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Agenda for Winter 2010 GSI Teaching Orientation

Monday, January 4, 2009
Michigan League, 2nd Floor

To preregister, please click here

PLEASE BRING YOUR M-CARD TO ORIENTATION
Attendance at various sessions will be registered using your M-Card.

8:30-9:00

Breakfast (Ballroom)
9:00-9:40

Opening Plenary (Ballroom)

  • Welcoming Remarks — Constance E. Cook
  • Overview of the Day & UM Policies —Chris Groscurth
9:45-11:15

Concurrent Sessions I: Getting Started

  • Getting Started: GSIs Teaching Undergraduate Students
    (3 sessions) (Vandenberg, Hussey, and Michigan Rooms)
  • Getting Started: GSIs Teaching Graduate Students
    (1 session) (Kalamazoo Room)
11:15-11:30 Break
11:30-12:45

The First Class, The CRLT Players(Ballroom)

12:45-1:30

Lunch (Ballroom)

  • GEO Presentation (1:00-1:30)
1:30-2:10

Afternoon Plenary Session (Ballroom)

  • Classroom Communication at UM — Deborah Meizlish
2:15-3:45

Practice Teaching (Vandenberg and Michigan Rooms, 2nd Floor)

3:45-4:00 Break
4:00-5:30

Concurrent Sessions II: Teaching Methods

  • Leading Discussions (Vandenberg Room)
  • Evaluating Student Writing (Hussey Room)
  • Facilitating Group Work to Maximize Student Learning in Labs, Discussion, and Teams (Michigan Room)
  • Teaching with Technology to Improve Student Learning

Breakfast begins at 8:30 a.m., in the Michigan League Ballroom, which is located at the south end of the 2nd floor of the Michigan League. For directions, see http://www.crlt.umich.edu/gsis/gsitoMap.php and http://www.umich.edu/~league/maps/index.htm# and click on "Building Floorplans"

The orientation program begins promptly at 9:00 a.m., in the Michigan League Ballroom.
**Please note that rooms in the Michigan League can vary in temperature, please dress in layers.

Additional teaching resources can be found online at http://www.crlt.umich.edu/gsis/webresources.php

Click here for information about child care
through U-M's Human Resources.

If you have questions, please contact Chris Groscurth, creedgr@umich.edu.

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