Free Webinars from NSF, MATEC & The Art of the Future
Saturday, July 9, 2011 at 06:06PM Masters Series of Learning
Webinars produced by MATEC NetWorks in partnership with The Art of the Future: This webinar series will focus on the art and practice of teaching in the 21st century with emphasis on learning, pedagogy and innovation. All featured speakers participating in the webinar series have more than 15 years of experience in professional development teaching faculty, or developing educational technology and curriculum in schools. Topics will range from STEM and project-based learning to virtual world-career simulations. Speakers include Ray Rose, Dr. Jim Bower, Dr. Lynell Burmark, Dr. Sara Armstrong, Dr. Gary Stager, Cliff Zintgraff and Jim Brazell.
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Welcome to Whyville: Academic & Career Simulations
Date: Friday, September 16, 2011 1:00 p.m. ET
Presenters: Jim Bower, Ph.D., is the founder of whyville.net and professor of Neuro Biology at whyville.net and Dr. Bower at www.numedeon.com. Cliff Zintgraff is the founder and CEO of DaVinci Minds, Inc., and the facilitator of Whyville Careers. Learn more about Mr. Zintgraff at www.davinci-minds.com
Length: 90 minutes
Description: Learn how whyville.net can be used for academic simulations and career simulations for tweens (11 to 14 years of age). Discover the Texas Workforce Commission’s model delivering competitions, career pathways and blended learning connecting formal and informal education. Explore project- and inquiry-based learning through activities including writing newspaper articles for the Whyville Times, conducting experiments in the Bio Informatics Laboratory and learn about credit and personal finance by financing a virtual Scion from Toyota. Whyville is free and has served over 6 million subscribers.
Creative Computing: Imaginative Problem-Based Learning
Date: Friday, November 18, 2011 1:00 p.m. ET
Presenter: Gary S. Stager, Ph.D., is the Executive Director of The Constructivist Consortium. Learn more about the Constructivist Consortium and Dr. Stager at www.constructivistconsortium.org. Length: 90 minutes
Description: Veteran computer-using educator, speaker and journalist Dr. Gary Stager will explore how project-based learning fuels creativity and harnesses the power of computing to amplify human potential. This webinar will explore questions of “What is a project?” and “What are the essential elements of a good project?” The theory underlying such practice will be discussed and imaginative applications challenging each learner to maximize their potential will be shared.
What Color Is Your Parachute? Creative Career Planning
Date: Friday, February 17, 2012 1:00 p.m. ET
Length: 90 minutes
Presenter: Lynell Burmark, Ph.D., is the author of Visual Literacy and They Snooze,You Lose. www.lynellburmark.org.
Description: Career-Life-Mission Planning: You Need the Parachute—Based on intensive training and certification by What Color is Your Parachute? author, mentor, and friend Richard Bolles, this session can be adapted to include activities and exercises appropriate for job seekers of all ages. The same approach works as well for motivating secondary and college students to pursue an appropriate course of study as it does for inspiring "downsized" workers or even retirees to finally go after the job of their dreams. Bury yourself in the classifieds? Mail 1,000 resumes? Buy a lotto ticket? Plan to spend the rest of your life living with your parents? Continue in a job that you don't exactly love? There is a better way! Through a series of interactive exercises, you can learn to conduct the "creative job search," and be ready to celebrate a life where passion and work coincide!
From STEM to STEAM: Importance of Arts in STEM
Date: Friday, April 20, 2012 1:00 p.m. ET
Length: 90 minutes
Presenter: Jim Brazell is a technology forecaster, strategist, and public speaker who focuses on www.jimbrazell.com.
Description: In 2011, S. Korea announced its new platform for educational innovation-TEAMS. 21st Century Renaissance delivers an analysis of the US and global movement to integrate the ARTS into STEM workforce, education and economic development initiatives. In the US, STEM and Arts integration is gaining momentum. In 2010 and 2011, the National Science Teachers Association, the National Education Computing Conference, and Americans for the Arts have all placed TEAMS on their professional development agenda. Learn about emerging TEAMS education strategies, TEAMS technologies, TEAMS Jobs and TEAMS communities.
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Drops, Failures & Withdrawals: Increasing Online Retention
Date: Friday, April 15 at 1:00 p.m. EDT
Presenter: Raymond Rose, Online Learning Evangelist, The Art of the Future
Length: 90 minutes
Description: Online education has the reputation of having an ongoing problem with a high DFW (drop, failure, withdrawal) rate. The solution to reducing the DFW rate for online courses isn't a magic bullet; it's a series of small steps that address course and program design as well as online pedagogy and instructor facilitation. With more than 15 years of experience in online education, Ray will engage the audience in a lively interactive discussion that will define proven steps to reduce DFWs and engage online students to help them become successful learners.
Speaker Bio: Raymond Rose has been involved in online education since the mid '90s when he first began defining and building a method of creating online learning communities. He helped envision, create, and administer the first virtual high school in the country. He currently works with college and university programs, policy-makers, and leaders in online learning from non-profit organizations and institutions. He has helped shape the nature of e-learning efforts in the United States.
They Snooze, You Lose: 10 Shots to Caffeinate Presentations
Date: Thursday, May 19 at 1:00 p.m. ET
Presenter: Lynell Burmark, Ph.D., The Art of the Future group
Length: 90 minutes
Description: Have you fallen into the PowerPoint trap, reading somniferous bullet points to a dozing audience? In this engaging multimedia session, come discover quick-and-easy fixes that are free and applicable to the presentation you were planning to give tomorrow. Learn why traditional templates are a bad idea, and how "full-bleed" and "implied space" can take your images off the edge and your presentations to a new level of visual engagement. Look at terrific versus abysmal examples of typeface deployment and see where to put text on the slide and (mostly) on the handout. Get value-added handout plus links to fabulous free resources (including hundreds of great copy-free images). Discover the 10:2 antidote to boring presentations and the power of humor, music, and story to awaken and synch up every audience.
Multimedia Literacy
Date: Thursday, June 16 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Presenter: Sara Armstrong, Ph.D., The Art of the Future
Length: 90 minutes
Description: Since we all suffer from TMI (too much information) these days, we must help students sort through what they see and hear from the myriad sources available, including television, radio, billboards, books, magazines, and the Internet. There are solid criteria for evaluating websites, video segments, TV ads, and other media. Familiarizing students with these tools equips them for critically analyzing anything they see and hear.