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Professional Development Day at a Glance April 10, 2015

10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Faculty Poster Sessions

Innov8 (2014-15) & 1st Year Faculty (2014-15)

11:00 – 12:10 p.m. Lunch and Door Prizes LTB Auditorium (LTB 1100)

12:10 – 1:15 p.m. Session 1

1:15 – 1:25 p.m. Break

1:25 – 2:30 p.m. Session 2

2:30 – 2:40 p.m. Break

2:40 – 3:45 p.m. Session 3

If you are interested in celebrating the end of a great day and the beginning of a great weekend with some of your colleagues, meet us at

Gator’s Dockside post-PDD (4-ish)!

Lunch today is catered by:

Firehouse Subs

Your choice of turkey, roast beef, Italian, or veggie sandwich

Lays Chips & Cookie

Coke, Diet Coke, and Water

A special thanks to the President’s office for generously providing lunch!

For your convenience, maps of LTB, LAC and LLC are provided

at the back of the booklet.

A message from our President… April 10, 2015 Dear colleagues, Welcome to Professional Development Day 2015! Today, try to forget for a few hours about paperwork piling up on your desks or the emails flooding your inboxes. Instead, give your full attention to learning from your colleagues and expanding your skill sets. Believe me, the work will still be waiting for you tomorrow, but the opportunity to spend a whole day enriching yourselves will have come and gone. I extend my special thanks to our presenters who volunteered their time and expertise to make today’s exciting program possible. Dare to Soar, Eagles! Eileen Holden, Ed.D. President

Faculty Poster Sessions 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

LTB Main Hall

This is the second year that a poster session is offered during Professional Development Day. For those who have not had the opportunity to attend a poster session before, they are a form of presenting information and research by an individual or group of representatives at conferences or seminars. The posters presented today are facilitated by faculty who participated in 2014-15 Innvo8 and our 1st Year Faculty Workshop Series. We hope you are inspired by the efforts of our faculty poster presenters. Thank you so much for your support by participating! Innov8 Participants (Cohort 2 ) – Action Research Studies

1 Imbedded Games in my HUM 2020 F2F Class I was not happy with the passing rate of my first exam in HUM 2020 classes. The test grades improved as the semester went on. I implemented “games” as reviews and placed them on PAL to help the students become more comfortable with the knowledge and skills needed to excel on the exams.

Aaron Morgan

2 Global Studies and Technology in Literature 1000 The goals of this project in Literature 1000 were to increase student global perception and to increase student use of technology in the research and presentation of literature. Three assignments were selected to increase both goals.

Sallyanne Fitzgerald

3 Let the Games Begin! This research project evaluates the effectiveness of utilizing a video game to increase understanding of the principles of learning (specifically classical and operant conditioning) in an online PSY 2012 course.

Susan Moerschbacher

4 Moving Mobile Apps to the College Classroom This project discusses an action research study focused on developing a mobile learning model for developmental reading and writing students. Patterns of organization (illustration, compare/contrast, definition, etc.) were identified as a bottleneck for the skill-set progress of developmental readers and writers. The research study incorporated a mixed-method design measuring how and to what extent mobile learning in academic settings would prove beneficial to the developmental reading and writing students using the Inspiration app. The effectiveness of using the mobile app was measured by assessing students’ opinions of the use of reading and writing strategies and by analyzing student performance scores in relation to traditional developmental reading and writing strategies. The findings revealed students enjoyed using the mobile app and performed very well.

Lynda Wolverton

5 Technology-Based Interactive Activities to Enhance Critical Thinking Using interactive games and polling technology, the team sought to determine the effectiveness of these technologies on enhancing critical thinking. The project correlates how the interactive games and polling affected student test scores on higher-level thinking questions.

Danielle Delgiudice and Maggie Chaffin

6 The Impact of an Online Orientation Students are not submitting homework and assignments in PAL because of their lack of understanding of how to use the drop box. Students would email or call my office saying they had not submitted their assignments because the drop box was “not working.” They would try to bring them to my office or email them to me after the due date. This was impacting their grades. An online orientation was designed to specifically explain how to use the drop box in PAL. This orientation also helps the student to understand there are deadlines for assignments in PAL, and if the deadline is missed, the drop box is closed and will not accept submissions.

Karen Greeson

7 Jazz Up the Online Discussion Board This action research project was undertaken to address and hopefully improve low Discussion Board grades and brief/inaccurate discussion postings in my EDF 1005 online class. A variety of tools, technologies, and strategies are used to attempt to meet the objective.

Becky Pugh

8 “Stepping Up” to the Challenge of Integrating QSEN Competencies with Foundational Nursing Interventions Integration of the 6 QSEN Competencies (person-centered care, safety, teamwork and collaboration, informatics, evidence-based care, and quality improvement) requires critical thinking and is essential for providing safe, quality nursing care (Amer, 2014). Integrating the competencies with nursing interventions can be challenging for beginning nursing students. This project sought to determine if implementation of interactive hybrid nursing interventions modules increased beginning nursing students’ critical thinking skills and application of the QSEN core competencies. The foundational nursing interventions modules included simulated patient scenarios, critiquing of videos, online quizzes, and games.

