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CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING & LEARNING Professional Development Workshop Schedule January 4 –14, 2011 Please contact Brian Gomez, bgomez@sunyrockland.edu or leave a message at 574-4332 to register. Workshop Number Time & Place Workshop Description Tuesday, January 11 th 14. 9:30 - 11 am Room 1119 Personal Income Tax Preparation This workshop will focus on preparing for your next tax filing by providing tax background to aid in the understanding of tax rules and to become more organized with personal income tax preparation. There will be an examination of tax forms such as the federal form 1040, and the related schedules used in preparing this long form. In addition, other forms such as the estimated tax payment forms, the automatic extension to file (form 4868), and form 1040X to amend a prior tax form will be discussed. Presenter: Josephine Coleman, Professor of Business 15. 11 am – 12n Room 1119 Introduction to the SmartBoard This workshop will provide guidance with the use of a SmartBoard in the classroom. This will include "hands-on" use of the SmartBoard technology using text book instruction material, including writing with SmartBoard tools and retrieving stored documents to be used in class instruction. Participants will actually partake in the use of aSmartBoard. Presenter: Josephine Coleman, Professor of Business 16. 1 - 2 : 3 0 1-2:30 pm CETL (Room 8322) What Can We Do About the Cost of Textbooks? Right here at home and around the country, students have trouble with the cost of textbooks. They often end up coming to class without one. The Open Textbook movement has developed in response. The aim is to provide students with access to free, online textbooks. This workshop will explore this movement and introduce you to archives of free textbooks some of which you can customize to meet your individual needs. You’ll also learn about Google Books. Google Books has scanned millions of books into digital format, with permissions from the authors and publishers. Thus, full texts of these eBooks are already available on the Internet. Learn about the information that’s available when searching Google Books. It provides full bibliographic information, book reviews, pricing information from 8
CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING & LEARNING Professional Development Workshop Schedule January 4 –14, 2011 Please contact Brian Gomez, bgomez@sunyrockland.edu or leave a message at 574-4332 to register. Workshop Number Time & Place Workshop Description different stores (for books that are not free), and “Find a Library” feature empowered by WorldCat, the world's largest network of library content and services. Presenters: Lynn Aaron, Professor of Computer Studies; Xi Shi, Professor of Library Services 17. 2:30 – 3 pm CETL (Room 8322) What Happened to the Elmo? It’s improved with age. Do you want to show your students something from a book, newspaper, or magazine, and perhaps magnify a special section – without making handouts or a transparency? Discover the wonderful world of the document camera and see for yourself first hand all it can do. This will be a hands-on workshop. Presenter: Philip Biagioli, Coordinator of TV Studio & Media Resources 9
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