Editor's Pick: Communication Tech Tool
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The Remind tool can help you communicate with your students through text message without exchanging phone numbers. According to the Remind website, you can send a text straight to any phone in real time. You can also see who has read your messages. You can send reminders or announcements. Additionally, you can send files, like handouts, photos, PDFs, and more. Moreover, you can post office hours to show students the best time to contact you.
Remind can be found in the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store as well as the web address cited above.
– Jeannie Justice, Newsletter Editor
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Workshop & Professional Development
Opportunities on Campus
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Here are opportunities for workshops & professional development at Morehead State University:
Ambassadors for Excellence in Teaching Workshops
- Teaching Tools for the Digital Age - March 13 (Tuesday) at 11am in Camden-Carroll Library RM 201; presenters are Gina Gonzalez & Ray Bailey
- Maker Spaces: Setting Up Your Course for Project-Based Learning - April 4 (Wednesday) at 1pm in Radar Hall 103; presenters are Alison Hruby & Deanna Mascle
The 21st Century Education Enterprise:
- Breakout EDU (Chris Lacy, presenter) - Would you like to learn more about an immersive learning games platform that encourages learners to develop team building skills and critical thinking to solve a series of challenging puzzles in order to open the locked box? Includes: All Ages, All Content Areas, Active learning, The Four C's, and Cultivating Grit. For more information or to reserve your spot, please contact Rachel Rogers Blackwell (rjblackwell@moreheadstate.edu or 606-783-2891).
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Events on Campus for Students
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Here are opportunities for students (and maybe you) on campus:
Career Services
(ground floor of the Camden-Carroll Library):
- Internship Basics Workshop - March 13th (Tuesday) from 3:30pm to 4:30pm in the Career Services Center. Learn the basics of internships and co-ops: Why should you get one? Where do you begin searching? How do you receive academic credit for your work? Attend this workshop to learn all of this and much more.
- Education Career Fair - March 27th (Tuesday) from 3:30pm to 6pm at Kroger Field in Lexington, KY. Network with dozens of school districts from the region at this event.
The Eagle Diversity Education Center and Tutoring & Learning Center:
(No appointment needed, check in at the specialist desk in Allie Young 220, for more information: 606-783-9569 or
edec@moreheadstate.edu)
- Biology & Chemistry Free Group Tutoring - Mondays, 5pm-7pm
- Allie Young 209: BIOL 105, 160, 171, 234, 235, 244, and 245
- Allie Young 211: CHEM 101, 111, and 112
- Allie Young 221/TLC Conference Room: Writing Tutor Available
- Math & Psychology Free Group Tutoring - Tuesdays, 5pm-7pm
- Allie Young 209: MATH 090, 091, and 093
- Allie Young 211: MATH 135, 152, 174, and 175
- Allie Young 221/TLC Conference Room: Writing Tutor Available
- Astronomy & Physics Free Group Tutoring - Wednesdays, 5pm-7pm
- Allie Young 209: ASTR 105, 112, and 125
- Allie Young 211: PHYS 201 and 231
- Allie Young 221/TLC Conference Room: Writing Tutor Available
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2018 MSU Regional History Day
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2018 National History Day in Kentucky Regional Contest at Morehead State University
- Saturday, March 10th from 8:30pm to around 1pm - CHER building. Judges for this event are needed. If you cannot attend, please consider drafting one of your graduate students or appropriate seniors to help since this is also a recruiting event. For more information: https://ky-msurc.nhd.org/
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Celebration of Student Scholarship
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The 13th Annual Celebration of Student Scholarship will be
Wednesday, April 25th, 2018
Student participants (both poster and oral presentations) must use the
Abstract Submission Form
on our
Celebration webpage
to submit abstracts of work to be presented. Abstracts must be submitted via e-mail attachment to:
ugrc@moreheadstate.edu
. The
maximum length of abstracts is 200 words.