Lynda Lowe Schaak

9 Making the Grade: Using Technology to Increase Performance on Standardized Tests Current generation students have a wide variety of tools at their fingertips--tablet computers with touch-screen interfaces, handheld cellular phone devices that access the internet and communicate across the globe, and laptop computers that weigh around two pounds. My goal was to utilize these devices for the benefit of a group of students who need to pass two standardized tests in order to progress in their academic careers: the FCAT Reading exam and the PERT college placement exam. My research includes "The Maker Movement Connects to the Classroom" by Greg Thompson (November 2014) and "Combining Traditional and Contemporary Texts: Moving My English Class to the Computer Lab" by Tracy J. Tarasiuk (April 2010), both relatively current perspectives in infusing technology in the classroom.

Lynsay McCaulley

10 Engaging Intensive Reading Students Through Interactive Online Resources (IOR) Reading continues to be a problem area for some high school students even at the collegiate level. To be successful readers, students must have explicit instruction in specific strategies to comprehend and a variety of ways to practice, practice, and practice. The use of

Marguerite Coke-Maxwell

technology, specifically interactive online resources, holds promise to solve these problems by engaging students that need a variety of activities to use reading strategies necessary to improve reading comprehension. Satisfaction surveys for each interactive resources helped determine the effectiveness of each activity.

11 A 3-Pronged Communication Strategy to Increase Student Retention in Online Sections of an Introductory Psychology Course An analysis of 6 online sections of PSY2012 – General Psychology showed a student withdrawal rate between 10% and 36% per section, with an average rate of 19%. The approach being used to decrease the withdrawal rate includes: Increasing communication from and with the professor via video presentations, increased email messages, virtual office hours, and a questions-for-the-professor forum. Increasing student interaction with each other and connection with the course content via large and small group discussions. Connecting the student with the college via news announcements of campus activities and opportunities.

Sandra Hinko

12 Using Technology to Provide Feedback for Independent Practice Music students are required to demonstrate mastery of their primary instrument. They receive a one hour private lesson once a week. We are researching the progress in vocal music study of students who use Media Share for real time feedback from the professor between their private lessons compared to those who do not use the software.

John Anderson and Michelle Manzi

13 Pearson Technology Implementation Impacts Student Success in Anatomy & Physiology 1 As facilitators of learning, instructors have a vital need to communicate and discuss with colleagues innovative instructional strategies to “enhance the teaching and learning environment” as defined by The Florida Master Teacher Seminar. Technology innovations can make education more effective and efficient. It was observed in Anatomy and Physiology 1 that students struggle to master lab content due to the amount of material required and unique science terminology, especially in the histology unit of lab that explores the concept of bodily organs being made of specific tissue types. To develop self-validation, iPads were used to promote self-verification of structure identification utilizing Pearson Practice Anatomy Lab 3.0. This method allowed instructors to interact with additional students and respond to detailed, in-depth questions to provide a connection between the terminology and the structural models. Additionally, students were prompted to complete Mastering Anatomy and Physiology online lab practical quizzes to test their progress on tissue identification prior to the lab practical exam. These implementations have increased student success and promoted internal student motivation by modeling how the use of technologies can enhance learning.

Terry Felten, M.D. Ph.D. and Lisa Smelser, Ed.D.

14 The Video-Conference Classroom The Video-Conference Classroom will give our students the opportunity of more class availability, specifically those students in outlying areas. The Video-Conference Classroom provides students the benefit of taking classes not otherwise available to them due to low enrollment, travel restrictions, or lack of instructor availability. It also captures the students who want a fully face-to-face connection with the professor, or a hybrid class format. Students and professors will be connected by video-conference technology within the classroom, with the Professor alternating campuses for class meetings. Instruction is delivered in real-time in both locations.

Cindy Gundling-Tucker

First Year Faculty Student Success Projects (2014-15) Presenters

16 Is ANYBODY Out There? Does ANYBODY Care? This poster presentation will address the need for effective ENGAGEMENT with students in a virtual or online classroom. The method implemented or "tested" for this presentation is simple yet practical, yielding great results. The poster presentation will be rich with student testimonials and feedback. It provides a glimpse into the "student's perspective" of what effective ENGAGEMENT looks like in the online environment and how we as faculty can best achieve this important goal.

Chasity Branham, Joan Connors, Mark Hartfield, and Von McGriff

17 College Algebra with POPS (Process Oriented Problem Solving) Each fall and spring semester a treatment class is compared to a control class in College Algebra. In the treatment class, POPS projects replace the traditional unit quizzes. POPS are Process Oriented Problem Solving collaborative graded projects designed to foster and develop creative and analytical thinking in contextual applications appropriate to the mathematical content of the course. The untested thesis is that there is a long-term benefit for students in the treatment classes.

