Better Teaching @ MIT
Dr. Lori Breslow, Director, Teaching and Learning Laboratory
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: none
A series of lunchtime workshops designed to help MIT instructors teach better. In the series we'll talk to some of MIT’s best teachers about how they teach, explain how to write homework problems and test questions to best support student learning and understanding, consider ways to engage students in classroom discussions, and explore other topics. Workshops are open to all members of the MIT community.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/tll/programs-services/better-teaching/schedule-iap-current.html
Contact: Leann Dobranski, 5-122, x3-3371, leann@mit.edu
Sponsor: Teaching and Learning Lab
Tech's Top Teachers Talk Turkey
Dr. Lori Breslow, Moderator
Join us for a session in which some of MIT's best teachers — both faculty and teaching assistants — talk about how to teach well. This is a panel discussion at which questions are strongly encouraged.
Mon Jan 26, 12-01:00pm, 4-270
Constructing Effective Problem Sets & Exam Questions
Dr. Sanjoy Mahajan, Associate Director, Teaching & Learning
This session highlights ways in which exams, problem sets and homework assignments can be designed to best support student learning and understanding. Participants identify positive and negative attributes of sample homework problems and work collaboratively to redesign these problems in order to more effectively reinforce desired learning objectives.
Tue Jan 27, 12-01:00pm, 6-120
The ACT of Teaching
Margie Zohn Partner, Dramatic Insights; http://www.dramaticinsight.com/
We will explore the links between the skills of the actor and those of the teacher, and jump into experiential exercises designed to hone your presence in the classroom. How do we craft the messages we are delivering and understand the impact they have on our audience? How can we use more of our expressive capacity to keep a group engaged? Be ready for a fun, interactive lunchtime as we all get into the ACT of teaching.
Wed Jan 28, 12-01:00pm, 6-120
Interactive Teaching
Dr. Sanjoy Mahajan , Associate Director, TLL
By asking students questions based on key concepts, you engage students' interest and intelligence. You also learn what concepts they find most confusing. By having a whole class BE a demonstration, you can involve students even more in their learning. This session discusses the reasons for interactive teaching and provides examples of questions and techniques that you can use or adapt for your own teaching.
Thu Jan 29, 12-01:00pm, 6-120
Special Considerations for Teaching in the Multicultural Classroom
Jane Dunphy, Director, English Language Studies Program
MIT's cultural diversity is an exciting resource. If handled sensitively, it can enrich the Institute's educational and intellectual life. Handled poorly, it can present an obstacle to productive participation of MIT students. Here, we will discuss strategies to increase understanding and effective management of the multicultural classroom.
Fri Jan 30, 12-01:00pm, 6-120
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EECS Teaching Assistant Workshop
Dennis Wei
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 16-Jan-2009
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: EECS graduate students interested in teaching
Anxious about teaching for the first time? Don't worry! Please come to the 5th annual EECS TA Workshop. We will have group discussions focused on different aspects of TAing, led by experienced TAs who will share some of the things they wish they knew before they began teaching.
Cosponsored by the EECS Graduate Student Association.
Contact: Dennis Wei, dwei@mit.edu
Sponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
How to be an Effective TA (and still have time for other things)
Dennis Wei
What can I do to ensure that my students learn the material?
What are some good uses of office hours? How do I write good problem sets and solutions? How much time does TAing really take? How do I make progress in my research, keep up in my classes, and do a good job as a TA, all in the same term?
Wed Jan 21, 06pm-07:30am, 34-401A, Grier A, Dinner Provided
Teaching Tutorials and Recitations
Dennis Wei
What are the differences between recitations and tutorials? How do I encourage my students to interact with me and each other? How much should I prepare and present, and how much time should I devote to answering students' questions?
Mon Jan 26, 06-07:30pm, 34-401A, Grier A, Dinner Provided
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How to Speak
Professor Patrick Winston
Fri Jan 30, 02-03:00pm, 6-120
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
(please note time change)
You can improve your speaking ability in critical situations by observing a few heuristic rules. Professor Winston's collection of rules is presented along with examples of their application not only in lectures, but also in job talks, thesis defenses, and oral examinations.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/tll/programs-services/better-teaching/schedule-iap-current.html
Contact: Leann Dobranski, 5-122, x3-3371, leann@mit.edu
Sponsor: Teaching and Learning Lab
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Serving Java: MEET's Project Design Challenge
Ted Golfinopoulos, Froylan Sifuentes
Tue Jan 20 thru Fri Jan 23, 02-04:00pm, 32-155
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 05-Jan-2009
Limited to 25 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: prior Java, C++ or other object oriented language experienc
Help MEET, contribute to world peace, win prizes!
Teams or individuals design prototypes for original, high-school-level computer science projects aimed for use in the curriculum of MEET (Middle East Education through Technology). These will be judged, and the winner(s) team will receive a generous prize. The project prototypes may be implemented by MEET students in Jerusalem.
Week 1: project introduction, practice in writing lab-sized projects, discussion of challenges unique to the MEET program, technical and teaching workshops.
Week 2: Developing and coding projects with support from former MEET instructors.
This course is an excellent way for students to learn about teaching computer science and to discover MEET. It is not intended as a course in Java programming.
Web: http://meet.mit.edu/iap
Contact: Ted Golfinopoulos, tedg@meet.mit.edu
Sponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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