The Centre for Digital Humanities is pleased to announce that Dr. David Hutchison is the new Director of the Centre for Digital Humanities and the Interactive Arts and Science program, for a 3 year term. Dr. Hutchison, from the Department of Teacher Education in the Faculty of Education, has been an advisor to the Interactive Arts and Science Program since its inception in 2006. Drawing upon his keen interest in games, Dr. Hutchison is the author of the 2009 book, From Gamer to Game Designer: The Official Far Cry 2 Map Editing Guide.
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Profession Development at Colleges and Universities CONGRESS 2014 Mon. May 26, 8:30 am, PL409
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
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Wikipedia in the Classroom – Faculty Perspectives
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 cpi@brocku.ca 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
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 cpi@brocku.ca or X 3933.
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Dramatic Arts is Digging In The Soil
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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2014 Spring Perspectives on Teaching & Learning: Supporting a Culture of Academic Integrity at Brock University
Join us for a half day conference where you will learn about academic integrity issues and challenges, Brock’s AI policy and procedures as well as various teaching and learning strategies for supporting both faculty and students.
We will also honour the recipient of the 2014 Clarke Thomson Award for Excellence in Sessional Teaching.
Questions? Contact CPI at cpi@brocku.ca or X3933
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Brock Students & Carousel Players Share Their Love of Theatre With Special Gift
Students of the Department of Dramatic Arts showed their support for Carousel Players with a $600 donation this month. All of the box office proceeds from their Brock Connections production of Star-Crossed: A Musical Shakespeare from March 28-29, 2014 were donated to Carousel Players, Niagara’s theatre for young audience company. Directors of the one-act parody of Romeo & Juliet, Megan Dene & Nick Leno added "Please continue to inspire young people and their families to pursue and be involved in the arts."
"We were deeply touched by this unexpected gift that showed the true passion for the arts of these 23 students, "said Jane Gardner, General Manager of Carousel Players. "We used the funds to give the gift of theatre to St. Christopher Catholic School who received a free performance of Carousel’s Dib and Dob and the Journey Home at their school. Paul Lukacs, a teacher at St. Christopher told us of the wonderful theatre experiences the children aged 4 and up had at his school that day. For many children it was their first theatre experience."
(from the Carousel Players website)
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CLAS/INTC is an evening course this Spring 2014. Register Now!
CLAS/INTC 2P34 – CIties and Sanctuaries of the Ancient World
There is still time to register for CLAS/INTC 2P34.
Course Description – Surveys the cities of the ancient Near East, Egypt, and the Greek and Roman worlds from an archaeological perspective, and in their cultural and historical contexts.
The lecture is on Mondays (M) and Wednesdays (W) 1900-2100 (AS217) and has three seminar options as follows:
SEM 1 M W 1800-1900
SEM 2 M W 1800-1900
SEM 3 M W 2100-2200
For more information and to register for this Spring course starting in June 2014.
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Dramatic Arts Design students’ Open House exhibit on now
Theatrical Design Exhibition (DART 3F61)
When: March 26, 2014 – 9:00am – April 2, 2014 – 5:00pmA public showing of Theatre Design projects by senior design students. Scale maquettes of set designs, costume designs and storyboards for a variety of plays, musicals, songs and proposed films.
Location: Design Studio Room ST102, Schmon Tower, Brock University.
Admission: Free
Sponsored by the Department of Dramatic Arts, part of the Industrial Fabric 2014.
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One Acts Festival starts today!
Break-a-leg! to the student directors, cast and crew, faculty and staff who are opening the One Acts Festival TODAY!
Every year as the final assignment for the Third Year Directing class each student choses a one act play to produce for the One Act Festival.This years One Acts Festival is approaching and the dates are as follow:
Group A’s shows are:
The Feast
Overtones
Hide & Seek
FourteenGroup B’s shows are:
Tales of the Grotesque
Don Juan in Chicago
Playwriting 101
Rat SnakeFriday March 21st Group A starting at 2pm Group B at 7pm
Saturday March 22nd Group B starting at 2pm & Group A at 7pm.
Come out and support the 3rd year directors and all the students involved in this years Festival. Seating is limited so please show up early to get your seats!
see the FB events page here
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When:March 21, 2014 – 2:00pm – March 22, 2014 – 7:00pmUpper year directing students present a series of short plays featuring student actors, each presented twice in a rep format.
March 21 & 22, 2014 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Location: ST 107 "Studio Theatre" and ST 103 "Black"
Admission: Donations AcceptedContact the Department for more details: dramatic@brocku.ca or 905-988-5550 x 5255
Location of your event:ST 107 "Studio Theatre" and ST 103 "Black"Cost:$0.00Sponsor:Department of Dramatic ArtsContact:dramatic@brocku.ca or 905-988-5550 x 5255see the FB events page here