ANNOUNCING THE 2011 FESIN WORKSHOP, held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Mycological Society of America in FAIRBANKS, ALASKA
July 31, August 1, 2011
Metamycology and Beyond: Using Fungi in Educational Contexts
Materials and resources for the workshop
Program
Sunday, July 31
6:00-7:45 AM Breakfast, Lola Tilley cafeteria (see campus map)
IMPORTANT: Your meal is already paid for. Please use the username FESIN and password FUNGI when checking out, and the cashier should swipe a card that will charge your breakfast to FESIN.
8:00-8:30 AM Very brief introductions/name, current position and institution; surveys
8:30-10:30 AM Session 1: Teaching fungal biology – updates in content
Format: ‘teaching’ talks of key themes by outstanding mycologists
handouts with key points and references
lecture materials (example lecture slides), posted to web
Location: Gruening 408
Coordinator: Betsy Arnold
8:30-9:20am • Current understanding of fungal phylogeny – Ricardo Garcia
9:20-10:10am • Current themes in fungal ecology – Anne Pringle
10:10am-10:30am • Panel discussion/questions led by speakers, Tom, and Betsy
10:30-11:00 AM Coffee break, catered on site, with coffee, tea, bagels
11:00 AM-12:30 PM Session 2: Electronic resources for teaching fungal biology
Format: demonstrations of major websites/ Ideas about how to integrate
student activities into web products
Location: Gruening 408
Coordinator: Anne Pringle
11:00-12:00 • Overview of electronic resources – Anne Pringle
12:00-12:30 • Panel discussion/questions: what resources do we need as teachers?
12:30-1:30 PM Lunch, catered on site
1:30-3:00PM Session 3: Hands-on teaching in mycology
Format: handouts with key points or lab modules
Location: Gruening 408
Coordinator: Tom Volk
• Strategies for integrating fungi into basic biology courses
• Using Herbarium collections in teaching fungal biology
• Field trips: experiences and ideas; field trips in Mycology class; looking at fungi in field
trips for other classes; scavenger hunt.
• Organizing public fungal forays;citizen scientists/paramycology, mycoblitzes/ bioblitz
• Interacting with amateur mushroom clubs
• Communicating fungal information to the public
• Conundrum: How to deal with “new” systematics in teaching. Will students care that
Gomphus, Phallus and Ramaria are related if they don’t know what they are?
• First-time teaching discussion – moderated by organizers
3:00-3:30PM Coffee break, catered on site, with coffee, tea, cheese and crackers
3:30-5:00PM Session 4: Syllabus workshop
Format: small group break-out sessions; processing of teaching
materials contributed by MSA members
Location: Gruening 408, 206, 208
Coordinators: Anne Pringle and Tom Volk
5:00-5:30PM Closing panel discussion, all participants; Gruening 409
6:00PM Picnic barbecue at Georgeson Botanical Garden on campus
-Walking directions will be provided
-Full but informal meal with beer and wine for social interaction
Monday, Aug. 1
6:00-7:45 AM Breakfast, Lola Tilley cafeteria (see campus map)
IMPORTANT: Your meal is already paid for. Please use the username FESIN and password FUNGI when checking out, and the cashier should swipe a card that will charge your breakfast to FESIN.
8:00-9:30 AM Session 5: Outreach and mycology for K-12 learners
Format: ‘teaching’ talks based on speakers’ experiences
handouts with key points and references (3 pages?)
Location: Gruening 408
Coordinator: Betsy Arnold
8:00-9:15am • Reaching STEM students – Susan Furr
9:15-9:30am • NSF ‘broader impacts’ – Betsy Arnold
9:30-10:00 AM Coffee break, catered on site
10:00AM-12:00PM Session 6: A mycoaction plan for MSA: from ideas to implementation
Goal: Draft mycoaction plan for MSA
Format: General discussion of everything we’ve learned, based on our own and each others’ mycoaction plans, and then small breakout groups, eventual sharing at re-gathered larger group.
Location: Gruening 408, 206, 208
Coordinator: Anne Pringle and Tom Volk