Focus on Teaching and Technology: A Regional Conference
Overview:
Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference will be open through the end of the day on April 30th. This is a Midwest regional conference held this year VIRTUALLY. No conference fee will be charged for presenters.
Conference registration will be open on or around July 1. Our participants return year after year because of the strong program that you help build. Sessions range from lessons learned and technology tool tips to teaching strategies and evidence-based practice.
Speaker: The conference will feature Bryan Dewsbury, PhD, a dynamic keynote speaker from the Florida International University (FIU). Dr. Dewsbury is a Gardner Institute Fellow and the Principal Investigator for the SEAS (Science Education And Research) program. His research is focused on the social context of teaching and learning, including questions relating to identity constructs, bias, relationships, and the effects of those variables on learning in students (from K-PhD). Dr. Dewsbury has developed a number of teaching approaches and programs relating to social belonging and higher education and draws inspiration from the possibilities of education as a force for intellectual liberation.Dr. Dewsbury was born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago. He pursued a Bachelor’s degree at Morehouse College and a Masters and PhD from FIU. At FIU, he explored a number of interesting questions in marine ecology and ecological economics and developed a number of teaching approaches and programs relating to social belonging and higher education. He is personally inspired by the possibilities of education as a force for intellectual liberation, and as a means to increase critical consumerism. In between, he tries to find time to keep up with his never ending reading list, try new microbrews, and teach himself and his wife Kizomba!
Link: Watch our website for future announcements regarding registration and program information.
