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CCC Professional Development Hour • March 2005
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~ NEW TELECOURSE FOR SPRING 2005 ~
Literary Visions

Starting Tuesday, March 1st

12:00 - 2:00pm

 

Making Copyright Work for Your Library
This broadcast will take an in depth look at copyright issues facing librarians and educators in the digital age.

Rebroadcast:
Fri., March 11th, 12:00-2:00pm
Tues., March 15th, 12:00-2:00pm
Fri., March 18th, 12:00-2:00pm
Fri., March 25th, 12:00-2:00pm
Mon., March 28th, 12:00-2:00pm
Tues., March 29th, 12:00-2:00pm

Starting Wednesday, March 2nd

12:00-12:57pm

Literary Visions
Noted critics, authors, scholars and actors enliven this 13-week telecourse on literature and literary analysis. Dramatizations, readings and discussions build skills in critical thinking and writing. Illuminating excerpts of short fiction, poetry, plays and essays - both classic and contemporary - highlight standard literary forms and devices including plot, myth, setting and character. This series can be used as a resource for professional development.

Episode #11 - The Sacred Words: The Elements of Poetry
The role of poetry for the individual and the culture is suggested through visual essays. An interview with James Dickey includes his reading and analysis of his poems "The Performance" and "The Lifeguard."
Wed., March 2nd, 12:00-12:28pm

Episode #12 - A Sense of Place: Setting and Character in Poetry
The historical settings of "My Last Duchess," "Theme for English B," and " Dover Beach" convey much about the characters and ideas of these poems. The New England landscapes of Maxine Kumin echo the themes of her poetry.
Wed., March 2nd, 12:28-12:57pm

Episode #13 - Tools of the Trade: Words and Images in Poetry
Poetry readings, visualizations of poems, and an interview with Lucille Clifton, who reads two of her favorite poems, "This Morning" and "Homage to My Hips," reveal the beauty and the workings of poetic language and imagery.
Wed., March 9th, 12:00-12:28pm

Episode #14 - Seeing Anew: Rhetorical Figures in Poetry
The power of metaphor, simile, and other figures of speech becomes clear through dramatizations of Anne Bradstreet's "The Author to Her Book," Nikki Giovanni's "Woman," and Daniel Halpern's "Snapshot of Hue." Gary Soto is interviewed and reads and comments on his poem " Oranges."
Wed., March 9th, 12:28-12:57pm

Episode #15 - An Echo to the Sense: Prosody and Form in Poetry
X. J. Kennedy discusses and demonstrates the importance of rhyme and meter in his poetry. Dramatic readings of poems by Shakespeare, Dickinson, and Hopkins and contemporary poets like Dudley Randall and Leonard Adame are analyzed to show how prosody and form contribute to meaning.
Wed., March 16th, 12:00-12:28pm

Episode #16 - Distant Voices: Myth, Symbolism, and Allusion in Poetry
Four poetic versions of the Icarus myth — those of Sexton, Spender, Williams, and Field — are dramatized and compared. Marge Piercy discusses the role of myth in her poetry.
Wed., March 16th, 12:28-12:57pm

Episode #17 - Artful Resonance: Theme in Poetry
Dramatizations of six poems that share the same subject help clarify the difference between subject and theme. Close analysis of poems by John Donne and Donald Hall explore the interrelationship between poetic form and meaning.
Wed., March 23rd, 12:00-12:28pm

Episode #18 - Playing the Part: Characters and Actors in Drama
The development of dramatic character, by playwright and by actor, is illustrated through several interpretations of a single scene from Hamlet and an interview with Shakespearean actor John Vickery.
Wed., March 23rd, 12:28-12:57pm

Episode #19 - Patterns of Action: Plot and Conflict in Drama
A dramatization of Oedipus Rex demonstrates the classical plot structure. Dramatist A. R. Gurney discusses conflict and plot in contemporary American theater.
Wed., March 30th, 12:00-12:28pm

Episode #20 - Perspectives on Illusion: Setting and Staging in Drama
An interview with set designer Chris Barecca and a documentary overview of types of theaters demonstrate the intertwining of text and technique in dramatic setting.

Wed., March 30th, 12:28-12:57pm

 
12:57 - 1:27pm
Presented by:
@ONE

Web Enhanced Education
Using web based course tools, such as discussion forums and assessment, require planned and coordinated implementation, and evaluation as to their impact on student satisfaction and learning outcomes. This course explains common issues when using the World Wide Web to support instruction.

