Photos by Gary Graupman of Taft College
Location & Date
Friday, 24 Feb. 2012
This Year's Theme: "Motivating Our Students - Motivating Ourselves"
Presentations
Session One: 9:45 to 10:40 a.m.
Service
Learning: Writing with a Purpose Beyond the Classroom
Darlene Stotler, CSUB
(Grapevine)
Service Learning is the kind of
project that personifies Motivating Students...Motivating Ourselves. When
students realize that their writing skills and talents can transcend the
classroom and actually help others in the community, their sense of ownership
and responsibility is heightened. Expectations and results increase and
the overall feeling of satisfaction that comes from benefitting others
escalates a research project into a meaningful project for students,
instructors and most important of all—the recipients of the shared knowledge.
Literature Circles
Janet Duenas-Clifft
and Christina Mody, Bakersfield College (California Board)
Literature Circles is a highly
motivating reading program that allows students to take control of their own
learning by encouraging collaboration and constructing meaning with other
readers. Circles involve a small group of students exploring a piece of
literature in depth.
Turnitin.com:
More Than an Originality Check
Gary
Enns, Cerro Coso (San Jaoquin)
Have you used
Turnitin.com as an originality check? How about as a grading or peer review
tool? Since Turnitin’s inception in 1996, iParadigms has added to its Originality Report feature valuable new
grading and peer review features that make Turnitin a valuable interactive
learning tool. In this session, the presenter will offer an overview of
Turnitin’s updated features, demonstrate PeerMark
Review and GradeMark activities,
and lead a discussion on the lingering issue of Turnitin.com and student
intellectual property rights.
Motivating Students and Faculty: Grammar and Reading Cards
Kamala Carlson and
Jessica Grimes, Taft College (Mojave)
Pre-collegiate students benefit from
strategic reading strategies and organized writing formats, which lead to the
transference of these skills across the curriculum. The Grammar Cards (GC) and Increasing
Meta-Cognitive Active Learning Strategies (IMALS) build a bridge from
pre-collegiate to collegiate-level reading and writing while motivating students
and faculty across content areas.
Session Two: 1:00 to 1:55 p.m.
The Research Paper
Judy Kukuruza, Chris Dison, and Theresa Gaumond, Bakersfield
College and CSUB (Grapevine)
Students
learn to write research papers from a variety of sources and techniques that in
their research paper classes that in turn transfer to effective writing,
reading, and research skills in other college/university courses.
Using InsideBC/CC/PC to
Communicate with Students
Richard
Marquez, Bakersfield College (California Board)
Tired of spending hours on a website? KCCD's new Luminis portal is designed to help
you communicate with your students more easily.
During this workshop, I will walk you through how to access
InsideBC/CC/PC, upload files, send email, and broadcast announcements to your
students.
Teaching
is an Art—Creativity in the Classroom
Ann
Marie Wagstaff, Melissa Black, Melissa Long, Nicole Celaya, and Kathryn
Benander (San Jaoquin)
To motivate ourselves and our students,
we like to bring unusual and creative approaches to teaching what might
otherwise be viewed as mundane or ordinary. The “art” of teaching is what keeps
us fresh and enthusiastic. Each presenter will briefly offer one creative
technique used in her classroom to stimulate and motivate students. A discussion
to follow.
Transitions from High
School to College
Kim Flachmann, CSUB, and Vicki Spanos, Kern
High School District (Mojave)
This
session will be taking the notion of Building Bridges in another
direction--from college to high school.
What we all need to know about each other in order to do our jobs as
well as we can.
Session Three: 2:05 to 3:00 p.m.
Technology in the
Classroom: Internet Tools for Teachers
Denise
and Billy Mitchell, Bakersfield College (Grapevine)
We will demonstrate how to create an easy and informative Weebly
website teachers can use for their classes. We will also demonstrate Engrade, the
#1 Online Gradebook. Weebly and Engrade give teachers free and powerful tools
that aid the classroom and are available from any internet connection.
Contextualizing
Pronunciation Lessons to Motivate ESL Learners
Francisco
Gonzales and Linda Nadel, Intensive English Language Center/CSUB (California
Board)
This
presentation will discuss various motivational factors affecting ESL learners
and how understanding these factors is necessary for motivating learners and
contextualizing lessons in a pronunciation classroom setting. Lesson sequencing
will be delineated and two demonstration lessons will be conducted.
English and the Internet: Engaging Students with Online Resources
Rebecca Benas, Porterville College (San Jaoquin)
Sharing
sites, tools, blogs, and videos available online motivates students, provides
real-life practice, and adds instruction to a classroom, whether virtual or
real. Participants will leave with resources relating to the writing process,
analyzing cause and effect, poetry, drama, historical documents and more.
Using
Learning Communities Within Individual Classrooms
Jennifer
Brezina, College of the Canyons (Mojave)
While the research related to learning
communities is generally positive, there can also be logistical and
institutional barriers to implementing learning communities. This presentation
discusses ways to implement some of the principles of learning communities
within individual classrooms to improve student retention and success.
Administrators Honored at Conference
Listed in alphabetical order by institution.
Bakersfield
College
Ms. Nan Gomez-Heitzeberg, Executive Vice President
California
State University, Bakersfield
Dr. Jacqueline Mimms, Associate Vice President of Enrollment
Management
Dr. Kathleen Knutzen, Dean of Social Sciences and Education
Mr. Vikash Likhani, Executive Director of Enrollment Management
Kern
High School District
Ms. Vicki Spanos, Director of Instruction
Porterville
College
Dr. Antonia Ecung, Dean of Academic Affairs
Taft
College
Mr. Val Garcia, Associate Dean of Instruction
