Best Practices for Virtual Office Hours
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Class Date: Monday, May 20, 2013
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Start Time: 9:00:00 AM
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Location: BUTL 314
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Have you considered virtual office hours for talking with or advising students? Explore best practices for holding effective virtual office hours. Learn to use Google Hangout, a free and easy way to hold video conferences with multiple individuals or groups of people. See how a whiteboard tool can b
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Quick Concepts - Excel Charts
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Class Date: Monday, May 20, 2013
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Start Time: 10:00:00 AM
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Location: BUTL 316
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This workshops explains how to create a variety of charts in Excel
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Orientation to Teaching in an Active Learning Classroom
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Class Date: Monday, May 20, 2013
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Start Time: 12:30:00 PM
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Location: BUTL 314
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Explore pedagogical approaches appropriate for teaching in Buffalo State''s new active learning classroom. Learn how to use the technology built into the learning space. Reflect on your courses and share your ideas for using the active learning space to increase student learning. View the design of
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Using Web Platforms for Student Collaboration & Publication
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Class Date: Monday, May 20, 2013
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Start Time: 1:00:00 PM
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Location: BUTL 316
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The new Intellectual Foundations program calls for infusion of information management across the curriculum. Ken Fujiuchi, Emerging Technology Librarian, and Marc Bayer, Scholarly Communication Librarian, will discuss how technologies, from Google sites to open access journals, can be used to teach
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Academic Writing for Publication
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Class Is Full.
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Class Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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Start Time: 9:00:00 AM
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Location: CAUD 219
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This practical, hands-on workshop is designed to provide the practical facts needed to succeed and enjoy writing for publication. Presenter Ken Henson, a Fulbright Scholar and a National Science Foundation Scholar, has written and co-authored more than 300 national publications. His 50-plus books in
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Communicating When the Stakes are High: Taking the Next Step with Crucial Conversations
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Class Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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Start Time: 10:00:00 AM
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Location: BULG N2B
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Crucial Conversations is defined as a discussion between two or more people where stakes are high, opinions vary and emotions run strong. This tends to be the precursor to crucial confrontations. What are the signs? What preparation is needed to handle the situation? When
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Bypassing Bulleted Lists
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Class Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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Start Time: 1:00:00 PM
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Location: BUTL 181B
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View sample teaching PowerPoint presentations designed for maximum learning without using bulleted lists. Learn optimal slide design principles and discuss their implications for teaching with PowerPoint. Be willing to "think outside of" the bulleted list. Presented by Sue McMi
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Re-Thinking the Learning Community Experience: Looking beyond the FUN and Feel Good Activities
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Class Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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Start Time: 9:00:00 AM
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Location: CLEV 418
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This roundtable discussion is designed for returning learning community faculty, student development liaisons, and librarians. New faculty and staff and those who are returning after significant time away will find this conversation valuable. Participants will re-examine the Learning Community goals
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Reviewing Content with Clicker Games
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Class Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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Start Time: 10:00:00 AM
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Location: BUTL 316
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Use clickers to participate in content-based games. The games can be used to present new content, to make connections, or to review. Leave with a CD of the game templates that include scoring and other logistical features. All you add are the questions. Presented by Sue McMillen.
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Introduction to Access
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Class Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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Start Time: 1:00:00 PM
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Location: BUTL 316
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This workshop will introduce you to the database - Access - that is part of the Office XP suite.
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Making Essential Connections Within and Across Courses
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Class Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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Start Time: 1:00:00 PM
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Location: CLEV 418
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This workshop addresses the widespread belief among students that certain courses are a "waste of time." The focus of this workshop will be on techniques that encourage students to make purposeful and explicit connections between the essential ideas found within and across their courses. T
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An Introduction to Learner-Centered Education
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Class Date: Thursday, May 23, 2013
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Start Time: 9:00:00 AM
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Location: BACO 115
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This workshop provides a foundation in learner-centered education as well as practical and proven educational strategies that participants can use immediately with their students. Learn about the characteristics of successful students, the characteristics of learner-centered education, and methods f
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Intermediate PowerPoint
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Class Date: Thursday, May 23, 2013
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Start Time: 9:00:00 AM
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Location: BUTL 316
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In this workshop you will learn how to add sound effects, videos, and narration to your presentation. You will also learn how to link to other applictions and web sites.
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Dealing with Difficult People and Disturbing Personalities
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Class Is Full.
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Class Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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Start Time: 2:00:00 PM
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Location: BUTL 181B
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A person shows up at your front desk…
Yelling, crying, upset, frustrated, tearful, angry, overwhelmed, pushy, aggravated, annoyed, demanding,
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Introduction to Word
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Class Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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Start Time: 9:00:00 AM
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Location: BUTL 316
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This workshop will cover the basic functions of Word.
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Introduction to Windows 7
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Class Date: Thursday, June 20, 2013
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Start Time: 9:00:00 AM
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Location: BUTL 316
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This workshop will introduce you to the new operating system - Windows 7. You will learn about libraries, mapping network drives and how to use some of the new features of this system.
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Introduction to Excel
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Class Date: Friday, June 21, 2013
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Start Time: 9:00:00 AM
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Location: BUTL 316
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Learn how to create worksheets using Microsoft Excel. You will create budgets, payrolls and grade books.
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Introduction to PowerPoint
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Class Date: Monday, June 24, 2013
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Start Time: 9:00:00 AM
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Location: BUTL 316
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This workshop will introduce you to PowerPoint, the software to create effective presentations
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Introduction to Access
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Class Date: Monday, July 08, 2013
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Start Time: 9:00:00 AM
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Location: BULG 104
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This workshop will introduce you to the database - Access - that is part of the Office XP suite.
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Quick Concepts - Excel Functions
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Class Date: Tuesday, July 09, 2013
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Start Time: 10:30:00 AM
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Location: BULG 104
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This workshop guides helps you discover and use some of the 400 functions built into Excel.
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Quick Concepts - Word Set Up
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Class Date: Thursday, July 11, 2013
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Start Time: 10:30:00 AM
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Location: BULG 104
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This one hour workshops guides you through the process of setting margins, spacing and font defaults.
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Quick Concepts - Excel Pivot Tables
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Class Date: Friday, July 12, 2013
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Start Time: 9:00:00 AM
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Location: BULG 104
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This workshops explains how to analyze large sets of data.
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Quick Concepts - Picture Captions
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Class Date: Monday, July 15, 2013
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Start Time: 9:00:00 AM
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Location: BULG 104
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This workshops shows you had to add captions to images used in your documents. It also examines the use of the Table of Figures option in Word.
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Intermediate Word
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Class Date: Wednesday, July 17, 2013
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Start Time: 9:00:00 AM
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Location: BULG 104
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In this workshop you learn how to create tables of contents and indexes; you learn how to create sections and use them to control the formatting of your Word documents; and you learn how to link to other objects for inserting charts and tables.
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Intermediate Excel
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Class Date: Thursday, July 18, 2013
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Start Time: 9:00:00 AM
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Location: BULG 104
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In this class you will learn how to link Excel and other office applications, how to use various functions and how to work with multiple worksheets.
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Intermediate PowerPoint
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Class Date: Friday, July 19, 2013
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Start Time: 9:00:00 AM
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Location: BULG 104
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In this workshop you will learn how to add sound effects, videos, and narration to your presentation. You will also learn how to link to other applictions and web sites.
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Intermediate Access
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Class Date: Tuesday, July 23, 2013
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Start Time: 9:00:00 AM
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Location: BULG 104
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In this workshop you learn how to work with multiple tables and how to use joins to create customized forms, queries and reports.
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