Titus, Annie Wilson,  among others.  Three new plays written by DART alumni and students were premiered: a-PIE-calypso NOW!!! by Geoffrey Heaney and Nathan Tanner Mac Donald, Once, adapted for the stage by Colin Bruce Anthes, and The After Year by Anna MacAlpine and Tanisha Minson.

    Dramatic Arts Students Hayley Malouin and Nick Leno bogged about the In the Soil Festival in a variety of formats (features, interviews, reviews, etc). You can find their posts at the DARTcritics blog http://dartcritics.com/ Be certain to check out their sign-off at dartcritics.com/2014/05/01/thats-a-wrap/

    In The Soil is produced by Suitcase in Point Theatre Company – whose artistic director Deanna Jones and general manager Annie Wilson are both alumnae of Brock’s dramatic arts program – with many community partners, sponsors and funders from all levels of government.

    Including content by Jeff Sinibaldi published in the article “Brock well represented at In The Soil downtown arts festival” by the Brock Press at http://www.brocku.ca/brock-news/?p=27740

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