Rebroadcast:
Thurs., March 24th, 12:30-1:00pm
Wed., March 30th, 12:57-1:27pm

 

1:27-1:57pm
Presented by:
@ONE

 

Integrating Instructional Technology
Adrienne Akinsete, Dean of Instructional Technology and Learning Resources at Evergreen Valley College, and @ONE Project Director John Whitmer will present various models of providing professional development for California community College faculty and staff. Next, faculty will converse on how they are using web based tools to extend instruction beyond the classroom, and finally, the impact of instructional technology on student learning will be examined.

Rebroadcast:
Thurs., March 3rd, 12:00-12:30pm
Thurs., March 24th, 12:00-12:30pm
Thurs., March 24th, 1:30-2:00pm
Wed., March 30th, 1:27-1:57pm
Thurs., March 31st, 12:00-12:30pm

 
Starting Thursday, March 3rd
12:30 - 1:30pm

  

Education Technology: Preparing Students and Parents for the Digital Age
This broadcast will explore questions such as: How can advanced technology be integrated into the curriculum to help students prepare for the digital age? How can parents stay involved in their child's education through the use of technology? How does technology shape student perceptions about school, home and the world? How does this impact their learning? What resources are available to help kids use computers and the Internet safely and responsibly?

Rebroadcast:
Tues., March 8th, 12:30-1:30pm
Wed., March 16th, 12:57-1:57pm
Thurs., March 31st, 12:30-1:30pm

 

1:30 - 1:50pm

 

Helping Us Help You...To a Secure Financial Future
CalPERS examines retirement benefits for its members.

Rebroadcast:
Tues., March 8th, 1:30-1:50pm
Thurs., March 31st, 1:30-1:50pm

 
Starting Friday, March 4th

12:00 - 1:00pm

 

Meeting Time: Every Minute Counts

Pt. 5 - Meeting of the Future - What Technology Can Bring Us
Explore in-depth how the meeting tool of the future can benefit your next meeting. With e-Conferencing meeting lists, documents or even entire meetings are easily retrievable on-line for your use.
Fri., March 4th, 12:00-1:00pm

 
1:00-2:00pm

  

Making Meetings Work

Pt. 1 - Introducing CCC Confer
LeBaron Woodyard, Megan Collins and Walter Chesbro review the practical applications of CCC Confer, a versatile e-conferencing system, and discuss how it will positively impact administrators and faculty in the California Community Colleges system.

 
Wednesday, March 9th

12:57 - 1:57pm

Serving Students with Disabilities: Helping All Children Achieve

 
Starting Thursday, March 10th

12:00 - 12:30pm
Presented by:
@ONE

 

Technology Enhanced Facilities
In this video series, administrators at three colleges share their experiences funding new buildings and technology, selecting the architect, the consultants, and erecting the buildings. Faculty, staff and students talk about outfitting the new spaces with state-of-the-art computers, wired and wireless networks and presentation equipment and how this improved technology affects teaching and learning in the new facilities. Ohlone College's Hyman Hall, SJCC's new technology center and EVC's new Library/ETC, which opened in June 2004, are featured.

Part. 1
Thurs., March 10th, 12:00-12:30pm

Part. 2
Thurs., March 17th, 12:00-12:30pm

 
Starting Thursday, March 17th

12:30 - 1:30pm

 

Arts Education: Improving Students Academic Performace

Rebroadcast:
Wed., March 23rd, 1:00-2:00pm

 
Starting Monday, March 21st
12:00-1:50pm
Presented by:
@ONE

Windows XP Digital Media, Adrienne Akinsete

Part 1 - Scanning
In this workshop you will receive a tour of the Windows XP operating system. You will learn how to acquire, save, and organize digital media and also distribute digital class materials, including pictures, voice, music, and videos.
Mon., March 21st, 12:00-12:52pm

Part 2 - Digital Photography
In this workshop you will receive a tour of the Windows XP operating system. You will learn how to acquire, save, and organize digital media and also distribute digital class materials, including pictures, voice, music, and videos.
Mon., March 21st, 12:52-1:50pm

Part 3 - Digital Audio, Music and Voice
In this workshop you will receive a tour of the Windows XP operating system. You will learn how to acquire, save, and organize digital media and also distribute digital class materials, including pictures, voice, music, and videos.
Tues., March 22nd, 12:00-12:57pm

Part 4 - Digital Video
In this workshop you will receive a tour of the Windows XP operating system. You will learn how to acquire, save, and organize digital media and also distribute digital class materials, including pictures, voice, music, and videos.
Tues., March 22nd, 12:57-1:58pm

 
Thursday, March 24th

1:00 - 1:30pm
Presented by:
@ONE

Distance Education
Discover how three Community College Districts have formed a Consortium to deliver distance education to residents of the San Francisco's South Bay. You will hear from administrators, faculty, staff and students about what makes a distance education program successful.

 
CCC-Professional Development Hour
Monday - Friday 12:00 - 2:00PM


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  • Sound card
  • Speakers or headphones

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