2/10/14 9:25 AM Monthly Newsletter Page 1 of 11 http://us7.campaign-archive1.com/?u=87b473e24e2c303e20ae4ae13&id=6ff56583b5&e=6c7d65d29f Center for Teaching and Learning Monthly Newsletter View this email in your browser Extreme Makeover Experimental Classroom- Smith, 318 Smith 318, which is used for faculty development workshops and experimental teaching is now equipped with: -trapezoidal tables on wheels to support different types of learning activities -a SMART podium with Mac mini -a flat screen display -detachable whiteboard panels Faculty who are interested in visiting or learning more about how to make the most use of classroom spaces can contact the Center for Teaching and Learning ([email protected]). Many thanks to Media Services, Physical Plant, IC, and the Business Office for their support in helping to make this happen. Subscribe Share Past Issues Translate
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2/10/14 9:25 AMMonthly Newsletter
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Center for Teaching and Learning Monthly Newsletter View this email in your browser
Extreme MakeoverExperimental Classroom- Smith, 318 Smith 318, which is used for faculty development workshops and experimentalteaching is now equipped with:-trapezoidal tables on wheels to support different types of learning activities-a SMART podium with Mac mini-a flat screen display-detachable whiteboard panels Faculty who are interested in visiting or learning more about how to make the mostuse of classroom spaces can contact the Center for Teaching and Learning([email protected]). Many thanks to Media Services, Physical Plant, IC, and the Business Office fortheir support in helping to make this happen.
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SUpr SummitShenandoah University projects & research Summit
April 23, 2014
Please encourage your students to register for this wonderful opportunity.
To learn more about the Summit, please visit our webpage
Arts Education Grants AvailableThe Marion Park Lewis Foundation The Marion Park Lewis Foundation (MPLF) has announced guidelines for its annualindividual and organizational grants:
Applications are due March 15, for projects that occur from June 1, 2014,through May 31, 2015.
The foundation is interested in projects that actively engage participants in developingtheir artistic skills or that uniquely enhance the art experience within the community.Shenandoah University and a number of its faculty have received MPLF grantsin the past. Complete instructions and grant application forms are availableat www.mplf-arts.org.
Please contact the office of grant support ([email protected])for guidance if you are interested in applying for an institutional grant.
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Updates from ICGoogle Indoor Maps: Floor Picker Tool on Desktop
Now that Google's Indoor Maps team has visited and confirmed SU's floor plans, It may bebeneficial to inform students, prospective students, parents, etc.. about the mobile and now desktop tool, they can find their way around SU easily. No more getting lost trying to find aspecific faculty's office.
With the new Google Maps, browsing floor plans from home is even more helpful—with
greater zoom ability and an indoor floor picker tool to alternate levels.
Simply enlarge the building you'd like to view, and click inside to highlight its interior. If the
building contains multiple floors, you'll be able to access the floor plan picker tool on the
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[Click HERE to register]
Session 2: Wednesday, 3/26/14 from 3-4pm in Smith Library, room 318
[Click HERE to register]
To learn more or schedule a training session, please contact Terri Masielloat [email protected].
Many Updates
YouTube as a Necessary Alternative to iTunesU As you may or may not know, we have heard from reliable sources that Apple’s iTunesU,
as we know it, will be non-existent sometime in the near future. We have not been given
an exact date, but we know it is imminent. As such, we know we must seek alternative
methods of storing and making accessible media for our courses.
One such readily available resource is YouTube. YouTube provides a large space for storingyour video and audio files, and your YouTube ‘channel,’ associated with your SU Gmailaccount, can be managed easily, allowing you to share those files at will.
Blackboard makes using YouTube even easier, allowing you to link directly to your
YouTube channel, and/or any media file directly. Instructions for using the YouTube
integration in Blackboard may be found HERE.
Because of Bb file size constraints, we ask that you please NOT upload videosand/or large media files directly into Blackboard.
Date Management in BlackboardThere’s an old adage that has to do with no one wanting to "reinvent the wheel."
Indeed, at the beginning of each semester, no instructor wants to recreate a complete
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Teaching Questions?
Everything you always wanted to know about teaching, but were afraid it wasa dumb question:http://vulearninordertoserve.wordpress.com/
National Endowment for the Arts,Literature FellowshipsDeadline: March 12, 2014
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Literature Fellowships program offers $25,000grants in prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) and poetry to published creative writers thatenable recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general careeradvancement.
Projects may begin any time between January 1, 2015, and January 1, 2016, and extend forup to two years. The NEA Literature Fellowships program operates on a two-year cycle withfellowships in prose and poetry available in alternating years. Poetry fellowships areavailable for the current funding cycle (deadline of March 12, 2014).
Guidelines for fellowships in prose will be available in the fall of 2014. Applications should besubmitted online, ten days ahead of the deadline, to allow for resolution of any technicalproblems. Full information is available at http://arts.gov/grants-individuals/creative-writing-fellowships.
You may contact Jenny Bousquet ([email protected]) or Kelly Nemzek ([email protected]) inthe Office of Grant Support and Foundation Relations for assistance if you are interested inapplying for this opportunity.
The Book Club continues to readand discuss great books. However,we need your assistance. The Book Clubhas been reading in the community byvisiting local preschools. We need morestudents to help with this initiative. Pleasetell your students about this greatopportunity and share this link with thosewho are interested in reading with youngstudents.
If students would like more information,please have them contact Terri Masielloat [email protected].
Exemplary Teaching Award for May, 2014Nominations Requested
For the past 20 years, the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry (GBHEM)
has presented The Exemplary Teacher Award annually to a member of Shenandoah
University’s faculty. This year’s award will be presented at Shenandoah University’s
Commencement Ceremony on Saturday May 10, 2014.
Specific criteria are determined by Shenandoah University within the following broad
general guidelines: excellence in teaching; civility and concern for students and
colleagues; commitment to value-centered education; and service to students, the
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App of the Month Click Here to check out the App of the
Month!
You can help make Bb more faculty-friendly by completing this short survey
Please consider submitting your course toBlackboard's Exemplary CourseProgram. If you participate, please let ICknow by submitting a work order; they willgive the Bb reviewers access to yourcourse.Submission deadline is 2/17. To learnmore or to participate, click HERE.
Bb Support can be found on Twitter
Faculty Research DayLibrary of Congress
Join us for a one-day trip to the Library ofCongress (LC). All faculty, full time andadjunct, are invited. Transportation will beprovided; participants will be responsiblefor their own lunches.
Space is limited to 20 faculty members,
and registration is required. Use the
button below to register.
Click here to register
Center for Teaching and Learning, Smith Library, room 322