David Rose

18 Financial Aid Early Warning System I have chosen to work on the issue of an early warning system for Financial Aid. This early warning system is comprised of items that can alert the financial aid office, staff, and director of financial aid to those who are at greatest risk of losing their financial aid. Polk State College and other colleges around the United States all seem to have the same issue with students in this category. The main reason is that it is not the responsibility of the professors to manage the finances of students. However, it is a part of the institutions duty as a business to ensure students are being serviced when they are signing up for financial aid. Speaking with the financial aid office staff, 60% of the students who have signed up for financial aid are at risk of losing or have lost their financial aid due to the office not being alerted in time to put a stop to these issues of problems that are plaguing the system. In short, this is money given to a college with the expectation of the student attending the college. Therefore, professors can be part of the system even though it is the responsibility of students to manage their own finances. This can be accomplished through the “Early Warning System.” The

Mark Mershon

alert system is quite simple for professors and involves a mirror system that is partially in place at the moment for academic warning. The system as a whole will be discussed further on my poster and subsequent paper following my presentation.

19 Instructing APA Formatting and Style Standards Through Computer Gaming College students often experience difficulties writing professional papers that adhere to American Psychological Association (APA) formatting and style standards. While students are introduced to the Modern Language Association (MLA) writing style in Polk State College composition courses, APA style is not presented. During upper- division courses in the social sciences, APA writing style is a required skillset, which results in profound student apprehension. To increase student knowledge and confidence in applying APA writing standards, students were exposed to a computer-based game designed to instruct and reinforce key APA concepts. Student APA knowledge was assessed before and after exposure to the game using a pretest/posttest, quasi-experimental methodology to determine the game’s effectiveness in instructing APA knowledge. The game and accompanying effectiveness test was deployed across multiple courses in two college departments.

Ryan Wallace and Joan Connors

20 Reinforcing Attendance with Semi-Formative Assessments Lack of attendance poses a significant problem in college courses, especially in mathematics. Missed classes will have a substantial impact, especially for those students who are struggling. It is therefore important to reinforce attendance, yet naming it mandatory via the syllabus does not seem to have the wanted outcome since actual participation rather than simple presence in the classroom is what matters most. On the other hand, there is significant amount of literature supporting the usefulness of formative assessments in the classroom. Use of formative assessment by teachers can help them to see how well the students learn the material while at the same time the learners can identify their true understanding by practicing under no pressure “for a grade” the newly presented material. Never the less, precisely the no-credit element causes a significant number of students to be indifferent to the formative assessment, thus nullifying the reason for which it was used in the first place. The purpose of my case study is to reinforce attendance and participation by introducing daily semi-formative assessments. In some of my classes, I introduced daily quizzes on recently-learned material with a very low weight towards the final grade (5-7%). In other courses, I did not introduce the quizzes, assigning instead completely formative assessments in class. Improvement using the semi-formative assessments will be discussed.

Alexandros Dimitriadis

21 Traditional VS Non-Traditional Students and their Perceptions of Accounting in an Introductory Accounting Course This study examined traditional and non-traditional undergraduate student perception of accounting in an introductory accounting course at two campuses of Polk State College. The consensuses of the student's perceptions were positive over the perceptional items measured. However, three of the items FORWARD (I am looking forward to this course), DIFFICULT (this course will be difficult), and

Austin Zekeri

INSTRUCTOR (the instructor will affect my opinion of the usefulness of this course) indicated a change between the groups. In the pre-survey response, non-traditional students perceived FORWARD and INSTRUCTOR higher than traditional students while both groups have an almost identical mean response for DIFFICULT. However, at the end of the semester (post survey) traditional students now perceived both FORWARD and INSTRUCTOR higher while non-traditional students now perceived the course to be more difficult. The findings in this study support the ideas and premise that non-traditional students are quite different from traditional students, not just because of the obvious age differences but because of the differences in job, related experiences, and their needs as relate to educational institutions.

22 Learning on the Go! Using Mobile Technologies to Enhance Classroom Learning The basis of this study is explore how today’s teachers and students utilize mobile technologies to improve instruction and learning in a variety of disciplines. Through conversations, observation and surveys, data will be gathered to show how smart phones, tablets, and even hand-held gaming devices are used in the educational process. In addition, the study will show how software, apps and websites are used for sharing, gathering, synthesizing and analyzing information. Results will be used to illustrate the types of devices, frequency of use, methods of use, and the impact on teaching and learning. This study will likely impact the increased importance and usefulness of mobile technologies as a tool to enhance instruction and learning.

