Sharing What You’ve Learned

1. Sharing WhatYou’ve Learned Tom Bowers Dean Emeritus School of Journalism and Mass Communication

2. Agenda • General strategies for sharing • Strategies for sessions here • Ideas to get you started Sharing What You've Learned-2008

3. Think about Arrangements • How many people? • Their motivation? • Resistance? • Time of day (how long?) • Location and technology Sharing What You've Learned-2008

4. Choosing Topics • Can’t share everything. • Strategy for choosing: • What do they need? • What interests you? • What’s the easiest? • What topic would YOU choose? Sharing What You've Learned-2008

5. General Strategiesfor All Topics

6. What’s the Value? • Why this knowledge or skill is important. • When and how they will use it. • How it relates to what they know. Sharing What You've Learned-2008

7. Engage Them • We remember 20% of what we _____. Sharing What You've Learned-2008

8. Engage Them • We remember 20% of what we hear. • 50% of what we hear and ____. Sharing What You've Learned-2008

9. Engage Them • We remember 20% of what we hear. • 50% of what we hear and see. • 70% of what we hear, see and __. Sharing What You've Learned-2008

10. Engage Them • We remember 20% of what we hear. • 50% of what we hear and see. • 70% of what we hear, see and do. • 90% of what we hear, see, do and ______. Sharing What You've Learned-2008

11. Engage Them • We remember 20% of what we hear. • 50% of what we hear and see. • 70% of what we hear, see and do. • 90% of what we hear, see, do and talk about while we do it. Sharing What You've Learned-2008

12. Presentation Tips • Tell them. • Show them. • Do it. • Talk about it. Sharing What You've Learned-2008

13. Specific Strategies for This Week’s Topics

14. How to EditWhen You don’t have Time • Importance? • What will you say? • What will you show? • What will you do? • What will you talk about? • Work in pairs or competition Sharing What You've Learned-2008

15. Math and Graphics • Importance? • What will you say? • What will you show? • What will you do? • What will you talk about? • Work in pairs or competition Sharing What You've Learned-2008

16. Ethics • Importance? • What will you say? • What will you show? • What will you do? • What will you talk about? Sharing What You've Learned-2008

17. Grammar Smackdown • Importance? • What will you say? • What will you show? • What will you do? • What will you talk about? • “Jeopardy” Sharing What You've Learned-2008

18. Libel and Privacy Issues • Importance? • What will you say? • What will you show? • What will you do? • What will you talk about? Sharing What You've Learned-2008

19. Alternative Story Forms • Importance? • What will you say? • What will you show? • What will you do? • What will you talk about? Sharing What You've Learned-2008

20. Taking Care of Yourself • Importance? • What will you say? • What will you show? • What will you do? • What will you talk about? Sharing What You've Learned-2008

21. Web Essentials and Editing • Importance? • What will you say? • What will you show? • What will you do? • What will you talk about? Sharing What You've Learned-2008

22. Editing Projects • Importance? • What will you say? • What will you show? • What will you do? • What will you talk about? • Work in pairs or competition Sharing What You've Learned-2008

23. Managing People • Importance? • What will you say? • What will you show? • What will you do? • What will you talk about? • Work in pairs or competition Sharing What You've Learned-2008

24. Mapleview Farm • Importance? • What did you learn? Sharing What You've Learned-2008

25. Questions and Ideas Sharing What You've Learned-2008

26. Teaching for Pay Adjunct or Part-time Full-time

27. Strategies forAdjunct Teaching

28. Getting Hired • Find names of schools in area. • Write dean, director or chair of journalism program. • Include résumé. (Curriculum Vitae) • Show that you understand what teaching entails… Sharing What You've Learned-2008

29. Your Course Assignment • Likely to be existing course. • Ask for syllabus. • Expect to follow existing course objectives. • Use your own strategies. Sharing What You've Learned-2008

30. Create a Course • Objectives • Logical arrangement of topics • For a semester or quarter • Creating and evaluating assignments Sharing What You've Learned-2008

31. Show your: • Knowledge of the subject • Experience • Ability to help others learn the subject and its skills. • Availability to students • Office hours • Email contact Sharing What You've Learned-2008

32. Find Out: • Grading philosophy of the school. • Your classroom and its capabilities. • Technical support from the school. Sharing What You've Learned-2008

33. Teaching Tips • Get to know your students ASAP. • Names • Something about them. • Start each class with preview agenda. • Value and importance • End each class with summary. Sharing What You've Learned-2008

34. Teaching Tips • Engage students as much as possible. • Ask questions. • Stimulate discussion. • Show enthusiasm. Show that you are excited about the subject and your students. Sharing What You've Learned-2008

35. Teaching Tips • Have students work together. • Collaborate on assignments. • Grade each other. • Give them lots of practice. Return assignments promptly. • Create realistic assignments. Use deadline pressure. Sharing What You've Learned-2008

36. Teaching Tips • Allow students to practice and make mistakes before you grade them. • Tell them how you will evaluate their work. • Show exemplary work of others. Sharing What You've Learned-2008

37. Teaching Tips • Ask for feedback after 3-4 weeks. • Adjust if appropriate. • Explain why you cannot adjust. Sharing What You've Learned-2008

38. Be Prepared For… • Students who don’t want to be journalists. • Students with weak writing skills. • Students who don’t read print newspapers. • Students who are late to class. • Students who want to surf the Web. Sharing What You've Learned-2008

39. Be Prepared For… • Elation of coaching students who “get” the point you want them to learn. • Immense satisfaction of shaping lives and careers. Sharing What You've Learned-2008

40. What about Full-Time?

41. Faculty Lines • Academic unit has set number of faculty positions (lines). • Controlled by university. • Can be changed by: • Enrollment growth or decline Sharing What You've Learned-2008

42. Creation of Vacancy • Retirement, resignation, death. • New faculty line. Sharing What You've Learned-2008

43. Definition of Position • Teaching specialties. • Degree and other requirements. • Rank. Sharing What You've Learned-2008

44. Applications • Application letter, CV and other materials. Names of references. • Position must be open minimum number of days. • Review of applications begins after that period. Sharing What You've Learned-2008

45. Search Committee Review • Careful examination of paper record. • Limited contact with references. • This review results in the… Sharing What You've Learned-2008

46. Short List • Best 3-5 applicants. • Committee contacts references. • Possible telephone interviews. • Committee recommends this list for… Sharing What You've Learned-2008

47. Faculty Action • Recommendation to dean that candidates on short list be invited for interviews. • These candidates are invited to campus for … Sharing What You've Learned-2008

48. Interview Visit • 1-2 days on campus. • Meetings with administrators, faculty and students. • Teach a class. • Research or creative presentation. • Visits are followed by … Sharing What You've Learned-2008

49. Search Committee Action • Recommendation to faculty and dean that Candidate A be offered the position. Sharing What You've Learned-2008

50. Offer • Dean offers position to the candidate—pending final approval of Board of Trustees/Governors. • Candidate accepts. Sharing What You've Learned-2008