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Diagnosing Bipolar Disorder In Children, Tammy F. Shaffer

Counseling & Student Affairs Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Immigrant Children And Ptsd, Tammy F. Shaffer

Counseling & Student Affairs Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Digital Repository Management Through Contentdm: Thoughts And Impressions, Michael J. Bennett

UConn Library Presentations

No abstract provided.

Special Education & Idea 2004, Randall S. Dunn

Faculty Publications and Presentations

This presentation was made at the Liberty University School of Law on October 22, 2007, covering topics in special education law and the application of IDEA 2004 in the public school classroom.

Northern Utah Speaks: Usu's Oral History Effort, Randy Williams, Elisaida Méndez

Library Faculty & Staff Presentations

"Northern Utah Speaks: USU's Oral History Effort," is a PowerPoint presentation by Randy Williams (Fife Folklore Curator, USU Libraries' Special Collections Division) and Elisaida Méndez (Latino Voices Assistant Director) at the October 2007 Cache Community Connections meeting at Logan's Historic Tabernacle. The presentation gives an overview of USU's oral history efforts, especially the award winning Latino/a Voices Project.

As an outgrowth of the evening's endeavor, three local groups conducted oral history projects: Providence City, the Logan Presbyterian Church and the Cache Community Connection organization. And the Cache Community Connections and the Cache Valley Presbyterian Church have deposited their oral …

Eutrophication In Farmington Bay And Its Potential Impacts On Wildlife, Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh

Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Religion In Marriage And Family Counseling, Dr. Jill D. Duba

Counseling & Student Affairs Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Incorporating Religion In Your Counselor Education Program, Dr. Jill D. Duba

Counseling & Student Affairs Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Planning For And Enabling Success In Post-Secondary Transition, Randall S. Dunn

Faculty Publications and Presentations

This presentation is the first in a series addressing best practices in providing transition services for children moving towards post-secondary life experiences. Central Virginia’s school districts and the community at large wish to evaluate practice in the school districts and develop more effective practices as transition providers.

Presentation: Solar Cooking For Health, Jean Martinez-Welles

UNM Gallup Faculty Publications

This presentation gives basic information on solar cooking, advantages and disadvantages. Solar Cooking for Healthy Living.

An Online Course Design Model Utilizing Brain-Based Learning Theory, Abreena Walker Tompkins, Steve W. Deckard, John J. Pantana

Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Christianity In The American Woman's Movement, Brenda A. Ayres

Faculty Publications and Presentations

America’s founding fathers expected to grant rights and freedom to not only men, but also to women. However, efforts to realize this hope were foiled until the nineteenth century when Christians led the battle for woman’s suffrage .

Building Community With Online Students, Brenda A. Ayres

Faculty on Pedagogy

Statistics show that many students persevere and succeed to graduate from college when they are engaged in a community of learners. Building community is more challenging with electronic delivery but it can be done. Dr. Ayres shares tips on how to build community which will strengthen online as well as face-to-face classes. The PowerPoint includes notes, so after downloading, be sure to click “View Notes Page.”

Engaging The Spirit 2007: Topscholar™: Creating Information Possibilities, Connie Foster

TopSCHOLAR® Presentations and Reports

TopSCHOLAR™ is “The Database of Research and Creative Activity of Western Kentucky University.” It offers permanency, durability, and accessibility for discovering and storing content, such as articles, theses, conference papers, working papers, creative writing, and many other intellectual efforts of the University. TopSCHOLAR™ is indexed by Google Scholar and other metadata indexers. Each “deposit” has a permanent URL TopSCHOLAR™ supplements and complements existing information resources, and offers a publishing and archival opportunity where none existed before at one central web site.

The Freshman Assembly At Wku, Cort Basham

Engaging the Spirit Presentations 2007: Tools for Student Success

Implementation of the Freshman Assembly at WKU (Western Kentucky University) has increased over the past three years, provides a meaningful ceremony for students, produced campus-wide value and buy-in, offers incentives for student attendance, and uses new technology to capture participation statistics, as well as communicates the message of student engagement.

Wku Campus-Wide Leadership Awareness Survey, Andrew Wulff, Ashley Chance

Engaging the Spirit Presentations 2007: Tools for Student Success

Institutions should assess the awareness of leadership needs on their campuses before fully devleoping strategies and programs to address these needs. This presentation reviews survey results sent to students, faculty and administrators at Western Kentucky University (WKU) to assess the need for leadership instruction. Demographic data collected.

Using Urban Landscapes As Tools For Student Leadership Development, David J. Keeling

Engaging the Spirit Presentations 2007: Tools for Student Success

Global experiences as a tool for student engagement and learning are stressed. Using two different urban landscapes as the learning environment, Professor Keeling demonstrates how students in a study abroad program engaged with leadership in planning principles. He uses images and maps to introduce participants to the student engagement learning process. Reading urban landscapes and teaching basic leadership principles are useful ways to enhance the global experience of students.