Don West

Choose your 4-1-1 book! Please stop by LTB 1121, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 pm, to select a copy of one of this year’s 4-1-1 books:

Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher License to Cook Florida Style by Phyllis Dale The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot An Equation for Every Occasion: Fifty-Two Formulas and Why They Matter

by John M. Henshaw

This year each book has its own blog space. You do not have to register or have an account with WordPress to participate in the blog. Please use the comments section to facilitate discussion.

https://polkstatecollege411.wordpress.com/

Sessions at a Glance – April 10, 2015

Teaching and Learning – Track 1

Session 1 – 12:10-1:15 p.m.; Session 2 – 1:25-2:30 p.m.; Session 3 – 2:40-3:45 p.m. Session 1 Engagement that is Truly Engaging Stephen Drier and

Joyce Lee LTB 2278

Session 1 Creativity in the Classroom Nanci Brillant-Powers

LTB 1302

Session 1 Making it Personal: Online learning

Beverly Woolery and Sherri Davis

LAC 1231

Session 1 Sometimes the Pot’s Too Small Richard Leedy LAC 1241

Session 1 Increasing Student Engagement and Transforming Learning: A Community-

Based Learning Approach�

Natalie Whitcomb, LJ Russum,

Anthony Cornett, and Gerene Thompson

LTB 1120

Session 2 Online Course Design Standards Fatin Guirguis LTB 1123

Session 2 Creativity in the Classroom Nanci Brillant-Powers

LTB 1302

Session 2 The Statistically Greatest Generation Peter Preston LAC 1231

Session 2 Transformation: From Student to Learner Penny Morris, Richard Leedy, and

Lynda Wolverton

LTB 2278

Session 2 Information Literacy and Distance Learning

Kristen Jernigan, Jarrod Jones, and

Michelle Joy

LAC 1241

Session 2 Three Optimization Problems in College Algebra 

David Rose LAC 1240

Session 3 The Statistically Greatest Generation Peter Preston LAC 1231

Session 3 Global Opportunities: SOAR with POLK! Kim Simpson and Logan Randolph

LTB 1302

Session 3 Connect 4: Everybody Wins!

Richard Decker, Lorne Fairbairn, Anna Butler, and Jessica James

LTB 2278

Session 3 ParScore: An Introduction Steve Frye LTB 1303

Session 3 Increasing Student Engagement and Transforming Learning: A Community

Based Learning Approach�

Natalie Whitcomb, LJ Russum,

Anthony Cornett, and Gerene Thompson

LTB 1120

Session 3 A Walkthrough of Rubrics: Design and Development in PAL

Lilli Downes, Tina Feleccia, Tiffany Messerschmidt

LTB 1125

Session 3 Building Bridges: Core to College Patty Linder, Courtlann Thomas, Lynda Wolverton, and Anna Butler

LTB 2279

Session 3 ADA in the Classroom: How and When to Make Accommodations

Melissa Futia LAC 1234

Personal and Professional Growth and Development – Track 2

Session 1 – 12:10-1:15 p.m.; Session 2 – 1:25-2:30 p.m.; Session 3 – 2:40-3:45 p.m. Session 1 Ask the Provosts: Updates and Q&A

Martha Santiago and Steve Hull

LTB 1121

Session 1 Financial Fitness: Life as Gazelles Sara Kniffin LAC 1238

Session 1 Guardian ad Litem Program

Diane Schmelz, Recruiting

Coordinator

LTB 1122

Session 1 Relieving Stress by Horsing Around Kathy Bucklew Outside Behind LTB

Session 1 Communication Techniques for Difficult Conversations

CR Junkins LAC 1234

Session 1 Caring for Aging Loved Ones, EAP provider = AETNA Resources for Living

Beverly Rousseau LAC 1243

Session 2 Why Don’t We Know the Names of the Good? Attention Parents, Grandparents, and all the Rest of Us: Lessons From the Past for

the Present and Future

Howard Kerner LTB 1303

Session 2 Medicine Cabinet Makeover: Essential Oils 101

Sarah Plazak LTB 1125A

Session 2 Family Feud Game Show: Association of Florida Colleges (AFC)

Ernie Ivey, Nelson Marquez, Rick Jeffries, Marta Clinger, Sherri

Davis, Sue Candia, BJ Lewis, and

Robin Robinson

LLC 2188

Session 2 Getting the Job You Want! Lynn Chisholm LTB 1120

Session 2 Handling Difficult Conversations CR Junkins LAC 1234

Session 2 Youth Programs on Campus Brenda Bracewell LTB 1122

Session 2 Caring for Aging Loved Ones, EAP provider = AETNA Resources for Living

Beverly Rousseau LAC 1243

Session 3 Family Feud Game Show: Association of Florida Colleges (AFC)

Ernie Ivey, Nelson Marquez, Rick Jeffries, Marta Clinger, Sherri

Davis, Sue Candia, BJ Lewis, and

Robin Robinson

LLC 2188

Session 3 Medicine Cabinet Makeover: Essential Oils 101

Sarah Plazak LTB 1125A

Session 3 Relieving Stress by Horsing Around Kathy Bucklew Outside Behind LTB

Technology – Track 3

Session 1 – 12:10-1:15 p.m.; Session 2 – 1:25-2:30 p.m.; Session 3 – 2:40-3:45 p.m. Session 1 Curriculog 101 Sarah Plazak and

