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Greetings! Red dots, blue dots, and more dots! Numerous great alumni connections materialized on the map displayed at the NCC Clay County Fair booth September 7-15. Alumni and individuals who have taken a continuing education class filled in the map with a sea of colorful dots! Thank you to all the faculty, staff, and students who worked at the Clay County Fair. In the attached picture are Carpentry students (left) Joe Bootsma from Melvin and (right) Jordan Everson from Orange City. The Student Government Association sponsored a trip to the Clay County Fair this past weekend. Despite the heat, students perused the local and regional vendor booths and made sure to stop by the NCC booth to show their support for their college. Weekly Updates: At the School Election on Tuesday, September 10, NCC’s Plant Fund Levy renewal passed with a 73% positive vote! Four Board members (Larry Hoekstra, Adam Besaw, Cynthia Porter, and Steve Loshman) were also re-elected. County results for the continuation of the 20 ¼ levy are listed in the following table. Yes %YES No %NO O'Brien 871 79.5% 224 20.5% Cherokee 199 78.7% 54 21.3% Sioux 1466 71.2% 593 28.8% Lyon 356 70.8% 147 29.2% Osceola 437 67.3% 212 32.7% TOTAL 3329 1230 Thank you to all who spread the facts, voted, and participated in the Mine+9 Campaign! To celebrate, root beer and coke floats were served in the Building C lobby on Friday afternoon. Be sure to pass on our gratitude to those who supported their community college by voting! Scott Abbott provided 2-one hour seminars at the Iowa Water Environment Association conference on the DMACC campus in Ankeny. The conference consisted of a variety of short course programs focusing on the needs of the water/wastewater operators. The first session Scott discussed the variable frequency drive including a demo of programming a VFD, and his second sessions consisted of discussions on grounding and bonding requirements of electrical systems. There were about 150 attendees at the two-day conference. Frank DeMilia attended the Lyon County Economic Development board meeting on Tuesday, September 10, where they continued to plan for future development of the area around Grand Falls Casino. The NCC EMS Advisory Board annual meeting was held on Tuesday night, September 10. NCC’s EMS Program Medical Director (Dr. John Weber) attended along with seven other Advisory Board Members. Topics covered included a recap

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Greetings!

Red dots, blue dots, and more dots! Numerous great alumni connections materialized on the map displayed at the NCC Clay County Fair booth September 7-15. Alumni and individuals who have taken a continuing education class filled in the map with a sea of colorful dots! Thank you to all the faculty, staff, and students who worked at the Clay County Fair. In the attached picture are Carpentry students (left) Joe Bootsma from Melvin and (right) Jordan Everson from Orange City. The Student Government Association sponsored a trip to the Clay County Fair this past weekend. Despite the heat, students perused the local and regional vendor booths and made sure to stop by the NCC booth to show their support for their college. Weekly Updates:

At the School Election on Tuesday, September 10, NCC’s Plant Fund Levy renewal passed with a 73% positive vote! Four Board members (Larry Hoekstra, Adam Besaw, Cynthia Porter, and Steve Loshman) were also re-elected. County results for the continuation of the 20 ¼ levy are listed in the following table.

Yes %YES No %NO

O'Brien 871 79.5% 224 20.5%

Cherokee 199 78.7% 54 21.3%

Sioux 1466 71.2% 593 28.8%

Lyon 356 70.8% 147 29.2%

Osceola 437 67.3% 212 32.7%

TOTAL 3329 1230

Thank you to all who spread the facts, voted, and participated in the Mine+9 Campaign! To celebrate, root beer and coke floats were served in the Building C lobby on Friday afternoon. Be sure to pass on our gratitude to those who supported their community college by voting!

Scott Abbott provided 2-one hour seminars at the Iowa Water Environment Association conference on the DMACC campus in Ankeny. The conference consisted of a variety of short course programs focusing on the needs of the water/wastewater operators. The first session Scott discussed the variable frequency drive including a demo of programming a VFD, and his second sessions consisted of discussions on grounding and bonding requirements of electrical systems. There were about 150 attendees at the two-day conference.

