<div dir="ltr">Dear colleagues,<div><br></div><div>Unfortunately, I need to postpone our next Pedagogy Picnic (originally scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 4) to Wednesday, Dec. 10. I'll make up for it by providi<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">ng lunch. Please rsvp so that I know how much food to order, and please do let me know if you have any special dietary needs.</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Recall that <span class="" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Pedagogy</span> <span class="" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Picnics</span> are (usually) brown-bag lunches at which you can share questions and tips about teaching and learning -- and get a glimpse at some of your colleagues' teaching and learning approaches. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">For the duration of this academic year, we'll have <span class="" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Pedagogy</span> <span class="" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Picnics</span> once or twice a month on Thursdays, 12-1 in HH 335. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Our Dec. 10 Pedagogy Picnic focuses on what difference an instructor's career stage makes to their pedagogy, and to what career-stage specific support instructors should receive for their teaching and learning. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Here are the next few topics and dates (Note that the first February Pedagogy Picnic will be held Feb. 5, not Feb. 6, as I mistakenly reported in an earlier email.):</p><blockquote style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">         </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">January 15: What do you need (from others) to succeed as an instructor?</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">         </span></span><span lang="EN-US">February 5: Authentic assessment</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">         </span></span><span lang="EN-US">February 26: Teaching inclusively</span></span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Pedagogy</span> <span class="" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Picnics</span> are also scheduled for March 19 and April 16, topics to be determined based on participants' interests. Let me know if there's a topic you'd like to see added.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">As ever, you may attend just one or tw<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">o <span class="" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Pedagogy</span> <span class="" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Picnics</span>, or the whole series. And, you should feel warmly encouraged to bring a colleague.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Again, if you plan to attend on the 10th, please let me know so that I can provide lunch for you.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Hope to see you there!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">All best,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Shannon Dea</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">--</p><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Director, Women's Studies</div><div dir="ltr">Faculty of Arts Teaching Fellow<br>Secretary-Treasurer, Charles Sanders Peirce Society<br>Associate Professor</div><div dir="ltr">Department of Philosophy<br>University of Waterloo<br>200 University Ave. W. <br>Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1<br>(519) 888-4567 (ext. 32778)<br>FAX (519) 746-3097</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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