Spring 08 Schedule

DATE

TITLE

DESCRIPTION

INSTRUCTOR

   TIME     

PLACE

2-19
(Tue)

 Search Engine Prowess Review of browsing basics, tools, directories, search
engines & help screens.		 Maureen Greenbaum

3:30-5pm

N-33
(C)

2-20
(Wed)

 Teaching a Large Class How do you engage students from the first day of instruction, especially in a large class?  Learn effective teaching techniques that are learner-centered and encourage active learning. Xue-Mei Hu

2:30-4pm

 

L-311
(C)

2-20
(Wed)

 Using SIS and the e-Services Link on the UCC Web Page Learn how to utilize the different e-services options & SIS screens.  Attendees must have UCC signon and password. Jo Ann Davis

 

4:30-6pm

N-39
(C)

2-21
(Thur)

What the ALC Can Do for You and Your Students

 How tutorial support is provided, subjects supported, schedules, recommending students as tutors. Gail Hein

 

2-3:30pm

L-306
(C)

2-21
(Thur)

 Backup Your Data or Be Sorry

 

 Learn a variety of methods to backup your files and folders. Mohamad Chenawi

3:30-5pm

Lab 214
(E)

2-25
(Mon)

 Dealing with Different Student Learning Styles Effective approaches to the different learning styles of students.

 

 William Lipkin

 

2-3:30pm

L-311
(C)

2-25
(Mon)

 Learning Puzzles and Surprises Research findings and their implications for classroom achievement.  Ray Krukovsky

4:30-6pm

L-308
(C)

2-25
(Mon)

 Office 2007: Word, the Basics Use the NEW Office 2007 Ribbon, Tabs, Groups and Commands.  Create a new document from a template. Use the spell & grammar checker. Align text. Try different fonts.  Create a table. Double-space.  Print.  Select text.  Insert & delete.  Wendy Pate

5-6:30pm

N-39
(C)

2-26
(Tue)

 Students: Getting and Keeping Their Attention in Class Ways to motivate your students and keep them interested. Paula Belmonte

3-4:30pm

S-107
(C)

2-27
(Wed)

 Is Your Inbox Overflowing? Create folders in Microsoft Outlook to organize your mail. Mohamad Chenawi

3:30-5pm

N-39
(C)

2-28
(Thur)

 Using Multimedia Classrooms Connecting the laptop to the projector, turning on the projector, using the VCR and document camera, network access, lowering the screen, troubleshooting. Patrick Gallagher

 

1:30-3pm

S-107

(C)

2-28
(Thur)

 Office 2007: Word, the Basics Use the NEW Office 2007 Ribbon, Tabs, Groups and Commands.  Create new document from a template. Use spell & grammar checker. Align text. Try different fonts.  Create a table. Double-space.  Print.  Select text.  Insert & delete.  Wendy Pate

 

5-6:30pm

Lab 214
(E)

3-10
(Mon)

 Teaching a Diverse Student Population The demographics of new student enrollments are bringing about greater diversity in our classes.  What behaviors on our parts can encourage all students to succeed in our classes? Xue-Mei Hu

2:30-4pm

 

L-311
(C)

3-10
(Mon)

 ESL Issues: Challenges and strengths of a diverse student population Cultural factors affecting student success among the ESL population in UCC courses. Lynn Meng and Denise Lagos

3:30-5pm

L-312
(C)

3-10
(Mon)

 Office 2007: Excel, the Basics Use the NEW Office 2007 Ribbon, Tabs, Groups and Commands .  Create workbook & worksheet.  Enter/save data.  Use Help.  Edit data.  Use simple equations & the goto function.  Sort & filter data. Wendy Pate

5-6:30pm

N-39
(C)

3-11
(Tue)

 Faculty Web Page Expand your classroom beyond the four walls.  Learn how to create a basic web page for class information, assignments & tutorials. Maureen Greenbaum 3:30-5pm

N-39
(C)

3-11
(Tue)

 Enter Your Grades Online Use SIS Web for Faculty to enter student grades.  You can also view your teaching schedule and class lists. Jo Ann Davis

 

4:30-6pm

N-33
(C)

3-12
(Wed)

 Basic Windows and the Graphical User Interface Create and view folders.  Copy/move/rename files.  Use the My Computer and Recycle Bin folders. Mohamad Chenawi

3:30-5pm

N-39

(C)

3-12
(Wed)

 Office 2007: Excel, the Basics Use the NEW Office 2007 Ribbon, Tabs, Groups and Commands .  Create workbook & worksheet.  Enter/save data.  Use Help.  Edit data.  Use simple equations & the goto function.  Sort & filter data. Wendy Pate

5-6:30pm

Lab 212

(E)

3-14
(Fri)

 Customer Service Basic tips and guidelines to provide the best-possible service to all our students and to other UCC staff members. William Lipkin

1:30-3pm

L-311
(C)

3-17
(Mon)

