ANNOUNCEMENTS
Alumni Awards Nominations
Due Friday, September 4
Nominations are now open for this year’s SOE Alumni Awards, which will be held on Friday, October 16. If you have any nominations for the four awards, please fill out this form no later than September 4. As a reminder the awards are: Early Career Award, Distinguished Career Award, Outstanding Achievement Award, and Distinguished Service Award. Descriptions of each award may be found on the form. Please include the nominee’s name, your name, and your detailed supporting information for the nomination.
UPCOMING EVENTS
School of Education International Social
Thursday, August 20 at 2:30 p.m.
All-School Meeting and Welcome Back Reception
Friday, August 21
The SOE’s annual All-School meeting is set for Friday, August 21 at 8:30 a.m. in the Virginia Dare room at the Alumni House. Coffee and pastries, as well as lunch, will be provided. Please wear your name tag to the meeting.
Following the meeting, faculty and staff will gather at Dr. Randy Penfield’s house at 4 p.m. for heavy hors d’oeurvres and drinks.
Yopp Distinguished Speaker Series in Mathematics Education
Monday, September 14
The TEHE Mathematics Education Faculty are delighted to welcome Dr. Judit Moschkovich to UNCG on Monday, September 14, 2015. She will give two talks as part of the Yopp Distinguished Speaker Series in Mathematics Education — a research talk (11 am – 12:30 pm) and a connecting-research-and-practice talk (5 – 6:30 pm). The afternoon talk is intended for the broader community so please invite interested educators from the community. Details about the talks are included in the flyer.
We hope that you will be able to join us for these events!
Vicki Jacobs, Kerri Richardson, and Holt Wilson
TECHNOLOGY
SOE Instructional Technology Blog – Now Live!
This blog is a way for faculty to learn more about current instructional technology trends, new web 2.0 tool releases, UNCG tech events, Canvas updates, and more. There is a feature for faculty and staff to sign up to get an email every time there is a new post, as well as adding the blog to a RSS feed. Hopefully this is a way for SOE faculty to stay up to date with SOE IT without receiving mass emails from us!
The direct link to the blog is: http://uncgsoeit.blogspot.com/
It’s also featured on the SOE IT website under tech news: http://intech.uncg.edu/tech-news/
IT Guides and Tutorials Now Available
We have added a new tab to the website on instructional technology guides and tutorials. These guides are intended to help SOE instructors implement technology and online course design in their teaching.
Here is a blog post for more information: http://uncgsoeit.blogspot.com/2015/05/soe-it-website-guides-tutorials.html
FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Rebecca Morris (LIS) published School Libraries and Student Learning: A Guide for School Leaders (Harvard Education Press). The book demonstrates how school leaders can strengthen and support quality school library programs for key learning outcomes, including interdisciplinary curricular content learning, critical thinking and inquiry, multiple literacies, personal growth and collaboration, and college and career readiness. Read more about the book here: http://hepg.org/hep-home/books/school-libraries-and-student-learning
Rebecca is also one of the co-editors of the new publication, School Library Connection, published by ABC-CLIO. This is a new print magazine and online professional development suite that merges the former Library Media Connection and School Library Monthly. Her area of focus is “Libraries in Context,” which considers the broader picture of education in which school libraries operate. If faculty or graduate students are interested in writing short articles about experiences collaborating with school library programs, or if you have topics that school librarians may be interested in reading, please contact Rebecca at rjmorris@uncg.edu. A few topics of interest are inquiry, needs of students and families, community outreach, educators as leaders, bridging from high school to post-secondary, and professional development. Follow the publication @SLC_Online for updates on the debut of the online resource.