Patricia Jones LTB 1125A

Session 1 Lync Etiquette and Quick Reference Bill De Witt LAC 1235

Session 1 *Innov8 Academy Orientation (For 2015-16 Participants Only)

Nathan Neuman and Naomi Boyer

LAC 1133

Session 2 Excel, Formulas, and Other Fun Functions Ken Ross LTB 1305

Session 2 Security Awareness Bill De Witt LAC 1235

Session 2 The Swiss Army Knife of the Office Sara Kniffin LAC 1238

Session 3 Technology in the Classroom Sanford Betz LTB 1122

Fitness and Healthy Living – Track 4

Session 1 – 12:10-1:15 p.m.; Session 2 – 1:25-2:30 p.m.; Session 3 – 2:40-3:45 p.m. Session 1 An "App" a Day Keeps the Doctor Away! Kari Sabin LAC 1240

Session 1 Eat Right for Life!

Jan Calder, MS, CDE

LTB 1125

Session 2 Run/Walk Your Way to the Finish Line of Your Next Race

Laurel Smith LTB 2279

Session 2 Eat Right for Life! Jan Calder, MS, CDE

LTB 1125

Session 3 Take a Hike! Laurel Smith Lobby in front of

LTB1100

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Important dates to remember:

Open Registration for Summer A and B Monday, April 13, 2015

Session 3 classes begin Monday, May 11, 2015 (12-week, 8-week, and 3A, 6-week) Session 3B classes begin Thursday, June 25, 2015

Graduation Thursday, May 7, 2015 Lakeland Center 6:30 p.m.

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Your feedback is important! Please look for the PDD evaluation link that will be sent to your

Polk e-mail next week.

Dare to Soar! 

Save the Date!

Professional Development Day April 15, 2016

Session 1 (12:10 – 1:15 p.m.)

Session 1 – Teaching and Learning – Track 1 Engagement that is Truly Engaging – Stephen Drier and Joyce Lee (LTB 2278) Do you ever feel like you are doing an engagement activity, but students are not engaged? In this session, we will demonstrate strategies to help increase engagement and promote learning. Creativity in the Classroom – Nanci Brillant-Powers (LTB 1302) Attendees will be given specific strategies for increasing student engagement in the classroom through the use of technology, movement, grouping, and creative expression. Attendees will understand the difference between engagement vs. entertainment in the classroom, and will understand what specific things can change passive, compliant students into active, enthusiastic learners. Making it Personal: Online Learning – Beverly Woolery and Sherri Davis (LAC 1231) Nearly one-third of all college students are enrolled in online courses. To improve student learning in the online environment, research states that the course’s level of interpersonal interaction is the most important factor in predicting student grades. Interpersonal interaction allows students to get to know their instructors and classmates despite the distance between them. This session will demonstrate useful ideas and strategies to include interpersonal interaction in the online environment. Sometimes the Pot’s Too Small – Richard Leedy (LAC 1241) Too many times we teach a concept a certain way simply because that is the way we were taught. Since we understand the technique, we don’t bother trying to find a different way that might be easier for the student to understand. We will look at two such concepts. The first is finding the inverse of a matrix without using any fractions. The second is finding all zeros of a polynomial equation with real coefficients given one complex zero. We will do this without using synthetic division involving complex coefficients. Increasing Student Engagement and Transforming Learning: A Community Based Learning Approach – Natalie Whitcomb, LJ Russum, Anthony Cornett, and Gerene Thompson (LTB 1120) Are you a faculty member seeking ideas to increase student engagement and transform learning? Then this session may be for you! Several faculty members who have successfully used Community-Based Learning (CBL) approaches to enhance learning and inspire students will share their experiences. Attendees will also learn more about how and why community- based learning can work as part of their teaching strategy to achieve course learning objectives and promote the idea of a community-conscious citizenry.

Session 1 – Personal and Professional Growth and

Development – Track 2 Ask the Provosts: Updates and Q&A – Martha Santiago and Steve Hull (LTB 1121) This session is open to all and will include updates on the campuses as well as future plans and opportunities for participants to ask questions about leadership. Financial Fitness: Life as Gazelles – Sara Kniffin (LAC 1238) Do you always seem to have more month than money? The average person will make over $1,000,000 dollars in the course of his/her lifetime. What could you do if you captured those dollars and made them work harder for you? Exploring the fundamentals of Dave Ramsey’s

