The Faculty Mentoring Faculty Program is pleased to announce a new weekly faculty speaker series on Teaching with Technology. This quarter the speakers will include award-winning teachers and new faculty experimenting with emerging instructional technologies and fresh approaches to teaching.

Fridays, 12-1:00PM           ATS (Mediaworks) Conference Room, Surge II

See campus map for location.

Date	Speaker, Department	Topic	Video
Jan 25	Charles Bamforth, Chair, Food Science and Technology	Teaching Beer: Challenges and Opportunities
Feb 1	Dave Webb, Physics	Successes and Ongoing Efforts in Reforming Introductory Physics Classes
Feb 8	Ken Joy, Computer Science	On Kinesthetic Teaching
Feb 15	Javier Ortiz, University Writing Program	The Culture of the Classroom: Betrayal and Introspection
Feb 22	Lisa Pruitt, School of Law	Blogging as a Tool for Developing Critical Thinking and Writing Skills
Feb 29	Thomas Famula, Animal Science	Flirting with technology in ANS 1
Mar 7	Carl Whithaus, University Writing Program	Peer Response in SmartSite Forums and Word Docs
Mar 14	Faculty Users of SmartSite	Innovative Uses of SmartSite Tools

After each featured speaker’s informal presentation, participants will discuss the advertised topic and other teaching strategies and tools, including SmartSite, the new UC Davis course management system, past participants in the Faculty Mentoring Faculty Program who have benefited from the peer support, new teaching ideas, and camaraderie generated at the weekly meetings.

Seating is limited, so please visit the TRC calendar page to pre-register. You can also just come by Mediaworks (ATS) Fridays at 12 to see if we have room for you around the conference table. Please contact me with any questions.

Andy

Andy Jones
Faculty Liaison, Mediaworks (ATS) and the Teaching Resources Center
Manager, The Faculty Mentoring Faculty Program
University of California, Davis
aojones@ucdavis.edu