I come to the Cengage Conference every year and I gain a wide array of knowledge but I don’t have time to implement it when I get home. So what should I get from a conference like this? How do I bring the techniques I learn into my classroom? What are the important items that help me become a better educator? Why is this needed? Professors could be so much better if they made the time to just introduce one or two of the concepts they learn at the conference into their classrooms. How do we make that happen?

1. What should I get out of
a Conference like this?
Andrew Hurd
Assistant professor
Hudson Valley CC – Troy NY

2. Top list from Cengage
-Become familiar with the latest software and technology
trends; learn all about Office 2013 and Windows 8, for
example
-Use what you learn by taking it back to the classroom
-Network with peers from around the country; start
conversations about issues/questions you face as an
instructor
-Get to know our author speakers, who can answer
technical questions for you

3. Cengage cont…
-Enjoy yourself! There is plenty of opportunity for
socializing and making new connections. Sit at a table
during lunch where you don't know anyone, for example.
-Make sure to visit the Digital Learning Annex, where you
can test drive products
-Get to know the latest Cengage products - most books
will be updated for Office 2013 in time for fall classes
-SAM 2013

4. Information from key note speaker?
• Conscious Connection in the Digital Age
• Driven to Distraction...at the Drop of a Hat

5. This years topics
• SAM 2013 — What’s new you ask?
• Teaching Tech online
• Helping students stay secure
• Meeting your students on cloud 9
• A model for student success in a high
demand course
• Unconference

6. More topics
• Using SAM to assess college-wide
technology literacy
• Managing online/collaborative projects
• Reaching and teaching: Best practices for
teaching/engaging online students
• Turn your class up-side-down: Engaging
your students using inverted instruction

7. Even more…..
• What is the web 2.0 and why should I
care?
• What next?? The future of the intro to
computing course
• Facebook in the classroom – love it or
hate it?
• And many more……

8. What you need to do?
• Pick 1 or 2 topics
• Get the presenters contact information
• Write an implementation plan
• Write a possible issues list
• Talk to your colleagues
• Get the support of your department/school

9. Pick 1 or 2 topics
• How do you choose?
– Make a priority list
– Pick a hot topic that is relevant to your
classroom
– Pick something you are interested in
– Pick something you feel comfortable exploring

10. Get the contact information
• Take pictures of presenters and contact
slide
• Talk with the presenters at lunch or dinner
• Ask them to share their materials

11. Implementation plan
• What semester are you going to try and
implement the new item?
• How will it change your class?
• How will it change your teaching style?

12. Possible issues?
• Is it feasible?
• Is it affordable?
• Can your department/school support it?
• Is there technical expertise?

13. So now what?
• What topics will you choose this year?
• Are you ready to change?
• How are you going to approach the new
topic?

14. What I chose from last year?
• Engaging students in an online class
– A different way to do assignments
– A different way to assess
• Addressing the visual learner
– Flowcharts vs. Algorithms
– Writing code by hand

15. Contact Information
Andrew Hurd
Hudson Valley CC
Troy, NY 12180
a.hurd@hvcc.edu
LinkedIn: ahurd72@gmail.com
(518)-629-7268