In order to allow time for the abstract booklet and program to be printed,
the deadline for submission of abstracts is Monday, March 19, 2018, by 8:00 AM
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Document Services (Allie Young 14) will print student PowerPoint posters free of charge
if submitted no later than 4:30 PM on Friday, April 20, 2018
.
No exceptions or extensions can be made to the deadlines above for abstract submissions or for poster submissions for printing.
Need more Information?
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Manuscript Call - Kentucky Journal of Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Manuscript Deadline: March 25, 2018
The Kentucky Journal for Excellence in College Teaching and Learning is a peer - reviewed electronic Journal sponsored by the Kentucky Council for Post Secondary Education Faculty Development Group. The Journal is published by the College of Education, Eastern Kentucky University. General categories for articles include theory, research, and practice. In addition, the Journal will publish manuscripts containing book or media reviews, profiles, and commentary. The Journal targets the professional development of college and university faculty within the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Its primary goal is to enhance student learning by promoting excellence in teaching in higher education institutions in Kentucky. Its presence will also serve to further a national and international awareness of teaching and learning issues and best practices in higher education.
For more information, please see their website:
https://kjectl.eku.edu.
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Kentucky Student Success Summit 2018
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The 7th annual Kentucky Student Success Summit will explore the theme "The Future of Undergraduate Education, The Future of Kentucky!"
The conference is
April 9th & 10th
at the Marriott Louisville East, Louisville, KY.
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Conference -
Pedagogicon
Deadline to Register: May 11, 2018
Conference Date: May 18, 2018
This national conference is sponsored by the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education. It is held annually at the Richmond campus of Eastern Kentucky University. This year's conference theme is "Student-Centered Teaching and Learning." Proposals for group and/or individual presentations are due by February 1. For more information, please see their website:
http://studio.eku.edu/2018-pedagogicon.
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Kentucky Convergence Conference
Save-The-Date: October 17-19, 2018
The 2018 Kentucky Convergence Conference will be held October 17-19 at the University of Louisville Shelby Campus.
The call for proposals will be issued in spring 2018. This year’s theme is “The Next Reality: Doing it Farther, Faster, and Better.”
Convergence is the single event that brings together professionals in information technology, academic libraries, online learning, and instructional design from all the public and private colleges and universities in Kentucky and the surrounding states. Sponsored by Kentucky post-secondary institutions and private sector partners, Kentucky Convergence is a conference that emphasizes innovations and best practices in the fastest-growing areas of higher education. For more info:
http://kyconvergence.org
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Magna (Online) Webinars
24/7 Professional Development for Faculty
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Featured Webinars:
How Can I Teach Routine Courses with Energy and Enthusiasm?
It can be difficult to keep your teaching engaging throughout one’s professional
career. This webinar demonstrates how to gain an understanding of where you are as a
teacher, where you want to go, and how to get there. It shows how to work around weaknesses and accept things you cannot change and provides different strategies to keep your teaching engaging.
How Can I Create an Online Service Learning Project?
Discover ways to integrate a service learning component into online classes to raise awareness about class-related topics, learn about different types on communities, get the community involved and implement calls to action that generate results.
Directions:
MSU has a license to webinars developed by Magna. These resources are available through a password-protected website. For access, faculty need to:
- Log into MSU’s employee portal.
- Look under the My Classes (Blackboard) section for the Magna Training Site.
- If Magna isn't showing up in your list of courses, please send a request to be added to msuonline@moreheadstate.edu.
- When you click on the Magna Training Site, the Blackboard shell will open. Please note, you will be asked to submit a "Terms of Use" agreement before viewing any webinars.
Benefits of Magna Webinars:
I understand that you have a lot on your plate, so let me give you a few reasons why you should consider trying a Magna webinar:
- Each webinar takes approximately 20 minutes to complete.
- All webinars are available on your schedule since they are online and easily accessed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- Webinars include supplemental materials such as bibliographies and handouts.
- Certificates of completion are available for professional portfolios and Faculty 180.
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Ambassadors for Excellence in Teaching
Morehead State University
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