Teaching in Troubled Times: More Than Words by The Center for Teaching and Learning https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx November 2, 2021, 12-1:30pm PST en-us 2021-10-21 22:41:11 UTC 2025-10-02 19:21:52 UTC hello@padlet.com Column 1: Intention Setting BerkeleyCTL https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1834823539 Reflect on your goals for attending today's session. What do you hope to experience, discuss, or learn more about today?

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Then select and drag your post over to the correct column.]]> 2021-10-21 22:52:02 UTC https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1834829990 https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862620526 Expanded learning and colleague wisdom sharing]]> 2021-11-02 19:12:12 UTC https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862620526 https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862622958 New perspectives]]> 2021-11-02 19:13:22 UTC https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862622958 How to use language as a tool for reflection, growth, and learning--not just performance/signalling. https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862623239 2021-11-02 19:13:31 UTC https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862623239 Learn what timely issues are on people's minds https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862623592 2021-11-02 19:13:43 UTC https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862623592 https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862623773 Time to critically reflect on language I and we use in the university]]> 2021-11-02 19:13:48 UTC https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862623773 subtly inclusive vs. exclusive language https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862625112 2021-11-02 19:14:28 UTC https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862625112 Continue to get better at words I use https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862625773 2021-11-02 19:14:45 UTC https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862625773 Universal Design principles/pedagogies https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862626386 including best practices for syllabi construction/wording  ]]> 2021-11-02 19:15:03 UTC https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862626386 Learn more and reflect on language https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862626511 2021-11-02 19:15:07 UTC https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862626511 https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862629009 resources for GSI's as well for language]]> 2021-11-02 19:16:22 UTC https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862629009 resources for best practices in advising/mentoring https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862656462 2021-11-02 19:29:17 UTC https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862656462 Balance https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862678218 Within our instruction and student support, how do we balance the need to center the impact of these troubled times, with the trauma/fatigue this presents, and with the energies and opportunities of this moment? Further, how do we do this within the context of UC Berkeley and other institutions' determination to be "post" Covid, BLM, etc. ?]]> 2021-11-02 19:40:01 UTC https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862678218 https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862678476 Increase my learning and practice of anti-racism work. I hope to integrate this learning/practice into my courses and I would appreciate any concrete examples that others have to share.]]> 2021-11-02 19:40:09 UTC https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862678476 but how do you stop people from usurping the language without depth? https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862690789 2021-11-02 19:46:17 UTC https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862690789 https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862703058 There seem to be cases where some don't use the right language but fully manifest antiracism in their practice in contrast to some who have mastered the latest and greatest language but continue to manifest white supremacy in practice.]]> 2021-11-02 19:52:30 UTC https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862703058 Learn what the words that this conversation is about mean to different people and whose definition/meaning we should use to be more inclusive, increase equity and justice. sarah_bichler https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862706801 2021-11-02 19:54:33 UTC https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862706801 https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862733416 I am curious how we change antiracism behavior on a large-scale. Will it start with changing language first? It feels like we may do a lot of good for our school, but how do we make these ideas spread faster in areas where people are often turned off by language they perceive as elite or politically correct?]]> 2021-11-02 20:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862733416 Time Tables https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862739669 Are our strategies radical enough to meet the immense challenges of our times as we face ever-expanding wealth inequity & class oppression and health disparities in the context of climate catastrophe? For instance, do things like a DEI departmental strike or other things need to be put on the table?]]> 2021-11-02 20:13:03 UTC https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862739669 language in community/schools https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862740690 appreciate the need to dismantle and disrupt existing language beyond what already exists in these white supremacy structures; AND how do we do that when leading teachers, schools and others toward change? sometimes the language can be so jargony, it can alienate our audiences & partners]]> 2021-11-02 20:13:38 UTC https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862740690 https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862744982 I can’t remember who said this, but an anti-racism scholar said he wishes we would change “Diversity and Inclusion” to “Racial Justice and Equity”. Do others agree?]]> 2021-11-02 20:15:50 UTC https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862744982 The speakers' comments make me think about how "community college" is explicitly something that UC Berkeley is not. What would it look like to be a "community university?" I'm trying to imagine a research university that is less hierarchal, less rooted in ancient power/privilege dynamics. https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862746202 2021-11-02 20:16:33 UTC https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862746202 resources I wanted to share if we got into abolition work - https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862746706 United In Struggle 
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10714839.2021.1961444

Native Resistance and the Carceral State
https://rustbeltradio.org/2018/07/11/ep19/

]]> 2021-11-02 20:16:51 UTC https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862746706 pragmatics for expressing anti-racism in day-to-day classroom practices in higher ed settings like ours. https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862750049 2021-11-02 20:18:48 UTC https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862750049 https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862751166 As students in higher education, we hear about issues and begin to learn little by little but how can we bring up these topics to our family members that are not receiving an education?  ]]> 2021-11-02 20:19:21 UTC https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862751166 BerkeleyCTL https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862759660 https://cue.usc.edu/about/equity/ Equity definitions/ graphics from USC Center for Urban Education]]> 2021-11-02 20:24:22 UTC https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862759660 Practical resources https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862762955 Do you know of practical resources for faculty and GSIs to use on a day-to-day basis that are consistent with the ideas expressed here?]]> 2021-11-02 20:26:23 UTC https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862762955 Decolonization is not a metaphor (article) https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862770335 2021-11-02 20:30:41 UTC https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1862770335 "harm reduction" https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1868106510 have you noted the term "harm reduction" in education? I had a person use that to describe their institution's goals (I was supporting them to think through teaching Black/Brown students). The term threw me off a bit because I thought it assumed harm...not sure about its application in Ed]]> 2021-11-04 17:46:19 UTC https://padlet.com/BerkeleyCTL/sa7844ehfux5ftrx/wish/1868106510