how to use zoom breakout rooms for student activities - contact north

event date: 
wednesday, february 2, 2022 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm est
event location: 
zoom
event contact name: 
kathy boczek
event contact e-mail: 
description: learn the fundamentals of how to use breakout rooms in zoom during a demonstration by contact north | contact nord's e-learning training facilitator.

a hands-on demonstration of:
- how to enable zoom breakout rooms
- how to prepare zoom breakout rooms
- how to assign participants to zoom breakout rooms
- how to manage zoom breakout rooms
- how to respond to help requests in zoom breakout rooms

understand how to use the 5 key functions of zoom breakout rooms for student activities in your own meetings.
 
contact north is a non-profit organization funded by the government of ontario to support ontario's education and training providers.

how to use zoom breakout rooms for student activities - contact north

event date: 
wednesday, january 19, 2022 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm est
event location: 
zoom
event contact name: 
kathy boczek
event contact e-mail: 
description: learn the fundamentals of how to use breakout rooms in zoom during a demonstration by contact north | contact nord's e-learning training facilitator.

a hands-on demonstration of:
- how to enable zoom breakout rooms
- how to prepare zoom breakout rooms
- how to assign participants to zoom breakout rooms
- how to manage zoom breakout rooms
- how to respond to help requests in zoom breakout rooms

understand how to use the 5 key functions of zoom breakout rooms for student activities in your own meetings.
 
contact north is a non-profit organization funded by the government of ontario to support ontario's education and training providers.

our trail to wellness, self-care strategies & tactics

event date: 
wednesday, january 26, 2022 - 10:00am to 11:30am est
event location: 
zoom
event contact name: 
kathy boczek
event contact e-mail: 

presenter: linda henderson, wellness coordinator, office of student affairs

dates: january 26, 10 to 11:30 am

description: “our trail to wellness”, self-care strategies & tactics” -- this presentation will provide tactics and strategies to assist individuals in understanding and focusing on their own health and wellness self-care.  it will concentrate on the nine dimensions of wellness as outlined in the 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 wellness strategy.

using google for collaboration, presentation, communication, and organization

event date: 
monday, march 28, 2022 - 10:00am to 11:30am edt
event location: 
zoom
event contact name: 
kathy boczek
event contact e-mail: 

presenter: kelly brennan, instructional designer, teaching commons

date: march 28, 2022 10:00 - 11:30 am

description: in this workshop, we will discuss some of the ways that we may use google for our teaching and learning contexts. we will explore how we can use google applications for teaching and how we might ask our 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 to use them for learning. by the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • discuss the justification for a collaborative learning/teaching approach
  • re-introduce the “tried and true” applications of google
  • demonstrate a variety of examples for use in-class, online, or via a hybrid/blended class model

respect, relevance, reciprocity, responsibility: 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ’s indigenous content requirement

event date: 
thursday, march 24, 2022 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm edt
event location: 
zoom
event contact name: 
kathy boczek
event contact e-mail: 

presenter: jerri-lynn orr, indigenous curriculum specialist, teaching commons

date: march 24, 2022

time: 1:00-2:00 pm

description: this workshop will provide an opportunity for relationship building while hearing a short overview of the indigenous content requirement at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 . a framework for interweaving indigenous approaches into your curriculum, and how the indigenous curriculum specialist can support you in your work will be shared. there will be a time for a circle discussion and questions.

group work: effective practices and strategies

event date: 
monday, february 14, 2022 - 10:00am to 11:30am est
event location: 
zoom
event contact name: 
kathy boczek
event contact e-mail: 

presenter:  kelly brennan, instructional designer, teaching commons

dates: february 14, 2022 10:00 - 11:30 am

description: this workshop is designed to discuss some of the challenges and possible solutions to facilitating group work in our classrooms. by the end of this session, participants should be able to:

  • share strategies you’ve implemented when teaching with group work;
  • consider effective strategies for implementing group work;
  • discuss a variety of ways to facilitate group work and group dynamics in face to face, blended, and online modalities.

the office of indigenous initiatives

event date: 
wednesday, february 23, 2022 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm est
event location: 
zoom
event contact name: 
kathy boczek
event contact e-mail: 

presenter: denise baxter, vice-provost, indigenous initiatives

date: february 23, 2022

time: 1:00-2:00 pm

description: this workshop will give faculty an opportunity to meet with the vice provost of indigenous initiatives where she will provide an overview of the support and services that the office of indigenous initiatives and indigenous student services centre has to offer faculty, staff and 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 .

udl: using choice boards to optimize student autonomy

event date: 
wednesday, february 9, 2022 - 10:00am to 11:30am est
event location: 
zoom
event contact name: 
kathy boczek
event contact e-mail: 

presenter: dr. rhonda dubec, coordinator of instructional development, teaching commons

dates: february 9, 2022 10:00-11:30 am

description: providing options for how 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 reach a given learning objective “can develop self-determination, pride in accomplishment, and increase the degree to which they feel connected to their learning” (cast’s udl guidelines, checkpoint 7.1, “optimize individual choice and autonomy”). in this session, we explore choice boards as one tool for allowing 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 choice and autonomy in assessment while, at the same time, ensuring that the rigor of the course content and instruction are not compromised.

providing feedback using rubrics

event date: 
monday, january 31, 2022 - 10:00am to 11:30am est
event location: 
zoom
event contact name: 
kathy boczek
event contact e-mail: 

presenter: kelly brennan, instructional designer, teaching commons

dates: january 31st, 10:00 - 11:30 am

description: in this workshop, we will explore the benefits of using rubrics as a form of assessment feedback. particularly, we will focus on building rubrics using the rubrics tool in mycourselink/d2l. by the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • determine what type of rubric(s) works best for their assessments;
  • consider how to build and use rubrics effectively;
  • develop a rubric in mycourselinkéd2l that may be used for one of their course assessments.

beyond cultural competency: enhancing our cultural safety & humility toolbox

event date: 
thursday, january 27, 2022 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm est
event location: 
zoom
event contact name: 
kathy boczek
event contact e-mail: 

presenters: dr. cynthia wesley-esquimaux, chair on truth & reconciliation

date: january 27, 2022

time: 1:00-2:00 pm

description: cynthia will unpack some of what we already know about and suggest some additional steps towards promising practices using the 7 grandfather teachings.

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