Financial Peace University, you can learn the basic principles of the personal budget, understand how interest can be a best friend or worst enemy, and dream big with the hope of waking up one day to scream, “I’m debt free!” Snowball-snow cones will be served during class. Guardian ad Litem Program – Diane Schmelz, Recruiting Coordinator (LTB 1122) This presentation will explain the role and responsibilities of the Guardian ad Litem Program. Guardian ad Litem Program accepts volunteers who will become the voice for children who have been removed from their homes because of abuse or neglect. Presently, there are approximately 1,700 children who have been removed from their homes in Polk County. This session is open to those who may be interested in becoming a volunteer or who are just interested in learning about the program in general. Relieving Stress by Horsing Around – Kathy Bucklew (Outside Behind LTB) There are only two animals acceptable as disability service animals – the dog and the horse. What is so special about the horse? Come learn about what a relationship with a horse can do for you. Learn how to shake hands with a horse, what it takes to connect with a horse, and how to improve your horseback riding experience when you go to a riding stable. Enjoy the shaded outdoor “classroom” behind LTB and meet Crystal, the beautiful American Paint that keeps Kathy busy in her spare time…and relieves her stress. Communication Techniques for Difficult Conversations – CR Junkins (LAC 1234) This presentation will introduce nine communication tools that can be used during difficult and awkward conversations, including conflict resolution. This presentation is also an introduction to the second presentation, "Handling Difficult Conversations." Caring for Aging Loved Ones, EAP provider = AETNA Resources for Living – Beverly Rousseau (LAC 1243) Many of us find ourselves caring for our parents or elderly loved ones. This class discuss the basics: how to assess your parent’s or loved one’s needs; alternatives for decision making; tips on when and how to discuss loved one’s needs as the ability to remain independent declines.

Session 1 – Technology – Track 3 Curriculog 101 – Sarah Plazak and Patricia Jones (LTB 1125A) This session is an overview of how to compose and submit proposals for AQC meetings using the Curriculog system. We will walk through how to build each of the four proposal types: new course proposals, course modification proposals, new program proposals, and program modification proposals. Lync Etiquette and Quick Reference – William De Witt (LAC 1235) This session will discuss hands on do’s and don’ts of using the Lync operating system new to Polk State College. *Innov8 Academy Orientation – Nathan Neuman and Naomi Boyer (LAC 1133) This orientation is prepared for the 2015-16 Innov8 participants that applied and were accepted into the third cohort. The Innov8 Academy is an opportunity for faculty to discover, pioneer, and implement new technologies in their online and face-to-face courses. In this session, faculty participants will receive more in-depth logistical information regarding the summer workshops and participate in collaborative discussions to identify interest, creative ideas, new technologies, and guidelines to the action research projects they choose to pursue. *For 2015-16 Participants Only

Session 1 – Fitness and Health Living – Track 4 An "App" a Day Keeps the Doctor Away! – Kari Sabin (LAC 1240) Traditionally, technology is blamed for the ever-increasing “sedentary” trends seen in society today. We can turn this trend around by letting technology work toward improving our health as opposed to being detrimental to it. There are literally hundreds of thousands of health-related apps out there! During this session Professor Kari Sabin will preview some of the more popular health, wellness, and fitness apps. Our mission will be to find a couple of favorites and let them work for us! Eat Right for Life! – Jan Calder, MS, CDE (LTB 1125) Healthy nutrition is essential for proper function. Although once very basic, this topic has become confusing for the majority of people. With 75% of Americans overweight or obese, and associated co-morbidities a growing concern, learn how to re-simplify this basic need so you can “Eat Right for Life” and improve total well-being.

Session 2 (1:25 – 2:30 p.m.)

Session 2 – Teaching and Learning – Track 1 Online Course Design Standards – Fatin Guirguis (LTB 1123) Improving the quality of your course design and matching QM standards. We will go through a simplified checklist of basic improvements to any online course. Creativity in the Classroom – Nanci Brillant-Powers (LTB 1302) Attendees will be given specific strategies for increasing student engagement in the classroom through the use of technology, movement, grouping, and creative expression. Attendees will understand the difference between engagement vs. entertainment in the classroom, and will understand what specific things can change passive, compliant students into active, enthusiastic learners. The Statistically Greatest Generation – Peter Preston (LAC 1231) This is a brief overview of behavioral and educational statistics regarding the millennial generation (born 1980-1999). It focuses on educational attainment, juvenile justice concerns, teen pregnancy, and substance abuse. Transformation: From Student to Learner – Penny Morris, Richard Leedy, and Lynda Wolverton (LTB 2278) Do your students have effective learning strategies? Join us to find out how to incorporate learning-to-learn skills into the content of your course. Metacognition will be examined and research-based strategies will be presented. Information Literacy and Distance Learning – Kristen Jernigan, Jarrod Jones, and Michelle Joy (LAC 1241) Join Polk State Librarians for a discussion of the changing nature of Information Literacy and learn how the library can assist your distance learning students through a variety of technologies. Three Optimization Problems in College Algebra – David Rose (LAC 1240) It has become routine in College Algebra to use a graphing calculator to numerically solve certain optimization problems. Three such standard problems are the barn-fence maximum area problem, the underwater and overland cable minimum cost problem, and the shortest anchored

cable from the top of two posts problem. We offer simple algebraic (non-calculus) analytical solutions and make some observations.

