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UW-Madison School of Education Online News - November 2005
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Welcome to the UW-Madison School of Education Online News, a monthly update on School and campus news and resources.
IN THIS ISSUE - NOVEMBER 2005
SCHOOL CELEBRATES AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK - NOV. 13-19
There's much ado at the School during American Education Week. An arts and community conference, a dance concert, and a brown-bag discussion on "Experts at School and Home: A Century of Guidance for Anxious Parents" are but a few of the public events sponsored by the School during this nationwide celebration of K-12 education. All events are open to the public, and most are free. See a full list of events
ART DEPARTMENT INVITES PUBLIC TO “OPEN STUDIO DAYS” - NOV. 14-17
Here’s an opportunity to see what the Art Department’s graduate program is all about. Eighty graduate students will open their studios to the public during this special four-day event. Each day a different set of about 20 studios will be open from 11:30 a.m. to 1:20 p.m. and again from 5 to 7 p.m. Locations and other details are available on the website. Check it out.
DEAN UNDERWOOD TO SPEAK IN APPLETON - NOV. 15
"Culture Wars: Schools Caught in the Crossfire" will be the topic of Dean Julie Underwood's presentation to the Fox Valley community on Tuesday evening, November 15, at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel in Appleton. Complimentary dessert and coffee will be served at 7:00 p.m. The presentation will begin at 7:15 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. If you would like to attend, please reply ASAP to this e-mail. Get the details.
NOTED MATH EDUCATOR TO PROVIDE AEW KEYNOTE ADDRESS - NOV. 17
Uri Treisman, professor of mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin and a former MacArthur Fellow, will provide the keynote address for the School's celebration of American Education Week (AEW) on Thursday evening, November 17. Professor Treisman wil speak on "Powerful New Ways to Teach Math" at 7:30 p.m. in Room 204, Educational Sciences Building, 1025 W. Johnson Street. The event is free and open to the public. Read more.
AMERICAN INDIAN WORKSHOP PROMOTES DIALOGUE ON BREAKING STEREOTYPES - NOV. 19
An Anishinaabe prophecy called the Seven Fires offers seven predictions of what the future would bring, and "the time of the seventh fire" can either lead to a worldly sense of community and unity or the destruction of humanity. The American Indian Studies and Education workshop, held on Nov. 19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Red Gym at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will explore that tradition and others in the hope of leading participants down a road toward unity and community. To register, contact Virginia Waddick at (608) 262-1177, or vwaddick@education.wisc.edu. Read more.
NOMINATIONS FOR ALUMNI AWARDS DUE DEC. 1
Here's your chance to make someone's day. Do you know an outstanding School of Education graduate - an educator, counselor, artist, occupational therapist, or other exceptional alum? If so, consider nominating that person for a School of Education Alumni Award. Awards will be presented in a special ceremony held during Alumni Weekend, May 6, 2006. Get the details.
RESEARCH: TITLE I HELPS REDUCE ACHIEVEMENT GAP
Although the use of Title I funds has been controversial, education professor Geoffrey Borman has found compelling evidence suggesting that Title I has met many needs of disadvantaged students. Whenever an inner-city or poor rural school produces an exemplary program that helps its students achieve notable results, Title I funding almost invariably made it possible, says Borman. Read the report.
RESEARCH: TEACHER EVALUATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Schools across the U.S. are looking to identify ways to improve the quality of teaching for all students. Teacher evaluation, part of the process, plays an important role in teacher selection and induction. But teacher evaluation rarely appears to advance learning for senior teachers, according to research by education professor Carolyn Kelly and graduate student Victoria Maslow. Their report is this month's feature article on the website of the School's Wisconsin Center for Education Research.
Read the report.
CIMC PROVIDES LINKS TO USEFUL ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
November’s selected e-resources at the School’s Center for Instructional Materials and Computing (CIMC) include a paper on game-based learning, subject portals at the Cornell Theory Center, resources in children’s literature, and lesson plans from the Indiana University School of Education’s Clearinghouse on Reading, English & Communication.
Get the details.
ATHLETIC TRAINING PROGRAM OFFERS WEB SITES OF INTEREST
The Athletic Training Program provides a clearinghouse of electronic resources on sports medicine via its “Web Sites of Interest.” The selected list includes links to organizations, professional journals, other athletic training sites, and learning resources.
Check it out.
CAMPUS: UNIVERSITY UNVEILS MASTER PLAN
University officials are detailing a master plan that will guide development of the UW-Madison campus the next 20 years. More than a year in the making, the plan lays out ways to make the campus more livable, workable and sustainable by examining existing and proposed buildings, outdoor spaces, transportation and utilities. Read more.
WEB GEM: EXPLORE THE EXPLORATORIUM
This interactive online “museum of science, art and human perception” will intrigue all ages. Its November activities include digging into the succulent science of making things grow, exploring the science of music, seeing living mouse stem cells, using live data to check the weather in space and much more. The Exploratorium is a museum within the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. 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. See “Staying in Touch” on the School’s alumni page.
Update your record.
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