Census 2010 Curriculum Ideas and Websites

Census 2010 gives us an opportunity to bring the classroom and the world a little closer together. If you have ideas on how faculty can incorporate the census into their classrooms, please comment here with your suggestions.

Adjunct Committee Meeting Notes

Remaining schedule for this year's meetings:

April 24th - LaPlata

May 6th - Adjunct Faculty Dinner - Location: Southern Maryland Blue Crabs Regency Furniture Stadium


As always, suggestions for topics and presenters are welcome! Just use the "comments" link below.

AdjunctNation

Check out AdjunctNation at: http://www.adjunctnation.com/


Whether you hold a full-time or part-time temporary teaching appointment, the Adjunct Advocate's Web page, AdjunctNation.com, can get you plugged-in like no other on-line resource for temporary college faculty can! Our registered Web page users live and work all over the world! AdjunctNation.com hosts temporary faculty from around the world because we've got all the resources temporary faculty (all college faculty, really) need in one place. Browse hundreds of jobs, try your hand at the weekly quiz, search our exclusive textbook catalogue, play HangProf, visit the Syllabus Vault, dialogue with colleagues, cast your vote in the Adjunct Poll, find a grant, browse through our list of professional development books, read the Adjunct Advocate magazine, and MUCH MORE.

Learning Communities Presentation Posted

Anyone interested in checking out the slides from the learning communities presentation held at CSM in September 2009 at the Prince Frederick Campus can visit the link below to view the slides.

http://www.slideshare.net/ssubocz/learning-communities-presentation-2451076

Treat Yourself to a Wireless Presenter!

Amazon has several really nice wireless presenters on sale right now. Our office favorite is on sale for under $20, but there are numerous nice ones to consider, many under $50. Here's our favorite.


http://www.amazon.com/Targus-Wireless-Presenter-Laser-Pointer/dp/B000F004RO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1257699435&sr=8-2

Maryland's Digital eLibrary Consortium

Check out the Maryland Digital eLibrary Consortium at http://maryland.lib.overdrive.com/D0F1518D-3A87-4CF2-82B8-B5C383896861/10/336/en/Default.htm for access to a wealth of resources, including FREE audiobooks, downloadable books, and a whole lot more.  For CSM faculty and staff, if you have questions or need assistance, contact the CSM library staff - you can get contact information at http://www.csmd.edu/Library/.

NISOD Hook 'em Up

NISOD Hook 'em Up Newsletter at: http://www.nisod.org/publications/newsletter/hookem_upvol3_no7.html

Innovation Abstracts:
http://www.nisod.org/publications/abstracts/index.html
(You'll need the CSM user id and passwork - contact me for information (ssubocz@csmd.edu)

Adjunct Benefit - CSM Courses Tuition Free

During any semester in which you are teaching a class at CSM, you are eligible to take CSM courses tuition free. To sign up for a course and receive this benefit, you must first send a form to HRD so they can verify your employment. We have posted the form for you at: http://www.dlf.csmd.edu/forms/EmployeeVerificationForm.doc

Return the form to HRD via inter-office mail, in person, or by scanning and e-mailing to jrupp@csmd.edu.
Questions? Contact Human Resources at 301-934-7700 or DLF (ssubocz@csmd.edu)

Dell EPP

Check out the link below for the CSM Educational Purchase Program with Dell:
http://premier.dell.com/portal/messages.aspx?c=US&l=en&s=eep&cs=RC810224

Keynote Project Report

Alison Bode recently completed her Adjunct Certification Level III project and submitted her report. Some of the highlights from her report:

On the blog, I found a request for help in planning a social justice event for the La Plata campus. Since social justice is a cause I support, and the help needed seemed to be mostly organizational, which is something I can do, I agreed to serve on the La Plata Social Justice Committee and submitted a proposal for Social Justice Day as my keynote project.

I began by meeting with the committee, composed of Beth Settle of the Teacher Education Department, Ed Schauf of the Criminal Justice Department and me, on Thursday, March 12. At that meeting, we discussed the format we envisioned for the event, when and where the event would take place, and what aspect of planning each committee member would undertake. My primary area of responsibility was publicity, and I was charged with contacting the Marketing Department, creating and distributing fliers, and seeing that the event was mentioned through on-campus outlets, such as The Friday Report and the “What’s Happening at CSM” online calendar. Other members were charged with enlisting a speaker, arranging a meeting space, and ordering refreshments.

In addition to my publicity duties, I volunteered to procure awards for the social justice projects to be displayed at the event. I purchased certificate paper and ribbons and prepared 24 awards for the projects. On the day of the event, I served as a judge to score the projects, and every student who submitted a project received an award.

On the day of the event, I helped to set up projects, and brought one of my English 1010 classes to the event. Our social justice day included short presentations by Patrick Allen and Linda Morales, projects on gender, race, class, sexual orientation, and other issues, activities for students to participate in to enhance their awareness of social justice, and refreshments. About 40 people attended the event, which was held in BI 113 from 1 – 3 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21, 2009.