Documents and PowerPoint Presentations
for Webinars or Training Sessions at Your College
Here are some possible training topics for your college:
Online College and Career Success Teaching Strategies
Course Management Integration
College Success Online
Engaging Students in Learning
A Few of My Favorite Exercises for Student Engagement
Research Based Learning Strategies
Achieving Happiness in Life
Using Positive Psychology for Student Success
Career Assessments
Using Personality Type to Improve Teaching and Learning
Best Practices Based on Research
Training Notes for Webinars and Presentations at Your College
Student Success Includes Diversity and Critical Thinking, April 27-May 4, 2021
Contact Information
Dr. Marsha Fralick
marsha@marshafralick.com
Contact Dr. Marsha Fralick if you would like a complimentary review copy of any of these textbooks. They are available as print or interactive digital media options.
College and Career Success, 9th Edition, designed for 3 unit courses
College and Career Success, Concise 9th Edition (without diversity topic), designed for 1-2 unit courses
Career Success, 3rd Edition
Native American College and Career Success
Hawai'i and Pacific Islands College and Career Success
Dr. Seth Batiste
www.batisteconsulting.us
PowerPoint
"Student Success Includes Diversity and Critical Thinking"
Exercises for Students
Crime and Punishment
This critical thinking exercise is based on a news article in which a young woman was arrested for selling $400 worth of heroin to an undercover police officer in 1974. She was sentenced to a 10-20 year prison term but escaped after 8 months. She was caught 34 years later. She had become a model citizen with 3 children that she had raised to be good citizens. She was returned to Michigan to complete her jail sentence. The family and friends petitioned the governor for clemency. The details are described in this exercise, Crime and Punishment. There is also a worksheet that helps students work through the steps of critical thinking for this case. See the Critical Thinking Worksheet: Crime and Punishment.
Review the concept that critical thinking involves looking at a problem from many points of view. Divide students into discussion groups for this exercise. Have each group write their point of view on the board. As a summary, have students volunteer to state their personal values and reasonable point of view at the end. You can use any interesting and complex current event or social issue for this type of exercise. The new edition of College and Career Success, Chapter 12, Diversity and Current Social Issues, contains a summary of several current social issues that can be used for this exercise.
One Minute Paper
Challenge your students to do free writing on a topic for just one minute. This exercise could be used as a summary of the critical thinking exercise above. Here are some ideas for writing prompts:
What is the most important thing you learned today?
What is the best idea you learned from the discussion today?
What is the most useful idea you learned today?
After considering all the perspectives discussed in the critical thinking exercise, what is your reasonable view?
After one minute, ask student to underline their most important sentence. Ask for 5 volunteers to share their most important idea.
The Diversity Poster
Ask students to create a poster showing their culture, language, hobbies, interests, or values. Students can also be asked to create a family tree that shows their ethnic or cultural background. Have students speak about their poster for about 2 minutes. Request that students to use positive thinking and take pride in their diverse backgrounds.
I ask students not to have any pictures or references to drugs, alcohol, violence, or guns. Pictures should be in good taste. They should not have pictures of nude women or men, for example. Another variation is to have students bring a paper bag with items that represent who they are. They can take the items out of the bag and state why they are important. This exercise is done toward the end of the semester and students are invited to participate in an ethnic potluck lunch during class.
Here are some ideas for what to include on the poster:
Where were your parents and grandparents born?
What languages do you speak?
Include a map of the country or countries where your relatives were born.
What traditional foods does your family eat?
What cultural traditions are still practiced by your family?
Find Someone Who . . .
This exercise can be used to introduce the topic of diversity. It gets students out of their seats and talking to others about what they have in common. Find Someone Who Exercise
References
Grant, Adam, "The Science of Reasoning with Unreasonable People," The New York Times, January 31, 2021.
Dwyer, Christopher, "How to Change People's Minds: The Art of Debunking," Psychology Today, April 6, 2018.
Resources for New Online Instructors 2020
Discussion Questions for Online Courses
Powtoon (For assignments, give students the option of PowerPoint, Powtoon, or any other creative media) https://www.powtoon.com/
Tellegami ( use this app to make short introductory videos of weekly material) https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tellagami/id572737805
Visit my Sample Online Canvas Container
Go to: https://humanesources.instructure.com/login/canvas
Use this email: marsha@marshafralick.com
Use this password: faculty demo
Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute,June, 2020
Student Learning Outcomes, Discussion Questions, Grading Rubrics, and other resources
Webinar: Flip the Switch: How to Transition FYE from the Classroom to Online Delivery, June 2020
Powtoon (For assignments, give students the option of PowerPoint, Powtoon, or any other creative media) https://www.powtoon.com/
Tellegami ( use this app to make short introductory videos of weekly material) https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tellagami/id572737805
For a free email demo of the interactive online version of College and Career Success, contact me at marsha@marshafralick.com. Specify the full version for 3 unit courses or the concise version for 1-2 unit courses.
Visit my Sample Online Canvas Container
Go to: https://humanesources.instructure.com/login/canvas
Use this email: marsha@marshafralick.com
Use this password: faculty demo
Once you are inside Canvas, click on the photo of the textbook to access a demo of the text.
