In addition to our returning SPARK Community of Practice lunch events we will also be offering several new SPARK workshops on short topics.
SPARK Community of Practice
Come join us for a the SPARK Community of Practice lunches to see interesting way that your colleagues are adapting differnt SPARK tool.The first event of the semester is “Journaling in SPARK” which will meet on March 6th. The Journal tool provides a new way to write and collaborate in SPARK. Journals can be shared privately with the instructor or shared with other students. The Journaling tool is being used in a variety of ways with both large and small classes. Two instructors who have been using the Journaling tool this semester will be joining us to to talk about their experiences with it.
If you are interested in attending this event, please follow this link to the registration form:
http://www.umass.edu/accoprod/workshop/register.php?s=s08sparkcop
SPARK Short Workshops
New this semester are several short SPARK workshops looking at specific tools in SPARK. We hope that these hands-on workshops will help expand on some of the ways you might use SPARK, and also fit conveniently into your schedule.
We will be offering “Assignments in SPARK” on Friday March 7th 12:20-1:110pm. and “Customizing Your SPARK Course” on Wednesday March 12th 12:20-1:110pm.
For more information and to register for these events please visit:
http://www.umass.edu/accoprod/workshop/register.php?s=2008-spring
Remember that if you ever need help or support with using SPARK you can always contact our Instructional Media Lab at 545-2823 or instruct@oit.umass.edu