Believing in the value of continuing education, Augustana offers a variety of workshops that will allow you to grow both professionally and personally.  While most workshop participants are adults, high school seniors may also participate and receive college credit.

Workshops listed as 359/559 may be taken as undergraduate (359) or graduate (559) credit. Those listed as 659 are for graduate credit only.  Students must select which designation they seek at the time of registration and it may not be changed.

All workshops meet teacher certification/re-certification requirements as defined by the South Dakota State Department of Education unless noted. Please note the prefix (i.e. EDUC or COMM), as some workshops are approved for Education credit, while others are approved for English and still others are cross listed.

#1 Jan. 20—21, (Fri.—Sat.) Privacy and Technology: Ethical and Safe Electronic Communication
#2 Feb. 3—4 (Fri.—Sat.) Interactive Classroom Technologies
#3 Feb. 3—4 (Fri.—Sat.) Totally Language Canceled
#4 Feb. 10—11 (Fri.—Sat.) Discipline with Love and Logic  Postponed to March 9 & 10
#5 Feb. 24—25 (Fri.—Sat.) Autism and Asperger’s 
#6 Feb. 24—25 (Fri.—Sat.) Differentiating Instruction for Diverse Classrooms Postponed to March 23 & 24
#7 Mar. 2—3 (Fri.—Sat.) All Things Hamlet
#8 Mar. 2—3 (Fri.—Sat.) Creating Supplemental Elementary Classroom Materials
#9 Mar. 2—3 (Fri.—Sat.) Living in a Digital World
#10 Mar. 16—17 (Fri.—Sat.) All Things Macbeth
#11 Mar. 16—17 (Fri.—Sat.) Motivating Students to Achieve
#12 March 30—31 (Fri.—Sat.) Current Speech and Language Activities for the School-Based SLP
#13 April 13—14 (Fri.—Sat.) Communicating Effectively
#14 April 20—21 (Fri.—Sat.) Communicating in the 21st Century
#15 April 20—21 (Fri.—Sat.) Managing Stress at Home and Work
#16 Apr. 27—28 (Fri.—Sat.) All Things Lear
#17 May 4—5 (Fri.—Sat.) Communication is Key!
#18 May 4—5 (Fri.—Sat.) Using Technology in the Cloud
 

#1 Privacy and Technology: Ethical and Safe Electronic Communication *New
What do students need to know to protect themselves and their privacy? In this workshop, we will look comprehensively at the ethics of communication and provide solutions for protecting one’s private data and communication with others. How your private information is obtained by identity thieves, fraudulent online behavior, online purchasing and banking will be explored, and safeguarding measures will be provided. Learn how to protect your online activities on computers, phones and tablets.
Instructor: Ray Christensen
Dates: Jan. 20—21, (Fri.—Sat.)
Enrollment Limit: 20
EDUC 659
Location: MC 001

#2 Interactive Classroom Technologies
Interactive technologies offer exciting ways to engage students with classroom material. Interactive whiteboards such as Smartboards and Sympodium screens enable instructors to visually communicate concepts, capture student ideas generated within class, and archive results of classroom activities. Audience Response Systems such as SMART Response (formerly Senteo) and TurningPoint allow instructors to immediately determine if class members understand a particular concept. Questions can be imbedded in PowerPoint presentations or developed 'on the fly'. This workshop will provide an opportunity for hands-on work with these interactive tools. Participants will leave having developed authentic applications tailored to their particular needs.
Instructor: Sharon Gray
Dates: Feb. 3—4 (Fri.—Sat.)
Enrollment Limit: 32
EDUC 359/559
Location: MC 001

#3 Totally Language Canceled
Language is uniquely human. Recent technological developments – MRIs and such -- have given linguists and others research capabilities impossible to imagine only a few short decades ago. This workshop attempts to survey the most recent discoveries, the work of contemporary scholars, and the pertinent historical background of this lively topic by exposition and shared inquiry. How are these recent discoveries used, or abused? Do lie detectors really work? What about body language? Are our changing sexual mores affecting our national discourse – or is it the other way around? How can we make use in our daily lives of what we think we know?
Instructor: Allen Ouellette
Dates: Feb. 3—4 (Fri.—Sat.)
Enrollment Limit: 20
COMM/EDUC 359/559
Location: MC 101
Additional Fee: $15.00