The Teacher Work Sample: An Authentic Assessment, Lisa D. Murley, S. Kay Gandy

Engaging the Spirit Presentations 2007: Tools for Student Success

How can universities effectively use data to answer questions about student performance? Western Kentucky University is one of eleven teacher preparation institutions in ten states that participated in the federally funded Renaissance Partnership Project, which implements the Teacher Work Sample (TWS) as an assessment tool focused on improving the quality of their graduates. Across all disciplines, education students construct a unit of study that includes contextual information, pre-assessment rationale for the unit, assessment data,analysis and reflection. The College of Education uses the TWS to evaluate the proficiency of the teacher candidates' abilities to develop learning outcomes, analyze assessment results and …

Transforming Classroom Instruction Into Professional Practice: Bass Fishing Or Dodgeball Anyone?, Fred Gibson, Raymond Poff, Tammie Stenger-Ramsey, Derek Hottell

Engaging the Spirit Presentations 2007: Tools for Student Success

Our challenge as educators is helping prepare students for "real world" success by creating situations in which students can apply classroom instruction in professional contexts. This presentation focuses on multiple examples of WKU faculty facilitating meaningful, exciting, and marketable experiences for students in an attempt to teach valuable material.

Student Engagement And The Wku Veterans History Project, Gary L. Villereal Ph.D., Director

Engaging the Spirit Presentations 2007: Tools for Student Success

Through partnership with the Library of Congress, American Folklife, and the Veterans History Project, student engagement has increased significantly after video recording military veterans. The Veterans History Project (VHP) is available for campus-wide participation; interviews can be integrated into course assignments. Reports from students who have participated are noted and a pre and post survey support an increase in student engagement p>0.003 statistically significant difference.

Peers Leading Peers, John P. Baker

Engaging the Spirit Presentations 2007: Tools for Student Success

Presented by John P. Baker, Education Coordinator, The Center for Leadership Excellence at Western Kentucky University. The mission of Western Kentucky University’s Center for Leadership Excellence is to enhance currently existing leadership programs, and to expand leadership education, training, and development for the University and its constituent groups. The Center envisions a future in which it is known regionally and recognized nationally for providing access to programs where students and other citizens can engage more effectively in society. The Center will develop individual and group potential to improve the quality of life in the University’s target mission area.

A Survey: A Simple Tool To Measure Computer Literacy, George Kontos Ed.D.

Engaging the Spirit Presentations 2007: Tools for Student Success

Kontos describes a tool to measure the computer background of students. The tool is a short survey that collects data, a method for analysis, and suggestions for interpretation. Students surveyed were in an introductory computer class. Limitations are also shown, as well as adaptations for classes other than computer-based subjects.

Using Simulation To Prepare Nursing Students, Dawn M. Garrett Ph.D. (C), Rn, Lisa Proctor Bsn,Rn

Engaging the Spirit Presentations 2007: Tools for Student Success

This presentation facilitates discussion of benefits and uses of simulation in curricula by describing use of the Human Patient Simulators with undergraduate nursing students. Target audience is faculty who are interested in integrating simulations into clinical and/or labortatory experiences with focus on how to accomplish this, possible pitfalls, and benefits.

Toward Meaningful Academic Library Ratio Analysis, Brinley Franklin

UConn Library Presentations

No abstract provided.

Where Do We Get The Next Generations Of Space Engineers & Scientists?, Robert J. Twiggs

Robert "Bob" Twiggs STEM Education Collection

A PowerPoint Presentation created by Professor Bob Twiggs titled "Where do we get the Next Generations Of Space Engineers & Scientists?" from August 13, 2007.

Navigating Religious Rights Of Teachers And Students, Samuel J. Smith

Faculty Publications and Presentations

Despite the notion that First Amendment rights are established, valued, and respected in the United States, there continues to be confusion in public schools that leads to legal conflict over issues associated with freedoms of speech and expression, especially as they relate to religious issues. Navigating the religious rights of teachers and students can be a precarious undertaking, as administrators’ decisions regarding the expression of religious beliefs continue to be highlighted in the media and many times are resolved in the court system at great expense to school districts.

The purpose of this paper is to clarify religious rights issues …

Ilrc Student Worker Orientation, Marcy Pride

Faculty Publications and Presentations

This presentation was made at the 2007 ILRC Student Worker Orientation. Some 90 students , 10 library faculty and about 10 library staff members also had a part in the half day orientation.

Engaging Students With Special Communication Needs, Lauren Bland, Richard Dressler, Joseph Etienne, Frank Kersting, Debbie Parsley

Engaging the Spirit Presentations 2007: Tools for Student Success

Students with special needs are enrolling in college at an increasing rate. For a campus, such as the one at Western Kentucky University, where student engagement is a guiding principle, it is critical that faculty members are prepared for and have resources to ensure that all students can participate in engagement activities. Faculty members from the Department of Communication Disorders share strategies for engaging students with a wide range of special needs, including autism, hearing loss, traumatic brain injury and cerebral palsy.

Library Disaster Recovery: Lessons Learned And Opportunities Seized, Bruce Neville, Anne Schultz

Disaster Recovery

No abstract provided.

Teacher Candidates In The Urban Environment, Kathie C. (Johnson) Morgan

Faculty Publications and Presentations

Teacher candidates are often reluctant to enter the urban environment, fearing poor discipline, safety issues, and culture mismatch. The Partners in Education Program thru the Lynchburg City Schools allows Liberty University Students to become involved with inner city students and experience the urban environment.