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Session Descriptions

Sixteenth Annual
Successful Teaching Conference
For Faculty by Faculty

SESSION 1A: Keynote Follow-Up. Presenter: Chris Sperry.

SESSION 1B: Clickers - Finally Ready for Prime Time!

The potential for engaging students by using Classroom Response Systems (clickers) has been widely touted. However, when we've tried to incorporate them into our teaching, we've found that cumbersome software and unreliable hardware have kept the technology from living up to the hype. At OCC, we've done pilots with two systems that disappointed us, but now we are piloting a system that is working well. The software is robust and easy to use, and the hardware has all the features we want. We will use the clickers in our presentation.

Presenter: Sheila Smart Sicilia, Assistant Professor of Computer Studies, Onondaga Community College

Co-presenter: Deborah Lewkowicz, Adjunct Instructor in Computer Studies and Math, Onondaga Community College

SESSION 1C: Multiculturalism & Democracy in Higher Education

Why should educators try to enhance their students' ability to see issues from perspectives which have been, and arguably still are, neglected? In addressing questions like this, the presentation will examine the relationship between multiculturalism and civic education. Participants will discuss the meaning and purpose of multiculturalism in relation to higher education and examine why it should be part of any attempt to train students to be informed about and participate competently in civic affairs.

Presenter: Scott Corley, Academic Advisor and Instructor, Broome Community College

SESSION 1D: Engaging the Unengaged: A Holistic Approach to Student Success

In the winter of 2007, we were involved in a new pilot project at Jefferson Community College: an attempt to engage and promote persistence in students who were at risk (either on probation or returning from or appealing dismissal). In an intensive three-week session, we sought to instill survival skills, foster a desire to succeed, and provide the tools to make success possible.

Presenter: Carlton Fisher, Coordinator of New Student Services, Jefferson Community College

Co-presenter: Margot Jacoby, Instructor, Jefferson Community College

SESSION 1E: Student Assistants in the Developmental Classroom

This session is primarily for instructors of developmental courses. Participants will gain insights on how to work with student assistants in the classroom and during office hours to reach out to developmental English students. An audience-participation segment will focus on brainstorming proposals for meeting the needs of developmental students. The discussion will also touch on funding possibilities.

Presenter: Susan Cerretani, English Instructor, Tompkins Cortland Community College

SESSION 2A: But They Should Know This Stuff: Developing teaching Strategies to Address Skill Building

They should know this stuff, but our students often enter our classes without the knowledge or skills we expect. This session will present and discuss strategies for incorporating basic skill-building activities into your courses.

Presenter: Kelli Prior, Associate Professor of Biology, Finger Lakes Community College

SESSION 2B: Not Your Mother's Web

Do you choke up when someone asks, "Where's your voice heard?" Embarrassed because you don't blog? Laugh nervously when someone tells you to skype them? Become the life of the party by learning the language of the Social Web. Part demonstration, part discussion, part digital confidence-builder - if none of the above sounds familiar, this workshop is for you!

Presenter: Susan Woerner, Instructional Designer, Broome Community College

SESSION 2C: White Teachers, Black Students: A Pedagogical Approach to Courses about Race

The session will include a short demonstration and a partial lecture describing our classroom experiences and presenting our research on the implications of race in the classroom. We examine our own two classes (African American Literature and American Minorities) to show how white teachers could approach this sometimes culturally sensitive environment, as previously argued by Peggy McIntosh.

Presenter: Lisa Elwood-Farber, Assistant Professor of English/Humanities, Herkimer County Community College

Co-Presenter: Jane Verri, Assistant Professor of Psychology/Social Science, Herkimer County Community College

SESSION 2D: Using Gray Matter and Reflecting on the Black and White of Things

The focus is assessing the individual within a group project using the arts as the theme. Establishing a starting point using a shared experience as a springboard and simple materials can lead to a series of complex understandings.

Presenter: Jacqueline O'Malley-Satz, Professor, SUNY Orange

SESSION 2E: Innovative Teaching Games to Engage Students in the Learning Process

Participants will experience fun-filled activity as they participate in three thought-provoking interactive games in a group setting. On completion, they will: 1. Obtain the game criteria and format to adapt to their own curriculum, 2. Experience student engagement in the learning process, and 3. Laugh while learning a new topic and thus seeing how learning can be fun.

Presenter: Claudia Haile, Nursing Instructor, Corning Community College

SESSION 3A: Strengths Quest: From Research to Your Classroom

TC3 is a strengths-based institution. Strengths Quest, a trademark of the Gallup organization, is for more than just a neat online inventory for you and/or your students. Come see and share its impact on teaching at the community college level.

Co-Presenter: Sophia Georgiakaki, Mathematics Instructor, Tompkins Cortland Community College

Co-Presenter: Leah MacLeod, mathematics Instructor, Tompkins Cortland Community College

SESSION 3B: Using iTunes U to Enhance Your Teaching

How podcasting works, its pedagogical implications, and some useful strategies for incorporating it into the classroom.

Presenter: Mary Donnelly, Professor of English, Broome Community College

SESSION 3C: Service-Learning 101: Everything You Wanted to Know and Were Afraid to Ask

Service-learning is a growing pedagogical approach to learning that has important connections to student and citizenship development. Learn what service-learning is, what it isn't, and how to integrate it as a viable academic model. Examples of best practices, specific academic components, and assessment tools will all be discussed. Attendees will receive a Faculty, Student and Community Manual, a student folder, grading rubrics, sample syllabi, and reflection papers.

Presenter: Susan Bender, Service-Learning Coordinator, Monroe Community College

SESSION 3D: Sustaining Our Vision, Renewing Our Purpose

No teaching tips or methods. No technique or research. This session is designed for all involved in the draining enterprise of fostering "education for the long haul." We will identify motivations and sustaining rewards through contemporary poems as metaphors for what is most essential about what is best about what we do. No experience with poetry is needed; only a willingness to reflect on and speak about your response. The poems provide a forum for discussing what keeps us going as educators.

Presenter: Edward A. Dougherty, Associate Professor in English, Corning Community College

SESSION 3E: Differentiated Instruction Techniques in the College Classroom

This session will introduce the multi-faceted educational approach developed by the Achilles Project at Nassau Community College, an innovative program designed to meet the psycho-social and educational needs of twice-exceptional students. As part of the project, faculty are encouraged to use Differentiated Instruction techniques to address the needs of students with a wide range of learning styles. This workshop will provide practical and appropriate DI techniques which can be used in a college classroom.

Presenter: Miguel C. Alonso, Assistant Professor, Nassau Community College

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