#4 Discipline with Love and Logic
Learn how to end power struggles with students and set limits that you can enforce. Learn to deal with small and large behavior issues with so much confidence that you look forward to working with difficult students. The techniques presented in this workshop will enable you to teach your students to own and solve their own problems, think before they act, and become responsibly independent. These easy to learn techniques will result in better relationships with students, parents and your administrators. With practice, you can utilize your new skills in your class on Monday morning.
Instructor: Larry Anderson
Dates: Feb. 10—11 (Fri.—Sat.) Postponed to March 9 & 10
Enrollment Limit: 25
EDUC 359/559
Location: MC 164
Additional Fee: $15.00

#5 Autism and Asperger’s
This workshop provides an introduction to the Autism Spectrum, presenting the characteristics of autism and asperger's as well as eligibility criteria for both. Teaching strategies presented in this workshop will include schedules, physical boundaries, positive behavioral supports, social stories, communication strategies and ways to facilitate social interaction. Finally, disability awareness and ways to help peers understand autism and how to interact with children who have autism will be discussed.
Instructors: Kim Dobson and Linda Ingerson
Dates: Feb. 24—25 (Fri.—Sat.)
Enrollment Limit: 30
EDUC 359/559
Location: HUM 102
Additional Fee: $2

#6 Differentiating Instruction for Diverse Classrooms
Have you ever spent valuable time and effort on a lesson only to find some of you students are apathetic and not interested? Have you ever wondered why a lesson is motivating to one learner and brings yawns to another? Learn how the brain works to reinforce learning naturally and how you can use that knowledge to improve student achievement. Learn to identify your teaching style, your students’ learning styles and then who to adjust your lessons to maximize student engagement. Learn the four basic areas where instruction can be differentiated, as well as over twenty practical methods you can start using on Monday morning that will help you motivate your students, and make your lessons meaningful to each one!
Instructor: Larry Anderson
Date: Feb. 24—25 (Fri.—Sat.) Postponed to March 23 & 24
Enrollment Limit: 25
EDUC 359/559
Location: HUM 201
Additional Fee: $10.00

#7 All Things Hamlet
This workshop is intended to assuage your fear of Shakespeare. We’ll start with some simplified background preparation and go on to the DVD of Franco Zifferelli’s version of the play starring Mel Gibson, Glenn Close and Helena Bonham Carter. Then we’ll go on to explore specific scenes and themes. We’ll read some scenes to get a feel for the language (bring your best reading voice), and we’ll discuss the issues involved (bring your best thinking cap to class). The text we’ll use is The Pelican Shakespeare Hamlet (ISBN 978-0-14-071454-8). It’s available at most bookstores or via the internet for about $8.00. It’s easier for everybody to follow along if everybody has the same text.
Instructor: Allen Ouellette
Dates: Mar. 2—3 (Fri.—Sat.)
Enrollment Limit: 15
ENGL 359/559
Location: MC 164
Additional Fee: $5

#8 Creating Supplemental Elementary Classroom Materials
Research supports visual learning strategies to increase content area learning, compliance and task completion. This workshop will introduce participants to Boardmaker and Writing with Symbols software. Participants will have the opportunity to learn how to use these programs to create lotto learning games, flashcards, worksheets, and behavioral supports. These materials benefit typical children as well as English language learners and children with a variety of learning difficulties.
Instructors: Linda Ingerson and Kimberly Dobson
Dates: March 2—3 (Fri.—Sat.)
Enrollment Limit: 15
EDUC 359/559
Location: MC 001

#9 Living in a Digital World
We are living in a world where much has become digital; our access to information, our means of communication, our entertainment. This workshop will help participants become familiar with the digital tools that are available and explore ways of using those tools to make their lives richer. Topics include: How digital communications are redefining ‘community’, Protecting what is left of your privacy, Protecting yourself and your computer from cybercriminals, Censorship and the First Amendment, Computing in ‘the cloud’ and preparing for what the future holds.
Instructor: Sharon Gray
Dates: March 2—3 (Fri.—Sat.)
Enrollment Limit: 32
EDUC 359/559
Location: MC 002