If you want to see a new copy of the text, here is an access code: RB32DKN
Miramar College, College and Career Success Online, August 24, 2018
San Diego Mesa College, College and Career Success Online, August 2, 2018
Miracosta College, Success with College and Career Success Online, July 26, 2018
Maricopa Community College District, College and Career Success Online, November 15-17, 2017
Scottsdale Community College, Counselor Retreat, August 11, 2017.
St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg, Florida, Professional Development, "College Success at St. Petersburg College: Success, Retention, Engagement, Online Teaching," July 10, 2015.
Western Michigan University, Keynote Address: Using Positive Psychology to Enhance Student Success, Workshops for Engaging Students in Learning, May 8, 2015
Sam Houston State University, Introduction to CollegeScope and Career Assessments, February 13, 2015.
Lone Star College System, Textbook Competition for HUMD 0330, September 14, 2012
Lone Star College North Harris, Professional Development, Tuesday, August 21, 2012.
Lone Star College Montgomery, Professional Development, Monday, August 20, 2012.
Cuyamaca College, Teaching Tips for Underprepared Students, Thursday, August 16, 2012.
Leeward Community College, CollegeScope Training, Monday, July 23, 2012
Abilene Christian University, CollegeScope Training, Thursday, July 12, 2012.
Central Georgia Technical College, CollegeScope Training, Wednesday, July 11, 2012
East Central Community College, CollegeScope Training, Tuesday, July 10, 2012.
Georgia Perimeter College, CollegeScope New Faculty Training, Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Wilson College, CollegeScope New Faculty Training, Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Scottsdale Community College, Friday, May 4, 2012, 10:00-12:30, "A Few of My Favorite Exercises and Activities."
Sure Score, Fundamentals Training for La Joya Schools, February 15, 2012
Sure Score, Fundamentals Training for Vision Academy of Excellence, January 20, 2012
Cuyamaca College, Professional Development, January 19, 2012.
Lone Star College System, New Faculty Training Webinar, January 13, 2012.
Vincennes University, CollegeScope New Faculty Webinar, December 21, 2011.
Achieveworks for Private Counselors, Online Training, December 16, 2011
Lone Star College System, New Faculty Training Webinar, December, 2011
Sure Score, Fundamentals Training, Austin, Texas, December 12, 2011
St. Louis Community College, African American Male Initiative, Mentor Training, Sept. 8-9, 2011
Lone Star College System, Montgomery and North Harris, August 27-Sept. 24, 2011
St. Louis Community College, August 18 and 19, 2011
Lone Star College System, Montgomery and North Harris Colleges, August 11, 2011.
Hannibal-La Grange University
New Faculty Webinar Training, CollegeScope, August 9, 2011
Brief introduction to CollegeScope, July 19, 2011
Sierra College
Faculty Webinar Training, CollegeScope, July 8, 2011
Tidewater Community College District, Chesapeake
Faculty Webinar Training, CollegeScope, July 7, 2011
Leeward Community College
Faculty Webinar Training, CollegeScope, July 6, 2011
Lone Star College System, Montgomery and North Harris June 9, 2011, 12:30-4:00
Student Success Course Faculty Training
Southern Crescent Technical College
Faculty Webinar Training, CollegeScope, June 6, 2011
Windward College Adult Program
Faculty Webinar Training, CollegeScope, May 18, 2011
Tidewater Community College District
Professional Development March 18, 2011
Montgomery College
New Faculty Webinar, January 5, 2011, 6-8:00 p.m.
Sierra College,
Webinar: Getting Started with CollegeScope, Getting the Best Results with DWYA and PEPS, December 3, 2010
Van Buren Technical Center
CollegeScope Training September 22, 2010, 3:30-5:30 EST
Montgomery College
New Faculty Professional Development August 5, 2010 8:30-4:00
Continuing Faculty Professional Development August 5, 1:00-4:00
Sierra College
Webinar Training June 25 and July 2, 2010
Odessa College
CollegeScope Faculty Training, May 11, 2010
San Jacinto College
CollegeScope Presentation, January 14, 2010
The Lone Star College System
New Faculty Training January 13, 2010
The Lone Star College System
New Faculty Training December 10, 2009
Johnson County Community College
New Faculty Training November 10, 2009
Tidewater Community College
What's New in College and Career Success?
November 4, 2009
Collin County Community College
New Faculty Training October 30, 2009
Cuyamaca College
Using CollegeScope to Increase Retention and Success, September 21, 2009
CSU Channel Islands
New Faculty Training July 30, 2009
Otero Junior College
New Faculty Training July 23, 8:00-3:00
Lone Star College District
New Faculty Training July 16, 2009, 9:00-2:00
Continuing Faculty Meeting, July 15, 2009, 2:00-4:00
Navajo Technical College, April 9, 2009
Xap Sales Training, Los Angeles, January 15, 2009
Video Demo of CollegeScope
Lone Star College District
New Faculty Training December 4, 2008
Continuing Faculty Updates December 5, 2008
Lone Star College District
Student Success Faculty Training June 25-26, 2008
Central Florida Community College
Tidewater Community College District
California State University Channel Islands
Cuyamaca College
Professional Development Fall 2007