TGIF: Tablet-Based Collaborative App on FridayLive!

TGIF: Tablet-Based Collaborative App on, FridayLive!

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Thirty-ninth issue, Volume Eight	TLT Group TGIF 05.26.15
From TLT Group World Headquarters	On FridayLive! this week, find out about a new tablet-based, collaborative app, Skies.  If you want to experiment with the app during the session, this link will walk you through how to download it to your IOS device and get started.  More information about the session here. NEXT BOOK DISCUSSION: We are beginning to design the next book discussion, please give us your feedback By becoming a member or donating to the TLT Group you will help us continue this work. DONATE,   JOIN US You can also support us indirectly by purchasing books from Amazon via links in our recommended reading list or shop using this AmazonSmile link. Amazon will then make a donation to the TLT Group.
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	Members Exchange IFTTT - Designated Learner Session Date: May 27, 2015 Time: 3:00 PM ET Presenters: Penny Kuckkahn, Nicolet College Steve Gilbert, Beth Dailey, TLT Group and others Register Here Earlier this spring Penny Kuckahn shared an LTA with us during FridayLive!, IFTTT, https://ifttt.com/wtf  She is going to take us deeper into this app in this Designated Learner session.  if you want to be the Designated Learner, contact Beth Dailey, dailey@tltgroup.org What are Recipes? Recipes are simple connections between products and apps. There are two types of Recipes: Do Recipes and IF Recipes. Do Recipes Do Recipes run with just a tap and enable you to create your own personalized Button, Camera, and Notepad. The Do apps are available for iOS and Android. _____________________________ Upcoming Member Exchange events May 27, 2015  IFTTT - Designated Learner Session June 3, 2015 Webinar Exploration Learning Community June 10, 2015 PLANNING MEETING - 4th Spring 2015 Discussion - FICTION, An Unnecessary Women June 17, 2015 Evernote Learning Community June 24, 2015 TBD
	FridayLive! Free to all! Real-time student engagement: Leveraging tablets for faculty and future faculty development Date: May 29, 2015 Time: 2:00 PM ET Presenters: Steve Gilbert, Beth Dailey, TLT Group and folks from California Institute of Technology, Center for Teaching, Learning, and Outreach (CTLO): Cassandra Horii, Director Julius Su, Program Manager, Community Science Academy James Maloney, Program Manager, Community Science Academy Holly Ferguson, Program Manager Register Here In this FridayLive! session, find out about a new tablet-based, collaborative app and how it is being used to enhance active student learning and support faculty and teaching assistants in adopting new teaching strategies. You’ll have an opportunity to examine and discuss data from biology, mathematics, and chemistry courses at both a research university and a community college--a unique partnership spanning a diversity of teaching contexts and student interests. Analysis of modes and types of student participation, student learning outcomes and self-reported experience, and patterns of student engagement in time during class, reveal new insights into how teaching and learning work. If you would like to experiment with the Skies app during the session, you are invited to download it to your ISO device.  This link will provide directions on how to do so. ______________________________________________ Up-coming FridayLive! events May 29, 2015 Real-time student engagement: leveraging tablets for faculty and future faculty development June 5, 2015 “Saving Our Stuff?” - A Follow-up Session June 12, 2015 Spring 2015 “Book” Discussion Series - An Unnecessary Women June 19, 2015 A Conversation with Art Chickering and More
https://tackk.com/tltgbook-discussion	2015 Spring Book Discussion Series June 12, 2015 FICTION Alameddine, Rabih (2014) An Unnecessary Woman  Nov 11, 2014,  Grove Press Register Here NEXT BOOK DISCUSSION: We are beginning to design the next book discussion, please give us your feedback.
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TGIF: Teaching & Learning Paradigms, FridayLive!

TGIF: Teaching & Learning Paradigms, FridayLive!

