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CCT News

30 September 2013
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Contents: Student matters, CCT community, CCT events, alums, other events, opportunities, resources, food for thought, humor

Student Matters

The application deadline for Spring 2014 admission is November 1, 2013

Current students are encouraged to review requirements around the Reflective Practice Portfolios (http://www.cct.umb.edu/rpp/). Please contact the program for assistance and join this site (with your UMass login name and password) in order to access your private page.

CCT Community

Teryl Cartwright's commencement speech 2013 (minus a few seconds at the start): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDYqHCK6htQ

Upcoming Collaborative Exploration (CE) and Optional Preview Event:
The next in the fall 2013 series of free, online Collaboration Explorations (CE) begins the first week of October and will explore the theme Stories to Scaffold Creative Learning (full description here).
Schedule of October online meetings: 4 Thursdays, October 10th, 17th, 24th and 31st, meeting on Google+ Hangout starting at 5:00pm Eastern time.
Please register (http://bit.ly/CEApply) to confirm your interest and get access to the Google+ community. All are welcome to apply.


Collaborative Explorations - additional upcoming themes for fall 2013:
(please see http://collabex.wikispaces.com/ for details)
November: Young People Designing Their Own Lives
December: Manifestos for Creative Thinking and Problem-Solving

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CCT Events
CCT Community Open House: Our Lives and Other Worlds - presentations from alumni of the graduate program in Critical and Creative Thinking
Monday, October 7, 7:00-8:30pm, Campus Center room 2540
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 ahead of time to cct@umb.edu. Free and open to all, including prospective students and guests. You will also have a chance to meet and speak with program faculty, current and prospective students, and others in the CCT and university community. Refreshments will be served.

The next CCT Community Open House will be a virtual meeting on Monday, November 4th from 7:00-8:30pm EDT. Participation at a distance possible (via Google Hangout or Skype).

Alum and CCT associates Notes
Please join us at the October 7th CCT community open house to hear from alums and their ongoing work. See details above.

Events
The Graduate Consortium in Women's Studies @ MIT  presents Carol Queen, "Progressive Porn: What Women and Other People Need from Dirty Movies"
Tuesday, Oct. 8, 6:30 – 8:30 PM, Building 32 Room 155, Stata Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

IDEAS Boston 2013
Annual conference that showcases some of the most cutting-edge thinkers in the region from every conceivable discipline. Moderated by Tom Ashbrook, host of NPR’s On Point on WBUR, the event features 12 innovators from medicine, finance, the arts, science, education, business, and more.
Wednesday, October 30th, 2013, 8:00am-3:30pm
UMass Boston, Campus Center Ballroom
For more information and to register: http://www.umb.edu/ideasboston

Colloquium Lecture: Conflict Transformation and Restorative Justice
October 16, 2013 - 5:30 p.m., Quinn Administration Building, 3rd floor, Chancellor’s Conference Room
Guest speakers: Catherine Ali, Ruth Parsons
For more details: http://www.umb.edu/news_events_media/events/conflict_transformation_and_restorative_justice

The annual National Race Amity Conference, November 1 and 2 at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center in Norwood, will provide resources allowing teachers to gain skills and insights to help them address the complex issue of race in society, http://raceamity.org/. (Some scholarships for MTA members: contact scaruso@massteacher.org )

State of Creativity Forum 2013: Building Bridges
November 18-19th, 2013, Oklahoma City
For more information about the full program and registration: http://www.stateofcreativity.com/


Opportunities
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative "Be a Caring & Supportive Adult" is looking for volunteers, http://www.dsni.org/be-caring-supportive-adult

Ada Lovelace Edit-a-thon: Is your favorite woman scientist or scientist of color missing from Wikipedia? You can change that by learning how to write and post Wikipedia articles, October 15 3-8:30 (come and go as you can), http://tinyurl.com/lovelacewikipedia. RSVP on Facebook at http://tinyurl.com/adalovelaceday2013

Campus Kitchen at UMB is a student-powered hunger relief organization offering student leadership opportunities to UMB students and hunger relief to our community. Also fosters more sustainable solutions to hunger through our various programs including health and wellness programs, SNAP outreach, cooking classes with youth, and more, http://www.campuskitchens.org

Resources
Technology workshops are offered at UMass Boston monthly and open to faculty and staff across a variety of topics. To browse upcoming workshops, see: http://www.umb.edu/training


Food for Thought
Are Adjunct Instructors Better Teachers? http://www.nber.org/papers/w19406

The "Box" project: "the synthesis of real and digital space through projection-mapping on moving surfaces"
Science education, critical thinking, and the role of Sesame Street
verynice - a design firm that has developed a business model that allows it to give away half of its work for free
The Real Reason Creative Workers Are Good for the Economy
Commonopoly: a redesign of the Monopoly game to emphasize collaborative work
The Habits Of Supremely Happy People
Reading for pleasure 'boosts pupils' results in maths'
Everything You've Ever Been Told About How You Learn Is A Lie
Long Lives Made Humans Human: the evolution of human life and aging
Vibetunes: bringing music to the deaf

Humor10 Bets You'll Never Lose