Author: Brad Hinson
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New: Canvas Announcements on the course home page
Seems like such a small thing, but many many faculty ask for this routinely… Canvas has finally enabled it. You can now have your class announcements automatically appear at the top of your course home page. Log in, open course, click Settings (lower left) Scroll down, click on the more options link (bottom center) Check the…
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Register: EdCamp Denver is February 4th
TRANSFORMATIVE TEACHING | INNOVATIVE LEARNING edCamp Denver When Sat, February 4, 8:00am – 12:30pm Where Grant Beacon Middle School, 1751 S Washington St, Denver, CO 80210, USA Edcamp is a free “unconference” committed to reaching educators in public, private, charter, and higher education environments to share innovative instructional strategies and pioneering technologies that transform education for all…
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GoodRead: Are College Lectures Unfair? (NYTimes)
DOES the college lecture discriminate? Is it biased against undergraduates who are not white, male and affluent? The notion may seem absurd on its face. The lecture is an old and well-established tradition in education. To most of us, it simply is the way college courses are taught. Even online courses are largely conventional lectures…
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Digital Pedagogy Lab 2017 Fellowships
(Deadline 01/25)
Because this is what scholarly, pedagogical work should look like.“There are not enough Chicana voices. There are not enough Black voices. There are not enough First Nation voices. There are not enough trans voices. There are not enough women’s voices. There are not enough queer voices.” ~ Digital Pedagogy Lab =========================== INSTITUTE INFO: http://www.digitalpedagogylab.com/ APPLY by Jan 25th: http://www.digitalpedagogylab.com/apply-now-fellowships-applications-open-dpl-2017-institute/ Join us this Summer at the Digital…
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FlipGrid – video discussion for your online course
Flipgrid is an alternative to text-based discussions, it gives students a different way to hone their communication skills and help them find their “voice” on a topic. It creates a space for students to communicate verbally what they have learned… something that’s more difficult to do in a fully-online classroom. Flipgrid just announced one free…
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Canvas Webinars for Students
CU Online is hosting four 30 minute webinars for students to get acquainted with Canvas. These webinars will provide a step-by-step overview of the Canvas platform. This would be a great event to mention to your students (especially those students that are new to Canvas). January 17th at 9am and 4pm January 26th at 9:00am…
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Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP)
RESEARCH. CREATE. INNOVATE. The UROP applications window is from mid-January until the application deadline, which is typically the first week in March. The electronic UROP applications can be downloaded from this website page. Detailed instructions are also provided in a link that can guide your submission and the criteria that must be included for the…
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SEHD/CLDE student organizing the Woman’s March on Colorado
Kristen “Cheetah” Lindquester, a DPS-STR & CLDE graduate student is one of the three core organizers for the Women’s March on Denver that will take place on Saturday, January 21. More than 40,000 women, men and children from around Colorado have expressed interest in participating – hundreds have volunteered to help. Cheetah completed her teacher…
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Congratulations to Phil Strain on his latest book
Congratulations to Dr. Phil Strain and colleagues on their latest book, Prevent-Teach-Reinforce for Families: A Model of Individualized Positive Behavior Support for Home & Community. It’s a useful resource for in schools and childcare settings to address challenging behaviors in children with and without disabilities. PTR FLYER (pdf) Click on the link to order it…