EIT: Portfolio Development: Bring Your Stuff in a Box
Room 307 Times 10:00AM
This session will be a workshop and a chance to put your own portfolio together with your colleagues. Some materials provided; simply bring your stuff!

(If you missed the first two sessions this past fall and need information concerning what to bring/include in your portfolio, please see the EIT portfolio guidelines or contact an EIT committee member.)

Kristin Smith, Charles Slappy, Stacey Whitlow, Josie Williams

Sustainable Business Enterprises: Implications for Today's Students
Room 911 Tech Center Times 1:00PM

James H. Johnson, Jr. is the William Rand Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Management at UNC-CH. His current research focuses on the modern workforce and workplace. His research has been widely cited in a number of national publications including the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Time Magazine, and the New York Times. He has appeared on numerous television shows including The Today Show, CNN Headline News, This Week in Review and the network evening news shows.

New Faculty Orientation – Midyear Session
Room 910 Tech Center Times 4:30-8:30PM

All new full-and part-time faculty members are asked to attend. Registration through program director is required. Snack dinner available.

Roundtable: Ideas for Online Assignments
Room 261 Times 9:30-11AM

For years now, there has been much discussion about how the Internet changes instruction and offers opportunities for new ways of learning. Has the Internet changed the way you teach and the way your students learn? What assignments have you created that utilize the Net? What kinds of online assignments have been successful and which ones have not? What kinds of instruction do you think work best online?

All faculty are invited to join this informal roundtable discussion. Please bring your ideas and experiences with online assignments (as well as any questions) to share with your colleagues. A computer with Internet access and projector will be available.

Facilitated by Karen McPhaul and Jeremy Portzer.

Notes generated from this discussion

The Learning College and the Workplace: Preparing Students
for Work in the New Century
Room 70C Times 3:30-4:30PM

If instructors wish to prepare students for job possibilities after their Durham Technical College experience, here is a workshop that will allow faculty to integrate some methodologies in their course syllabus. The workshop will provide an overview of Partnership possibilities, Discipline-specific Service-Learning opportunities, and how to assign projects that prepare students for the work environment but do not interfere with course requirements.

Presented by Darren Hamilton, Duke University

Brain-compatible Teaching and Learning
Room 70C Times 1-2PM

What are the secrets of highly successful teachers? In this presentation, we will discuss how latest brain research can help us create a learning environment where students of many different learning styles and abilities will thrive. How does human memory work? Each of us takes in and processes new information in quite unique ways. We will see how by implementing Gardener's theory of multiple intelligences as well as kinesiology into a classroom dramatically improves students' motivation, performance and love for learning.

Presented by Svetlana Yokum, adjunct language instructor

The Adult Learner
Room 602 Times 4:30-5:30PM

Jamie Glass, Dean of Continuing Education, will lead a discussion of the ways in which adults learn.

Does PowerPoint Help or Hinder Learning?
Room 904 Times 3-4:15PM

Presentation tools such as PowerPoint have become widely used wherever information is conveyed: in our clasroooms, in the workplace, at conferences, etc. Many educators say that PowerPoint enhances understanding by helping us organize complex content, add visuals, and provide notes for later study. But some are asking whether PowerPoint's structure constrains and shapes the content we deliver, causing us to simplify complex topics into a mind-numbing series of bullet points.

Please join your colleagues from science, English, nursing, history and other fields as we debate the advantages and disadvantages of PowerPoint for learning.

Facilitated by Karen McPhaul

Roundtable: Sharing Favorite Class Assignments
Room 904 Time 3:45PM

Humanities instructor Bonnie Tilson will host a roundtable discussion in which people will share assignments that have worked well in their own classrooms. We will explore in-class as well as independent (out-of-class) assignments. Please bring a copy of your handout for your favorite class assignment to share with other faculty.

The Learning College and the Workplace: Preparing Students
for Work in the New Century
Room 70C Times 3:30-4:30PM

If instructors wish to prepare students for job possibilities after their Durham Technical College experience, here is a workshop that will allow faculty to integrate some methodologies in their course syllabus. The workshop will provide an overview of Partnership possibilities, Discipline-specific Service-Learning opportunities, and how to assign projects that prepare students for the work environment but do not interfere with course requirements.

