This has been a fun conference so far! What are the most interesting thoughts the conference has inspired in you?
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mkpotter
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Joanne Fox
Twitter as a reflection tool
Here is a wordle of our conversations on twitter. Join us #tgst2013 From the morning (click on the image to see a bigger version) and here’s an updated image for the afternoon.
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Joanne Fox
PS. A few people asked me how I did this… I pasted this URL
http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=tgst2013&rpp=100&result_type=recent
into the “create wordle” at http://www.wordle.net/createIf you wanted to do this for your own twitter search, you could replace the “tgst2013” with your own search term. Have fun!
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mkpotter
Neat! We should update this later in the day to see how it’s changed.
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Joanne Fox
Good idea @mkpotter I will post another this afternoon
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bgilley
This is great, I love using wordle as a way to report out feedback from students
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admin
Meet our Volunteers!
Dru, Jonathan, and Nikta will be on-site on Monday to help answer your questions and meet your needs. I’ll let them introduce themselves…
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druy10
Hello! My name is Dru, and I am a graduate student coordinator for the TA Training Program in the UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems. During my Masters degree in Soil Science, I have become increasingly interested in teaching and learning, and I am really looking forward to hearing about everyone else’s experiences in teaching students to teach.
See you all tomorrow!
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Nikta Fay
Hi all! My name is Nikta. That’s pronounced NEEK-tah, and I’m super excited to be a volunteer for the conference. Catch me anytime during the two days if you have any questions. I’m the coordinator for the Biology Program TA Training at UBC – check out our poster! 🙂 My personal interest is in anti-oppression training for TAs and educators – if you have the same passion, let’s talk!
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jonma
Hi everyone,
I’m a physics PhD students from UBC and I coordinate my department’s TA Professional Development along with two other grad students. Aside from that I hunker down in my lab, play with lasers and push nanoparticles around 🙂 I’m very excited to share ideas with you all and discuss how GTA training is implemented across the country (and beyond apparently!). Looking forward to meeting everyone!
-jonathan
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Zack Lee
Invited Panel
Featuring Cynthia Korpan (UVictoria), and Renee Polziehn (UAlberta), Michael Potter (UWindsor), and Joseph Topornycky (UBC)
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Catherine Rawn
Check out UVic’s Critical Incident Videos: http://ltc.uvic.ca/servicesprograms/criticalincidents/tadvd.php
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Catherine Rawn
Joseph referenced Shulman on “signature pedagogies.” Check out ow.ly/kZEDc , see also the book ow.ly/kZEBZ
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Zack Lee
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Zack Lee
Technology Initiative Announcement
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Zack Lee
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Dru Yates
Big take-away message for me from this session was recognizing the distinction between “training” and “development”, the two being different in timing and scope. I will definitely be revisiting the goals for the TA Training Program I am involved in with these differences in mind!
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Zack Lee
Keynote Address: Dr. Gary Poole
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easpenlieder
Great question – and what happens to the instructor’s motivation when he/she gives their energy to supporting the challenge but is met with indifference/lack of preparation?
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Catherine Rawn
Three big ideas!
Re: #1 – balance challenge and support. Try http://transformativelearningtheory.com/corePrinciples.html for high challenge, high support transformative learning ideas.
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jonma
I’m wondering how motivation ties in the challenge and support matrix . A hi-hi environment but with student’s that are not motivated seems clearly unproductive. A common problem in physics TA training is that many TAs neglect teaching for research pursuits and so are not motivated to learn or participate in TA training environment… so any ideas how to balance challenge/support and motivation?
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Dru Yates 4:01 pm on May 13, 2013 Permalink |
The Bike Rack issue above about distinguishing between grad students and faculty has been very thought provoking. People’s comments about the value of bringing faculty together with grad students in training events have been really interesting to me, and I really think it could do a lot to create/strengthen a “culture of teaching”.
Catherine Rawn 1:51 pm on May 13, 2013 Permalink |
Glad you’re having fun! I’m interested in the variety of ways I’ve heard of mentoring happening, including interdisciplinary mentors for grad students.