Professional Training Taught by Professional Peers

Spring 2018

• Hybrid Instruction: Teaching Part of Your Class Online
  Presenter: Diana Lawrence-Brown

  Discussion of experiences with and strategies for teaching up to 1/3 of a course online. This approach provides additional flexibility and variety to the course, while still allowing for extensive personal contact and in-class instruction

• Video of the presentation by Diana Lawrence-Brown URL
• Hybrid Online Template File
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  Work smarter, not harder and other assorted clichés: Microsoft suite to make your life easier
  Presenter: Rene’ Hauser

  Technology really can make your life easier! This workshop will show you ways to use Microsoft word, Outlook and Moodle to make your workload more manageable. And yes, I will toss in overused clichés throughout the presentation! Break out of your rut, turn over a new leaf and conquer your fears. Make technology work for you.

• Video of the presentation by Rene Hauser URL
• Work smarter, not harder File
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  Using Project Management and Collaborative Technologies in the Classroom
  Presenter: Todd Palmer

  For the past five years, I have used Trello, a popular web based project management platform, as the cornerstone in my classes and my global and domestic co-curricular projects. The flexibility of the platform allows an amazing degree of creativity, which permits me to move easily between environments. These platforms not only address the learning issues but also gives me a way to instill metric-based leadership and teamwork training in all of my endeavors.

• Video of the presentation by Todd Palmer URL
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  Enhance Student Engagement & Showcase Student Voice with Flipgrid
  Presenter: Jennifer Eastman

  Drawing on my years of experience from my previous role training instructors how to incorporate digital technologies into classroom teaching, I will help attendees from every discipline learn how to integrate Flipgrid technology for student engagement into their classes. Teaching with Flipgrid empowers students to add their voice to discussions via video recording.

  Instructors initiate the conversation by posting a question and/or a hyperlink to a video, article, etc. and students respond. Students expand discussions by responding to each other. The presentation will also show attendees examples of Flipgrid’s use via social media with the Twitter hashtag: #flipgridfever Note: Flipgrid is free (one grid) or purchased annually (multiple grids). Students always participate for free via the app or website access, no student account is required.

• Video of the presentation by Jennifer Eastman URL
• Link to Google docs presentation handout URL
• Mail Merge and its use for Students
  Presenter: Angela Colomaio

  This workshop covered the basics of mail merge including setting up the source file, creating a Word document with placeholders, and importing the source file to fill in the placeholders. It will start with a basic example, but also include some creative ways Mail Merge can be used professionally and personally.

• Video of the presentation by Angela Colomaio URL
• Mail Merge Workshop Files Folder

  Mail Merge Workshop Files from Angela's workshop.  These are the files referenced in the video.

• Mail Merge Workshop Folder

  Mail Merge Workshop this is a previous workshop created and presented by me, Karla.  The instruction file will go through doing a mail merge step-by-step.