Faculty Conversations

Fall 2009 | Spring 2010

Tracing the FIJI Water Bottle Commodity Chain: Teaching with Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
September 22. Tun Myint, Political Science Department, Carleton College

Writing Papers Versus Making Movies: How the Short Video Can Facilitate Student Research
September 30. Bill Sonnega, Theatre and Media and Film Studies and Jim Stanoch and Nate Haustein '10, IIT, St. Olaf College

American Immigration Revisited: Teaching Immigration in the St. Olaf Classroom
October 6. Solveig Zempel, Norwegian; Chris Chiappari, Sociology and Anthropology; Eric Fure-Slocum, History and American Conversations; Judy Kutulas, History and American Studies, St. Olaf College

Teaching Students to Make Good Arguments: Designing Assessments for Authentic Problems
October 13. Dolores Peters, History, St. Olaf College; Mary Savina, Geology, Carleton College

Thinking About Thinking: Effective Metacognitive Strategies for Teaching and Learning
October 20. Diane Angell, Biology; Maria Kelly, Education; Kent McWilliams, Music, St. Olaf College

Technology Poster Fair
November 3. St. Olaf Faculty and Staff

Provost's Sabbatical Luncheon
November 10. Rika Ito, Japanese and Asian Studies;Rebecca Judge, Economics, St. Olaf College

Online Instruction and the Emergency Curriculum: An Interdisciplinary Collaboration
November 18. David Castro, Music and Colin Wells, English and American Conversations, St. Olaf College

Moodle Tips and Tricks
December 2. IIT Staff, St. Olaf College

Spring 2010 | Fall 2009

What Can a Beowulf Cluster Do For You?
February 17. Dick Brown, MSCS- Computer Science; Chris Chapp, Political Science; John Schade, Environmental Studies; Solveig Zempel, Norwegian; Mike Holm '11, Mary Scaramuzza '12, and Stephanie Tanner '10, St. Olaf College

So You Think Your Students Read Before Class?
February 23. Karl Wirth, Geology, Macalester College; Fahima Aziz, Management and Economics, Hamline University

Effective Strategies for Writing Letters of Recommendation
March 3. Wendy Allen, Romance Languages- French; Bruce Dalgaard, Economics and Director of CEL; Bob Entenmann, History and Asian Studies, St. Olaf College

Blogging: The Construction of Open Dialogues in Education
March 9. Guido Alvarez, Art and Art History; Devyani Chandran, Social Work and Family Studies; Molly Westerman, English, St. Olaf College

Learning Through Speaking: The ORC in Action
March 17. Jeanne Willcoxon, Theatre; Eric Fure-Slocum, History, American Conversations and CIS; Bill Sonnega, Theatre and Media and Film Studies; Kathy Shea, Biology, St. Olaf College

Provost's Sabbatical Luncheon
March 23. Karil Kucera, Art History and Asian Studies; Chuck Huff, Psychology, St. Olaf College

Teaching non-Majority Students
April 14. Multicultural Affairs and Community Outreach (MACO)

Situating Quantitative Literacy in the Context of Argument
April 20. Nathan Grawe '96, Economics and Associate Dean of the College, Carleton College

What's a Lecture Good For?
April 27. Gary Muir, Psychology and Neuroscience; Maria Kelly, Education, St. Olaf College

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