Teaching Excellence
Share ideas of what CNM
can do on the journey of Continuous Improvement
As
Faculty and Staff we teach subject matter to our
students, but we also carry the responsibility of
teaching them other critical skills; leadership,
teamwork, planning, project management and communication
to name a few. It is always exciting when we can create
opportunities to mentor students so that they can learn
these critical skills.
Lisa Orick-Martinez and her students assisted the
board of the International Listening Association (ILA)
in planning for their
March
2008
International Conference to be held
in in Portland, Maine. She formed a team
with the students from her Small Group Communication
Studies class last Fall, along with a group of students
from TRIO’s TAG (TRIO Achievement Group) and the ILA
board members.
Lisa Orick-Martinez and students
The
students from her class interacted with board members
from all over the world via email, telephone calls and
blogging to complete the conference
planning. They provided their insights and creativity.
Students designed the conference logo and
website, wrote the letters of acceptance for the
programs and helped to market the call for papers and
the 2008 ILA International Conference. The TAG students
designed the program, created original art work for the
official program cover, and contacted local businesses
for donations for the silent auction and registration
packets.
During
this collaborative project, the students learned
teamwork, leadership, and facilitation skills.
They gained valuable experience in intercultural
diversity and in the use
of technology in a professional environment.
One of
Lisa’s students submitted a paper on Listening based on
her experiences in Service Learning working with CASA.
She has been invited to present her paper at the
Convention this March.
This
innovative approach of including students in this
project helped them to learn and apply skills in a real
world environment.
Productivity Primer
What are you doing to cultivate innovation?
If innovation is one of the skills
needed in the 21st century, for us and our students,
then what are we doing to foster the necessary
skills? Here are a few items to help layout what we mean
by innovation:
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Focused creativity
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Often requires Strategic Intuition (combining of
many ideas)
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Often is team based
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Often requires paradigm shifting or creating a
tipping point
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Requires a higher level skills that the skills
previously required in an industrial or knowledge
economy
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Right & Left brain working together to produce
creative, out of the box thinking, problem solving,
critical thinking and analytical thinking
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At-your-desk Learning
Learn
or improve your technology skills right at your desk
Ready, set, go... online to take a class.
Did you know that CNM has several online expert classes that you
can take? Classes include:
- Powerful Presentations Skills
- Learning Office 2007
- The Business of Listening
- And a full Suite of MS Office 2007 tutorials (details
below)
The following Microsoft Office 2007 tutorials are now
available for you to take online from you desktop or laptop:
- Office 2007
- Word 2007
- Outlook 2007
- Access 2007
- PowerPoint 2007
- Excel 2007
To take tutorials go to:
http://cnm.onlineexpert.com/elearning/
Quotation
"Innovation is now
recognized as the single most important ingredient in
any modern economy."
–The
Economist
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2-Second Survey
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Save the Date!
For a CNM Spring Conference
CNM's
Career Clusters Conference
March 21, 2008
8:30am - 3pm
We will host our
first conference on CNM's strategies for successful Career
Clusters and Pathways.
This newsletter is produced by
Eleanor Radius, for the
Office of Organizational Learning. We invite
your feedback in an effort to continuously improve
the ENewsletter. |
News & Previews
Find out the latest information
on upcoming events & opportunities for training and development
at CNM
Upcoming Learnshop
Emotional Intelligence and
Diversity (EID)
If you missed last year’s EID learnshops, take
advantage of your opportunity this March. The course is divided
into four, 4-hour sessions focusing on:
“EID involves
the ability to feel, understand, articulate, manage and apply
the power of emotions to interactions across lines of
difference.”
2008 Spring Workshop meets:
March 17, 19, 24 and 26th
from 8:15am – 12:15pm
on Main Campus in TC-133
Sign up today for TLRN
8152 through Organizational Learning.
If you have questions feel free to contact:
Judi Olean or
Paula Fisher
or
click here for more information.
This Week's Classes
| ►Defensive Driving |
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Fri,
Feb. 8 |
9:00
am -
4:00 pm |
Main, TBD |
| ►Digital Visual Resources for Instruction: Tools
and Techniques for Instructors |
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Fri,
Feb. 8 |
9:00
am -
12:00 pm |
Main,
S-21 |
| ►Content Management System (CMS) |
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Fri,
Feb. 8 |
12:00
pm -
1:30 pm |
Main,
S-21 |
Two Week Look Ahead
| ►Content Management System (CMS) |
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Mon,
Feb. 11 |
1:00 pm -
3:00 pm |
Main,
S-21 |
| ►Hazard Communication |
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Mon, Feb. 11 |
1:00 pm -
3:00 pm |
Main,
S-10 |
| ►Storyboarding with Visio for Facilitators |
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Fri,
Feb. 15 |
9:00
am -
12:00 pm |
Main,
S-21 |
| ►Defensive Driving: Recertification |
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Fri,
Feb. 22 |
9:00
am -
12:00 pm |
Main,
TBD |
| ►Intermediate Access
2007 |
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Fri,
Feb. 22 |
9:00
am -
12:00 pm |
Main,
S-21 |
| ►Copyright, Fair Use
and Intellectual Property |
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Fri,
Feb. 22 |
9:00
am -
11:00 am |
Main,
S-17 |
| ►Principles of Visual Presentation for
Instruction |
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Fri,
Feb. 22 |
1:00 pm -
4:00 pm |
Main,
S-21 |
Register on the OL webpage. |
