Planning for Annual Summer Institute Underway
by Victoria Cross, Teaching Resources Center
 
For the past seven years, UC Davis instructors have discovered a special week at the end of July. A week devoted to hearing what other faculty are including in their teaching, discussing teaching with colleagues, and learning new technology tools -- in what amounts to computer camp for grown-ups, and it is all free for the asking.

Faculty Are The Focus
THE DETAILS
8th Annual Summer Institute for Technology in Teaching
July 23-27, 2001
9:30am - 4:30pm
Free!
Open to faculty and career staff whose work is directly related to instruction, and teaching assistants who are assigned to a specific course in 2001-2002. For an application and more information, see the SITT Web site. Applications will be due in May. Check the Teaching Resource Center's Web site frequently for dates and details.

This summer, for the eighth year, the Teaching Resources Center and Instructional and Educational Technology are once again sponsoring the Summer Institute for Technology in Teaching (SITT). Over the years, the program has shifted in its featured tools, and the participants have moved from those folks who are out on the cutting edge to those mere mortals who just want to hear what works; yet the heart of the program remains essentially unchanged. The centerpiece of this special week is the assumption that faculty are most interested in hearing from other faculty. Rather than fill the program with the top techies who sometimes have trouble translating their knowledge for nontechnical folks, the program is bursting with faculty who provide the low down on what works for them.

Come Away with Skills and Knowledge
A SITT week wouldn't be complete if the attendees didn't come away with new skills as well as new ideas. In addition to presentations on course Web pages, in-class presentations, and multiple ways of communicating with students, there will be a variety of hands-on labs to choose from. Most of the labs are lead by faculty and appeal to the full range of tech-spertise: from just getting your feet wet with the basics of PowerPoint to creating animations and charting the depths of course management applications.

Want to Contribute?
Is there someone in your department who has found a successful use of technology that others on campus might want to hear about? The Teaching Resources Center is currently filling the SITT program and recruiting faculty presenters. Please contact the TRC (752-6050) if you are interested in making a presentation or have a skill that you would like to teach in a lab.

 
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Previous Issues
Hands-On Technology Institute a Hit with Faculty (Sep/Oct 2000)

Hands-On Learning at Summer Technology Institute (Smr 2000)

The Great SITT Effect: Instructors Apply New Technology Skills (Oct 1999)

SITT '99: Technology in Teaching Institute Scheduled (June 1999)

SITT '97: Faculty Perspectives (Sep 1997)

 
Other Resources

SITT Web site

Teaching Resources Center

 

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