Please join the 2009-2010 Gen Ed Fellows on Tuesday, April 27th from 2:30pm to 4:30pm for a round-table discussion on Writing with Technology in the General Education Classroom.
Two of our 2009-2010 General Education Fellows will present what they have learned from their year-long fellowship and highlight key accomplishments in integrating writing assignments into their courses. Participants will then select one of four concurrent Writing with Technology round-tables. These round-tables, facilitated by current General Education Fellows from across schools and disciplines, will allow faculty to exchange lessons learned and concrete strategies for improving writing in the general education experience through instructional technology.
Challenges and Opportunities: Writing in Gen Ed courses
* Why do students need to write in Gen Ed courses?
Lynnette Sievert, Anthropology
* Wikis for group work
Ken Kitchell, Classics
Writing with Technology Roundtables
* Managing student writing in large lectures with SPARK
Wilmore Webley, Microbiology
John Burand, Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences
Chris Couch, Comparative Literatures
* Responding to student writing and rubric development
Anne Herrington, English
Brenda Bushouse, Political Science
Lynnette Sievert, Anthropology
* Collaboration in writing using Blog and Wikis
John Kingston, Linguistics
Ken Kitchell, Classics
* Lecture capturing with Camtasia
Todd Crosset, Sport Management
This Round-table is sponsored by the Center for Teaching and the Provost’s Office. Refreshments will be served. To register, please call 545-1225 or email us at cfteach@acad.umass.edu by April 22nd, 2010.