Baker College
Flint and Cass City - Faculty Newsletter 1.1
Winter Quarter Starts Monday
Get Prepped for Winter- Training this week!
Monday 1/4- Distance Learning Training - DL Faculty Only- Flint- 6pm
Tuesday 1/5 - Blackboard Refresh - Cass City - 5:30pm
Thursday 1/7 - Blackboard Refresh Drop-In as needed – Flint (Faculty Offices) - 4-6:30pm
Saturday 1/9- Blackboard Refresh – CTT faculty only – 9am
The final First Year Faculty Experience is happening now. Email ASAP to enroll.
Technology Integration Forms
- 56% of Flint and Cass City Faculty Responded
- Port Huron, Clinton Twp, Owosso- 90%+ Responded
- Click on any chart below to enlarge the data
- Faculty will fill out an integration form every quarter
Formative vs. Summative
Classroom Practices
Types of Technology
Mark Your Calendar- Upcoming PD
Thursday 1/21 - Alternate uses for the Discussion Board (beginners) – Flint - 5:30pm Topics included but not limited to:
- Six different types of questions to ask
- Embedding video to start a discussion
- Student moderators/discussion leaders
- Examples provided
Monday 1/25 - Alternate uses for the Discussion Board (advanced) – Online* - 5:30pm
Topics included but not limited to:
- Having students create images, infographics
- Embedding video to start a discussion
- Students submitting audio or video responses and presentations
- Examples provided
Monday 2/8 - Google Apps for Education – Flint - 5:30pm
- Docs for peer review and collaboration
- Slides for presentations
- Forms for data collection and analysis
- Sites for information gathering
- Hangouts for office hours
2/15-2/20 - Google Apps for Education Contest- Online All Week
Thursday 2/25 - Gamification Concepts and Application – Online* - 5:30pm
- Learn to apply game elements to encourage engagement
*All Online trainings will use WebEx and be recorded
Find a tutorial for almost anything!
- Learn more about Blackboard
- Check out using Socrative
- Learn about formative assessment tools
http://guides.baker.edu/edtech
Instructional Effectiveness Specialist
One-on-One training
- Monday and Thursday 3pm-6pm
- Tuesday and Wednesday 7am-10am
- as requested by faculty
Email: marlena.bravender@baker.edu
Website: baker.edu
Phone: 810-766-2237