#10 All Things Macbeth
After a bit of necessary background preparation, we'll start by viewing Roman Polanski's version of the play starring Jon Finch and Fancesca Annis. We'll look at specific themes, read and discuss specific scenes. We'll attempt to determine whether Macbeth is flummoxed by the Wyrd Sisters – or duped into murdering Duncan by his own ambition and that of his wife. Is he prompted to action more by his determination to prove the witches wrong about his lineage or by Lady Macbeth's urging to contest it like a man? Why does he tell her to "bring forth men-children only"? Just exactly what are the witches? Participants are asked to read (or re-read) the play in preparation for the workshop. The recommended text is from the Pelican Series Macbeth, edited by Stephen Orgef (ISBN 0-14-01.1478-2), available at most bookstores or over the internet for about $8.
Instructor: Allen Ouellette
Dates: Mar. 16—17 (Fri.—Sat.)
Enrollment Limit: 15
ENGL 359/559
Location: MC 102
Additional Fee: $5

#11 Motivating Students to Achieve
Are you willing to spend a few hours of your time learning how to get your students to become intrinsically motivated to achieve? Would you like to get even your toughest students motivated to learn? Learn how the brain works to reinforce learning naturally and how you can use that knowledge to improve student achievement. This workshop will help you get your students thinking as much about learning as you do. Easy to learn but highly effective techniques can be applied immediately when you return to your classroom.
Instructor: Larry Anderson
Dates: March 16—17 (Fri.—Sat.)
Enrollment Limit: 25
EDUC 359/559
Location: MC 101
Additional Fee: $10.00

#12 Current Speech and Language Activities for the School-Based SLP
This class is designed for speech-language pathologists who work in a K-12 school setting. It will cover a variety of topics and methodologies in the field of speech-language pathology, including vocabulary, comprehension, articulation, pragmatic language and using technology to enhance your therapy. You will create activities to take to work on Monday! Bring a flashdrive so you can save your work.
Instructors: Linda Ingerson and Terri Jensen
Dates: March 30—31 (Fri.—Sat.)
Enrollment Limit: 25
CMDS 359/559
Location: MC 001
Additional Fee: $5

#13 Communicating Effectively *New
Would you be willing to spend a few hours of your time to learn how to build better relationships with the important people in your life? Learn how to really listen and to paint vivid word pictures that effectively get your messages across in a manner that is easily understood and remembered. Easy to learn but very effective techniques can be applied immediately in your home, at your job or in your school.
Instructor: Larry Anderson
Dates: April 13—14 (Fri.—Sat.)
Enrollment Limit: 25
EDUC 359/559
Location: MC 164
Additional Fee: $10

#14 Communicating in the 21st Century
In today’s world we are exposed to anywhere from 850 to 3,000 advertisements per day. The average teen sends nearly 3,350 texts per month. On average, people spend 4 hours and 39 minutes per month on Facebook! Face to face communication is quickly becoming a dying art. Learn how to use social media and the art of face to face communication to engage your audience, your spouse or your classroom. You will have the opportunity to learn how to use the social media as an effective communicating tool and gain effective communication skills through learning and practice.
Instructors: Sharlen Krause and Tammy Fenner
Dates: April 20—21 (Fri.—Sat.)
Enrollment Limit: 12
EDUC 359/559
Location: MC 001
Additional Fee: $5

#15 Managing Stress at Home and Work *New
Have you been bothered by stress? Have you had problems letting go of your worries? Find out how stress affects you. Learn effective methods of managing your stress that can be applied immediately. You don’t have to feel overwhelmed by life.
Instructor: Larry Anderson
Dates: April 20—21 (Fri.—Sat.)
Enrollment Limit: 25
EDUC 359/559
Location: MC 101
Additional Fee: $10

