ATTENTION SENIORS – do you:

a)      Want to be a highly effective educator in urban schools?

b)      Want to volunteer for a year before grad school, law school, or medical school?

c)       Want to get involved in education reform or public policy?

d)      Want to transition into a career in the non-profit or education sector?

If so, consider committing a year to the Match Corps, a one-year urban education service fellowship. Corps members serve full-time in one of our charter schools in Boston, tutoring and mentoring a small caseload of students. We also offer the Match Teacher Residency, so that in addition to tutoring full-time, Corps members can train and earn certification to become full-time teachers in other high-need urban schools. We are currently accepting applications for the 2014-2015 school year on a rolling basis (while spots last). 

To learn more about Match Corps: Boston and MTR and/or to apply, visit http:://matcheducation.org/applymc

Last year Match Corps partnered with the University of Chicago to bring the Match Corps tutoring model to twelve traditional public high schools in Chicago. We will be accepting applications for our Chicago location later this year. Please e-mail recruiting@matcheducation.org if you want to be notified when the application becomes available.

We recruit from all majors; candidates do not need to have a background in education. We seek candidates with strong content backgrounds – math, science, English, history, etc, and those who share our passion for social justice and education reform.

All of the details about our programs can be found here: http://www.matcheducation.org/apply

If you have any questions or clarification please email Trish Borrell, at recruiting@matcheducation.org

Speaking of books, Dan Cederholm's new book on Sass is out. Forwarded by yours truly (!).

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Scott Jehl (who is writing a book on the subject) on why you might want to progressively enhance on a component-by-component basis based on what that component needs, rather than a sweeping capability judgement based on the browser.

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Make your own "tiny bootstraps, for every client."

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On January 23 and 24 the New Media Studio and the Department of Media and Communications Studies will offer a two-day hands-on workshop exploring digital storytelling using the iPad.   The workshop will center on the creation of short reflective digital movies using iMovie.  Through this experience, participants will gain insight into the possibilities that visual assignments offer for their own teaching.  The workshop will also include time for pedagogical discussions and showcasing what some UMBC faculty are currently doing to integrate new tools in the classroom. Participants will orient themselves with various education and digital production apps, sharing how the iPad can become a valuable asset in their classrooms (planning, content delivery, and creative production).  

We will use new iPad Airs provided for the workshop by DoIT.  Lunch will be provided by the Faculty Development Center.  The workshop will run 10:00 am to 4:00 pm each day and will be held in the Dresher Center conference room (PAH 216.)

The workshop is limited to eleven participants and is open to UMBC faculty, staff and graduate assistants.   Priority will be given to faculty.  To reserve a seat in the workshop please email shewbrid@umbc.edu .