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Warner Wednesday Lunch Hour
Calendar for Spring 2007

All events take place on Wednesday, 12-1:00 pm, in Dewey B-315, unless otherwise indicated. Snacks will be served starting 11:45 am.

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Date Title    

01/17/06 Rethinking English: Spoken Word Poetry in Urban High School Classrooms    

01/24/07 Organizing and Participating in Peer Support Groups    

01/31/07 Genesee Valley Writing Project    

02/07/07 Research Apprenticeship Opportunities at Warner    

02/14/07 What Do We Value about Teaching at Warner    

02/21/07

What Do We Value about Teaching at Warner Continued    

02/28/07

Celebrating Entrepreneurship Week: Stories from Warner Alumni    

03/07/07 Faculty Colloquia - Jeff Chopin    

03/14/07 Discussion of Gloria Ladson-Billings Selected Work    

03/21/07 Being Agents of Change in K-12 Schools: Stories from Warner Alumni    

03/28/07 Faculty Colloquia - April Luehmann    

04/4/07 AERA Presentations "Practice Run"    

04/11/07 No Lunch Hour - AERA    

04/18/07 Being Agents of Change in Community/Social Organizations: Stories from Warner Alumni    

04/25/07 President Seligman - Town Meeting Dewey 1-305  

05/02/07 Faculty Colloquia    


Faculty Colloquium (organized by the Warner School Faculty Steering Committee):

  • Presentation by a Warner School faculty member on his/her research work/interests.
  • 1.5 hour total; 40-45 minutes presentation, followed by questions and discussion facilitated by the faculty member presenting.

Presentation:

  • Presentation by a person or group on own work, key ideas in one’s field of study, or information on a specific issue the presenter is an expert on.
  • Presenters could be one or more Warner students or staff, UR faculty outside of the Warner School, Warner alumni, local experts, etc.
  • Each presentation should be no more than 30 minutes, in order to allow considerable time for discussion.
  • The presentation should conclude with some specific questions/issues that could spark a good discussion among the participants and/or provide the presenter with desired feedback from the audience.
  • The presenter will facilitate the follow-up discussion.

Case-study Discussion:

  • A “case” of educational interest is presented and its discussion facilitated by a “case-facilitator”; the case-discussion will be usually structured following a particular format and may include a combination of small and large group.
  • The case-discussion facilitator could be a Warner faculty, UR faculty, Warner student, Warner alumni, local expert, etc.
  • The case presentation should not take more than 15 minutes or so, to provide ample time for the discussion.

Panel Discussion:

  • A panel of 3-4 “experts” will help to frame the educational issue under discussion and to provide catalysts for the discussion.
  • Each panelist will be asked to speak for about 5 minutes; panelists will be invited to conclude their presentation with some thought-provoking questions for the audience.
  • Additional thought-provoking questions could be presented by the organizer to spark discussion.
  • The discussion session will be facilitated by the organizer.

“Tips” Session:

  • A panel of 3-4 “experts” will help frame the issue and begin to share some “tips”.
  • Usually, each panelists will be asked to speak for no more than 5-7 minutes each.
  • There will be sufficient time for the audience to ask questions and share their own experiences and “tips” after the panel presentation.
  • The follow-up question/answer session will be facilitated by the organizer.

Sharing Session:

  • All participants will be invited to share their experiences and/or ideas on the chosen topic, although 4-8 volunteers will be identified in advanced to begin the sharing session
  • Volunteers should plan to speak for no more than 3-5 minutes each; other participants should feel free to ask questions about each volunteer’s contribution

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