May 2008 Workshop Series
The current status of each workshop (as of 2:20 pm on Wednesday, May 14th) is shown in parentheses after the workshop title. We will update this status at the beginning of each day, at lunch time, and at the end of the business day through the week.
Space availability may change in between our status updates. For the actual registration status at any time, please click on the link for the workshop or session that interests you.
To register or sign up for the wait list for a session:
Click on the link for the workshop or lunchbox session you are interested in. That will take you to the full description. Look for the link to "Register" or "Wait list" (as the case may be) below the workshop description.
The Center for Instructional Technology is pleased to offer a week-long series of intensive instructional technology and pedagogy workshops May 12-16, 2008. Our sessions are designed to give the busy faculty member and graduate instructor concrete, ready to implement ideas for using instructional technology and for fostering a dynamic, flexible learning environment in and beyond the classroom.
Workshop sessions:
- Lecture Busters: Keeping Students Engaged (session completed)
- Avoiding "Death by PowerPoint" (session completed)
- Effective Use of Student Groups (session completed)
- What Are My Students Thinking? (space available)
- Digital Narratives: Telling Stories with Technology (session completed)
- Introduction to Google Earth (session completed)
- Enhancing Your Course with Audio & Video (session completed)
- Implementing Student Video Projects (space available)
- Introduction to Wimba: Fast, Easy and Built-In Audio Recording in Blackboard (session completed)
- The Green Classroom: Saving Paper With Blackboard (session completed)
- Teaching with Webcams (session completed)
- Creating Short Videos of Your Computer Screen (wait list)
Faculty Lunchbox Sessions
Each day at lunch, we are also offering a "Faculty Lunchbox" session. These are a combination of lunch + presentation of a series of applications that might form a "faculty productivity toolbox" + discussion.
Attendees at the sessions will be introduced at each session to one popular and useful tool or method which CIT feels might benefit faculty who are looking for approachs to help them organize information, collaborate on projects, or share materials with others. After a short presentation, the majority of the session will focus on discussion among the faculty attendees about perceived usefulness of the tool presented, relevance with regard to their current work patterns, and any questions they have about how to get started.
Our topics include (click on the link for more details and to register)
- Really Simple Syndication (RSS) (session completed)
- Bookmarking Tools (session completed)
- Google Docs (session completed)
- Webfiles (space available - lunch order not guaranteed for registrations within 24 hrs of event)
Research account credit (limited eligibility)
Faculty and full-time instructors who attend one or more workshop or lunchbox session are eligible to receive a stipend payable as a transfer to a Duke research account, up to a maximum of $300 per individual. Stipends are calculated based on the number of credits assigned to each session; the basic formula is 1 hour = 1 credit = $50. Eligible participants should submit the research account credit request form (PDF file) to CIT no later than May 20, 2008.
Photos and video from our workshops
Want to see photos taken during our workshops, and video reactions from workshop participants? Check out our Flickr photostream!
