{"id":746,"date":"2018-01-30T18:12:03","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T18:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/cast\/?p=746"},"modified":"2019-02-28T16:45:11","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T16:45:11","slug":"welcome-back-spring-2018-semester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/cast\/2018\/01\/30\/welcome-back-spring-2018-semester\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Back!!! 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fa-angle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Next<\/span><\/span><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-441c509 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"441c509\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-286441d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"286441d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Welcome back faculty!!!<\/strong><\/p><p>As we embark on our Spring 2018 semester, we have some CAST updates and news to share with you!<\/p><p>Every week, we will be highlighting topics important to you and the Goucher community. If there are any topics you would like to see represented, please shoot us an email at cast@goucher.edu!<\/p><p><strong>Week 1 (1\/29-2\/2): Community Building<\/strong><\/p><p>The theme of the Spring 2018 semester is Community! So what better way to kick off our weekly articles than talking about community building in the classroom!<\/p><p>In <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/The-Distracted-Classroom-\/240797\">The Distracted Classroom: Transparency, Autonomy and Pedagogy<\/a>, <\/em>James Lang discusses how he employed an unconventional tool to improve class participation and build an environment where students would actively learn and do away with the distraction of cell phones and laptops.<\/p><p>Need some <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/cast\/files\/2018\/01\/Icebreakers.pdf\">Icebreakers<\/a>? 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