TAC doings & Workshop 2

It's amazing how fast time passes! We are now in the 3rd week of the quarter. That means here at the TAC we've had two meetings and we're coming up on our third. The winter is especially exciting because we have our Winter Workshop series (as I'm sure you've noticed). We spent much of last quarter planning what we'd do for the series, so our first meeting this quarter started off fast and furious with Mara, Jeff, and Henry giving us a dress rehearsal of their workshop on syllabus making, which they gave last Friday. 


Yes you heard that right! We give each other dress rehearsals before we give you the full workshop. It a great way to practice our lesson plans and that way all the TACs get to "see" all the workshops. For me, seeing all the dress rehearsals over the years as taught me so much and given me so many awesome ideas for what to do in my classrooms.


Last week, workshop 2, Erin, Henry, and Dalia, gave their dress rehearsal to us on assessment for critical thinking. We had a great conversation about Bloom's taxonomy, from which one of the TACs commented that he appreciated revisiting the technique and viewing it as a way to organize your assignments and thoughts. If you want to experience it yourself please check out their workshop this Friday! But please note the room change!

Jan 27 - Going Critical: Creating Activities that Promote Critical Thinking

242 Asmundson Hall (NOTE room change from last week)

Description: Do you want your students to think more critically? Do you want your exams to do measure more than memorization? Join our workshop to learn how to build assignments, quizzes and exams that assess student understanding of course content while improving their critical thinking. Learn to develop assessments that encourage creative, active learning and higher-order thinking--the kinds of skills that will transport student knowledge beyond the classroom. We’ll develop some guidelines for assessing critical thinking and work with examples of some of the best creative assessments.