Showing events on April 13, 2016
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SSW Instructional Technology Open House
April 13, 2016 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm
Join us at the Instructional Technology Open House to learn about new and tried and true technology enhancements for teaching your classes. Now is the time to think about creative approaches to your fall classes! Sample different technologies, ask questions of current users, learn about best practices, and consider what you may want to use in the future.
This open house will consist of nine stations displaying an approach to classroom teaching using some form of instructional technology.
Station 1: Creating Mindmaps & Timelines (Sue Wortman)
Station 2: Using Maps in Assignments (Nicole Scholtz)
Station 3: Using Canvas in the Classroom (Rob LaRoe and Diane Perpich)
Station 4: Data Visualization (Brian Perron)
Station 5: Video Production in the Classroom (Jerome Rork)
Station 6: Video Annotation and Good teaching practices (Mieko Yoshihama)
Station 7: Using Video and Media Gallery in the Classroom (Adrienne Lapidos)
Station 8: Using the Studio to make Classroom Presentations (Jerome Rork)
Station 9: Blue Jeans and On Site/Off site classroom interactions (Jerome Rork and Mary Ruffolo)
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Are we there yet?: The promise, perils, and politics of prison reform
April 13, 2016 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
In her presentation, Dr. Marie Gottschalk, a professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania, will examine why the carceral state, with its growing number of outcasts, remains so tenacious in the United States. Dr. Gottschalk specializes in American politics, with a focus on criminal justice, health policy, race, the development of the welfare state, and business-labor relations.