College of Education

Orchesis Dance Company and International Dance Theatre will present their annual fall dance concert as part of Homecoming Weekend. The event is free of charge and appropriate for all ages. A variety of dances styles including hip hop, ballet, ballroom and multicutural dances will be shown.

Orchesis Dance Company and International Dance Theatre will present their annual fall dance concert as part of Homecoming Weekend. The event is free of charge and appropriate for all ages. A variety of dances styles including hip hop, ballet, ballroom and multicultural dances will be shown.

This is the 2nd annual Inclusion event hosted by the Center for Disability Studies in Literacy, Language and Learning. Join us for an exhibit of art by individuals with disabilities as well as exhibits. The documentary, "Willing and Able" will begin at 7 p.m. This film takes the viewer into the Patrick O'Hearn School in Dorchester, Mass., a tough neighborhood of Boston. The school is inclusive where one-third of the students have disabilities of some kind. A panel discussion follows the screening.

Camp Adventure is currently taking applications for Summer 2013.  If interested complete an interest card at www.campadventure.com.

Camp Adventure Child & Youth Services program provides an extraordinary opportunity for university and college-age students to participate in a worthwile and valuable service-learning experience.  Students' living expenses and travel are paid. The program is open to all majors.

Camp A provides the opportunity to:

• Network internationally with the world's largest government employer - U.S. Department of Defense
• Build your resume and complete your education with real work experience
• Earn 12 credit hours
• Work with children and youth at various ages and developmental levels
• Engage in a variety of cultural experiences through life and travel in other countries over the course of 10-12 weeks during the summer.

Contact staff.development@campadventure.com or 319-273-5948 for more information.

The webinar will focus on changes in technology that need to be made in learning strategies and school environments. It will also present the best practices for 21^st century classrooms.This webinar will be presented by Leigh Zeitz and Ping Gao, both associate professors of curriculum and instruction.

Learn the basics of using Promethean interactive whiteboards at the Promethean Party. Play while you learn. Socialize and learn about a great piece of educational technology. Refreshments provided.

The College of Education will host the following panelists as part of the Alumni in Residence event:
Moderator:  Dr. Noel Tichy
Ms. Karen Billings, Vice President-Education Division, SIIA, Washington, DC
Ms. Nancy Carroll, Director of Parks & Recreation, Ames, Iowa
Dr. Katie Mullholland, Superintendent, Linn-Mar Schools, Marion, Iowa
Ms. Melissa Tippett Anderson, Senior Scientist, Gatorade Sport Science Institute, Fox Lake, Illinois

Dr. Noel Tichy will present a lecture focusing on the keys to creating companies with strong values, speed and the intelligence to sustain success, decade after decade. Using examples from GE, Ford, Dell, Southwest Airlines and many others, Tichy presents and analyzes these principles in action and shows how managers can begin to transform their own businesses into teaching organizations and, consequently, better-performing companies. A reception will follow the lecture.

The College of Education will host its bi-annual Teacher Education Induction Convocation. Two hundred seventy-seven students have satisfied requirements for admission into the Teacher Education Program and are invited to participate in the formal ceremony, the official induction of students into that field of study. Bobbi Petersen, volleyball head coach, will deliver the convocation address. Becky Hawbaker, chair of the teacher education faculty, will present the candidates. Michael Licari, associate provost and dean of the graduate college, will grant the candidates admission to the teacher education program. Pinning and affirmation of candidates will be by Becky Hawbaker.

This will be the 43rd group of candidates inducted into the Teacher Education program since formal ceremonies began in 1991.  Parents and friends of the candidates are invited to attend along with UNI faculty and administrators.  A reception will follow in the GBPAC lobby.

The College of Education will offer a free webinar for educators entitled "A Framework for Teaching in Content Areas." This webinar will address how students learn best when they are engaged in their own learning. Students are fully engaged in learning when they are interested and are able to sustain attention to tasks for a period of time to find the learning process rewarding. For long-term learning to occur, students must turn the action of engagement and attention into a process of cognitive processing where new information is knowingly integrated into previous knowledge and experiences, and differences in understanding and knowledge are actively mediated. Effective instructional practice not only acknowledges this, but also purposefully works to facilitate these conditions and cognitive processes. To register, visit www.uni.edu/coe/webinars