Category Archives: General

General, Professional Development

Race, Poverty and Education: A Poverty Simulation Event

3/16/17:
5:00 – 7:00 pm
West Village Ballrooms A&B

The nationwide effects of poverty are seen right here in our own backyard. This poverty simulation event provides participants the opportunity to experience living with limited resources for a simulated month. This 2-hour event will include a 1-hour simulation and 1-hour in-depth discussion afterwards. This year’s program will have a specific focus on education and urban schools. The simulation will also address other important variables, including: government/social services, housing, gender, race, immigration, healthcare, workforce development, and criminal justice.

Please RSVP to mjwatson@towson.edu.  Space is limited.

Call for Proposals, General, Professional Development

Submissions Requested for the International Journal of Information and Learning Technology

The International Journal of Information and Learning Technology (http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/ijilt.htm) invites submissions for a special issue focusing on research that highlights current and emerging trends in the field of instructional technology.

We invite authors to submit papers on topics including, but not exclusive to, the following topics:
– Learning Analytics
– Gamification and Game-Based Learning
– Mobile Learning
– Teaching and Learning in One-to-One Environments
– Robotics and Computational Thinking
– Makerspaces
– Multimedia Learning
– Online Learning

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General, Professional Development

Universal Design Professional Development Program

Learn how to use a flexible, educational framework (UDL ) to plan and design learning experiences with variability in mind; use digital media to create flexible learning environments; and ensure learning opportunities are inclusive of all.

This campus wide program is open to all faculty and staff who want to improve how they plan, conduct, and assess their instruction for TU students and adult learners in the workplace.  Continue

Athletics, General

Educator Appreciation Night

January 26, 2017, 7 p.m.
Towson Tigers vs. College of Charleston

All COE faculty will receive (4) complimentary tickets, and additional tickets can be purchased at a discounted $8 price.

Tickets can be requested online at TowsonTigers.com, or visiting the SECU Ticket Box Office on game day to redeem tickets by either using the promo code, showing the flyer, or an email.

Promo code: COE
http://bit.ly/TUCOE

General

MSDE’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Draft Plan Survey

MSDE’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) External Stakeholder’s Committee is helping to prepare Maryland’s ESSA Consolidated State Plan to align with the federal ESSA signed by President Obama last December. A full first draft of the state plan has been constructed and is available for public view on MSDE’s Website. There is also a survey people are asked to fill out to provide feedback on what they think of this draft.

The Maryland ESSA draft plan is here and the list of listening tour dates and locations can be found here .

I encourage you to provide your thoughts on the draft plan as well as attend a listening session.

Thank you,

Laurie

Call for Proposals, Conferences, General

Free Minds, Free People Conference – Proposal Request

Happy New Year! I am passing along information regarding an upcoming conference being held in Baltimore in July. Proposal deadline is Jan 27th.

Free Minds, Free People is a national conference that brings together teachers, young people, researchers, parents and community-based activists/educators from across the country to build a movement to develop and promote education as a tool for liberation. We seek to develop ways of teaching and learning both in and out of school that help us to build a more just society. The conference is a space in which these groups can learn from and teach each other, sharing knowledge, experience and strategies.  Continue