Session 2 – Personal and Professional Growth and Development – Track 2

Why Don’t We Know the Names of the Good? Attention Parents, Grandparents, and all the Rest of Us: Lessons From the Past for the Present and Future – Howard Kerner (LTB 1303) Why do we know the names and deeds of the evil but not the good? As he has all over Florida at churches, synagogues, and civic organizations such as Rotary Club, Howard Kerner will introduce stunning and inspiring examples of human altruism and goodness during a time that most think consisted only of evil: the Holocaust. Even though the punishment for helping someone was instant death to the helper and his/her whole family, virtually no one knows of the astonishing individuals, groups, villages, and one entire country that saved hundreds of thousands of persecuted people anyway. This is an uplifting presentation on goodness and contains important lessons on how to encourage altruism in the young today! As a coda to his presentation, there will be some new and beautiful stories of goodness in the midst of fighting the most dreaded and evil disease on earth. Learn about inspiring goodness and how to pass it on…. Medicine Cabinet Makeover: Essential Oils 101 – Sarah Plazak (LTB 1125A) Have you ever noticed all of the possible side effects given in the advertisements for prescriptions: “This medicine will help your heartburn, but it also might give you bleeding eyes, rotting teeth, and possible death”? What if there was a natural way to take care of your body with no side effects? Essential oils were used thousands of years ago in ancient Greece and Egypt, and their effectiveness can still be enjoyed today. If you have a burn, try lavender; a toothache, try clove; depression, try orange. Come and learn about a way to naturally overhaul your medicine cabinet! Family Feud Game Show: Association of Florida Colleges (AFC) – Ernie Ivey, Nelson Marquez, Rick Jeffries, Marta Clinger, Sherri Davis, Sue Candia, BJ Lewis, and Robin Robinson (LLC 2188) Have you ever wanted to be on a game show? Now is your chance! Meet our very own “Steve Harvey.” Join us for a chance to be a contestant or to simply enjoy a good time. Getting the Job You Want! – Lynn Chisholm (LTB 1120) The job seeking/getting rules have changed. Did you get the memo? In this session we'll talk about what employers are looking for, how to groom yourself as a candidate for the job you want, and how to use the job you're in to prepare yourself for your next career step. This will be informative and interactive, and you'll leave with at least 1 new strategy to try. Handling Difficult Conversations – CR Junkins (LAC 1234) This presentation will introduce a road map that describes how to begin a difficult conversation that avoids conflict, how to guide someone to diagnose a problem, and how to plan solutions. This presentation will use the nine communication tools introduced in "Communication Techniques for Difficult Conversations." Youth Programs on Campus – Brenda Bracewell (LTB 1122) A brief overview of the many K-12 programs on campus. We will touch on summer camps, Educational Talent Search, TALON, and Upward Bound. We will go into a little more detail about Enrichment Academy and Kids at College. Come see how your children and grandchildren can benefit from the youth programs on campus.

Caring for Aging Loved Ones, EAP provider = AETNA Resources for Living – Beverly Rousseau (LAC 1243) Many of us find ourselves caring for our parents or elderly loved ones. This class discuss the basics: how to assess your parent’s or loved one’s needs; alternatives for decision making; tips on when and how to discuss loved one’s needs as the ability to remain independent declines.

Session 2 – Technology – Track 3

Excel, Formulas and Other Fun Functions – Ken Ross (LTB 1305) This session is for beginner users and will not only be humorous, but will cover how to optimize your work using Excel as well as other practical Excel applications used by faculty and staff to organize self, work, and class. Security Awareness – William De Witt – (LAC 1235) Damage from malicious online hackers has never been greater. Come and explore how you can help keep Polk State secure from viruses, online invaders, and loss of critical and secure information. This session will also provide a brief introduction to how you can protect your home network from outside invasion. The Swiss Army Knife of the Office – Sara Kniffin (LAC 1238) Adobe Acrobat is one multi-tool that every office should be using. Come to this lesson to learn how to make forms fillable, redact information, combine files, and save lots of time!

Session 2 – Fitness and Health Living – Track 4 Run/Walk Your Way to the Finish Line of Your Next Race – Laurel Smith (LTB 2279) Find out how you can finish a race, whether it be a 5K or a marathon by using the run/walk interval method. It is easy to do and many people are now completing races that they never imagined were possible before. Eat Right for Life! – Jan Calder, MS, CDE (LTB 1125) Healthy nutrition is essential for proper function. Although once very basic, this topic has become confusing for the majority of people. With 75% of Americans overweight or obese, and associated co-morbidities a growing concern, learn how to re-simplify this basic need so you can “Eat Right for Life” and improve total well-being.

Session 3 (2:40 – 3:45 p.m.)

Session 3 – Teaching and Learning – Track 1 The Statistically Greatest Generation – Peter Preston (LAC 1231) This is a brief overview of behavioral and educational statistics regarding the millennial generation (born 1980-1999). It focuses on educational attainment, juvenile justice concerns, teen pregnancy, and substance abuse. Global Opportunities: SOAR with POLK! – Kim Simpson and Logan Randolph (LTB 1302) Do you want to learn more about Polk State College's international programs? Are you interested in helping us design and implement ways to create more globally aware and astute students? Come join us to learn how you can help launch our students on their own global journeys. We will discuss the College's Global Initiatives, Global Studies Courses, Study Abroad opportunities, and other ways you can help expand our students’ horizons.