#16 All Things Lear
King Lear is one of the longest of Shakespeare’s plays, and it is one of the most intricate and compelling. It was not a favorite with the Elizabethan audience, and its harsh cynicism and soul-wrenching has been described as too emotionally draining for audiences of later times as well. But it can be truly said of this play that that it has found its audience in our times. And it is remarkable in its appeal to our troubled struggles toward human equality and social justice. If it is true that clothes make the man (or woman), is it equally true that judicial robes and grandiose titles give dignity to our lives? Does the child of an important father deserve more respect than that of a beggar? These and other questions will be explored and discussed. Participants are asked to read (or re-read) the play in preparation for the class. The recommended text is from the Pelican Series King Lear, edited by Stephen Orgef (ISBN 978-14-071490-6) It’s available at most bookstores or on the internet for about $8.00
Instructor: Allen Ouellette
Dates: Apr. 27—28 (Fri.—Sat.)
Enrollment Limit: 12
ENGL 359/559
Location: MC 164
Additional Fee: $5

#17 Communication is Key!
Mean what you say and say what you mean! Effective communication is both an art and a science. Some people just know what to say. They know how to get their point across. Communication is an art for these people. Learning the science of clear communication is easy, but learning how to be an effective communicator is hard. Effective communicators practice both the art and science of interpersonal speaking skills. With this interactive workshop, you will learn both the art and science of effective communication, learn the skills of an effective communicator, and have a chance to practice those skills.
Instructor: Dr. Sharlen Krause
Dates: May 4—5 (Fri.—Sat.)
Enrollment Limit: 12
EDUC 359/559
Location: MC 164

#18 Using Technology in the Cloud
Computer users can now do many tasks on the Web using cloud computing that were previously done on their PC’s or laptops. Rather than purchasing and installing expensive application software such as word processors or image editors, users can now access Web-based applications that allow them to perform the same tasks by navigating to a specific URL. Most cloud applications are free or inexpensive (revenue is typically generated through ads). We will explore some of the many cloud technologies available, including image editors, productivity suites, web page creation and hosting, collaboration tools and much more.
Instructor: Sharon Gray
Dates: May 4 – 5 (Fri.—Sat.)
Enrollment Limit: 32
EDUC 359/559
Location: MC 001
 

Cost

The cost per one credit hour workshop is $120. A $50 non-refundable deposit is required at the time of registration, with the balance to be paid the first day of the workshop. If you are an educator who has had an Augustana student teacher under your supervision within the past two years, you may be eligible to take a workshop for half-price. Contact the Education Department (605.274.4629) to inquire about this benefit.

Registration

Students may pre-register for workshops by mail, phone or in person any time prior to the beginning of the workshop. The $50 non-refundable deposit is transferable up to two (2) weeks prior to the workshop and only within the same term. All unused deposits will be forfeited at the end of each term.

If registering by phone, you may call 605.274.4126 between the hours of 8:00 am and 5:00 pm. Registrations in person will be accepted at the Office of Academic Affairs, located on the 2nd floor of the Administration Building.

A registration form (.pdf) is available.

Workshop Schedule

Weekend workshops meet Friday 5:00 to 10:00 pm and Saturday 8:00 am to 6:00 pm.
Weekday workshops (Summer term only) meet Monday through Thursday either 8:30 am - 12:30 pm, or 1:00 - 5:00 pm, or 5:30 - 9:30 pm.

Grading System

Workshops are graded either Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory (S or U) or with A-F letter grades. Students must choose one form of grading, and cannot change to a different form after registration. The criteria for S/U grades are as follows: graduate students must earn a grade of B- or better to receive an S. Undergraduate students must earn a C- or better for an S. After grades have been received and processed a grade report will be sent to the student. There is no charge for Augustana transcripts, but requests must be made either in person or by writing to:

Registrar’s Office
2001 S. Summit Ave.
Sioux Falls, SD 57197
Fax: 605.274.4450.

Registration for workshops will be accepted up to one week prior to the workshop. The minimum number of participants is 8. If enrollment falls below this, the workshop is subject to cancellation. Please be sure to register early.

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HPER = Elmen Center
EMC = Edith Mortenson Center
GSC = Gilbert Science Center
HUM = Humanities Building
MC = Madsen Social Science Center