Dr. Joan E. Leichter Dominick, Associate Professor of Communication & Senior Seminar Course Coordinator

   Kennesaw State University, Georgia

Presentation: One Thing I Learned about Teaching & Learning (10:30 AM) Presenter

Roundtable: Reflecting on the Governor's Teaching Fellows Project: Conversations on its

                    Implication and Dissemination on our Teaching, Scholarship, & Service (3:00 PM) Author

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Presentation:   

One Thing (I Think) I Learned About Teaching (10:30 AM)                                              

Presentation Author: Dr. Keith Hopper, Professor of Information & Instructional Design, Southern Polytechnic

                              State University

Presenter: Dr. Joan E. Leichter Dominick (List of other presenters posted on GTF 2012 Program)

Happiness is a Twitter Hashtag #One Day Closer to Graduation by Dr. Joan E. Leichter Dominick

Happiness is a Twitter Hashtag #One Day Closer to Graduation. I write that phrase on the board each day

to celebrate learning and its connection to graduation. When a senior in my class recently created the hashtag

to twitter about her excitement of presenting her senior portfolio in class, I learned that a small daily inspiration

has a big impact on the student's joy of learning.

1. What do you think of having a daily vision for your course?

2. What would it be?

3. How would you implement it?

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Roundtable:

Reflecting on the Governor's Teaching Fellows Project: Conversations on its

Implication and Dissemination on our Teaching, Scholarship, & Service (3:00 PM)

Roundtable Author: Dr. Joan E. Leichter Dominick

Developing a GTF Project has been a critical learning component since the inception of the Governor's Teaching

Fellows Program. This current conference will mark the 17th Year of the Governor's Teaching Fellows program,

providing a rich opportunity to examine the impact of the project on our role in higher education. Come join the

conversation on reflecting and sharing your Governor's Teaching Fellows Project and its subsequent implication

and dissemination on your Teaching, Scholarship, and Service. A possible outcome of the roundtable would be

to strategize opportunities to collaborate, archive, and develop possible longitudinal research on our Governor's

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My GTF Project (1996-1997) was entitled "The Senior-Year Experience. "The project focus was to further develop a senior

course, initially move it to an institutional elective capstone course, and explore ways to incorporate technology.

This project was a professional life changer for me at Kennesaw State University. I have been involved with this course now entitled KSU 4401: Senior Seminar for the past 15 years. President Emeritus Betty Siegel, Kennesaw

State University conceptualized and taught the first Senior Senior Seminar class in 1990, she asked me to

work on the course and teach the course with her in 1997. We have continued to work together on the Senior-Year

Experience to this day. the GTF program gave me the time, education , and opportunity to develop

this course that has helpsed take our KSU College Seniors "One Day Closer to Graduation". Helping them

honor, understand, and connect their learning from self to society for the betterment of all.

Here are some examples of what has developed because of my GTF's Project:

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KSU 4401: Senior  Seminar - Hybrid Web 2.0  Spring 2012   

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Degreeconomics: My Course Website for Graduating College Seniors - KSU 4401: Senior Seminar

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The Complete Graduate Resource: My Website Resource for Graduating College Seniors, Recent College

Graduates, & All Stakeholders in their Success - Resource part of KSU 4401: Senior Seminar

The Complete Graduate Resource by Dr. Joan E. Leichter Dominick, copyright 2009

     

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One Day Closer to Graduation! What is Your Story? Creating Your Portfolio From Paper to Web 2.0.

Course Animation & Video Multimedia created by Patti Dunn, Instructional Designer, and Michael Leitmann,

Multimedia Developer, Kennesaw State University Multimedia Development Group and Dr. Joan E. Leichter

Dominick, Fall 2010. Original Caricature drawn by Tom Sito and arranged by Pat Connolly Sito 2010.

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My Web 2.0 Resources for KSU 4401: Senior Seminar networking with KSU College Seniors, Graduates,

& Stakeholders in College Senior Success:   

Facebook Fan Page: The Complete Graduate Resource (2011) created by Ben Cope

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Twitter: "The Complete Grad" by Dr. Joan E. Leichter Dominick (2008)

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Dr. Jorge Perez, Faculty Executive to the President, Associate Professor of Information Systems at Kennesaw State University, is a contributing guest lecturer in KSU 4401: Senior Seminar on Graduating in a Digital World. To find out more about his seminar consult The Complete Graduate Resource - College Graduate 2.0

Graduating in the Digital World - KSU 4401 Digital Website Resources created by Dr. Jorge Perez for our class:

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Review Sample KSU College Senior ePortfolios using Web 1.0 & Web 2.0

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Passion, Purpose, and Portfolio - Sharing Your Story 2.0: Seminar by Ben Cope, Owner of EPOC Designs

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The Kennesaw State University SYE Course was part of a blind study of seven SYE institutions and their programs conducted by the Advisory Board Company this past summer 2009. This study showcases seven innovative models of SYE Programs. Permission to use this research was secured from the Advsory Board Company.

Get an invitiation to the Web 2.0 Community entitled Senior-Year Experience Strategies. Started at the SIT 2008 Conference by Dr. Joan E. Leichter Dominick to continue the SYE discussions resulting from her SYE Roundtable and SYE Poster Presentation.  Once you are a member, you can invite other SYE stakeholder to continue discussions, send emails, start groups, chats, post events, etc. For more information see a screen shot of the community below.

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Continue the discussion of the preconference workshop by joining on the Web 2.0 Community Senior-Year Experience Strategies  @ http://www.senioryearexperiencestrategies.ning.com: (private community send your email for an invitation) Created for Stakeholders in College Senior Year Experience or join the public Facebook Group "The Complete Graduate Resource"

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Accepted but Cancelled: Pre-Conference Workshop:

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Special thanks to President Emeritus Betty Siegel for beginning the Senior-Year Experience, President Daniel Papp, . Dean Ralph Rascati, and to Dr. Rebecca Casey, Chair of the Department of University Studies, for her constant support of the Folio Thinking Process in our student success programs. To Dr. Randy Hinds and Ms. Shannon Cronen for supporting my growth and development in the technology of teaching and learning. Thanks to my colleagues at KSU Multimedia Develop Group Patti Dunne, Michael Leitman and ITS Trainers Sid Kemp, Motaz Sharkasi. Thanks to Dale Suffridge, Manager of Distiance Learning Center. Thanks to Ben Cope, KSU Alumnus, EPOC Designs & Internet Genius.

 

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