Instructor presentations about large class activities using UW-ACE

  		    Time: Thursday, April 7th, 10:30-12:00,
  	       Location: Flex Lab (Dana Porter Library, rm 329).
  
  Several UW-ACE instructors will be giving short presentations of some
  innovative uses of UW-ACE tools.  The emphasis for this session will be
  on activities that are carried out with large classes, including:
  
   *  pre-lab quizzes with generic/automatic feedback
   *  assignment preparation activities with generic/automatic feedback
   *  use of drop boxes to collect submissions related to a 
      reading/discussion topic
  
  There will be time for questions and discussion afterwards.
  To register for this event please go to: http://lt3.uwaterloo.ca/events.html
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  Please let me add a bit more information about this topic:
  
  To start, this TRACE page about activities for large classes is helpful
  background reading.
  
    http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infotrac/tips/activitiesforlargeclasses.pdf
  
  (So are the other links connected to large classes at TRACE,
  http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infotrac/tips_challenges.html#tea.)
  
  Online activities such as ungraded quiz, one-sentence summary, and the
  one-minute paper mentioned on the TRACE page work very well with
  UW-ACE's feedback tools.  (Ask for a demo.) They were designed to help
  students hold on to the core ideas presented in a course.
  
  The Think-Share Pair idea is a very popular classroom activity in
  science classes and is frequently preceded with another quick activity
  called ConcepTest.  In fact, drop by the web page
  
    https://uwangel.uwaterloo.ca/uwangel/section/content/default.asp?WCI=pgDisplay&WCU=CRSCNT&ENTRY_ID=2B43E23AEAE749CFBC034F33107A61DD
  
  where you will find more about ConcepTest including a link to Maria
  Terrell's (Cornell University) 50 pages of Think-Share Pair/ConcepTest
  calculus questions.  These activities can help students internalize and 
  apply presented concepts and expose misconceptions and gaps in
  understanding.
  
  Please get in touch if you would like to talk about trying out any of
  these teaching activities in your next course.  Should you try out an
  idea, drop me a line and let me know how much fun it was for the
  class.
  
  Regards,
  
   Paul Kates
   LT3 CS/MATH Liaison
   pkates@uwaterloo.ca, x7047