Friday, December 4, 2009
1:00 – 3:30pm
Livak Ballroom,
Davis Student Center
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Kimberly Riley, Manager for State Programs and Policy with the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)
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The Center for Cultural Pluralism has organized the following series of special seminars to engage our community in awareness, understanding and meaningful actions. The first at 5pm on Sept 17th is free and open to the public with three experts discussing microaggression. The three sessions on September 18th from 9-12pm require registration. Free to UVM faculty, staff and students.
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Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong
6-9 July 2010
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The International Conference on Learning is for anyone with an interest in, and concern for, education at any of its levels and in any of its forms, from early childhood, to schools, to higher education and lifelong learning - and in any of its sites, from home to school to university to workplace.
Methods & Pedagogies for Discussing Class Issues
Friday November 14, 2008
9:30 AM- 12Noon
Billings North Lounge
Contact Mary Heininger (656-9511)
Introduction to Service-Learning
Friday, September 26
2-3pm (followed by time for one-on-one consultation)
Marsh Lounge, Billings
(refreshments provided)
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CESS co-hosts lecture:
"Complex Systems: Modeling the U.S. Educational System and Student Interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)"
April 10 at 4:30 p.m. Fleming 101
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Champlain Valley Minority Teacher Initiative In Collaboration With Burlington School District
Presents: Diversity Works, Inc.
Topic: Uncovering Cultural Bias in the Hiring Process
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Spring 2008 Workshops and Programs offered by the Center for Cultural Pluralism:
- Curriculum & Instruction: Going Beyond Conversations on Diversity and Enhancing Our Abilities to Respond to Our Diversity *Mission* with Dr. Shakti Butler.
- Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible
- Deaf Culture in the Classroom* with Keri Ogrizovitch
- Trans 101 for Faculty with Jackie Weinstock and John Mejia
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Information and registration for the annual White Privelege Conference, April 2-5, 2008, based this year in Springfield, Massachusetts is available at the following link.
This conference offers a well, organized, diverse range of speakers and workshops for anyone seeking to gain greater knowledge, understanding and tools for anti-racism and anti-oppression work. It is high caliber with a diverse, dedicated group of committed organizers who have been developing the mission and vision of this gathering for a decade.
From Holly Parker:
We are now offering basic workshops on Blackboard campus-wide. The first workshop is on "Getting Started with Blackboard". This workshop will be a pre-requisite for the next series of more advanced Blackboard workshops so you might want to attend now!!
Description:
This one hour workshop introduces the Blackboard interface. It provides an overview of features, including the instructor's tools for building courses and structuring course content. There will be an opportunity to add content to your own practice course space. This workshop is meant to be a beginner experience. No prior knowledge of Blackboard or WebCT is necessary.
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Wei Wei Wang presented at the ConnectEd Global Education conference, Jan 21-25, 2008 in Monterey, CA, with Brian Nelligan and Grady Long from the Governor's Institute program, on behalf of the clearinghouse.
Table of Research Seminars (click to enlarge)
Light snacks will be provided. Please RSVP to Chris Caswell for planning purposes.
Creating Balance in an Unjust World
2008 Conference on Math Education and Social Justice
Website
Download the complete RFP here.
Proposal ABSTRACT due Monday, January 7, 2008
Proposal APPLICATION due Monday, January 21, 2008
Location: Long Island University · Brooklyn, NY
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Dates: Friday, April 4th - Sunday, April 6th 2008
Tolentino, Efleda (November 9, 2007). "Did you know that's backwards?: Uncovering Writing Revelations in Preschool". NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children) Annual Conference. Chicago, Illinois.
Publication: Tolentino, Efleda (July, 2007). "Why do you like this page so much?" Exploring the potential of talk during preschool reading activities. Language Arts. pages 519-528.