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Thirty-eight issue issue, Volume Eight	TLT Group TGIF 05.20/15
From TLT Group World Headquarters	Two great sessions this week.   WEDNESDAY for members: Susan Bearden returns to answer your questions about Twitter. She will also introduce an app she created call Tweechme. Register Here  FRIDAYLIVE!  for all. Teaching & Learning Paradigms and more. Register Here NEXT BOOK DISCUSSION: We are beginning to design the next book discussion, please give us your feedback By becoming a member or donating to the TLT Group you will help us continue this work. DONATE,   JOIN US You can also support us indirectly by purchasing books from Amazon via links in our recommended reading list or shop using this AmazonSmile link. Amazon will then make a donation to the TLT Group.
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	Members Exchange Twitter - Part 3 Date: May 20, 2015 TIME: 3:00 PM ET Presenters: Susan Bearden, Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy, Steve Gilbert, Beth Dailey, TLT Group and others Register Here Susan Beardon returns! this time to help us explore how to utilize Twitter (searching for hashtags, setting up a profile, using it for the book discussions, etc.) Susan will also introduce us to the various features of an app she developed called TweechMe. The app is  available for iPhone, iPad, Android, and Windows mobile.  Susan will walk us through the various features of the app so if you download the app before the session you can follow along. She developed the app to teach educators how to leverage twitter to create and enhance their PLN. Learn more about the app here. Interesting Resource:  How to Turn a One-Hour Twitter Chat into One-Week’s worth of Tweets! Upcoming Member Exchange events May 20, 2015 Twitter Part 3 May 27, 2015  IFTTT - Designated Learner Session June 3, 2015 Webinar Exploration Learning Community June 10, 2015 PLANNING MEETING - 4th Spring 2015 Discussion - FICTION, An Unnecessary Women June 17, 2015 Evernote Learning Community June 24, 2015 TBD
	FridayLive! Free to all! Teaching & Learning Paradigms and more Date: May 22, 2015 Time: 2:00 PM ET Presenters: Steve Gilbert, Beth Dailey, TLT Group Register Here What teaching/learning paradigms are implied by these 3 documents? How do they overlap, dovetail and conflict? 1. 'What’s the Point of a Professor?By MARK BAUERLEIN NYT MAY 9, 2015'  approx 4 pp. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/opinion/sunday/whats-the-point-of-a-professor.html?_r=0 2. "I Will Not Be Lectured To. I’m Too Busy Teaching.Posted on May 9, 2015 by Kevin"   5-7 pp. http://www.thetattooedprof.com/archives/356 3. “Technology-Enhanced Learning: Best Practices and Data Sharing in Higher Education” (pdf), From "Global Learning Council (GLC), a consortium of leaders in the field of education from academia, industry and nonprofits, released a first draft of a white paper that includes proposed recommendations regarding technology-enhanced learning (TEL) and the sharing of learning data."6 pp paper ​http://globallearningcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/GLC_DRAFT_White_Paper_April_2015.pdf​ For the "and more" part of the session, we will be talking together about summer events.  On our agenda to address are: 1. Book Discussions 2. Teaching Online for Beginners (TOL4B) 3. Low Threshold Applications (LTAs) This is your opportunity to influence our programming, plus we always have fun learning together. ______________________________________________ Up-coming FridayLive! events May 22, 2015 Teaching & Learning Paradigms and more May 29, 2015 Real-time student engagement: leveraging tablets for faculty and future faculty development June 5, 2015 “Saving Our Stuff?” - A Follow-up Session June 12, 2015 Spring 2015 “Book” Discussion Series - An Unnecessary Women
https://tackk.com/tltgbook-discussion	2015 Spring Book Discussion Series June 12, 2015 FICTION Alameddine, Rabih (2014) An Unnecessary Woman  Nov 11, 2014,  Grove Press Register Here NEXT BOOK DISCUSSION: We are beginning to design the next book discussion, please give us your feedback.
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TGIF: Manage the time between trapeze bars on FridayLive!

TGIF:  on FridayLive!

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Thirty-seventh issue, Volume Eight

TLT Group TGIF 5.12.15

From TLT Group World Headquarters

On FridayLive! we have a special treat this week. Folks from The Center for Courage and Renewal will be creating some unique experiences for us, experiences we can use as we manage our own transitions or help students and colleagues manage theirs. To get the most out of the experience we encourage you to check out the work of Courage & Renewal® including some brief video clips with Parker J. Palmer here: http://www.couragerenewal.org/getting-started/ Register for the session HERE Support the TLT Group by becoming a member or donating to the TLT Group you will help us continue this work. DONATE,   JOIN US

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	Members Exchange Evernote Learning Community Presenters: Steve Gilbert, Beth Dailey, TLT Group and others Register Here The intent of this learning community is to explore the various Evernote features together. In this session we intend to address these issues Continue Evernote LC?  What direction, if any? Enter some good/bad uses of Evernote in TLTG Members Exchange Google+ Community. Articulate desiderata of structure of this community and related activities. Decide how soon/if/how switch to Zoom from Adobe Connect - at least for Wednesday Members Exchanges Our Evernote exploration continues on June 17th.  Join this informal session as your schedule allows or listen to the recordings. Upcoming Member Events May 13, 2015 Evernote Learning Community May 20, 2015 Twitter Part 3 May 27, 2015  IFTTT - Designated Learner Session June 3, 2015 Webinar Exploration Learning Community June 10, 2015 PLANNING MEETING - 4th Spring 2015 Discussion - FICTION, An Unnecessary Women
	FridayLive! Free to all! The Courage to Teach(R) - Experiencing the Circle of Trust(R) Presenters: Steve Gilbert, Beth Dailey, TLT Group and Representatives from the Center for Courage and Renewal: Mardi Tindal, writer and facilitator prepared by the Center for Courage & Renewal, with a decade of experience in facilitating both in-person and online retreats with cross-vocational groups Mary Peters, Courage & Renewal Facilitator prepared by the Center for Courage & Renewal; educator focused on personnel development and state level system change Lisa Sankowski, Program Manager for Schools & Health Care, Center for Courage & Renewal David Henderson Register Here How do we manage the transitions in our life?  Do we hold on to the trapeze bar too long? When do we let go? How do we manage the time between the trapeze bars? These questions apply especially now in this time of rapid change. Common needs or concerns associated with teaching online for the first time or adding something new to any teaching practice can benefit from Circle of Trust practices, ideas and resources. The work of Parker J. Palmer and the Center for Courage and Renewal www.couragerenewal.org has guided educators and others to work and live more wholeheartedly. In this session you will experience several aspects of the Circle of Trust(R) approach. You are especially encouraged to use a microphone during this session.  You are welcome to join the early to check your microphone, 1:30 - 1:45 PM ET. To get the most out of the experience we encourage you to check out the work of Courage & Renewal® including some brief video clips with Parker J. Palmer here: http://www.couragerenewal.org/getting-started/ Up-coming FridayLive! Events May 15, 2013 The Courage to Teach(R) - Experiencing the Circle of Trust(R) May 22, 2015 Teaching & Learning Paradigms and more May 29, 2015 Real-time student engagement: leveraging tablets for faculty and future faculty development June 5, 2015 “Saving Our Stuff?” - A Follow-up Session June 12, 2015 Spring 2015 “Book” Discussion Series - An Unnecessary Women
https://tackk.com/tltgbook-discussion	Spring 2015 Book Discussion Series June 12, 2015 FICTION Alameddine, Rabih (2014) An Unnecessary Woman Nov 11, 2014,  Grove Press Register Here
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