<div class="gmail_extra">Dear Colleagues,</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Here is a quick reminder to sign up for our gaming workshop, led by Dr. Helen Gaudette, using the Reacting to the Past pedagogy. We will be playing part of an actual game together so it should be a lot of fun as well as instructive. Reacting to the Past has a long track record of success as a pedagogy, so we consider this is a great opportunity to learn <span style>about using games and simulations to add active, experiential and situated learning aspects to your classrooms. It is also a great opportunity to meet like-minded colleagues and share an experience that should be fun, moving and, certainly, memorable.</span></div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><b style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Food will be provided</span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">RSVP DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO MONDAY, APRIL 30th!</span><br><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">RSVP Link:</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/reactingtothepast" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/reactingtothepast</a></span></b> </div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Best,</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Rob Garfield<div>Instructional Technologist</div><div>Queens College Center for Teaching and Learning</div>
<div>319 Razran Hall</div><div>james dot garfield at qc dot cuny dot edu</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Rob Garfield</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:james.garfield@qc.cuny.edu">james.garfield@qc.cuny.edu</a>></span><br>
Date: Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 11:18 AM<br>Subject: Reacting to the Past Faculty Workshop<br>To: socrates <<a href="mailto:socrates@lists.qc.cuny.edu">socrates@lists.qc.cuny.edu</a>><br><br><br><b style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Dear Queens College Educators,</span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">The Center for Teaching and Learning, Dr. Helen Gaudette, and Queens College members of the Reacting to the Past community cordially invite you to attend a unique workshop on pedagogy.</span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial">Workshop Facilitator</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">: </span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Helen Gaudette</span><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Director, Offices of Global Education Initiatives</span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Lecturer, Department of History</span><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial">When</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">: Thursday, May 3rd, 3 pm to 5:30 pm</span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial">Where</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">: Presidents Conference Room 2, Rosenthal Library</span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial">Preparation</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">: Approximately four pages of reading is required prior to the workshop</span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Food will be provided</span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">please RSVP, BY FRIDAY, APRIL 27th, with food preferences by clicking on the following:</span><br>
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/reactingtothepast" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://tinyurl.com/reactingtothepast</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial">What</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">:<br>
</span></b><div><b style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Reacting to the Past consists of elaborate games, set in the past, in which students are assigned roles informed by classic texts in the history of ideas. Class sessions are run entirely by students; instructors advise and guide students and grade their oral and written work. This pedagogy seeks to draw students into the past, promote engagement with big ideas, and improve intellectual and academic skills.</span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">In “Reacting to the Past” courses, students learn by taking on roles, informed by classic texts, in elaborate games set in the past; they learn skills—speaking, writing, critical thinking, problem solving, leadership, and teamwork—in order to prevail in difficult and complicated situations. While students will be obliged to adhere to the philosophical and intellectual beliefs of the historical figures they have been assigned to play, they must devise their own means of expressing those ideas persuasively, in papers, speeches or other public presentations; and students must also pursue a course of action they think will help them win the game. </span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">This workshop offers you the opportunity to learn about Reacting to the Past by playing part of a game, <i>The Threshold of Democracy: Athens in 403 BC</i>, to experience a student’s perspective. After the hands-on portion, the group will debrief on its experiences and talk about how to incorporate the Reacting to the Past approach into individual teaching practice.</span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Read more about Reacting to the Past: <a href="http://reacting.barnard.edu/" target="_blank">http://reacting.barnard.edu/</a></span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Please direct questions to Rob Garfield (<a href="mailto:james.garfield@qc.cuny.edu" target="_blank">james.garfield@qc.cuny.edu</a>).</span></b> <span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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