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• December Reacting High School Happy Hour

  • When
    December 07, 2023
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    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Virtual

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  Calling all all interested secondary RTTP faculty!  Sign up here for our monthly Zoom call.  Our third meeting is scheduled for Thursday, December 7 at 7 pm Eastern.  Attendance is free, but you do need to register, after which you'll receive the zoom link via email. 

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• Happy Hour

  • When
    December 08, 2023
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    3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
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  Join us for our free Faculty Lounge Live Happy Hour!

  These casual zoom social hours offer opportunities to talk with other active pedagogy (and active pedagogy curious) instructors. Depending on attendee interest, we sometimes organize breakout rooms by Reacting game, how you're teaching, or game design. Newbies can ask questions of experienced Reacting professors. You can also just schmooze (or vent!) with friends.

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• 2024 Winter Conference

  • Start
    January 12, 2024
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    6:00 PM
  • End
    January 14, 2024
  •  
    1:30 PM
  • Location
    Virtual

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  2024 WINTER CONFERENCE
  

  The 8th Annual Reacting Winter Conference, hosted by the University of Georgia Reacting to the Past Program, will be held remotely January 12-14, 2023 on zoom. 

  Our focus this year is active learning: both the efficacy of Reacting as an active learning practice par excellence, and how we can borrow strategies from Reacting to keep our classrooms in that active mode, even when not using Reacting games. The heart of the conference is the game workshop, where instructors learn about the Reacting pedagogy by experiencing it in condensed, abbreviated gameplay. The game workshop also provides context and guidance on using Reacting in your classroom. Check out the conference page for full details. 
  
  

  PROGRAM SCHEDULE
  (ALL TIMES EASTERN)
  
  FRIDAY, JANUARY 12

  6:00 - 7:00 PM	OPTIONAL  ORIENTATION AND QUESTION SESSION New to Reacting? Have a burning concern? Drop by to consult with trusted veterans and staff.
  7:30 - 9:00 PM	ACTIVE LEARNING WORKSHOP This workshop, led by UGA and RTTP's revered Dr. Naomi Norman, will focus on bringing active learning strategies from Reacting games into non-Reacting classes.

  SATURDAY, JANUARY 13

  11:00 AM-12:30 PM	GAME WORKSHOP SESSION 1  The best way to learn about the Reacting pedagogy is to experience it. Choose one: Charles Babbage, Ada Lovelace, and the Dawn of Computing Enlightenment in Crisis: Diderot's Encyclopédie in a Parisian Salon, 1750 Korea at the Crossroads of Civilizations: Confucianism, Westernization, and the 1894 Kabo Reforms Constantine and the Council of Nicaea: Defining Orthodoxy and Heresy in Christianity, 325 CE Progressivism at High Tide: The Election of 1912 The first session covers game set-up, historical context, faction meetings.
  12:30-2:00 PM	BREAK
  2 :00-3:30 PM	GAME WORKSHOP SESSION 2 Gameplay begins, usually with debate and discussion.
  3:30-4:15 PM	KEYNOTE PLENARY  Back to the Future: Reacting, Active Learning, and the Future of Higher Education Dr. Leah Carmichael, Senior Lecturer of International Affairs at UGA and Director of Active Learning, discusses the pivotal role of active learning in the future of higher education.

  SUNDAY, JANUARY 14

  11:00 AM-12:30 PM	GAME SESSION 3
  12:30 - 2:00 PM	BREAK
  2:00 - 3:30 PM	GAME SESSION 4 Debriefing, and post-mortem discussion.
  3:30-4:00 PM	CLOSING PLENARY

  
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  CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

  	Early Bird   Oct 1-31	Regular   Nov 1-30	Late Dec 1-Jan 10
  Member	$150	$175	$200
  Non-Member	$225	$250	$275

  
  

  
  

  Become a Reacting Consortium member to save on your registration. Memberships start at just $25. 

  FUNDED REGISTRATION FOR DEI ADVANCEMENT
  We offer free and subsidized registration for instructors of historically underrepresented and marginalized identity groups, and/or for those teaching at minority-serving institutions (HBCUs, Tribal colleges, AAPI- and Hispanic-serving institutions). Email reacting@barnard.edu with the subject line “Funded WC Spot” by November 1 for more information and to apply. 

  
  

  WORKSHOP-ONLY REGISTRATION
  Instructors wishing to attend only the Friday night workshop may do so for $75. These registrants cannot observe or participate in the game workshop sessions on Saturday and Sunday.

  
  

  Refer to the conference page for full details. 

  
  

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  NOTE: The Reacting Consortium Board, in its sole and absolute discretion, reserves the right to bar any person from the Reacting Faculty Lounge on Facebook and from participation in any Reacting Consortium event. Please also be advised that some or all of the online workshops may be recorded. 

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• Save the Date! 2024 Annual Institute

  • Start
    June 06, 2024
  • End
    June 09, 2024
  • Location
    Barnard College, New York City

  Save the date and share the date for our Annual Institute: Thursday, June 6 - Sunday, June 9 we'll gather again on the campus of Barnard College for the biggest and best Reacting conference of the year!

  We're currently narrowing down our list of games from 15 to nine, but expect a mix of old and new titles, and a focus on climate and enviromental content.

  We're also working on our budget, and hope to keep our registration rates as close to last year's-- which started at $550 for RC members--as expenses allow. As we nail down details, we'll add them to this page, and we plan to open registration in February. 

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