{"56088":{"#nid":"56088","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Celebrating Teaching Day 2010","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELunch will be provided\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E11:00     \u003Cstrong\u003EResource Fair and Poster Display \u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E11:30     \u003Cstrong\u003EWelcome from G. P. \u0022Bud\u0022 Peterson, President\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E11:45     \u003Cstrong\u003ELuncheon and Honors for Faculty \u0026amp; STEP Fellows\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E12:15     \u003Cstrong\u003ESCALE-UP: Student-Centered Active Learning Environment\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGuest Speaker: Dr. Robert Beichner\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAlumni Distinguished Professor of Physics\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDirector of STEM Education Initiative\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nNorth Carolina State University\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHow do you keep a class of 100 students actively learning?  How can students practice communication and teamwork skills in a large class?  How do you boost the performance of diverse groups of students?  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFind out how the SCALE-UP Project has addressed these concerns in physics, chemistry, math, biology, engineering, business and literature classes that are being taught in rooms that look more like restaurants than lecture halls.  Using data that compares over 16,000 students in various SCALE-UP settings for both large and small classes, Dr. Beichner will highlight how the SCALE-UP approach is changing what\u0027s happening in higher education courses across the nation.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENote: Georgia Tech\u0027s Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons will have two SCALE-UP classrooms.  GT faculty are piloting a prototype SCALE-UP classroom this semester. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo register, go to: \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.cetl.gatech.edu\/faculty\/events\/teachingday.htm\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.cetl.gatech.edu\/faculty\/events\/teachingday.htm\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Join your campus colleagues for a day of activities that highlight teaching on the Georgia Tech campus and give us a chance to connect with practices and strategies that enhance student learning.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Celebrating Teaching Day 2010"}],"uid":"27276","created_gmt":"2010-05-20 11:44:38","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:51:29","author":"Felicia Turner","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2010-03-18T12:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2010-03-18T14:15:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2010-03-18T14:15:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2010-03-18 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2010-03-18 18:15:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2010-03-18 18:15:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1268","name":"Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1601","name":"CETL"},{"id":"1506","name":"faculty"},{"id":"4355","name":"faculty development"},{"id":"3823","name":"learning"},{"id":"4371","name":"TAs"},{"id":"737","name":"teaching"},{"id":"3076","name":"teaching assistants"},{"id":"4382","name":"teaching enrichment"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EFelicia Turner\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECETL\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=ft24\u0022\u003EContact Felicia Turner\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-9418\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}