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UW-Madison School of Education Online News - September 2005
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IN THIS ISSUE - SEPTEMBER 2005
NEW DEAN SHARES HER THOUGHTS VIA
PODCAST
Here’s your chance to meet Dean Julie Underwood, who
officially began her new role on August 8, 2005. She was the
featured guest August 28 on "For the Record," a
half-hour public affairs program on WISC-TV Channel 3 in Madison,
hosted by editorial director Neil Heinen. Topics included
the federal role in education (e.g., No Child Left Behind),
bullying, gender identity, culture wars, school finance, and
the School of Education's role in preparing educators and
serving as a resource for Wisconsin's K-12 schools. The audio
portion of the program is available as a podcast download
on the Channel 3000 website (scroll to bottom of page).
Check
it out
HIGHLIGHTS OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
CONFERENCE NOW ONLINE
Even if you weren’t one of the more than 1,000 people
attending the Aug. 3-5 Conference on Distance Teaching and
Learning, you can still enjoy conference highlights via its
“Shared Space” website, which offers video and
audio broadcasts of keynote presentations, PowerPoint files
of conference forums, and much more.
Visit
the site
RESEARCH: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
AS ENGINE OF CHANGE
“Professional development is the most powerful engine
of change if you’re trying to change what goes on in
schools,” says Adam Gamoran, professor of sociology
and director of the School’s Wisconsin Center for Education
Research. Gamoran’s comments appear in a newsletter
published by the Comprehensive Center-Region VI, which is
housed in the School of Education. This issue, which examines
“Professional Development From the Inside Out: District
and School-Level Strategies,” is available as a PDF
file.
Read the newsletter
CONTINUING EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
ABOUND
The School’s Office of Educational Outreach offers a
variety of enrichment opportunities for educators and others
this fall, including workshops that will explore “Online
Virtual Museums” (Sept 26- Oct. 31) and “Best
Practices in Reading Instruction: Grades 2-5" (Oct. 21),
as well as the 2nd Annual Conference on Arts-Curriculum-Community
(Nov. 12-13). Details on these and other continuing education
opportunities can be found on the Outreach website.
Check
it out
WISCAPE FOSTERS DIALOGUE
ON ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION
The Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary
Education (WISCAPE) began its busy fall semester on September
13 with a free public forum on “The Future of the Public
University.” Future discussions will examine campus
climate, diversity at UW-Madison, and higher education and
future state budgets, among other issues. Not to worry if
you can’t attend a forum, as the center archives presentations
in various formats on its website. Details on WISCAPE’s
upcoming events and archived materials can be found on the
center’s website.
Visit the site
CIMC PROVIDES RESOURCES
FOR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH (SEPTEMBER)
The “webliographies” developed by the School’s
Center for Instructional Materials and Computing (CIMC) provide
links to a variety of web resources for educators, parents,
and others. Its “Hispanic Heritage Month” webliography
will connect you with information on Hispanic/Latino heritage,
history, and culture.
Check
it out
CHILDREN’S BOOK AUTHOR TO SPEAK
- OCT. 5
Angela Johnson, recipient of the 2004 Michael Printz and Coretta
Scott King awards for her novel, The First Part Last,
will deliver the Charlotte Zolotow Lecture on Oct. 5, at 7:30
pm in the Wisconsin Union Theatre. This is a free public lecture
sponsored by the School’s Cooperative Children’s
Book Center.
Read
more
GLASS LAB ENHANCES WEBSITE,
PREPARES FOR OCT. 7-8 OPEN HOUSE
Check the “Alumni” link on the Glass Lab’s
website for a look at the work of the Glass Program’s
distinguished alumni (Dale Chihuly, Audrey Handler, and others).
If you’re close to campus, you’ll also want to
mark your calendar for Oct. 7-8, when the Glass Lab will hold
its annual fall open house in its recently renovated facility,
located at the south end of Frances Street, across from the
Kohl Center. The open house will feature demonstrations of
glass blowing, and neon and flame working, as well as an art
sale. Hours are 10 am to 7 pm on Friday, Oct. 7, and 10 am
to 5 pm on Saturday, Oct. 8.
Visit the
Glass Lab website
VISITING ARTISTS & STUDENT
PERFORMANCES HIGHLIGHT DANCE CALENDAR
Jennifer Brightbill, NYC dance costume designer, and Karen
Brown-Larimore, former UW Theatre make-up and costume designer,
are among those featured in the Dance Program’s Friday
Forum series in September. Also of note is the annual Fall
Student Concert, Oct. 20-22.
Check
out the Dance calendar
CAMPUS: NEW WEBSITE LAUNCHED
FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS
Prospective students now can easily find information they
need about UW-Madison, thanks to a redesigned UW Admissions
Office website. It provides easy access to what research shows
are the top activities students want to complete at such a
site: request information, schedule a visit, apply online,
and check application status.
Visit the site
WEB GEM: BACK-TO-SCHOOL
FACTS GALORE
For you numbers afficionados, the U.S. Census Bureau’s
Back-to-School “Facts for Features” website provides
an incredible variety of school-related statistics, such as
the number of people enrolled in PK-16 schools nationwide
(74.9 million), the amount of money spent in family clothing
stores in August 2004 ($6.0 billion), and the average number
of children participating each month in the national school
lunch program (29 million). You can find these facts and many
more on the census website.
Check
it out
HAVE YOU MOVED OR CHANGED YOUR NAME?
You can easily update that information via the School’s
website. And we’ll make sure that your University records
are updated as well as ours.
Make
a change
UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN . . .
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