Presented by Darren Hamilton, Duke University

In Focus: Film as Mirror and Producer of American Culture
Room 309 Times 3-4PM

Amanda McBride, Developmental Studies English Coordinator, and Tom Gould, ASUT Assistant Dean, will examine classic film images and their role in defining and shaping the American cultural landscape. This presentation and discussion will focus on film as both a reflection of culture and also, perhaps more importantly, as a powerful social agent capable of challenging the existing cultural structure.

Afternoon Coffee Break: The Faces of Durham Tech: Who are our Curriculum Students?
Room 910 Times 2:30-3:30PM

Karen Bowen, Director of Institutional Research and Planning, will reprise her earlier workshop on what we know about our spring 2004 curriculum students and what we need to know about students at a learning college. This workshop is especially appropriate for faculty and college staff who missed the earlier fall 2003 session.

Places of Inspired Imagination: Humankind's Earliest Paintings
Room 900 (formerly room 911) Times 3-4PM

AUST Humanities Discipline Chair Liz Love presents a rare look at caves and cave walls as profound places for Upper Paleolithic cultures. This presentation will elaborate on the significance of the cave stetting and its special effects in connection with the act of painting by these early image-makers.

Does PowerPoint Help or Hinder Learning?
Room 904 Times 3-4:15PM

Presentation tools such as PowerPoint have become widely used wherever information is conveyed: in our clasroooms, in the workplace, at conferences, etc. Many educators say that PowerPoint enhances understanding by helping us organize complex content, add visuals, and provide notes for later study. But some are asking whether PowerPoint's structure constrains and shapes the content we deliver, causing us to simplify complex topics into a mind-numbing series of bullet points.

Please join your colleagues from science, English, nursing, history and other fields as we debate the advantages and disadvantages of PowerPoint for learning.

Facilitated by Karen McPhaul

The multi-age classroom: teaching students of different age groups
Room 261 Times 10-11AM

Nursing instructor Dale Smith presents a useful and engaging look at
how to encourage learning among students of varying age groups

Roundtable: Preparing Students for e-Learning
Room 70C Times 3:30-5PM

Faculty members are invited to bring any materials or technique you use to
prepare students for computer lab work, hybrid courses, or for totally online courses (especially using BlackBoard or websites you have developed).

Facilitated by Becky Roehrs, Instructor/Technician for Computer Software

Information Literacy
Room 70C Times 2-3PM

Durham Tech reference librarians Mary Jackson and Julie Humphrey will introduce the concept of information literacy and show how the Durham Tech library and faculty are involved with the practices of information literacy. A panel discussion with Durham Tech faculty members will follow the introductory information.

Roundtable: The Perkins Grant Team
Room 309 Times 3:00PM

The team that has been working on integrating workplace skills into Durham Tech classrooms will talk about their activities and discuss the workplace skills effort on campus. Please come and share your views (pro and con) about this important topic.

Accommodating Students with Psychological Disabilities
Room 70C Times 3-4:30PM

Faculty and staff are invited to learn more about the common challenges faced by students with psychological disabilities at Durham Tech and discuss guidelines for determining appropriate accommodations in the classroom.

Presented by Tom Jaynes, Associate Dean for Counseling and Student Development

Workplace Readiness for Students
Room 70C Times 2:30-4PM

Dr. Sherry Sherrill, a corporate trainer for Forsyth Technical Community College, will present practical suggestions about the workplace skills that employers want in our graduates.

The Patriot Act
Room 70C Times 3:30-4PM

Wondering what all the fuss is about? Should you turn in your library card? Say good-bye to some of your favorite constitutional protections? We will discuss what the Act permits our government to do – whether we are looking or not.

Presented by Susan Sutton, Paralegal Instructor

English and Science: Strange Bedfellows?
Room 309 Times 12-1:00PM light lunch will be served

English instructor Marcia Daniell will encourage a conversation about how the English and science disciplines complement each other.