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Program

2009 Graduate Student Instructor Colloquium

Creating Learning Opportunities

September 12, 2009

Room 2.224, Robert A. Welch Hall

Free to all graduate students.

Saturday, September 12
8:00 Registration
8:30

Welcome and Introduction

  • Lynn J. Eaton, Associate Director, DIIA
  • Daniel Spikes, Graduate Student Association

Graduate Student Instructor Award Presentation

Mark Decker, Award Presenter, DIIA
8:45

Panel: The GSI Perspective and Experience

  • Courtney Brannon Donoghue, Radio-Television-Film
  • Sean McCarthy, English
  • Cathy Setzer, College of Communication
  • Daniel Spikes, Graduate Student Association
  • Malcolm Wardlaw, McCombs School of Business
  • Julie Zuniga, School of Nursing

TAs & AIs from several disciplines at UT discuss their experiences and answer your questions.
9:45

Break
10:00

Writing Your Mind: Pedagogical Uses for Mind Mapping in Classroom and Research Practice

Sean McCarthy, English
11:00

Break
11:15

Kinesthetic Teaching for Everyone

Cynthia Londeore, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology
12:15 Lunch and Networking
1:00

Inquiries into Clicker Pedagogy

  • Sara Jones, Educational Psychology
  • Jason Crandal, Educational Psychology
  • Camilo Guerrero, Educational Psychology
2:00

Closing: Recap, ASPECTS, Evaluations