 Student Learning: Unhelpful Practices How the student’s conceptions of ability can enhance or degrade his own performance; when teacher praise may interfere with achievement; student’s self-handicapping behaviors, and the dynamics of procrastination. Ray Krukovsky

4:30-6pm

L-308
(C)

3-17
(Mon)

 Office 2007: Word: Desktop Publishing and Graphics Features Insert Clipart.  Use SmartArt graphics.  Produce a newsletter and a flyer.  Find more clipart online.  Must have at least a beginner’s knowledge of Office 2007: Word Wendy Pate

 

5-6:30pm

Lab 212
(E)

3-18
(Tue)

 New Features in Office 2007 Check out the Ribbon that groups your tools by task.  Review the task-oriented Tabs.  Note the Groups within each Tab that break tasks into sub-tasks.  Experiment with the new Commands. Mohamad Chenawi

3:30-5pm

N-33
(C)

3-19
(Wed)

 Office 2007: Microsoft Excel: Intermediate Create charts.    Find/replace. Move/ copy.  Rename. Shortcut keys. Macros. Formulas & functions.  Format cells.  Must have at least a beginner’s knowledge of Office 2007: Excel. Wendy Pate

5-6:30pm

N-39
(C)

3-20
(Thur)

 Experiential Learning What is experiential learning?  Why should we focus on it?  Related theories and possible experiential environments. Jan Wyzykowski

 

1:30-3pm

S-107
(C)

3-24
(Mon)

 Enter Your Grades Online Use SIS Web for Faculty to enter student grades.  You can also view your teaching schedule and class lists. Jo Ann Davis

 

4:30-6pm

N-39

(C)

3-26
(Wed)

 Teaching Students of All Ages How is a 50-year old student different from a 20-year old?  Learn classroom strategies to deal with students of all ages. Xue-Mei Hu

2:30-4pm

 

L-311
(C)

3-26
(Wed)

 New Features in Office 2007 Check out the Ribbon that groups your tools by task.  Review the task-oriented Tabs.  Note the Groups within each Tab that break tasks into sub-tasks.  Experiment with the new Commands. Mohamad Chenawi

3:30-5pm

Lab 212
(E)

3-27
(Thu)

 Using the Scantron Test Scoring Machine Make the most of your teaching time by using the Scantron to automatically score student tests and analyze results.  (Class limited to 4-5 attendees.) Kathy Trombacco

3-4:30pm

C-207
(C)

3-27
(Thur)

 Create that List You’ve Been Needing Use Microsoft Access to create a list of students, office equipment,  purchases or any other data you need listed in an orderly easy to find/search manner Maureen Greenbaum

 

3:15-4:45pm

Lab 214
(E)

 

3-31
(Mon)

 Basic Windows II Installing programs, plug-and-play peripherals, Internet basics, quitting unresponsive programs. Mohamad Chenawi

3:30-5pm

N-39
(C)

4-2

(Wed)

 Office 2007: Excel: Using Data Entry Forms and  Drop-Down Lists Create a drop-down list from a range of cells. Must have at least a beginner’s knowledge of Office 2007: Excel. Wendy Pate

5-6:30pm

N-39
(C)

4-3
(Thur)

 Understanding Research Results Basic understanding of statistics in research without any computations required   Mean, median, modes, polygons, skewness, sum of squares, variance, standard deviation, correlation, t-test, significance, hypotheses, and research questions will be discussed. Students should be able to read research more effectively. Allen Hodes 4:15-5:45pm

L-19
(C)

4-7
(Mon)

 Office 2007: Word, Intermediate Use the NEW Office 2007 Ribbon, Tabs, Groups and Commands.  Toolbars. Help. Clipart. Find & replace.  Cut & Paste. Headers & footers. Page numbers, footnotes, endnotes.   Columns. Mail merge. Spell and Grammar Checker, Thesaurus, Toolbars, Footnotes and Endnotes, different styles and formats, Track Changes, etc.    Mohamad Chenawi

3:30-5pm

N-33
(C)

4-8
(Tue)

 Office 2007: Microsoft Excel: Advanced More charts.  Utilize functions.  Try different views.  Insert information.   Review formulas.  Format cells.  Automate tasks with macros. Must have experience with Office 2007: Excel. Wendy Pate

5-6:30pm

N-39
(C)

4-8
(Tue)

 Social Networking Sites
Rescheduled from 4-10		 Check out MySpace, Facebook, Linkedin, CafeMom, YouTube and more. Maureen Greenbaum

3:15-4:45pm

Lab 214
(E)

 

4-9
(Wed)

 Office 2007: Word, Intermediate Use the NEW Office 2007 Ribbon, Tabs, Groups and Commands.   Toolbars. Help. Clipart. Find & replace.  Cut &
Paste. Headers & footers. Page numbers, footnotes, endnotes.   Columns. Mail merge.  Spell and Grammar Checker, Thesaurus, Toolbars, Footnotes and Endnotes, different styles and formats, Track Changes, etc.  		Mohamad Chenawi

