College of Education’s Professional Development Day
January 11th, 2011
9:30 am—3:30 pm
Workshops Offered
Hunting is not just Those Heads on the Wall: More
Writing, Less Grading across the Disciplines
9:30- 10:40am - HH 110
Presenter: Barbara Bass, Ph.D., Director, Maryland Writ-
ing Project/ Associate Professor, Department of English
This hands-on workshop focuses on promoting writing as a
learning tool. It will provide strategies to encourage more
writing without creating more grading and will offer a dem-
onstration lesson on writing as thinking that employs these
strategies.
Blackboard 9.1 Demonstration A
9:30- 10:40am - HH 219
Presenter: Amy Chase Martin, Lecturer and Technology
Mentoring Program Coordinator and Ryan Peterson, BB
Administrator
View the new 9.1 interface, and learn how to locate and use
familiar tools. Participants will also see some of the new
Blackboard additions - such as blogs, mashups and chats in
action and learn about their potential for increasing student
engagement.
ActivExpressions Responders for As-
sessment
10:50-12:00pm - HH 110
Presenters: Dr. Kay Holman, Assistant
Professor, Department of Special
Education, and Erin Crisp, EDTL
Graduate Assistant
Learn about innovative means of using ActivExpressions to
conduct formative assessments and to engage students in
active learning. The workshop will include training on how
to develop effective formative assessments, how to utilize
the learner response system to access students’ pre, post,
and ongoing knowledge, how to display and export data,
and novel ways to use the ActivExpressions to create an
engaging and interactive learning environment.
College of Education
Resources for Faculty
Andy Allen .................................. 410-704-3676
Amy Chase Martin........................ 410-704-3293
Debbie Fuller ............................... 410-704-2452
Duane Smith ............................... 410-704-2575
Education Innovation Lab.... COE110@towson.edu
Liyan Song (Chair, ITC) .......... lsong@towson.edu
Graduate Assistants:
Jillian Neville .................... COE110@towson.edu
Frank Guang ................... COE110@towson.edu
Erin Crisp ........................ COE110@towson.edu
SMART Responders for Assessment
10:50-12:00pm -HH 219
Presenters: Amy Chase Martin, Lecturer and Technology
Mentoring Program Coordinator, and Jillian Neville,
EDTL Graduate Assistant
Learn about innovative means of using SMART Respond-
ers to conduct formative assessments and that engage
students in active learning. The workshop will include
training on how to develop effective formative assess-
ments, how to utilize the learner response system to access
students’ pre, post, and ongoing knowledge, how to dis-
play and export data, and novel ways to use the SMART
Responders to create an engaging and interactive learning
environment.
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Classroom Instruction
1:00-2:10pm - HH 110
Presenter: Dr. Jeff Kenton, Assistant Dean of the College
of Education
Participants will be investigating effective classroom assess-
ment techniques and how they can be used to meet course
objectives. During this session, participants will become
familiar with basic and advanced tools that are designed to
measure student learning in the classroom. Participants will
learn more about: formative and summative evaluations,
selecting appropriate testing tools, and using classroom
information to make tactical teaching decisions. Participants
are encouraged to bring one example of an assessment
instrument used on a daily or weekly basis.
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Additional Resources

Here are some useful links related to several of the

workshops that will be offered.
http:// Blackboard 9.1 upgrade resources for
www.towson.edu/ faculty. This site, hosted by OTS, has
blackboard/upgrade/ documents and videos to support
facultyresources.asp faculty use of the latest upgrade to
Blackboard.

http:// COE Technology wiki hosting

edportfo- documents, videos, links and other
lio.wikispaces.com/ resources to support faculty integration
Blackboard 9.1 of technology.
Demonstration B http:// Jing– Screen capture tool for recording
1:00-2:10pm - HH 219 www.techsmith.com brief videos of screen procedures or
Presenter: Amy Chase Martin, Lecturer and Technology /jing/ capturing static images
Mentoring Program Coordinator and Ryan Peterson, BB http://prezi.com/ Prezi– Dynamic web-based alternative
Administrator to PowerPoint

View the new 9.1 interface, and learn how to locate and use http:// Writing resource site created by Dr.
familiar tools. Participants will also see some of the new www.towson.edu/ Peggy Benner. Activities and assess-
ows/ ments are designed to support knowl-
Blackboard additions - such as blogs, mashups and chats in
indexexercises.htm edge of grammar, sentence structure
action and learn about their potential for increasing student and other writing essentials.
engagement.
Other Useful Wikis

Presentation Tools & Techniques http://tu-pds-tech- Towson University PDS

2:20-3:30pm - HH 110 day.wikispaces.com/ Technology Day -
Presenter: Amy Chase Martin, Jillian Neville and Erin A repository of resources and
Crisp links shared with mentor
teachers.
Effective presentation skills are essential for faculty and http://731.wikispaces.com/ Technology integration/web
students. This workshop will examine best practices for 2.0 tools identified and
designing content for an effective presentation as well as reviewed by students in Dr.
various presentation tools. Prezi, PowerPoint and Jing will Sadera’s ISTC 731—
all be explored in this hands-on session. Integrating Digital Resources
course.

Best Practices in Conducting Effective Instruction REGISTER NOW FOR JANUARY 11th.
Online and Transitioning from a Traditional Face-to- Use the link below to register for the workshops.
Face Learning Environment, *All workshops have the prefix COE*
2:20-3:30pm - HH 219 http://fusion.towson.edu/www/ciat/
Presenter: Dr. William Sadera, Director of Instructional workshops
Technology Doctoral Program You will receive a confirmation email
requesting your lunch selection or
you may e-mail us directly at
The Blackboard learning management system provides COE110@towson.edu with your
many tools to support student learning. The process of selection in the subject line. Lunch choices:
transitioning a course from a f-2-f to an online or hybrid - Roast beef and swiss sandwich
class requires more than knowledge of the tools, it requires - Turkey and cheddar sandwich
- Roasted veggie wrap
a shift in how a course is structured. Dr. Bill Sadera offers - Chicken salad wrap
some best practices in conducting effective instruction Questions? Please email COE110@towson.edu
online.