Breakout Session 3

EMERGECRITICAL CAREER

SKILLSW I TH

Lauren MurphyCengage Learning

Ken BaldaufFlorida State University

the inside story

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DISCONNECT

DISCONNECT

Malcolm Gladwell defines a TIPPING POINT as "the moment of critical mass,

the threshold, the boiling point.”

Education is at the tipping point.

SHIFTPARADIGMThomas Kuhn defines PARADIGM SHIFT as a

change in the basic assumptions, or paradigms, within the ruling theory of

science.

Our education paradigm is shifting.

TIP and SHIFTor become IRRELEVANT

to students.

2008

The first completely online solution for teaching Computer Fluency

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relevantcontent

issues

skills

concepts

relevantcontent

lots ofskills

chunkedcontent

direct and to the point bountifulmedia

lots of photos from news and industry

relevance!timely YouTube videos

related news via RSS feed, updated each week!

wiki-style links

Connect concepts and issues

search

hierarchicalorganization

links out

video tutorialsoverviewsthatengage

why should I learn this?

sequence ofshort videos

2 – 6 minutes

video tutorialsindividualized

learningProgress at your

own preferred rate of speed

view in window or full screen

closed captioning and script provide accessible

access

Just like you’d teach it, one-on-one

Friendly

Applications build a complete project

Project-Based

Replaces need for print manual

Engaging

approach

Working with

Graphics

Common Formatting Functions

Common Editing

Functions

Working with

Tables

Printing & Publishing

Sharing Content

Microsoft Officecommon skills taught first

Word

Body Balance Business Plan

Document Formatting

Academic Publishing Tools

Integration with Excel

taught from case study perspective

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Cells & Cell Data

Formulas

Functions

Formatting

Spreadsheet Graphics

Integration with PowerPoint

Excel Madison Artists Gallery

Mission Street Inn Slides &

Text

Using Graphic Objects

Integration with Excel

Slide Shows

Presenting &

Publishing

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Wild West Tours

Database Tables

Datasheets & Forms

Queries & Reports

Integration with Excel and text files

Access Wild West Tours

Outlook

OneNote

Office Web Apps

Advanced Excel Tools

beyond the basics

Auto-graded projects

Teach Emerge Site- http://www.teachemerge.com

Each chapter-related page includes the following:

– overview of chapter content– social media activities– flipped classroom activities– project-based learning activities– games– topic-related news stories– chapter videos

New Emerge web site designed to simplify and reduce prep time, and revitalize the course with exciting new teaching options: