CCT News
30 April 2010
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alum news and exchanges,
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Contents:
Student matters,
CCT community,
CCT events,
alums,
other events,
opportunities,
resources,
food for thought,
humor
Student Matters
CCT Writing Support Group - every Tuesday at 5:30 - 7:30 in the CCT Program office (W-2-157). Come as your time allows, even if you are coming late after getting out of class or leaving early to get to class. Open to all CCTers who would like to discuss ideas about of writing as it relates to coursework or get feedback from others in a supportive environment. Last meeting on May 11.
It's time to register for the summer and fall, but first check WISER to see if you have a hold on your account (many of you do) and get it removed asap so none has to waste time trying to register you but getting blocked. Summer courses,
http://www.cct.umb.edu/summer10.html & fall courses
http://www.cct.umb.edu/fall10.html
Saturday, May 22, 10-5, W 2-157 = Marathon day = get help and have company when completing incompletes and syntheses) and mid-program check-ins and entrance interviews. (Sign up at
http://www.faculty.umb.edu/pjt/ptofficehours)
CCT Community
Marie Levey-Pabst will be the recipient of the 2010 Convocation award, "Critical and Creative Thinking Award for Personal and Professional Development." Citation at
http://www.cct.umb.edu/award.html
CCT Events
Invention and Innovation class presentations, May 5, 7-9.30pm, Wheatley 1-34
with guest panel: Darlene Flaig, Kathy Chelini (patent attorney) and pet clothing inventor, Dr. Benyamin Lichtenstein.
An evening of CCT Synthesis of theory, practice and reflection -- open to the public
Spring Synthesis presentations, May 10th, 4:00-7.15pm, Sc 4-064
Reflective Practice presentations, May 10, 7:30pm-8:30pm, Sc 4-064, immediately following the Synthesis presentations, and overlapping with the CCT Network events (check out audio recordings of this semester's events at
http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/16894/)
"
Nina Greenwald and Critical & Creative Thinking: 25 years and more," May 19, 5.30-7.30pm, Wheatley 4-148 .
- If you cannot be there in person, please send a tribute to be read aloud or join in by conference call.
Alum and CCT associates Notes
On April 10 and May 8, a two-part college-credit course, called Minds In Motion, took place on the campus of the Walnut Hill School in Natick, in collaboration with Arts|Learning, a statewide arts advocacy and programming organization. Nina Greenwald and David Martin took responsibility for different segments of the program. Teachers were involved in hands-on activities in each of the Arts, and also generated ideas on ways to stimulate thinking strategies through the arts in the classroom.
Changing Science, Changing Society, an exposition of initiatives, coalitions, and social movements engaging with scientific, technological, and social change, was held at UMass on April 16. This event helped promote the new CCT track,
Science in a Changing World.
The New England Workshop on Science and Social Change has two 4-day sessions in April at Woods Hole,
http://www.stv.umb.edu/newssc10a.html and
http://www.stv.umb.edu/newssc10a.html. In addition to NewSSC organizer, Peter Taylor, the second workshop, on Problem-based Learning about Biology-in-society, had CCT faculty and students, Nina Greenwald, Pam DiBona, and Sandra McCollin participating.
Events
“Green Education for the Next Generation”, a panel discussion focusing on collaborations promoting transitions to a clean, vibrant regional economy, Friday April 30,
http://www.umb.edu/ua/green_education
IT and Healey Library Educational Technology Conference, May 13,
http://www.umb.edu/events/edtech_conference/agenda.html
Opportunities
Constant Contact seek a
Leadership Development Specialist--"wonderful opportunity to join a healthy, fun and very fast-paced organization."
Resources
a map of online collaboration tools
Food for Thought
Resistance to the privatization of water in Cuenca, Ecuador,
http://www.commoner.org.uk/blog/?p=240
The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil-- film on how Cuba adapted to drastic cuts in oil availability in the 1990s.
Humor
Eddie Izzard -- follow links to videos of his stand-up routines.