AY2009/2010 CTL Activites:

Lunch with Librarians
9 December, 2009 at 12:30 pm
(materials will be posted later)

Teaching primary sources (Micheal Hoberman)
1 December, 2009 at 3:30 pm
(materials will be posted later)

Using Blackboard's grade center (Jenn Berg)
30 November, 2009 at 3:30 pm
(materials will be posted later)

First Experineces in On-Line Teaching
(Christine Devine and Amy Wehe)
23 November, 2009 at 3:30 pm
(materials will be posted later)

Using Smartboard in your classes (Jenn Berg)
16 November, 2009 at 3:30 pm
(materials will be posted later)

Historic Fitchburg Walk led by Dr. Laura Baker
Thursday November 5th at 3:45pm
in the lobby of Miller Hall
Drinks at Destare afterward

Making your own web-page at FSC with Heather Pellerin
22 October, 2009 at 3:30 pm
28 October, 2009 at 3:30 pm
(materials will be posted later)

Ellluminate Live! training session with Mike Leamy
16 October, 2009 at 12:30 pm
29 October, 2009 at 3:30 pm
instructions and visual companion

Grant Center presentation by Karen Frank Mays
13 October, 2009 at 3:30 pm
(materials will be posted later)

Creating and Deploying your own student evaluation forms on Blackboard
30 September, 2009 at 3:30 pm
instructions, sample surveys

Discussion on the article "Best Practices: Preventing and Managing Challenging Classroom Situations"
by Deb Wingert and Tom Molitor
from Currents in Teaching and Learning Vol.1 No. 2
16 September, 2009 at 12:30 pm

AY2008/2009 CTL Brownbags:

Jenn Berg and Sean Goodlet
"End of Year Reflections: What Worked, What Didn't, and What We'd Like to Try Next Time"
6 May, 2009, 3:30 p.m.

Sara Marks, "Creativity: Flickr, Picassa & YouTube"
4 May, 2009, at 3:30 p.m.

Sara Marks, "Communication: Meebo & Twitter"
22 April, 2009, at 3:30 p.m.

"Building a Portfolio for Annual Renewal, Tenure, and Promotion" (for new faculty)
Accompanying documents: AY08/09 Personnel Calendar, Appendixes A-1, B-1, and B-2
16 April, 2009, ca. 4:00 (after Convocation)

Sara Marks, "Information Management: RSS Feeds & Social Bookmarking"
13 April, 2009, at 3:30 p.m.

Laurie DeRosa and Annette Sullivan, "Making a Difference with Service Learning"
2 April, 2009, between 12:00 and 2:00 p.m.

Jen Berg and Jon Krasner, "Making Connections Across the Academy"
19 March, 2009, at 3:30 p.m.

Peter Staab, "Using WebWorK, an Open-Source, Online-Homework System in Mathematics Classes"
17 February, 2009, at 3:30 p.m.

Sara Marks, "Networking: Facebook & Ning"
9 February, 2009, at 12:30 p.m.

Lauren Mackenzie and Sean C. Goodlett, "First Day Experiences: Lessons in Transparent Teaching"
See an example of a first-day exercise here, as well as the syllabus for this course.
For Arvidson and Huston's article, see the inaugural issue of Currents in Teaching and Learning.
29 January, 2009

Sean C. Goodlett, "Fillet of Fish: Higher Ed. by the Numbers Redux"
29 January, 2009

Sara Marks, "Collaboration: Wikis & Google"
26 January, 2009

Karen Frank Mays and Karen Sharpe, "Procuring Grants in Tough Economic Times"
12 November, 2008

Thomas Schilling, Patricia Smith, Peter Staab, Paul Weizer
"Time Management on the Tenure Track"
10 November, 2008

Rob Carr, John Chetro-Szivos, Jon Krasner, Viera Lorencova, and Lauren MacKenzie
"A Dialogic Pathway to Assessment: Conversations on Evaluating Our Students and Ourselves"
6 November, 2008 (listen to the podcast)

Bornali Bhandari, Beverley Hollingsworth, Pirudas Lwamugira, Michael Turk
"Hell in a Handbasket: The U.S. Economy in the Wake of Financial and Fiscal Crises"
23 October, 2008

AY07/08 CTL Brownbags:

Sean C. Goodlett, Patricia Smith, Randall Grometstein, Cap Corduan
"Building a Portfolio for Annual Renewal, Tenure, and Promotion"
Accompanying documents: AY08/09 Personnel Calendar, Appendixes A-1, B-1, and B-2
30 April (listen to the podcast)

Sara Marks, "Wikipedia: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"
29 April April, 2008, 3:30 (listen to the podcast)

Dr. Jamieson McKenzie, "Tools for Decision Making: Instructional Technology in the Classroom"
23 April, 2008

Bruce Duncan, Peter Staab, Amy Wehe, "TeX User's Group (TUG)"
(For information on the user's group, email Bruce, Peter, or Amy)

Benjamin Railton, "Publishing (Without Perishing) at FSC"
3 April, 2008, 2:00 (listen to the podcast)

Michael Hoberman, Margarite Roumas, Susan Williams, "Digital Storytelling"
27 March (listen to the podcast)

Sara Marks, "RefWorks: An Online Research Management, Writing and Collaboration Tool"
28 February (listen to the podcast)

Peter Staab, Sean C. Goodlett, "Instructional Technology Forum"
26 February, 2008, 3:30 to 5:00

Julie Frechette, Associate Professor of Communication and Director of the Worcester State's Center for Community Media
"Building a Mentoring Program at FSC"
31 January (listen to the podcast)

Peter Staab, "Online Materials for Introductory Mathematics Courses"
30 January, (listen to the podcast)

