2010 Professional Development Grants and
Workshop Mini-Grants Final Reports

If any title interests you, click on the link in the final report column to read the final report.
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Fall 2010

College	Title	Name	Email	Final Report
BRCC	Teachers Who Inspire Workshop	Gloria Howell	gh555@email.vccs.edu	F2010-159W-PF
CVCC	Exploring Business in China	Irene Wheeler	wheeleri@cvcc.vccs.edu	F2010-362-PF
LFCC	FA10 Instructional Technology Summit - Innovations in Teaching and Learning	Joan Osborne	josborne@lfcc.edu	F2010-160W-FF
MECC	Student Success - Enhanced Research Services	Michael Gilley	mgilley@me.vccs.edu	F2010-163W-FF
NVCC	Integrated Science Course for Non-Majors	Gillian Backus	gbackus@nvcc.edu	F2010-364-PF
NVCC	Local History Digital Archive	Charles Evans	cevans@nvcc.edu	F2010-360-CF/PF
NVCC	What's Up DOCC? Developing An Assessment of the Oral Communication Competencies	Phillip Tirpak	ptirpak@nvcc.edu	F2010-162W-PF

Summer 2010

College	Title	Name	Email	Final Report
BRCC	Lights, Camera, Action: Creating a New On-line Film Appreciation II Course for Students	Stacey Effrig	effrigs@brcc.edu	S2010-399P-FF
BRCC	Going Green: Environmental Writing and Research in Composition 111	Margaret Marangione	marangionem@brcc.edu	S2010-345P-FF
DSLCC	A Sample Oral History Project: Connecting Students to Their Community and Preserving Local History	Cynthia Boteler	cboteler@dslcc.edu	S2010-352P-PF
GCC	Bring the East to the West: Expanding the Humanities Curriculum	Mary McKearney	mmckearney@germanna.edu	S2010-348P-PF
JTCC	Level Up! Student Motivation and Social-network Gaming	Justin Cary	justinrcary@yahoo.com	S2010-342P-FF
JTCC	New Course Development: ENG 93, Composition Workshop	Martha (Marty) Brooks	mbrooks@jtcc.edu	S2010-347P-FF
NVCC	Developing Students' Critical Thinking Skills through Primary Source Multimedia in the Classroom	Adam Howard	adhoward@nvcc.edu	S2010-337P-FF
NVCC	Geology vodcasts	Callan Bentley	cbentley@nvcc.edu	S2010-355P-FF
NVCC	Podcasting Supplemental Writing Lessons	Julie Allen Justin Pilla Will Schutz	jaallen@nvcc.edu jpilla@nvcc.edu wschutz@nvcc.edu	S2010-353P-FF
NVCC	Developmental Adjunct Handbook for Writing Classes	Karen Taylor	ktaylor@nvcc.edu	S2010-344P-FF
NVCC	Development of Security Education Training Modules using 3D Immersive Virtual Technology	Margaret Leary	mleary@nvcc.edu	S2010-341P-FF
NVCC	What the Physics Research Was Doing, While I Was Teaching Here?	Walerian Majewski	wmajewski@nvcc.edu	S2010-356P-FF
PDCCC	Enhancing the Information Technology Classroom Lecture by use of Personal Communication Technology	Robert Tureman	rtureman@pdc.edu	S2010-354P-FF
PVCC	Creating an Online Interactive Rubric for Evaluating Writing Across the College	Andrew Smith	ansmith@pvcc.edu	S2010-349P-FF
SSVCC	Assessing the Influence of Giotto's Frescoes on the Paintings of Dono Doni	C. Michael Stinson	mike.stinson@southside.edu	S2010-334P-PF
VWCC	Wilderness Safety Training for VCCS Faculty Leading Outdoor Activities	Aubrey Wolfe	awolfe@virginiawestern.edu	S2010-343P-FF

Spring 2010

College	Title	Name	Email	Final Report
BRCC	Keeping Cool Under Pressure: Ways to Deescalate Difficult Situations in the Workplace	Bridget Baylor	baylorb@brcc.edu	SP2010-141W-PF
BRCC	The Magic of Calculus	Thomas Johnson	johnsont@brcc.edu	SP2010-326P-FF
CVCC	Spring 2010 Technology Summit	Kristin Machac	robertsonk@cvcc.vccs.edu	SP2010-142W-CF
GCC	BYOC: Improving YOUR Online Course	Cheryl Huff	chuff@germanna.edu	SP2010-139W-FF
JSRCC	Creativity, Criticism, Collaboration –A Proposal to Establish a Literary Magazine	Glenda Potts	gpotts@reynolds.edu	SP2010-321P-FF
LFCC	Instructional Technology Summit - Innovations in Teaching and Learning	Joan Osborne	josborne@lfcc.edu	SP2010-138W-CF
NVCC	Supporting Retiring Faculty in Developing their Legacy	Nan Peck	npeck@nvcc.edu	SP2010-323P-FF
NVCC	Ships of Shame - An Unwelcome Journey that Changed Virginia History	William Rhatican	wrhatican@nvcc.edu	SP2010-311P-CF
NVCC	Supporting Information Literacy through an Embedded Librarian Program	Carol Sinwell	csinwell@nvcc.edu	SP2010-322P-FF
NVCC	Promoting Scientific Teaching and Learning through a Faculty Learning Community	Johanna Weiss	jweiss@nvcc.edu	SP2010-320P-FF
TNCC	Guy Fi: The Fictions that Rule Men's Lives	Chad Smith	smithcha@tncc.edu	SP2010-143W-FF