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IAP 2013 Activities by Category - Teaching Skills

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Community-university partnerships in Boston: The experience of the MIT GreenHouse Studio Symposium

Patricia Molina Costa

Jan/17 Thu 05:00PM-09:00PM 9-450

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/14

Strategies for solving urban planning problems have become increasingly global in nature, reflecting the similarity in challenges cities face in a globalized economy and a changing physical climate. In order to share knowledge across boundaries, planning institutions increasingly seek to understand how similar problems are being addressed from different cultural perspectives, methodologies, and legal regulations. This approach formed the basis for the Parallel Workshop for Sustainable & Equitable Neighborhood Revitalization held in the spring of 2012 by the MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP) and the Departamento de Urbanística y Ordenación del Territorio (DUyOT) at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM). The workshop focused on contemporary urban challenges from two very different perspectives and formulated proposals for two different neighborhoods—Ciudad de los Angeles in Madrid, and Fields Corner in Boston— working closely with community-based organizations. On the occasion of the exhibition, a half-day symposium will be held to discuss the experience of community-university partnerships between MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning and community organizations from the Boston area.

5:00-6:15pm: A Plan for Sustainability in Fields Corner: the GreenHouse Studio collaboration with VietAID

6:15-6:30pm: Break

6:30-8:00pm: Community-university partnerships in the Boston area: reflections from diverse experiences

8:00-9:00pm: Exhibition opening

Sponsor(s): Urban Studies and Planning
Contact: Patricia Molina Costa, pmolina@mit.edu


DUET Seminar - Sowing the Seeds for a More Creative Society

Mitchel Resnick, Professor of Learning Research at the MIT Media Lab

Jan/29 Tue 04:00PM-05:00PM 4-231

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

Mitchel Resnick, Professor of Learning Research at the MIT Media Lab

In today's rapidly-changing society, people must continually come up with creative solutions to unexpected problems. More than ever before, success is based not on what you know, but on your ability to think and act creatively. In short, we are living in the Creative Society. But there is a problem. Most activities in children's lives, whether it's lessons in the classroom or games in the living room, are not designed to help children develop as creative thinkers.

In this presentation, Professor Resnick will discuss new technologies and activities designed specifically to help children learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively, so that they are prepared for life in the Creative Society. I will focus particularly on Scratch, a programming language and online community that enables young people (ages 8 and up) to create their own interactive stories, games, animations, and simulations -- and share their creations with one another online (http://scratch.mit.edu). In the process, children develop skills and ways of thinking that are essential for becoming active participants in the Creative Society.

 

 

Sponsor(s): Teaching and Learning Lab
Contact: Leann Dobranski, 5-122, 617 253-3371, LEANN@MIT.EDU


ESL Program for MIT Service Employees' Workshops

Nancy P Kelly, ESL Program Coordinator

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: None

The MIT ESL Program for Service Employees is giving a series of workshops during the IAP period January 29-31. This is open to all. If you are interested in volunteering, are already a volunteer and want to improve your skills, or are just curious about the ESL Program for Service employees - please come!

Topic: "Stress and Intonation Patterns in English" - Jane Dunphy

Tuesday, Jan 29, 12-2pm, 66-154 - CANCELLED

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up

Single session event

 

Topic: “Helpful Hints for ESL Tutoring (and why we are having loads of fun!)- Monia Doandes and Elaine Aufiero

Thursday, Jan 31, 12-2pm, 66-154

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up

Single session event

 

 

Contact: Nancy P. Kelly, 10-342, 781-296-7600, npkelly@mit.edu


Teaching Intonation and Phrasing

Jan/29 Tue 12:00PM-02:00PM (CANCELED)

Research shows that control of stress, intonation and phrasing (called suprasegmentals) in English is more important for comprehensibility than complete accuracy of the sound system. Main stress, intonation and phrasing patterns of American English will be reviewed and materials designed for teaching will be explored.

 


Tips on Teaching

Jan/31 Thu 12:00PM-02:00PM 66-154

Find out why tutoring MIT Service Employees in ESL can enrich your life. Learn how a small investment of your time can go a long way in helping colleagues learn English. You will hear our helpful tips for tutoring, our inspirational stories, as well as why tutors end up learning as much as their students.


Exploring the Institute Archives and Special Collections: Open to All

Nora Murphy, Archivist for Reference, Outreach and Instruction

Feb/01 Fri 01:00PM-02:00PM 14N-118

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

The Institute Archives and Special Collections curates material about the Institute that tells the story of MIT's founding and its endeavors ever since. Questions about MIT's history and culture can be answered through endless stories about people, programs, and policies. Over 20 million items can be discovered and explored by any researcher. Learn how to find what you're looking for and how to use our intriguing collections.

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Nora Murphy, 14N-118, 617 253-8066, NMURPHY@MIT.EDU


Fair Use & E-Reserves

Ellen Duranceau, Program Manager, Scholarly Publishing & Licensing, Roshni Gohil, Coordinator for Reserves and Student Hiring

Jan/22 Tue 02:00PM-03:00PM 14N-132

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/22
Limited to 30 participants

Are you teaching or supporting a class this spring and want to learn more about copyright and electronic reserves on Stellar?

We’ll give you an overview of the latest understanding of US copyright law’s fair use provisions as it applies to materials posted to course management systems like Stellar. We’ll discuss the federal ruling on the Georgia State University e-reserves case and the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries. Then we’ll share best practices for posting to Stellar, and how the Libraries can help with your e-reserves.

Staff from the MIT Libraries’ Office of Scholarly Publishing & Licensing and Course Reserves Team will be available to answer questions.

Register at: http://libcal.mit.edu/events

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Roshni Gohil, 14S-100, 617 253-2283, RGOHIL@MIT.EDU


How to Speak

Professor Patrick Winston, Dept. of EECS, Ford Professor of Engineering/ MacVicar Faculty Fellow

Feb/01 Fri 11:00AM-12:00PM 10-250

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

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.

Sponsor(s): Teaching and Learning Lab
Contact: Leann Dobranski, 5-122, x3-3371, leann@mit.edu


Integrating Communication Instruction in CI Subjects: A Writing Across the Curriculum IAP Workshop

Louise Harrison Lepera and Dr. Jessie Stickgold-Sarah, Lecturers, Writing Across the Curriculum

Jan/28 Mon 10:00AM-11:30AM 12-134

Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)

Instructors of CI subjects often ask how they can more effectively connect writing and speaking instruction with the course content, so that communication assignments are not just additional requirements, but instead help students more deeply engage with the concepts of the course.  How can we design instructional and assignment sequences that are organic to each subject, and that help students approach writing and speaking as the space for developing conceptual thinking?  Working with some examples from CI-M and CI-H classes, we'll explore how instructors can break down assignments to demystify research, writing, and presentation in their fields.  Improved sequencing will help students experience a more productive writing experience.

Bring examples of assignments from your classes to share.

All WAC workshops are open to faculty and teaching assistants who are interested in integrating writing and speaking into their subjects.

Sponsor(s): Teaching and Learning Lab, Comparative Media Studies
Contact: Ashley Caval, 12-117, 617 253-0650, ACAVAL@MIT.EDU


Oral Presentations and the Academic Conversation: A Writing Across the Curriculum IAP Workshop

Atissa Banuazizi and Nora Jackson, Lecturers, Writing Across the Curriculum

Jan/31 Thu 10:00AM-11:30AM 12-134

Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)

This interactive workshop is geared to instructors across the disciplines who are interested in integrating oral presentation into their classes.  We will discuss effective strategies to teach the oral component in CI classes as an act of critical thinking.  Together, we will define goals for a variety of speaking genres in science and humanities classes.  Participants will collaborate in sharing good practices from their own experience.  Finally, we will explore some practical templates to teach oral presentation that encourage students to practice the following skills: (1) communicating complex ideas in accessible language; (2) creating presentations that clearly define goals and argument or hypothesis; (3) organizing presentations in the service of developing ideas in the broader context of the field.

All WAC workshops are open to faculty and teaching assistants who are interested in integrating writing and speaking into their subjects.

Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies, Teaching and Learning Lab
Contact: Ashley Caval, 12-117, 617 253-0650, ACAVAL@MIT.EDU


Powerful Feedback: Strategies for Responding to Student Writing: A Writing Across the Curriculum IAP Workshop

Dr. Karen Boiko and Susan Carlisle, Lecturers, Writing Across the Curriculum

Jan/29 Tue 10:00AM-11:30AM 12-134

Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)

What kind of feedback will help students understand how to revise their essays, reports or articles, or to write their next assignment more effectively?  This workshop will help faculty and TA's to articulate their criteria for student writing and to develop powerful feedback practices, from written comments to ribrucs to peer review to individual conferences.  By considering feedback in relation to other forms of instruction, participants will learn to provide the kinds of comments and strategies that will help students understand how to improve their skills as writers.

All WAC workshops are open to faculty and teaching assistants who are interested in integrating writing and speaking into their subjects.

Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies, Teaching and Learning Lab
Contact: Ashley Caval, 12-117, 617 253-0650, ACAVAL@MIT.EDU


Research and Teaching Colloquium: Communicating in the Disciplines

Dr. Suzanne Lane, Acting Director, Writing Across the Curriculum

Feb/01 Fri 01:00PM-04:30PM 56-154

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

Sponsored by the Writing Across the Curriculum Program

How can we teach students to become critically reflective writers and speakers in classes across the Institute?  This session will present creative teaching practices and research from many Communication Intensive classes, and is open to all faculty and TAs interested in enhancing communication instruction in their subjects.

Barbara Hughey, Jane Kokernak, and Thalia Rubio

Marilee P. Ogren, Jessie Stickgold-Sarah

Lydia E. Volaitis

Janis Melvold

Mary Caulfield

Contact: Ashley Caval, 12-117, 617 253-0650, ACAVAL@MIT.EDU


Splash for Us - a night of community learning and teaching

Bianca Homberg

Jan/22 Tue 08:00PM-11:45PM 1st floor, bldg 2

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

From the creators of SplashFirehose and Firestorm:
 

Ever wanted to take all the classes? Wonder what interesting knowledge your classmates have to share? Come to Splash for Us - all the awesomeness of Splash†, now taught...for us! Come teach something you're passionate about and learn things outside your expertise from your peers--topics from typography to virology, origami to speed cubing, and quantum mechanics to board games.


Offerings include: Cyberespionage in the NewsHow to Bullshit, and N Proofs in 30 Minutes  (schedule subject to change).  If you're interested in teaching, you can register at http://esp.mit.edu/teach/Splash/forUs/index.html by January 9th.


Runs from 8 PM to 1 AM - drop by for a few classes, and stay as late as you'd like. Pizza and snacks will be served. For more information, visit http://esp.mit.edu/teach/Splash/forUs/index.html

 Splash (noun): a program that offers local middle- and high-school students two days of fun and learning; directed and taught by MIT students. If you're interested in teaching for this or similar programs, please inquire within.

MIT's Educational Studies Program is a student-run organization that provides the campus with teaching and service opportunities throughout the year.Teach Anything, Learn Anything!

Sponsor(s): Educational Studies Program
Contact: Bianca Homberg, splash-for-us@mit.edu


Teaching Students to Write with (and Cite) Sources: A Writing Across the Curriculum IAP Workshop

Dr. Suzanne Lane, Acting Director, Writing Across the Curriculum

Jan/30 Wed 10:00AM-11:30AM 12-134

Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)

Using evidence and writing with sources are central features of academic work.  Students often struggle with these aspects of academic writing; they find the differing requirements for source use, the practices of citation, and the relationships between claim and evidence hard to navigate as they move from one discipline to another throughout their undergraduate career.  Drawing from recent research in writing pedagogy, this workshop will discuss how to teach students to write with sources in ways that help them both to understand the methods of argument in different disciplines, and to better understand the requirements of academic integrity.

All WAC workshops are open to faculty and teaching assistants who are interested in integrating writing and speaking into their subjects.

Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies, Teaching and Learning Lab
Contact: Ashley Caval, 12-117, 617 253-0650, ACAVAL@MIT.EDU


(CANCELED) Tech's Top Teachers Talk Turkey

Facilitated by: Lori Breslow, Teaching & Learning Lab

Jan/28 Mon 12:00PM-01:00PM 4-231

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

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.

Sponsor(s): Teaching and Learning Lab
Contact: Leann Dobranski, 5-122, x3-3371, leann@mit.edu