 

3:30-5pm

Lab 212

(E)

4-9
(Wed)

 Enter Your Grades Online Use SIS Web for Faculty to enter student grades.  You can also view your teaching schedule and class lists. William Lipkin

6-7:30pm

C-207

(C)

4-10(Thur)

 Office 2007: Creating a Gradebook with Excel Learn how to easily and quickly port information from the SIS Web for Faculty site into an Excel gradebook for your classes.  Must have at least a beginner’s knowledge of Office 2007: Excel. Celeste Schaffer

3:30-5pm

N-39
(C)

4-14
(Mon)

 Encouraging Group Work in Class Learn how to support and monitor group discussions & projects in class.  Suggestions on developing appropriate topics and facilitating group progress. Xue-Mei Hu

2:30-4pm

 

L-311
(C)

4-14
(Mon)

 Office 2007: Microsoft Excel: Intermediate Create charts.    Find/replace. Move/ copy.  Rename. Shortcut keys. Macros. Formulas & functions.  Format cells.  Must have at least a beginner’s knowledge of Office 2007: Excel. Mohamad Chenawi

3:30-5pm

N-39
(C)

4-15
(Tue)

 Office 2007: Creating a Gradebook with Excel Learn how to easily and quickly port information from the SIS Web for Faculty site into an Excel gradebook for your classes.  Must have at least a beginner’s knowledge of Office 2007: Excel. Celeste Schaffer

3:30-5pm

N-39
(C)

4-16
(Wed)

 Office 2007: PowerPoint, the Basics Use the NEW Office 2007 Ribbon, Tabs, Groups and Commands.  Choose a design template.  Customize the PowerPoint window.  Create slides.  Change the font style and size.  Type a bulleted list.  Use the slide show and slide sorter view buttons.  Create using the Outline tab.  Save and print a presentation.  Wendy Pate

5-6:30pm

N-39
(C)

4-17
(Thur)

 Office 2007: Excel: Filtering/Sorting Data and using Conditional Formatting Are you wondering which items in your budget cost more than $100 per month?  or less?  Would you like to alphabetize your data?  How do you make individual cells stand  out.  Add, change and clear conditional formats.  Utilize rule precedence.  Must have at least a beginner’s knowledge of Office 2007: Excel. Wendy Pate

5-6:30pm

N-39
(C)

4-18
(Fri)

 Enter Your Grades Online Use SIS Web for Faculty to enter student grades.  You can also view your teaching schedule and class lists. William Lipkin

2-3:30pm

Lab 212
(E)

4-21
(Mon)

 Handling Chronic Student Behaviors How do you work with a student who is chronically late for class or almost always turns in assignments late or seems continually distracted? William Lipkin

2-3:30pm

L-311

(C)

4-21
(Mon)

 Office 2007: Creating an Organization Chart in PowerPoint Create an Org chart for you office staff.  Must have at least a beginner’s knowledge of Office 2007: PowerPoint. Wendy Pate

5-6:30pm

N-39
(C)

4-23
(Wed)

 Office 2007: Microsoft Excel: Intermediate Create charts.    Find/replace. Move/ copy.  Rename. Shortcut keys. Macros. Formulas & functions.  Format cells.  Must have at least a beginner’s knowledge of Office 2007: Excel. Mohamad Chenawi

3:30-5pm

Lab 212
(E)

4-23
(Wed)

 Office 2007: Word:  Tables and Columns

 

 Create tables that make your pages more organized looking.  Format the table and sort its contents. Learn how to add/delete rows and columns.  Add clipart.  Must have at least a beginner’s knowledge of Office 2007: Word Wendy Pate

 

5-6:30pm

N-39
C)

4-28
(Mon)

 Office 2007: PowerPoint:  Effective Slide Design Must have at least a beginner’s knowledge of Office 2007:PowerPoint. Wendy Pate

 

5-6:30pm

N-39
(C)

4-29
(Tue)

 Search Engine Prowess Review of browsing basics, tools, directories, search
engines & help screens.		 Maureen Greenbaum

3:30-5pm

S120(C)

4-30
(Wed)

 Office 2007: Microsoft Excel: Advanced More charts.  Utilize functions.  Try different views.  Insert information.   Review formulas.  Format cells.  Automate tasks with macros. Must have experience with Office 2007: Excel. Mohamad Chenawi

3:30-5pm

Lab 212
(E)

5-1
(Thu)

 Using the Scantron Test Scoring Machine Make the most of your teaching time by using the Scantron to automatically score student tests and analyze results.  (Class limited to 4-5 attendees.) Kathy Trombacco

3-4:30pm

C-207
 (C)

5-2
Fri)

 Enter Your Grades Online Use SIS Web for Faculty to enter student grades.  You can also view your teaching schedule and class lists. William Lipkin

 

1:30-3pm

N-39
(C)

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