October 2024 Newsletter

#ProfesoresTEC Newsletter - October 2024 Edition




Boletín #ProfesoresTEC

#ProfesoresTec Newsletter
The most relevant information you need to know as a teacher in the period August - December 2024.
 
 
Teaching Excellence
 
Tutorials
CEDDIE launches a series of quick tutorials! 
 
As part of its commitment to provide you with tools that facilitate your teaching work, CEDDIE launched a new series of tutorials that address the most frequently asked questions at the Conexión CEDDIE help desk. These quick resources will guide you through the main processes of managing a learning unit, while you wait to be assisted by a CEDDIE advisor. 

Explore the quick tutorials here and get to know more details here.

 
 
12 AI apps to innovate in the classroom
Practice using generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications for educational purposes. Get new ideas for integrating the exploration of generative AI applications into your classes. This course is available in the CEDDIE development offer, in the Innovation section. 

Click here to view the courses in the development offer.

Take your educational videos to the next level with VideoLab Tec
In VideoLab Tec you will find guides, tools, and tutorials with everything you need to know to create quality, innovative, and engaging videos for your students.

Explore the tutorials created by experts here.

 
 
Canvas Café: Innovation and connection
Canvas Café provides an innovative and collaborative environment where professors share knowledge and practices related to the Canvas platform in a face-to-face setting. This space fosters creativity and direct interaction, allowing participants to apply concepts in real-time and build professional relationships.

Learn more here.

Canvas
 
 
 
Educational Innovation
 
Skill Studio
Skill Studio: “Shape” TecGPT's AI to what you need
 
With Skill Studio you will be able to automate prompts and create apps that will help you with your teaching practice by incorporating AI. With this, you will generate more dynamic and enriching interactions. You don't need to know how to program to make the AI work for you in a unique way! 

Find out more about Skill Studio here and stay tuned for the workshops starting October 14.

 
 
Learn how to use TecGPT
In addition to images for your classes, summarizing and synthesizing a text, or making rubrics for your activities, do you know what other uses can you give to TecGPT? To find out, take the course available at SuccessFactors and learn more about this powerful tool that is always available for you.

Follow this route to access the course: mitec > SuccessFactors > My Learning > Find Learning > AO B.0.0.38

New feature in Canvas: Summary of discussion forums using AI
Discover this exclusive feature for professors that will allow you to efficiently analyze and understand your students' contributions in discussion forums. Optimize your time and boost classroom conversations! Click the “resumir” (summarize) button to activate this feature in your discussion forums.

Explore all the details here.

 
 
 
Wellbeing
 
Wellbeing
Would you like to improve your social-emotional skills? 
 

Don't miss the “Work, well-being, and health: Developing strengths for educators” conference. This space seeks to help you grow personally while promoting a healthier and more enriching educational environment. 

*Conference in Spanish. 

Join online here on October 30 from 16:00 to 17:00 h by clicking the “Enter the talk” button on the CEDDIE website.

 
 
Upcoming conference: Neuroeducation as a route to emotional well-being
Identify how neuroeducation principles can promote effective learning and emotional well-being among your students.

*Conference in Spanish.

Join online here on October 9 from 16:00 to 17:00 h by clicking the “Enter the talk” button on the CEDDIE website.

Upcoming workshop: Tips to increase well-being
Learn how the continuous practice of small actions can make a big difference in improving your well-being.

*Workshop in Spanish.

Join online here on October 23 from 16:00 to 17:30 h by clicking the “Enter the workshop” button on the CEDDIE website.

 
 
Did you know
 
 
 
Announcements
 
Announcements
3rd International Conference on Advanced Materials and Additive Manufacturing
 
Explore the implications of nearshoring and how it improves operational agility and efficiency, responding to the demand for sustainability by reducing the carbon footprint and strengthening regional supply chains. Through the Institute of Advanced Materials for Sustainable Manufacturing (IAMSM), Tecnológico de Monterrey hosts its 3rd Conference and brings together the best researchers and experts to discuss the latest advances and challenges.

Register here and join this hybrid and free event from October 29-30. 

 
 
Learn about innovative proposals for the use of AI in education 
In this conference called “AI in the discipline”, innovative professors will share with you some of the proposals on the use of AI in teaching designed during the AI Summit 2024. You could adapt some of them into your classes! Connect to the session next October 30 at 16:00 h and learn more about AI and its transformative role in education. 

Click here to join on the day of the session and click here to learn about more events.

 
 
Our Faculty
 
Sintonia CEDDIE
Do you have an experience that could inspire fellow professors? 
 
Be part of “Historias de la Facultad”, the new podcast where you can share how you identified a challenge in your academic environment and how you addressed it with creativity and dedication. Share how you are transforming your classroom and inspire fellow educators with your most valuable projects and teaching strategies.  

Learn more here and listen to the first episode here!

 
Apply to the 2024-2025 Faculty Classification Call!
Advance in your teaching career and apply to the call at:

The application call is for Full-time Faculty with positions such as Professors, Research-Oriented Professors, and Academic Directors.

Check the website here.

The ECOA for Period 2 and Week 1 is coming up
Please be reminded that the ECOA for Period 2 and Week 1 will be available from October 10 to October 16.

Encourage your students to participate in this important process available at mitec > ECOA

 
 
Favorites
 
Enter the remote attention service here:
Conexión CEDDIe
Additional questions? Contact the team at:
TecServices
Your favorites!

 

Quickly access the sites you use most as a teacher:
Mitec
Canvas
eLumen
Ceddie
Biblioteca
 

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