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.
Evidence-based Classroom Management Techniques
9:30- 10:40am - HH 122
Presenter: Dr. Nicholas Ialongo and Dr. Anne Henry, Johns
Hopkins School of Public Health
Dr. Nicholas Ialongo and Dr. Anne Henry, researchers at
Johns Hopkins University, will be leading this workshop on
evidence-based classroom management. Topics to be dis-
cussed include (1) the use of a common lens to evaluate and
improve teacher-student interactions, specifically the Class-
room Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) and (2) inter-
ventions to increase teachers’ use of effective management
strategies, including the Good Behavior Game. The focus
of the conversation is how to introduce these strategies to
pre-service teachers.
ActivExpressions Responders for
Assessment
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
of technology.
Blackboard 9.1 Demonstration A & B http:// Jing– Screen capture tool for recording
9:30-10:40am - HH 219 - Session A www.techsmith.com brief videos of screen procedures or
1:00-2:10pm - HH 219 - Session B /jing/ capturing static images
Presenter: Amy Chase Martin, Lecturer and Technology http://prezi.com/ Prezi– Dynamic web-based alternative
Mentoring Program Coordinator and Ryan Peterson, BB to PowerPoint
Administrator
http:// Writing resource site created by Dr.
View the new 9.1 interface, and learn how to locate and use www.towson.edu/ Peggy Benner. Activities and assess-
familiar tools. Participants will also see some of the new 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: Dr. Jack Cole, Lecturer, Department of Secon- A repository of resources and
dary Education, Amy Chase Martin, Jillian Neville and links shared with mentor
teachers.
Erin Crisp
http://731.wikispaces.com/ Technology integration/web
Effective presentation skills are essential for faculty and 2.0 tools identified and
students. This workshop will examine best practices for reviewed by students in Dr.
designing content for an effective presentation as well as Sadera’s ISTC 731—
various presentation tools. Prezi, PowerPoint and Jing will Integrating Digital Resources
all be explored in this hands-on session. course.

REGISTER NOW FOR JANUARY 11th.

Best Practices in Conducting Effective Instruction Use the link below to register for the workshops.
Online and Transitioning from a Traditional Face-to- *All workshops have the prefix COE*
Face Learning Environment, http://fusion.towson.edu/www/ciat/
2:20-3:30pm - HH 219 workshops
Presenter: Dr. William Sadera, Director of Instructional
Technology Doctoral Program You will receive a confirmation email
requesting your lunch selection or
The Blackboard learning management system provides you may e-mail us directly at
many tools to support student learning. The process of COE110@towson.edu with your
transitioning a course from a f-2-f to an online or hybrid selection in the subject line. Lunch choices:
class requires more than knowledge of the tools, it requires Roast beef and swiss sandwich
a shift in how a course is structured. Dr. Bill Sadera offers
Turkey and cheddar sandwich
some best practices in conducting effective instruction
online. Roasted veggie wrap
* This is not a Bb9 presentation. Chicken salad wrap
Questions? Please email COE110@towson.edu