KCKCC's Faculty Support

Dr. Rob Flaherty gives us the low-down on the Master teacher retreat coming up the first weekend in April 2009. Podcast begins with 30 second summary, then follows with: description/ definition of terms, goals, requirements and the payoff (benefits) to the individuals and the schools that send them. Approximately 3 1/2 minutes long.

My last 8 min. "session" - and again it's different. Audience participation brought focus more to the philosophy of Web 2.0, and a great idea is shared from a Professional developer, Dr. Page Wolf, on Recognizing Faculty. Again, see the blog at http://kckccfacultysupport.blogspot.com/2008/11/web-20-controlling-message.html

My 2nd 8 min. "session" - and despite the same goal and content, it's different. The audience started with a question and new themes within the topic got attention such as: ESL/ international students, the Gutenberg project, wikis and free short story audio available on the web. Again, see the blog at http://kckccfacultysupport.blogspot.com/2008/11/web-20-controlling-message.html

Greg presented a GIFT (great ideas for teaching/training) session on Web 2.0 Applications at an international conference. The unique format of the sessions(multiple condensed 8 minute presentations repeated for changing audiences) offers an idea for teaching in itself, and posting the "same" content multiple times allows us to critique his presentation and see how it evolved. See blog post for further details at http://kckccfacultysupport.blogspot.com/2008/11/web-20-controlling-message.html .

Here Police Chief Schneider discusses the mission of the Department, the importance of community, and the meaning of community policing.

In this episode we talk with Police Chief Gregg Schneider and learn 1) why new hires need to check in and talk with campus police 2) the difference between "security" and a real police department and 3) the services the KCKCC Police Department offers - how they can help.

Introduction. The role, purpose and philosophy of the KCKCC Writing Center (WC) including: hours, location and a description of what they do with students.

In this episode we interview Tasha Haas and learn about her recent trip to the Association of Writing Programs Conference in NY, where networked with professionals in creative writing. We discuss applications for the composition classroom and what she learned.

Judy is using Tegrity to video cast lectures to an on ground class that meets face to face. Using solid pedagogy and cutting edge technology she's had dramatic sucess despite initial concerns from her students. She's covering more content online and making class time more student centered and active. Lectures are shorter and more efficent, classes are more fun and test scores have gone up.

In this episode we interview Dr. Gregg Ventello, who presented a symposium on Race, Terrorism and Black Resistance. Gregg gives us a brief summary of his paper, and talks briefly about how and why he got interested in the topic, why it's relevant, and what America's rich and turbulent racial heritage can teach us.