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Blending Community Activities with Classroom Involvement

Pace Faculty Institute May 15, 2014 
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Jodylynn Bachiman
M.S. in Publishing
Electronic Publishing 636

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Community involvement

In and Out of the Classroom
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Technology in the classroom

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Bergen County protect and rescue foundation

The Only No-Kill Animal Shelter in Bergen County, NJ
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course objcectives

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Fall 2013

  • Create
  • Foster
  • Volunteer
  • Support
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Existing home page

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HOME PAGE CONTINUED

 
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PROBLEM AT HAND-it just doesn't function

  •  Website is outdated and does not function properly
  • Images are unprofessional and lack the correct size and  proportion.
  • Hyperlinks are missing content 
  • Content is grammatically incorrect and lacks  the proper tags (metadata),
  • Website colors do not complement the company logo colors
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students understood the need for professionalism

They respond by creating and collecting stock images for future website use
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SAMPLE LOGOS

Student assigned to graphic image designs created these free-handed logos 
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Student involement-website navigation

 
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graphic design flyer inspired by students' passion for the animal shelter

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How did we do this?

  • Blending 
  • Collaborating
  • Interviewing
  • Problem Solving
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BLENDING

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SYNCHRONOUS MEETINGS

Facetime
Photo by joe bustillos
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PROJECT DEFINITION  introduced through BLENDING

ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNING- SELF PACED
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SYNCHRONOUS MEETINGS

SKYPE
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COLLABORATING IN THE CLOUD

 
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INTERVIEWS

 
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STUDENTS CONNECTED WITH THE PROJECT

  • Engaging students by allowing them to utilize their strengths
  • Encouraging students to rework and collaborate with shelter staff
  • Providing continuous feedback via Blackboard group activity
  • Creating a link (not hyperlink) with this project and future websites
  • Fostering critical thinking in publishing content for the real-world
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Problem solving

  • Students were to review a questionnaire completed by the  shelter director
  • Students were grouped together  to collaborate and identify problems
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Assessment

Students were assessed by their collaborative efforts not creativy
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blackboard collaborate

KEEPING THE CLASSROOM ALIVE-EVEN OUT OF THE CLASSROOM 
Photo by jrhode
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PROBLEM SOLVING
Students are taught to think outside of the box.
Find solutions-bring them back to the table and rework until the problem is solved or a work-around solution is created.

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obstacles

  • Connectivity issues using cross platforms,
  • OSX, Windows
  • Blackboard Collaborate-issues with Java platform updates
  • Limited licenses of software used to build the website-Adobe Muse
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Solutions

  • Encourage  students to use laptops  to avoid platform instabilities. 
  • Reinforce collaboration tools, Blackboard tools. 
  • Require students to build their Blackboard skills before class room discuss
  • Shift the pedagogical pendulum towards future technologies.
  • Teach students to embrace technology and that it's okay if it doesn't work 
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WWW.BCRESCUES.ORG

STUDENT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT =A SENSE OF COMMUNITY
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An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't.
Anatole France

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Questions?

If you wish to contact me -jbachiman@pace.edu
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Questions?

If you wish to contact me -jbachiman@pace.edu
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The End

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