Hello all!

I hope you are all well and staying sane in these extraordinary times.  In an effort to maintain some normalcy the TLTC and Faculty Center are holding Teaching Breakfasts every week throughout the semester as a place to come together to talk about the new modalities you are using to teach and hopefully share and get a few answers. And to help include more in the discussion, we are continuing to offer two sessions each week to come together.  This week we will meet both in-person and online in our the Teams space for the following sessions:

  *   Coffee Break, Wednesday afternoons, 2:00-3:00pm: Fitzelle Faculty Lounge, Room 159 and on the Coffee Chat Teams space<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZGQ2ZGY0NmQtOGMwYS00ZDUwLTkyNmYtYmVmMTM4NmQ5NDg4%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22b2c9b1a8-d1ad-4c9f-9172-728a8c08eb65%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22acdbd4c6-8ceb-4ccb-b54d-35c4ab20321f%22%7d>.
  *   Teaching Breakfast, Thursday mornings, 8:30-10:00am: Butternut Room, Hunt Union (just past Starbucks) and on the Teaching Breakfast Teams space<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NDgzZTgyZTYtODEzOC00ZThjLWFjZDktZDZmYTE3OWZhMGIw%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22b2c9b1a8-d1ad-4c9f-9172-728a8c08eb65%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22acdbd4c6-8ceb-4ccb-b54d-35c4ab20321f%22%7d>.
If you are free at any point on Wednesday (Nov. 17) or Thursday (Nov. 18), please feel free to join the conversation.

This week we will be exploring ways to think about gratitude and the benefit of doing this.  This is a reading from The Center for Academic Innovation at the Univ of Michigan:

  *   Learn the Science and Practice of Gratitude Ahead of the Holiday Season<https://ai.umich.edu/blog/practicing-gratitude-teach-out-holidays/> - The article shares some strategies for practicing gratitude both on your own and in the class.  It also explores some of the benefits of doing this and how this extends to the classroom.  As we prepare for the holidays, this seemed like a good time to talk about these issues together.
We look forward to talking more about how you engage students in gratitude or other soft skills around the holidays.  See you Wednesday (Coffee Break) or Thursday (Teaching Breakfast) if you can make it!

Chilton

Chilton Reynolds
TLTC Interim Coordinator
COIL Campus Coordinator
Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center (TLTC)
SUNY Oneonta, Oneonta NY 13820
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Phone: 607-436-2673