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CCT News

10 July 2013
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Contents: Student matters, CCT community, CCT events, alums, other events, opportunities, resources, food for thought, humor
All students, alums, and others in the CCT community: please use our main contact form for all inquiries, notice of events, contact updates, career updates, web/wiki glitches, suggestions, resources for us to put in news/calendar, etc. Any items of interest to be shared with the wider community will be posted in the upcoming month's CCT Newsletter and Calendar.

Student Matters

Spaces still available in face-to-face and online summer courses that start next week...
Summer courses: http://caps-courses.umb.edu/courses/summer/cr/gr/crcrth/
face-to-face CRCRTH 618 Creative Thinking, Collaboration, and Organizational Change (July 19-August 3, Fr Sa 9:00am-4:15pm; face-to-face only)
face-to-face CRCRTH 688 Reflective Practice (July 26-27 only, 9:00am-4:15pm)
online CRCRTH 611 Seminar in Critical Thinking, Theme: Critical Thinking in Business (July 15 - August 22)
online CRCRTH 619 Biomedical Ethics (July 15 - August 22)

Fall 2013 courses:
hybrid:
(please register for the appropriate section, depending upon whether you will attend the session face-to-face or conference in from a distance)
CRCRTH 602 Creative Thinking (class #9431 for distance students, #9851 for face-to-face students)
CRCRTH 650 Mathematics Thinking Skills (class #9433 for distance students, #9839 for face-to-face students)
CRCRTH 688 Reflective Practice(class #9435 for distance students, #9843 for face-to-face students)
CRCRTH 693 Action Research for Personal, Professional, and Educational Change (class #9437 for distance students, #9853 for face-to-face students)
online:
CRCRTH 601 Critical Thinking (class #9430)
CRCRTH 618 Creative Thinking, Collaboration, and Organizational Change (class #9432)
CRCRTH 670 Thinking, Learning, and Computers (class #9434)
CRCRTH 692 Processes of Research and Engagement (class #9436)
CRCRTH 694 Synthesis of Theory and Practice (class #9438)

Collaborative Explorations
http://www.cct.umb.edu/CE
During the spring 2013, the CCT graduate program considered the possibility of hosting connectivist or c-MOOCs using online course material as a backbone. The end result of this thinking was that CCT decided instead to host an ongoing series of Collaborative Explorations (CEs), which better match the Program's approach to learning, collaboration, and community-building involving alums. See below under CCT Events for upcoming schedules and more background information.

CCT Community
Alums of the CCT program and online students are invited to apply to be an Online Contributor/Coach/Connector ("OC") for the fall or spring semester or over the summer (June-August, http://www.cct.umb.edu/OC

The Critical and Creative Thinking program annual report is available: http://www.cct.umb.edu/AnnualReport13.html
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CCT Events
Collaborative Exploration: Design for Living Complexities
Thursdays at 4:00pm EDT, July 11, 18, 25, and August 1, 2013
Description of July's scenario ("Design for Living Complexities"), including expectations and requirements: http://cct.wikispaces.com/CE5
The next in the series of CCT's Collaborative Explorations (CEs), an online forum for exploring a scenario or case through problem-based learning and related approaches that support inquiry around an issue that is not well-defined, varying across CCT's broad focus areas of Critical, Creative, and Reflective Practice and Science in a Changing World. A CE involves 4 online sessions spaced one week apart, each lasting for 60-90 minutes. Participants interact live through Google Hangout during the session (voice + video) and then do independent exploring between sessions and share questions and findings through discussion posts online.
Overview and background: http://cct.wikispaces.com/CEp. CEs will typically occur once per month starting in September (no CE during August).
There is no cost to participate, but those wishing to do so are asked to apply first and commit to attend the sessions.

Alum and CCT associates Notes
Alums of the CCT program and online students are invited to apply to be an Online Contributor/Coach/Connector ("OC") for the fall or spring semester or over the summer (June-August, http://www.cct.umb.edu/OC

Events
CreativeMornings is a monthly, free breakfast lecture series, started by swissmiss (http://www.swiss-miss.com) in NYC but with chapters in many major cities. Check out their upcoming schedule at a location near you.

Opportunities
Position at Cornell U. for post-doctoral research focused on destabilization of knowledge claims, science communication, and organizational strategies in the field of environmental conservation, specifically about the monarch butterfly; http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/education/jobs/details.php?j=2803

Resources
CCT Social Media:
https://groups.diigo.com/group/ccreflect: connections on the web that promote personal & professional development, community building & mutual support, educational-innovation & reflective practice
https://groups.diigo.com/group/sciencechanges: connections on the web about science in a changing world

Food for Thought
3 ways to harness positive psychology for a more resilient you
Can baking improve mental health?
Mapping the Way to a Brain Survey
Cortex 3D-printed cast
"Printed human tissues are ten years away"
"One day it will be possible to 3D-print a human liver"
Why public libraries should follow Chicago’s lead and build maker labs
How Some Cities Are Creating Permanent Pipelines of Innovation
map² - The Zoomable Map on Paper
Wearable Solar - a video by Hammond Images
The Cognitive Bias Keeping Us from Innovating
Creative Mornings: Masterpieces You Can Eat for Breakfast
An Entire Amusement Park Packed Into A 13 Foot Cube
Younger Americans Want Great Library Programs and Spaces More Than E-Books
Underwater: How the rising sea levels will affect various cities
This Man Is Either The World's Biggest Patent Troll Or A Champion Of Innovation
Your Fruits and Vegetables Can Tell Day from Night—and Even Get Jet Lag
Secrets of the Wet Dog Shake
Benjamin Zander: The transformative power of classical music
Online Book: The ABCs of Contemporary Creatives
Here's Who Made the 2013 'Creativity 50'
Should Everyone Go to College?

Humor
NSA surveillance as told through classic children's books