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Day 1: May 12
8:30-9:30: Registration
9:30-11:00: Open Session, Rick Castiglione
11:15 - 12:30: Session 1: Options below.
1:30 - 3:00: Session 2: Options Below
3:00 - 6:00: Fun/Activity Sessions: Options below
7:00 - 8:30: Dinner in the Muk-a-Muk dining room - Don't forget your meal ticket!
8:30-9:45: Movie in the Kiguli Room or "Pop Goes the Trivia" with prizes in the Muk-a-Muk Lounge
10:00-1:00: Dance/Party with Cash Bar
Wee hours: Penthouse Party and Jam Session
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Open Session (9:30 - 11:00)
Agents of Change: Teachers Transforming Lives from Mount Royal to Maasai Mara
Rick Castiglione is a Calgary based film maker, journalist and broadcasting instructor at Mount Royal College. Over the last 28 years, Rick has produced award winning documentaries in more than 30 countries throughout the developing world. His films focus on social justice, human rights and humanitarian work.
Rick will talk about- “The power of the teacher to affect real change in the developing world” . He has filmed in classrooms from the slums of Mumbai to the peaks of the Andes and into the deserts of South Sudan. (visit his website for more information)
Session 1 (11:15 - 12:30)
Session Title: “Teachers keep on teachin’”: How do you reach your “higher ground”?
Presenter: Faculty Learning Community
Abstract: Our Faculty Learning Community has been meeting monthly to discuss and test our individual practices and philosophies against a plethora of pedagogical theories. We focus our discussions on Mary Ellen Weimer’s book Learner-Centred Teaching and Ken Bain’s What the Best CollegeTeachers Do. We’d like to begin the workshop by very briefly outlining the TOP TEN ideas we have discovered to improve our teaching. The second part of the workshop invites you to share specific strategies—both successful and less so— that have taught and continue to teach you and your students how to reach for higher ground.
Session Title: Making Your Lectures Exciting, Interesting, and Memorable
Presenter: Stephen F. Sit, Bissett
Abstract: Course materials that come with the text books could be mundane and
boring. After watching PowerPoint presentations over and over again, the
students' attentions may go astray. In this session I shall share with you some of the ideas and techniques on how to make exciting and interesting course materials using daily life
examples, diagrams, cartoons, and catch phrases.
Session Title: Why I'm Going Cold Turkey on Google
Presenter: Randy Connolly, Computer Science
Abstract:The web is no longer principally a shopping and entertainment medium, but is now an answer hunting and gathering system. This talk will provide an opportunity to discuss some recent research in web usability and psychology and how efficient web searching is potentially transforming cognition, personality, and learning.
Session Title: Conservative Stock Market Strategies Revisited
Presenter: Jim Fischer, Bissett
Abstract: Two years ago Jim discussed how any investor could beat the stock market averages using a conservative strategy known as passive investment managment, coupled with the concept of dollar-cost averaging. The strategy wouldn't make you rich quick, but it could let you grow wealthy over time. Do these strategies still hold true given the sorry state of equity markets?
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Session 2 (1:30-3:00)
Session Title: Making Waves: Considering a Campus Without Violence
Presenter: The Mount Royal Turn Off the Violence Committee
Abstract:
"Making Waves" is an award winning dating violence prevention program. Developed in 1995, this peer facilitated program uses games to help participants recognize dynamics that contribute to violence. If you are keen to contribute to a violence-free campus, enjoy interactive workshops, and want to have fun, please join us!
Session Title: "Success Teams for Mount Royal Scholars"
Presenters: Jack Dobbs and Michael Huston, Counselling
Abstract: "Success Teams" are a well-established strategy for creating positive outcomes in many areas. This session will cover the nuts and bolts of success teams and will inspire and encourage you to develop your own success team and your unique scholarship-focused plan, offering specific strategies and practical suggestions for implementation. We will also share our collective wisdom and “good practices” for managing scholarship commitments. Finally, we will practice writing transformative learning outcomes for these collaborative “success teams."
Session Title: Academia and Politics: Two Solitudes?
Presenter: Dr. David Swann, Leader of Alberta Liberal Party
Abstract: Academia and politics seem to represent two solitudes. Why? Can we bridge this gap? How? Why are people politically disengaged? Can faculty link critical thought to action and engage students in the political process? Dr. Swann will propose solutions and would like to hear faculty opinions about these issues.
Fun/Activity Sessions: Tuesday, May 12
3:00 - 6:00 Please choose one of the following activities. There will be announcements about where to meet/gather.
- Rock Climbing
Ian Sherrington, Physical Education & Raphael Slawinski, Math, Physics & Engineering
- Photographic Hike
Dac Dang, Math, Physics & Engineering
Bring your own photographic equipment, digital or otherwise. Scenic and close-up shots with possible abstract compositions guided by Dac. The focus will be on rocks and water. Waterproof boots suggested.
- Rock, Walk, and Talk
Katherine Boggs, Earth Sciences
Join us for a local hike and discussion of geology in the area.
- Cycling
Katja Hoehn, Biology
- Visual Journaling
Irene Naested, Education
Pablo Picasso commented that drawing and painting are just other ways of keeping a diary. Visual journaling requires the creator to visually imagine a thought, feeling, or emotion. What might it look like if it were expressed in colour, shape, an line. The intent of visual journaling is not to create "great" art, (although this may happen) but rather use the "imagistic" language as a form of expression.
Self-guided options
- Golf - Bring your clubs
- Banff Park Museum & the Whyte Museum
- Banff Hot Springs - Remember to bring your swim suit
7:00 - 8:30 Dinner in the Muk-a-Muk dining room - Don't forget your meal ticket!
8:30-9:45 Movie or "Pop Goes the Trivia" with prizes in the Muk-a-Muk Lounge
10:00-1:00 Dance/Party with Cash Bar
Wee hours Penthouse Party and Jam Session
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