TLC: What's New?
Fall Quarter 09/10
"We work day after day not to finish things, but to make the future better
because we will spend the rest of our lives there."
- Charles Kettering
Inspiration, Updates, Workshops and More...
Instructional Technology Showcase 
A monthly series of one hour workshops showcasing current examples of how instructors are using new tech applications as varied as Blogs, Wikis, Elluminate and Flipcams here at EvCC. Come join us.
EvCC Campus Retreat
Sustainability: From Intention to Action. Self, curriculum, Community
January 29, 30 & 31 Walla Walla Marine Station, Whidbey Island
This retreat is a must attend event on campus. Typically, 60-70 faculty, staff, administrators and students spend the week-end engaged in discussions, activities and workshops pertaining to the chosen topic and our campus community.
Drop-in orientation sessions in the "Studio" (Gray Wolf 268) are available Friday's 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. beginning Friday October 2nd. Come in and see how the Studio is set up; play with the Smartboard 
or check out the tablet computers and how they can be linked to the teachers station with "Smartsync "
Teaching Labs for the 09/10 academic year 
are forming during these first two weeks of fall quarter. If you are interested in joining a Teaching Lab, contact pmarshall@everettcc.edu.
Caught in the Act of being good
Sara Frizelle has been working hard to move EvCC from Blackboard to Angel. If you missed Angel boot camp or any of her Angel orientations please visit the eLearning webpage and see what is available.
Want to know who's using twitter, pod casts, wiki's, and more, in their courses? Jeanie Goodhope, Sara Frizelle and Paul Marshall are busy planning an Instructional Technology Showcase series.
Keep your watching your email for the specifics of time and place.
Great Books on Teaching
Two new and interesting books on various aspects of teaching and learning have recently crossed my desk. (Available in the EvCC Library)
"How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. John D. Bransford, Ann L. Brown, and Rodney R. Cocking, editors. National Academy Press. This book was the center piece of last years Instructional Technology Teaching Lab. Your colleagues loved the book and found the research compelling and informative.
The Everett Reads, book of the year is:
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie"Grade 7–10—Exploring Indian identity, both self and tribal, Alexie's first young adult novel is a semiautobiographical chronicle of Arnold Spirit, aka Junior, a Spokane Indian from Wellpinit, WA. The bright 14-year-old was born with water on the brain, is regularly the target of bullies, and loves to draw. He says, "I think the world is a series of broken dams and floods, and my cartoons are tiny little lifeboats." He expects disaster when he transfers from the reservation school to the rich, white school in Reardan, but soon finds himself making friends with both geeky and popular students and starting on the basketball team." School Library Journal
Workshops/Retreats
Great Local Conference!
Washington Community College Humanities Association conference October 16 -17, 09 Lower Columbia College, Vancover, Washington. We have a very active EvCC connection to this wonderful conference. For more local information contact Joyce Walker or click the link above.
The 14th Annual Washington State Faculty & Staff of Color in Higher Education Conference November 4-6, 09 Spokane, Wa.
This is a wonderful conference. A good sized team for EvCC goes every year. If you are interested consider attending. If you have questions call the Diversity and Equity Center here on campus.
12th Annual National Summer Institute on Learning Communities at the Evergreen State College.
June 27 - July 1, 2010 (application deadline: December 9, 09)
This summer institute and many other Washington Center activities are all available at their web site. The Wash. Center always provides cutting edge, interesting and practical/applicable training.
Washington Courage and Renewal
"The Politics of the Broken Hearted: Opening the Heart of American Democracy.
A national conference with Parker J. Palmer on holding tension creatively in personal, professional and public life.
West Coast: May 20-23 2010 Bainbridge Island, Wa
East Coast October 21-24 Venue TBD
The 90th annual American Associate of Community College convention is in Seattle this year.
April 17 - 20, 2010.
National Conferences:
The college has dropped the prohibition on out-of-state travel. Some restrictions remain, so contact Sandra Fowler-Hill's office before assuming you can travel out of state on college funds.
The Teaching Professor Conference,
is well known as a conference dedicated to teaching and learning. This year the conference is May 21 - 23, 2010 in Cambridge, MA. . I would be willing to bet you come back a better teacher after attending this conference.
This too is an excellent conference. Community College Teachers, Administrators and Staff from around the world attend this annual event.
