January 2018 Events and Workshops
Wednesday January 17th, Making the Most of Your Community-Based Learning Experience
2:30-4pm in CAST (JR G40)
Presenters: Cass Freedland and Lindsay Johnson
Who should attend: Anyone thinking about or planning a CBL component for their Spring 2018 course
Workshop description: Incorporating community-based learning experiences into your classroom can take many forms, from one-time field trips to working at a partnering site within the community on a weekly or monthly basis. Making the most of these engagements will require planning: What are your learning outcomes? How are these experiences integrated into your classroom content? In what ways are you asking students to reflect? How can you be mindful of deficit-based language in the classroom and in reflections? How will you get to your site? Join us in thinking through the nuts and bolts of your community-based learning experiences, and learning how the Office of Community-Based Learning can support you.
Friday January 19th, Gearing Up for Group Work
3:30-5pm in CAST, JR G 40
Presenters: Robin Cresiski and Michael Curry
Who should attend: CPE instructors and any other faculty planning to use a group project/group work
Workshop description: Let’s get together and discuss a few best practices for setting up our group work this semester. How do we get students to engage meaningfully in what it means to do group work? What exercises facilitate this process? How do we maximize team autonomy and learning in a team while minimizing student complaints/requests for faculty intervention? Click here for notes and resources from the workshop!
Thursday January 25th, Adding a Beginner Level Video Project to Your Course
2:30-4pm in VM B12 (Digital Arts Classroom)
Presenter: Johnathan Baker, new Digital Arts Specialist at Goucher College
Description: The first part of this hands-on workshop will introduce the most basic use of video in a class project, such as importing a short movie created on a smartphone and doing rudimentary editing in iMovie. Afterwards, Johnathan will provide an introduction to Adobe Premiere Pro, a more robust video editing software, as well as ideas for assignments and learning outcomes. This will be followed with an advanced session for those who may be already familiar with video editing and want to dig a little deeper, or depending on participants, . This workshop aims to get anyone up and running with video editing, and will cover the basics of file management, importing, editing, color, audio, and exporting the final video.