This workshop is designed to explain the concept of Internet2 and how it is recreating the partnership among academia, industry and government that fostered today's Internet in its infancy. Join others interested in the revolutionary applications available, with a focus on potential instructional applications. Participants Discover the special rewards gained from service learning and the available resources to help launch your program at Pitt. The session will include time for brainstorming, problem solving and initiating plans of action. Light refreshments will be served.
Students comprehend and retain material better when they write about it.
This workshop will present strategies for using a variety of writing activities in all phases of instruction. Examples of PBLs will be provided and workshop participants will participate in a PBL to gain appreciation of the potential this methodology has for enhancing students' communication and interpersonal skills. In this workshop you will learn strategies for learning discussions that motivate students to participate in a mutual dialogue, relate their old learning to new information and retain concepts in a manner that exceeds learning in a typical lecture. You have taught your courses for the first time, and now you have ideas for improving your teaching. As you think about how to resign your syllabus, remember that many students view a syllabus as a contract.