Spring 2013 Conferences

May 14th

Teaching and Technology Showcase 2013

It takes energy, creative thinking and a certain amount of courage to incorporate technology into your teaching! Come share with colleagues what you have been doing with technology in your classroom!

When: Tuesday, May 14th, 12p.m.-4p.m.
Where: Student Union Ballroom
Who: Faculty from across schools and disciplines

Schedule
12:00-1:00:	lunch
1:00-2:30	Showcase of faculty presentations
2:30-4:00	An afternoon panel discussion with members of the Committee on Online Learning

To join the Showcase fill out the form:  http://www.ric.edu/CMSUploads/15/TechShowcaseExhibitInfoForm2013.pdf

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Engaging Conversations

"Fail-Safe"

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

11:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Alger 110 and nearby rooms

Deadline for Proposals:  4:00p.m. March 15, 2013.

Proposals will be due on Friday, February 15, 2013 to FCTL@ric.edu.  

 In your proposal please include a title, names of presenter(s), department affiliation, AV requirements, and a brief description of your presentation along with a one-sentence abstract for the program. 

• There will be no more than two individual presentations per 60-minute hour.
• Plan on 15-20 minutes for each individual presentation.  
• Group proposals: Plan on 40 minutes total for group presentations.
• We will work hard this year to make sure that 20 minutes of each remain hour for discussion.
• Moderators will provide timely support to help keep sessions on track.

 To help you brainstorm ideas for this year's topic, "fail-safe," below is a fanciful list of possible topics:

 Train Wrecks, Rubber-Necking, and the Spectacle of Failure

Nuclear Power as “Fail-Safe” Industry

Creative Success and the Failure of the Body: Beethoven, John Milton, Stephen Hawking, Helen Keller

“I Got Fired and It’s the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me”:  Walt Disney, John Lasseter, Steve Jobs

“Apollo 13: Failure Is Not An Option”

George Bailey, Epic Fail.

Discovery Through Failure: Viagra Anyone?

Losing Battles: The War on Cancer

Nutrition Fails: Processed Food and the White Death

Discovering Failure: History and New World Contact

Culture, Fame, and the Celebration of Failure:  Honey Boo Boo and the Kardashians

“Winning!” as Failure

“Amazing Grace”: Failure and Redemption

Marketing Failures: China and Coca Cola

Marketing Failures:  Gerber Baby Food and Africa

Marketing Failures: Chevrolet and the Nova

“Why I’m Glad I Didn’t Succeed”

Memes, Tweets, and the “Epic Fail”

Contemporary Culture and the Failure of Imagination

Courting Failure: Self-Sabotage

Systems Failure: Technology and the Quest for Fail-Safe

Systems Failure?  Biology, Aging, and Death

Systems Failure: Economy

Systems Failure: Engineering Marvels

Hubris, Tragedy, and Failure

Passing, Failing and the Art of Teaching

Success as Failure Before Its Time: Van Gogh

Failure as Success Before Its Time:  Enron and Corporate Malfeasance

Bank Failures

Crop Failures

When Civilizations Fail

Cold-War Dreams: Mutually Assured Destruction as Fail-Safe Deterrent

 The Creativity Project Committee: Karen Almeida, Lisa Bain, Teresa Coffman, Patti Nolin, Ron Pitt, Deborah Siegel, David Abrahamson, Glenn Rawson, J. Zornado.

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