Connect 4: Everybody Wins! – Richard Decker, Lorne Fairbairn, Anna Butler, and Jessica James (LTB 2278) Do any of your students just stop coming to class? Students who make a connection at college are more likely to stay in college. By working to build connections, retention rates can improve. This session will explore connecting student, faculty, support services, and community both in the classroom and outside. ParScore: An Introduction – Steve Frye (LTB 1303) ParScore is a scoring and analysis software product from Scantron. This session will provide an overview of the major functions of ParScore, an overview of how the math department is using it for assessment, and briefly describe some limitations. This session will not provide "how to" instruction for using ParScore, but if there is enough interest, "how to" sessions could be arranged. Increasing Student Engagement and Transforming Learning: A Community Based Learning Approach – Natalie Whitcomb, LJ Russum, Anthony Cornett, and Gerene Thompson (LTB 1120) Are you a faculty member seeking ideas to increase student engagement and transform learning? Then this session may be for you! Several faculty members who have successfully used Community Based Learning (CBL) approaches to enhance learning and inspire students will share their experiences. Attendees will also learn more about how and why community- based learning can work as part of their teaching strategy to achieve course learning objectives and promote the idea of a community-conscious citizenry. Building Bridges: Core to College – Patty Linder, Courtlann Thomas, Lynda Wolverton, and Anna Butler (LTB 2279) Are your students college-ready? This session provides an overview of the Curriculum Alignment Project of Polk (CAPP), a 2015 Florida College System Foundation grant project. CAPP is an educator collaborative between Polk State College and the Polk County Public School District designed to improve alignment between high school and college curricula, enhance college and School District personnel’s knowledge of the Florida Standards, raise community awareness of the Florida Standards and how they benefit students, and increase college readiness of high school graduates. The CAPP partnership establishes an infrastructure for authentic cross-institution and community dialogue around college readiness and the Florida Standards. A Walkthrough of Rubrics: Design and Development in PAL - Lilli Downes, Tina Feleccia, Tiffany Messerschmidt (LTB 1125) This workshop is designed for all faculty who want to use scoring rubrics in PAL. Participants will understand the differences between rubrics for holistic and analytic scoring. Faculty will learn how to build rubrics in PAL to calculate scores based upon custom levels and criteria, to add feedback, and then to post scores in PAL gradebook. Students will be able to view the scored rubric securely, meaning no more paperwork, no more calculations, and no more confusion.   ADA in the Classroom: How and When to Make Accommodations – Melissa Futia (LAC 1234) Participants will examine the academic accommodation process from start to finish and learn about best practices when working with students with disabilities

Session 3 – Personal and Professional Growth and Development – Track 2

Family Feud Game Show: Association of Florida Colleges (AFC) – Ernie Ivey, Nelson Marquez, Rick Jeffries, Marta Clinger, Sherri Davis, Sue Candia, BJ Lewis, and Robin Robinson (LLC 2188) Have you ever wanted to be on a game show? Now is your chance! Meet our very own “Steve Harvey.” Join us for a chance to be a contestant or to simply enjoy a good time. Medicine Cabinet Makeover: Essential Oils 101 – Sarah Plazak (LTB 1125A) Have you ever noticed all of the possible side effects given in the advertisements for prescriptions: “This medicine will help your heartburn, but it also might give you bleeding eyes, rotting teeth, and possible death”? What if there was a natural way to take care of your body with no side effects? Essential oils were used thousands of years ago in ancient Greece and Egypt, and their effectiveness can still be enjoyed today. If you have a burn, try lavender; a toothache, try clove; depression, try orange. Come and learn about a way to naturally overhaul your medicine cabinet! Relieving Stress by Horsing Around – Kathy Bucklew (Outside Behind LTB) There are only two animals acceptable as disability service animals – the dog and the horse. What is so special about the horse? Come learn about what a relationship with a horse can do for you. Learn how to shake hands with a horse, what it takes to connect with a horse, and how to improve your horseback riding experience when you go to a riding stable. Enjoy the shaded outdoor “classroom” behind LTB and meet Crystal, the beautiful American Paint that keeps Kathy busy in her spare time…and relieves her stress.

Session 3 – Technology – Track 3 Technology in the Classroom – Sanford Betz (LTB 1122) A cornucopia of gadgets, programs, websites, tips, and tricks you and your students can use.

Session 3 – Fitness and Health Living – Track 4

Take a Hike! – Laurel Smith (Lobby in front of LTB1100) Join Laurel Smith on a walk for approximately one mile on the Fort Fraser Trail. Free pedometers to participants. ________________________________________________________________________

Thank you! We wish to express our sincere thanks to the following:

All Presenters and Participants Professional Development Day Committee

President’s Office Lakeland Provost’s Office

The Polk State College Foundation Office of Communication and Public Relations

Facilities Audio/Visual Services

Firehouse Subs