News2013February

CCT News

19 February 2013
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Contents: Student matters, CCT community, CCT events, alums, other events, opportunities, resources, food for thought, humor
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Student Matters

Students should note that the add/drop/change deadline for spring 2013 courses is Tuesday, February 19th. Other important dates for spring:
Deadline to apply for May graduation: March 15
Summer registration begins: April 1
Course Withdraw deadline: April 11

CCT Community
In January Peter Taylor facilitated the innovation component of a 2-day workshop sponsored by Cancer Care Ontario in which researchers in epidemiology, behavioral science, and other fields met in Toronto to develop a agenda for new approaches in health intervention research.

CCT Events
CCT Community Open House: Our Lives and Other Worlds - presentations from CCT alums
Monday, March 4, 6:45-9:00pm, Campus Center 3545
Please join us and hear from CCT program alums. as they present on their work and lead discussions related to extending critical and creative thinking beyond the formal program of studies. Skype participation possible to those who RSVP to cct@umb.edu by Friday, March 1. Free and open to all, including prospective students and guests.

Alum and CCT associates Notes
Elizabeth Naylor (CCT '08) has released her new book, +100: A Mother, Wife, and Survivor's Journey, a story of "strength, survival, and spirit" about her journey as a survivor of cancer.

Catherine Weber (CCT '99) co-led a Collaborative Creation Workshopon February 15th, an experience involving the creative process and the gathering of visual artists and writers to inspire each other to create new work, which will be exhibited from March 8 - 21 at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts, 98 Hayden Row St., Hopkinton, MA.

Aimee (Blaquiere) Ladner (CCT '10) continues to sing in a musical duet with her father, Paul and has performed at UMass Boston's Talented U events and elsewhere.
You're invited to follow the duo on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/blakeysgirl, see their videos from Talented U performance at http://www.youtube.com/blakeysgirlduo, and send suggestions for performance bookings to blakeysgirl@gmail.com. "We both have a passion for music, and appreciate all your support!" --Aimee

Events
Learning in Action: 3rd Annual Symposium on Teacher Education
May 11, 2013, 9:00am-1:00pm at UMass Boston
Sponsored by the College of Education and Human Development and Department of Curriculum & Instruction
After nearly twenty years in combined operation, the UMB Teacher Education Programs and Teach Next Year (TNY), the Boston Teacher Residency (BTR) and Boston Science Partnership continue to strive to improve the preparation of urban teachers as well as the learning outcomes of their students. The Learning in Action Symposium will celebrate their accomplishments and ongoing investigation of teaching by bringing together current students, residents, teachers and UMB faculty in an event designed to multiply learning.

Panel Discussion: Teaching Diversity Today: What Are The Challenges and Opportunities?
February 27, 2013 - 12:00-1:30pm Wheatley Hall, 6th Floor Rm 47 at UMass Boston
For more information, see the description of topics to be discussed.

Opportunities
Project Zero and CASIE (Center for the Advancement and Study of International Education) are offering a limited number of scholarships for HGSE (and CCT) students to attend an upcoming conference, "Developing Responsible, Caring, and Balanced Youth: A GoodWork Conference," to take place at Noble and Greenough School (Dedham, MA), March 8-10, 2013. For more information on the conference, please visit: http://casieonline.org/events/pz/gw Contact Odette Schuler at odette.schuler@casieonline.org for registration details.
Shari Tishman, the Director of Project Zero, is a CCT alum.

Universal Course Design for Faculty
Free workshop for faculty
February 26, 2013 - 1:00-2:30pm in the Healey Library, 4th Floor, Center for Library Instruction (CLI)
See the full description for more information.

Catherine Weber (CCT '99) co-led a Collaborative Creation Workshopon February 15th (see above under 'Alum and CCT associates Notes') and invites you to join in other upcoming workshops:
Ongoing Collage classes: starts February 27th
Make your Mark: a Marketing Toolkit for Artists: March 3
Business Planning for Visual Thinkers: 3 Wednesdays, April 3, 10, and 24

Resources
Innovative Educators provides workshops and webinars covering a number of topics of interest to those who teach and use critical and creative thinking in their work. An upcoming 3-part online workshop is open for registration: The Critical Mind: Instructional Strategies That Promote Higher Order Thinking Skills
3 Sessions:
Thursday, February 28 ~ 1:00-2:30pm EST (Part 1: Introduction To Foundational Critical Thinking Concepts & Principles)
Thursday, March 7, 2013 ~ 1:00-2:30pm EST (Part 2: Question-Generating Concepts)
Thursday, March 14 ~ 1:00-2:30pm EST (Part 3: Focus On Instructional Strategies That Promote Critical Thought)

Food for Thought
"Future of Lifelong Learning": discusses science of well-being & links w/ lifelong learning & policy implications, http://bit.ly/Yeo8u7

Adventures in 3D sound: listen to this if your computer has stereo speakers (not using headphones):
http://www.studio360.org/widgets/ondemand_player/#file=http%3A%2F%2Faudio.wnyc.org%2Fstudioblog%2Fstudioblog042911_3daudio2.mp3
source: http://www.studio360.org/2011/apr/29/adventures-3d-sound/ for a brief summary of the research behind this.

Article: A Bicycle Made From Recycled Cardboard
Article: On patience, impatience, and the modern attention span:
Article: How Netflix is turning viewers into puppets
Article: Think Like MacGyver: Creative Resilience in the 'Developing World'
Web Site: Inspiring inventions: a Rube Goldberg clearinghouse
Article: The idea behind the pay-what-you-can cafe:
Article: Where printing innovation meets medicine...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12507034 and http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20972018
Article: How Imagination Changes the Brain
Article: The Benefits of Failure
Editorial: on politics, punditry, and critical thinking:
Blog post: Kimberly Hayworth: Envisioning A Cohesive Open Educational Learning System (COELS)
Article: Viral ‘cave baby’ rumor spurs Harvard geneticist to call for greater scientific literacy
Creative Arts: Kinetic Toothpick Sculpture of San Francisco
Books: Can you practice to think like Sherlock Holmes?:

Humor
Why it's still worth reading newspapers: