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Technology fair celebrates 10th year

Faculty exhibits and a keynote address about creative teaching with technology will highlight the annual Teaching and Learning with Technology Symposium.

Celebrating its 10th year, the symposium is set for Friday, March 18, from 1-3:30 p.m. in the DeVos Center, Loosemore Auditorium. The fair is sponsored by Academic Computing and the Pew Faculty Teaching and Learning Center.

Punya Mishra, professor of educational psychology at Michigan State University, will give the keynote address, focusing on how technologies can influence teaching and learning, and what teachers need to know to develop innovative approaches toward technological integration.

Faculty exhibitions will run from 2-3:30 p.m. and include a presentation from Jennifer Gross, associate professor of psychology, who is the recipient of the 2011 Teaching with Technology Award. Gross' exhibit is "Virtual Laboratory in Psychology to Foster Scientific Literacy."

For more information about the fair, contact Glenna Decker at x12598 or [email protected].

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