Karen Frank Mays, "External Funding: Travel Grants, Foundations, and Corporations"
12 December (listen to the podcast)

Kevin B. Austin, "Technology to Encourage Classroom Interaction and After-Class Reflection"
4 December, 2:00 to 3:30 (listen to the podcast)

"Adobe Acrobat Writer in the Classroom" (Technology Demo)
18 October (listen to the podcast)

Anne Howard, "Rubrics and the Assessment of Student Achievement"
17 October, 2007, 2:00 to 3:30 (listen to the podcast)

Peter Staab, "Online Mathematics: Teaching a Summer Precalculus Course"
3 October, 2007

"Accordent Technology's Video Capture System" (Technology Demo)
2 October, 2007

Michael Hoberman, "Students as Mentors: The Writing Associates Program at FSC"
26 September, 2007 (listen to the podcast)

Karen Frank Mays and FSC Foundation staff, "Grant Writing and Internal Funding"
See the Development Office and Grant Center: for the Ruth Butler and Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Grants
20 September, 2007 (listen to the podcast)

Paul Weizer, Cap Corduan, Roberta Adams, René Reeves, and Linda LeBlanc
"Building a Portfolio for Annual Renewal, Tenure, and Promotion"
Accompanying documents: AY08/09 Personnel Calendar, Appendixes A-1, B-1, and B-2
10 September, 2007 (listen to the podcast)

Book Signings:

Paul Beaudoin (co-authored and edited with Judith Tick)
Music in the U.S.A.: A Documentary Companion
(Oxford University Press)
26 March, 2009, 3:30 p.m.


Michael Hoberman
How Strange it Seems: The Cultural Life of Jews in Small-Town New England
(University of Massachusetts Press)
28 October, 2008 (62 minutes, 57mb)

Jon Krasner
Motion Graphic Design, Second Edition
(Focal Press)
16 October, 2008, 3:30 p.m.


John Strang
The Magic Fleet
(Xlibris, a partner of Random House)
4 March, 2008 (59 minutes, 55mb)


Diana Suskind and Susan Wadsworth
Baby Dancing
(Seto Gurans, Kathmandu, Nepal)
3 December, 2007, 3:30 to 5:00


Ben Railton
Contesting the Past, Reconstructing the Nation: American Literature and Culture in the Gilded Age, 1876-1893
(University of Alabama Press)
15 November, 2007 (61 minutes, 57mb)


Josh Spero
Bridging the European Divide: Middle Power Politics and Regional Security Dilemas
Presentation PowerPoint deck.
(Rowman and Littlefield)
24 October, 2007 (60 minutes, 57mb)

Artists' Presentations:

Margarite Landry
Readings from the manuscript of her novel, Blue Moon
30 April, 2009, at 3:30

Kelly Morgan
"Teacher as Artist in the Classroom"
19 February, 2009, 3:30 p.m.

Jane Fiske
"The Art of Piano Recording: A Thematic Approach"
13 November, 2008, 2:00 p.m., Kent Recital Hall

Ian Williams
Poetry reading from his manuscript, You Know Who You Are
(Wolsak and Wynn Publishers, 2010)
24 September, 2008, 3:30 p.m.
(43 minutes, 39mb)


Suzanne Owens
Readings from Daughters of Discordia
(BOA Editions, 2000)
8 April, 2008, 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.
(69 minutes, 64mb)


Jeff Warmouth, "Food for Thought"
Featuring artwork from "Spudnik," "Day of the Cabbage," and "SuperJEFFUMarket" and the video, "Spudnik"
For more on Jeff and his work, go to Jeffu.tv
19 February, 2008, 3:30 to 5:00 p.m.


Susan Wadsworth, "From Childscapes to Warscapes"
24 January, 2008 (46 minutes, 42mb)

New and Adjunct Faculty Events:

"Assessment of the CTL and the Mentor Program"
7 May, 2009

Previous AY08/09 Events:

Pres. Robert Antonucci, "New Faculty and Librarian Conversation with the President"
22 April, 2009 at 12:30

"Building a Portfolio for Annual Renewal, Tenure, and Promotion"
Accompanying documents: AY08/09 Personnel Calendar, Appendixes A-1, B-1, and B-2
16 April, 2009, ca. 4:00 (after Convocation)

CTL Staff and the AY08/09 Mentors, "Conversation and Snacks"
12 February, 2009, 3:30 p.m. in the CTL

Laura Baker and Jeff Warmouth, "Architectural Walking Tour Culminating in a Visit to Destaré"
Wednesday, 22 October, 2008, beginning at 4:45 p.m.

James Lang, "Life on the Tenure Track"
16 September, 2008, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

CTL Staff and the AY08/09 Mentors, "Faculty Tea"
9 September, 2008, 3:30 p.m.

New Faculty Orientation, "Welcome from the CTL"
27 August, 2008, 1:00 p.m.

Previous (AY07/08) Events:

CTL Staff and Advisory Board, "Breakfast!"
25 April, 2008, 9:00 a.m.

The CTL Staff and the Mentors, "Dinner and Drinks," at Slattery's
Friday, 25 January, 2008, after Commencement @ Destaré

Paul Weizer and Cap Corduan, "Meet the Mentors"
Tuesday, 18 September, 3:30 to 5:00

President's Conversations:

Spring Term, 2009, Conversations:

11 February, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
22 April, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. (new faculty and librarians only)

Fall Term, 2008, Conversations:

22 October, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
2 December, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

AY07/08 Conversations:

Lunch, Wednesday, 16 April, 12:30 to 1:30
Afternoon Snacks, Wednesday, 5 March, 3:30 to 4:30
Lunch, 7 November, 12:30 to 1:30
Breakfast, 16 October, 8:30 to 9:30