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"A Little Bit of This and Not Too Much of That..." Is there a recipe for class display load level in elementary schools?
Get PDFThe classroom display in elementary schools, usually, manifests the teacher's effort and vision. However, upon entering an elementary school classroom one will usually encounter a visual overload. How can teachers determine the appropriate amount of elements that would be on display? How can they know what is the accurate recipe for a pleasant and efficient display? It seems that, in practice, this might resemble your grandma’s cake recipe, which was passed down from generation to generation. “Just put a little bit of this and not too much of that…” This article aims to give an overview about these questions and to supply a few ideas and solutions.
Appreciative Advising and New Student Orientation
Get PDFSouth Dakota State University utilized Appreiciative Advising strategies and activities in the summer of 2015 during its New Student Orientation sessions. Nearly 2,000 new students and their families participated in activities throughout their one and a half day stay on campus in June and July. Adding Appreciative Advising to New Student Orientation led to many thoughtful conversations about how the students time at South Dakota State Univeristy can impact and help them reach their dreams
Engaged research and practice: Higher education and the pursuit of the public good
Get PDFGrounded in Boyer’s (1990) call for higher education to address “consequential problems” of society (p. 21), Engaged Research and Practice: Higher Education and the Pursuit of the Public Good highlights research and practice within the National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good (the National Forum) to demonstrate how engaged scholarship can have a direct impact on local, state, and national communities. By giving examples of engaged scholarship at these varying levels of community, Engaged Research and Practice provides snapshots of engagement at different scales, thus advancing a concept of engaged research that moves beyond working with a local neighborhood or a non-profit organization. These chapters provide examples of organizational change at the institutional level and state and national initiatives all informed by or part of engaged research for the public good
Reaching university students via partnerships with non-academic departments
Get PDFThough libraries have long formed important relationships with academic departments via liaison librarians, the time has come to “sell” library services through non-academic departments via mutually beneficial partnerships. Partnerships with non-academic departments can be instrumental in reaching students who do not seek assistance from the library but who need it. By forming a win-win partnership with departments such as Career Services, Student Affairs, Counseling Services and others, use of library resources and the number of students served increases. The partnerships can also result in an improved standing of the library in the campus community.This paper provides examples of successful partnerships with measured outcomes that demonstrate the win-win of such partnerships
Preparing for Change: The Development of a Multiliteracy Communication Studio
Get PDFCommunication center directors and consultants are faced with the challenge of providing multimodal communication advice and assistance to clients. While such assistance is often routinely provided by centers branded as mono-modal writing or speaking centers, it is possible to rebrand as a multiliteracy center and explcitly advertise assistance with a variety of communication modes and mediums. This case study of one small, private midwestern university details the creation of a multiliteracy studio from early conception and needs assessment through construction and the first two years of operation. Decisions about space, technology, pedagogical approach to consultations and consultant training are discussed. The needs assessment methodology and specific findings may be useful to others planning to rebrand as a multiliteracy center
Book Review: The Craft of Scientific Presentations
No full textA review of the book by Michael Alley, the Craft of Scientific Presentations
Journalistic techniques in communication centers
Get PDFCommunication centers offer speakers an opportunity to engage in a tutoring experience (consultation) where students work with a trained consultant who can help brainstorm, organize, and refine their oral presentation. Consultants working in communication centers are often faced with the issue of how to engage their speaker during the consultation. In this article, the author discusses how communication center consultants can employ journalistic techniques to engage students in the critical thinking process. Four techniques employed by journalists during an interview that communication center consultants can implement into their consultations are: begin with the easy questions, maintain self-control, listen and listen well, and take nothing at face value. Consultants providing students with feedback on brainstorming and organization can best implement these techniques and offer a way to critically think about a speech and allow the speaker to take on an active role in the learning environment
Does This Feel Empowering? Using Métissage to Explore the Effects of Critical Pedagogy
Get PDFThe extent to which critical pedagogy disrupts the relations of dominance inside postsecondary classrooms, or empowers students to take socially just action beyond the classroom has been debated and challenged for decades. Through the use of métissage, an interpretive inquiry method that affords collaborative interrogation of individual autoethnographic writings, we five participants in the same critical pedagogy course conducted a post-course inquiry project in order to explore what we had learned through the course. Through this inquiry project, we have come to a deeper understanding of critical pedagogy praxis. Ultimately, what we learned through the use of this inquiry method maintains important implications for postsecondary educators
Communication Center Journal, Volume 1
No full textContents:RESEARCH“The Value of Research on Communication Centers: Ideas for Future Directions” – Kathleen J. Turner – page 3“Using a Mixed-Methodological Approach to Assess the Communication Lab: Gaining Insights and Making Improvements” – Lindsey B. Anderson, Lauren Berkshire Hearit, Melanie Morgan, & Jane Natt – page 9PRAXIS“Art as a Means of Exploring Public Speaking Anxiety: One Communication Center’s Expressions” – Kimberly M. Cuny – page 37“Strategies for Assessment in Communication Centers: Perspectives from Across the Field” – Danielle Leek, Russell Carpenter, Kimberly M. Cuny, & P. Anand Rao – page 49“Embracing Collaborative Opportunities Between Communication Centers and Departments: Examining an ePortfolio Bootcamp” – Jennifer Fairchild & Russell Carpenter– page 6