News2008Mar

=CCT News=

8 Mar 08
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Contents: Student matters, CCT community, CCT events, alums, other events, opportunities, resources, food for thought, humor

**Student Matters** Please submit updated course plans to CCT office

**CCT Community** The Delores Gallo fund (established on the occasion of her retirement) invites proposals for funding small projects of CCT students and alums, e.g., to bring in guests to your classes, initiate a new creative project, prepare your writing/photography/etc. for publication, buy materials for your classroom,... Deadline, April 1. http://www.cct.umb.edu/gallofund.html

Our Lives and Other Worlds: Writing, Stories, and Reflections from Graduates of the CCT Program The presentations last week were wonderful. Alas, we had some technical difficulties with the audio recording and the buzz makes some of the audio hard to listen to. Anyway, here it is: http://cct.wikispaces.com/CCTNetwork26Feb08 (If we can make time, we'll transcribe the audio.) Thanks to the speakers for their willingness to make the idea a reality -- a great gift to the rest of us. The CCT Network organizing group is looking forward to future events in future semesters on Visual Arts, Music and Performing Arts, Classroom and School Change, Adult Education, Business Innovation, Personal and Career Change, Health Care.... Volunteers welcome.

**CCT Events** Wednesday, March 31, 6:45-8:30pm, THE BOSTON UNIVERSITY BIO-LAB CONTROVERSY An invigorating discussion with one of last semester's problem-based learning (PBL) teams, Wheatley 4th floor lounge. RSVP

April 16, 4.15-6.45, Harvard Project Zero leading research associate & CCT alum, Dr. Shari Tishman, “Artful Thinking: Using the Power of Art to Teach Thinking Across Curriculum” Campus center Ballroom A.

**Alum Notes** Frank Carvino's graphic design work is no longer free (i.e., the promo advertized in a previous CCT news has ended), but he is offering significantly discounted graphic design work.

See also new wiki page for alums to share news, questions, advice...

**Events** International Women's Day Symposium at Harvard Medical School: **Crisis, Creativity, and Courage: Protecting Women’s Rights / Promoting Women’s Health**, March 8, 2008, Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School – 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston. Free and open to the Public

Gallery XIV announces **The Canvasation Project**, a multi media exhibition featuring over 100 individual artworks alongside 12 significant collaborative paintings painted by groups of participating artists [incl. Luanne Witkowski, CCT alum & co-instructor of CCT602 online] while being documented by Production team, Film Our Way Films. March 6-22, 2008, 37 Thayer Street, Boston, MA 02118  http://www.galleryxiv.com

March 11, 2008: **25th Women's Research Forum: Women Mayors in Massachusetts**, UMass Boston, Campus Center Ballroom 5:30-7:30, call (617) 287-5541 for more info. or RSVP to cwppp@umb.edu


 * The Effect of China’s Foreign Policy and Economic Power** on the Relationship Between Developed and Developing Countries in the 21st Century, lecture open to the public, March 12, 2008. 1:15-2:45pm, Room 3550 B, Campus Center


 * Perspectives on Creativity conference** at Holy Family University on March 29, 2008, http://www.holyfamily.edu/sas/creativity/index.shtml

April 5, 2008: **Sudbury Valley School Fortieth Anniversary Celebration** with alumni presentations, Sudbury Valley School, Framingham, www.sudval.org

Cross the threshold of **Best Practices in Gifted Education** in partnership with Massachusetts Association for Gifted Education Presents "Best Practices in Gifted Education: The Partnership Among Home, Classroom and School" April 12, 2008 Marlborough, MA. http://www.nagc.org/NAGC2/Users/Seminars


 * Women's health activist conference**: Raise Your Voice for the Health Care We Need! April 17 and 18, 2008. Hosted by Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts http://www.RaisingWomensVoices.net

May 2-4, 2008: **Jobs with Justice National Conference**, Providence, RI, http://www.jwj.org

July 13-18, 2008: **Approaching Walden: A Professional Development Seminar for High School Educators**, Thoreau Institute-Lincoln, MA, http://www.walden.org

**Opportunities** UNITE HERE is offering a six-week, paid Hotel Workers Rising Internship for passionate student leaders who will spend their summer in the struggle for justice. Internship sites will be based in major cities across the U.S. and Canada. Application Deadline: March 23, 2008. To apply, http://jobs.unitehere.org/job.php?job_id=8.

**Resources** National Center for Teaching Thinking: http://www.nctt.net/lessonsarticles.html

http://www.thepraxisproject.org Praxis  prak’ sis    1. exercise or practice of an art, science or skill. 2. The practical application of theory; action informed by theory. 3. The synergy between theory and action; the highest form of practice. The Praxis Project   1. An innovative not for profit institution dedicated to capacity building, technical assistance, research, and training for community-based policy change.**Humor**

**Food for Thought** Boston Globe op-ed article on creativity: http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/02/23/creative_thinking_in_the_classroom/

http://www.storyofstuff.com/ -- an engaging 20 minute animation about "stuff" (and the processes of extraction, production, consumerism, and waste generation) and how our economy affects people in poor countries, the environment, and our quality of life.

Prisons vs. Colleges For years now, educators have been warning that U.S. society might soon be spending more on prisons than colleges. In five states, that moment has arrived, according to a report released Thursday by the Pew Charitable Trusts.

Quotes forwarded by alum Mike Cartledge (who is teaching in PA now): http://www.greatquotesmovie.com