UTM First-Time TAs in the Sciences
DATE: Thursday, January 20th, 2011

TIME: 1:00 – 4:00 pm

Location: 3129-Davis/South (Ante Room)

Please click the link to register: http://www.teaching.utoronto.ca/gsta/events/first-time-ta/utm-sciences.htm

 


UTM First-Time TAs in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

TIME: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Location 3000-CCT
Please click the link to register: :http://www.teaching.utoronto.ca/gsta/events/first-time-ta/utm-humanities.htm

 

 

Inclusive Teaching and Addressing Disabilities in the Classroom: The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)
When: Monday, January 31st, 2011, 10am until noon

Session Leader: Andrea Carter, Equity Officer, U of T
Location: North Building, NE 295


Teaching Assistants are invited to attend a workshop led by Andrea Carter, AODA officer and Employment Equity officer, to learn how to create a more inclusive and accessible learning environment. Purpose: Under new provincial legislation, all staff and faculty must understand how to accommodate people with disabilities in our daily work. Learn the definitions of disability, the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), the University’s obligations and commitments to accommodating people with disabilities, and the policies and procedures to follow.

Please click the link to register: http://www.teaching.utoronto.ca/gsta/events/utm-workshops/aoda.htm

 

 

Using PowerPoint and Other Media Effectively in the Classroom

Session Leader: Karen Smith (TATP)

Date: Friday, February 4, 2011

Time: 1-3pm

Location: Rm. 1154 (Computer lab) South/Davis Bldg.

This beginner level, hands-on workshop introduces participants to the basics of using Powerpoint.  Additionally, it explores some of the resources you can draw upon to effectively design and add to your classroom presentations.  The skills and resources this workshop covers are described below.   
Powerpoint skills: 
Creating a presentation template
Designing your slides
Viewing modes
Adding graphics, video, hyperlinks and more
Resource review:
Flickr.com and Creative Commons images
MIT open courseware
Slideshare
Please click the link to register: http://www.teaching.utoronto.ca/gsta/events/utm-workshops/powerpoint.htm

 

Supporting and Developing Blackboard Courses

Session Leaders: Lauren Di Monte and Rochelle Mazar (UTM Library)

Date: Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Time: 2-4pm

Location: Rm. UTM Library, Smart Classroom 1B, 1st Floor

A hands-on session developed to give teaching assistants all the information they need to set up and run a course in Blackboard. Participants will learn how to plan and prepare a course, and discuss how to engage students with course material. Particular focus will be on how to post learning materials, use the communication tools such as announcements and e-mail, and manage groups.
Please click the link to register: http://www.teaching.utoronto.ca/gsta/events/utm-workshops/blackboard-utm-feb9.htm

 

Demystifying Library Research for your Students: An Overview of the Research Process and Support for Students
When: Thursday, February 10th, 2011, 2-4pm

Session Leaders: Librarians - Sheril Hook and Mindy Thuna
Where: UTM Library, Room 428

 

What do you do when:  Your students think that Google and Wikipedia are the sources of all knowledge? Your students are frustrated or insecure about library research? This workshop will introduce resources, services and techniques that you can use to help students develop library research skills and choose good academic sources for their papers. Through interactive exercises, participants will strategize responses to typical undergraduate research questions.

Please click the link to register: http://www.teaching.utoronto.ca/gsta/events/utm-workshops/utm-library-research.htm

 

 

Learning Styles in the Classroom

Session Leader: Thomas Klubi (RGASC)

Date: Friday, February 11, 2011

Time: 1-3pm

Location: Rm. UTM Library, Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre (Rm. 390K), seminar room.

 

This session will draw upon established research on the ways in which students learn, and this session will address how teaching assistants can capitalize on and enable different learning styles in the classroom. Addressing different learning styles not only facilitates more of the students in a class, but significantly enhances learning for students who already succeed well with the material. This session will include practical strategies and activities from a specialist in this field.

Please click the link to register: http://www.teaching.utoronto.ca/gsta/events/utm-workshops/learning-styles.htm

 

Essays Grading in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Session Leader: Cleo Boyd (Director, RGASC) and George Lamont, TA Trainer

Date: Monday, February 28, 2011

Time: 1-3pm

Location: South-Davis Building, Room 2068B

 

Essays are a mainstay of assessment in many disciplines, but the multiple features of the essay make it challenging and complex to evaluate. Students and instructors seek consistent assessment that is sufficiently detailed but also manageable. This essay-grading workshop will combine some best practices from very experienced essay markers with practical essay-grading practice and reflection. George Lamont has had 9 essay-grading TAships, and Director Cleo Boyd consults about essay-writing and grading with students, TAs, and faculty members from all disciplines at UTM.

Please click the link to register: http://www.teaching.utoronto.ca/gsta/events/utm-workshops/essay-grading-hum-socsci.htm

 

 

Helping Students with Problem-Solving

Session Leader: Andrew Petersen (Math. & Comp. Sci)

Date: Rescheduled to March 2nd

Time: 1-3pm

Location: Rm. North Building Rm. 262

This session will focus on strategies to enable students to enhance their own problem-solving skills in the classroom and in a course. This session will be particularly useful to anyone teaching in a discipline that uses data, formulas, problem-sets, equations, or other problem-solving activities, but will be applicable to a wide variety of disciplines outside the sciences and Mathematics.
Please click the link to register: http://www.teaching.utoronto.ca/gsta/events/utm-workshops/problem-solving.htm

 

 

Microteaching (Teaching Practice and Observation)

Session Leader: Brige Chugh and George Lamont, TATP

Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Time: 1-4pm

Location: CCT Building, Rm. 3000

 

A microteaching session involves a small group of peers teaching five minute lessons in front of each other in order to gain feedback on their teaching. The lessons are recorded for later viewing and discussion. Participants focus on practicing teaching skills in a confidential, non-threatening environment, receive feedback on their teaching from multiple perspectives, and acquire valuable teaching evaluations for teaching dossiers and later job applications. These workshops are very popular across the University of Toronto campuses.

Please click the link to register: http://www.teaching.utoronto.ca/gsta/events/utm-workshops/microteaching.htm