Seam Summer Science Institute
July 24-25, 2003

24 July 2003 - Seam Summer Science Institute Agenda:
Don't print this material out! You will get a binder tomorrow with all this information... See you tomorrow!

28 May 2003

Hello SEAM Summer Workshop participants:

Thank you for your interest in the Just In Time Teaching (JiTT) Workshop that Dr. Susan Holliday and I will be offering this summer (July 24-25, 9:00 -4:00 pm). We will be meeting at the IUPUI School of Science. 723 W. Michigan St. (click here for a Campus Map of IUPUI). We will spend part of each day in the SL-070-B computer cluster and part of the day in a classroom, SL-206.

This website will serve as our main page for the workshop and will be updated periodically with information about parking, logistics, etc., as we get closer to the workshop date.

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First up: Getting you registered for the course! You will be registering theough the Purdue University School of Science at IUPUI for Graduate Biology 595, Section A561 (Fall, 2003) SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS -PURDUE (BIOL). You will receive 2 hours of graduate credit, non-degree from IUPUI for participating in the workshop, plus one day during the fall when your final “project” – a working JiTT website - is due.

CIESC is working on how to best enroll all of you for the course and have the billing go directly to SEAM . You will receive further instructions from Rick or Telisa as we work out this process. Stay tuned!

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Next Up: Preparing for the Workshop - please visit the links below and read up on JiTT before our workshop:

I have been teaching using JiTT for 5 years now and find the features of this method an excellent way for students to learn - and for teachers to teach. You may not know a lot about JiTT - so here is the best place to get started:

The JiTT website: This may answer many of your questions about the method, such as

• “What is JiTT”? http://webphysics.iupui.edu/jitt/what.html
• The JiTT learning Goals: http://webphysics.iupui.edu/jitt/goals.html

The WebScience Project at IUPUI: Courses offered at IUPUI that use JiTT, plus background materials and assessment data. My two course websites can be found here:

• N100
• Graduate Biotechnology 540
  

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Finally: A tentative agenda - and WarmUp assignment!

Day 1:
Introduction: What is Just-in-Time Teaching
JiTT Philosophy and Architecture: Presentation & Web Material
Authoring and Distributing JiTT: Presentation & Web Material
(Lunch)
Hands-On Introduction to JiTT Resources and webpage construction: Computer Cluster SL-070-B
JiTT in Biology: Presentation by Kathy Marrs
JiTT in Chemistry: Presentation by Susan Holliday

Day 2:
Putting it all together: Creating your JiTT website: Computer Cluster SL-070-B
(Lunch)
Effect of JiTT in the classroom: Formative and Summative Assessment
"Reporting Out" Presentations (by participants): Computer Cluster SL-070-B
Discussion of Action Plans for Fall

WarmUp Assignment: In the spirit of "practicing what we preach" and taking advantage of what JiTT offers, we have posted a Pre-Workshop WarmUp assignment that we'd like you to respond to sometime before our workshop. We'll collect and use your responses to adjust and tailor the workshop activities and as discussion points during our sessions. To complete your pre-workshop assignment, please vist the Seam Summer Science Institute WarmUp Page

See you soon!

Dr. Kathy Marrs
IUPUI Department of Biology
kmarrs@iupui.edu

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