Faculty Teaching Conference

The Center for Teaching and the University Library will sponsor a faculty teaching conference May 8-10. Space is limited in each session, and pre-registration is required no later than May 1. To register for sessions, contact Jeana Carlock at the Center for Teaching at 322-7290 or by e-mail to jeana.carlock@vanderbilt.edu. Registrants will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.

Monday, May 8

8:30-9:00 a.m. Continental breakfast. 106 Owen. Resource tables. 211 Central Library.

9-10:30 a.m. "Mentor or Boss? The Challenges of Supervising TAs." Panel discussion. 106 Owen.

9-10:30 a.m. "Prometheus, Section 1." 211 Central Library.

10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. "Religion in the Vanderbilt Classroom: A Case-Based Faculty Discussion." 106 Owen.

10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. "Prometheus, Section 2." 211 Central Library.

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12:30-3 p.m. "Providing Leadership for Peer Review of Teaching: A Workshop and Lunch for Chairs and Deans." Nancy Chism. 106 Owen.

3:30-5 p.m. Keynote lecture. "Making Teaching Community Property: Peer Review of Teaching in the Research University." Nancy Chism. 222 Owen.

5-5:30 p.m. Reception immediately following the lecture. 222 Owen Lounge.

Tuesday, May 9

8:30-9 a.m. Continental breakfast. 106 Owen. Resource tables. 211 Central Library.

9-10:30 a.m. "What Does It Mean To Accommodate a Student With a Learning Disability?" Vanderbilt's Opportunity Development Center staff. 106 Owen.

9-10:30 a.m. "Searching for and Evaluating Web Sites." Jean Reese, instructor. 211 Central Library.

10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. "Teaching Graduate Students: Is It Any Different Than Teaching Undergrads?" Panel discussion. 106 Owen.

10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. "New Online Communication Technologies in Teaching." Mark Wollaeger and John Rakestraw, facilitators. 211 Central Library.

1:45-3:15 p.m. "Discussion Leading Seminar." Ray Friedman, facilitator. 218 Owen. Additional information: e-mail Allison Pingree at Allison.pingree@vanderbilt.edu.

1:45-3:15 p.m. "Introduction to PowerPoint." Brent Mai, instructor. 211 Central Library.

Wednesday, May 10

8:30-9:00 a.m. Continental breakfast and Resource tables. 211 Central Library.

9-10:30 a.m. "Taming the Electronic Information Beast." Melinda Brown and Sherre Herrington, presenters. 211 Central Library.

9-10:30 a.m. "Introduction to Dreamweaver." Suellen Stringer-Hye, instructor. 614 Central Library.

10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. "New Technologies in the Large Introductory Class." Malcolm Getz and Richard Shiavi, presenters. 211 Central Library.

12:30-1:30 p.m. "Our Students, Our Teaching: A Lunch Conversation with Dean Larry Dowdy." 106 Owen.

1:45-3:15 p.m. "Prometheus, Section 3 (Same as Section 1 and 2)." 211 Central Library.

1:45-3:15 p.m. "New Technologies and Copyright Issues." Bill Hook and Kevin Davis, presenters. 612A Central Library.

3:30-5 p.m. "HTML." Jean Reese, instructor. 211 Central Library.

3:30-5 p.m. "Intermediate Dreamweaver." Suellen Stringer-Hye, instructor. 614 Central Library