Frank DeMilia attended the Lyon County Economic Development board meeting on Tuesday, September 10, where they continued to plan for future development of the area around Grand Falls Casino.

The NCC EMS Advisory Board annual meeting was held on Tuesday night, September 10. NCC’s EMS Program Medical Director (Dr. John Weber) attended along with seven other Advisory Board Members. Topics covered included a recap

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of last year’s EMT Classes, some changes in programming, and an update on the upcoming 2013-2014 EMT classes.

The Iowa Community College Presidents (IACCP) met on the ACT campus in Iowa City on Wednesday, September 11.

On Thursday, September 12, Beth Sibenaller-Woodall, Frank DeMilia, John Hartog, and Alethea Stubbe attended an ACT Summit in Iowa City with representatives from all fifteen community colleges.

Stephanie Sandwell was pleased to report that 252 courses have been revised and approved, surpassing Title III’s goal of 250! Great job everyone!

Registrations total 336 for the Monday, September 16, 21st Century Teaching & Learning Conference sponsored by Title III. It will be a wonderful educational experience for all attendees. See the attached agenda and descriptions.

Northwest Iowa Community College will host the annual Regional Jailer’s School on September 17-19, 2013, in Room 116/119A. People employed by the county jails are required to attend this 2 ½ day workshop. Approximately 50 attendees are anticipated. Participants will attend from within NCC’s college area as well as many coming in from outside the area from surrounding counties.

Don’t forget the NCC Summer Potluck 2 on Wednesday, September 18, sponsored by the Wellness Committee!

The September Board Meeting will be held on Monday, September 23, at 6:30 p.m. Enjoy the weekend! Gratefully,

Alethea F. Stubbe, Ph.D. President

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21ST CENTURY T E A C H I N G & L E A R N I N G C O N F E R E N C E

Monday, September 16, 2013 • Northwest Iowa Community College

for K–12 and College Faculty

Morning7:45–8:45 Continental Breakfast

Lifelong Learning & Recreation Center (LLRC)8:45–10:15 Keynote—LLRC10:15–10:30 Break10:30–11:30 Breakout Session11:30–12:30 Lunch—Cafeteria

Thank you for attending this year’s conference!

Afternoon12:45–2:15 Keynote—LLRC

2:15–2:30 Break2:30–3:30 Breakout Session

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Check out conference materials atwww.nwcc.edu

Click on “High School” and then “Instructors”

Morning KeynoteUsing Brain Research to Orchestrate LearningPresented by: Dr. Janet Zadina

In this exciting presentation, loaded with real brain images andscattered with interactive experiences, attendees will actuallysee how learning takes place in the brain through powerful images and discover what is required for that to happen. In addition, attendees will learn about multiple pathways that the brain activates in learning.

Afternoon KeynoteLeadership in the Digital Age: Getting Technology R.I.G.H.TPresented by: Angela Maiers

Technology transforms the world in which we live. It can makethe impossible possible and is the key to doing more with less.It’s not the technology — it’s how you USE it.

We’ve selected the most significant new and emerging tech-nologies and incorporated them into a flexible frameworkguiding how they can be used to accelerate learning, improvestaff performance, and increase organizational effectiveness.Some of these technologies are new … others you may al-ready have. Still others may be on your “wish list.” The powerof this process is that it will help you not only better under-stand technology, but view it from a fresh perspective.

Funded 100% by Title II A: P031A080260 Strengthening Institutions Grant Awarded by the US Department of Education

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Dr. Janet Zadina is anEducational Neuroscientistwho sees brain researchthrough the eyes of ateacher and teachingthrough the eyes of a re-searcher. After twenty years’teaching experience at bothhigh school and college lev-els she became a cognitiveneuroscientist. She bridgesthe fields of education and

neuroscience through her work as a researcher, teacher, author,and international speaker.

She received her doctorate in the College of Education at theUniversity of New Orleans, conducting her award-winning dis-sertation research on the neuroanatomy of dyslexia through col-laboration with Tulane University School of Medicine. Shecontinued her postdoctoral education with a Fellowship in Cog-nitive Neuroscience in the Department of Psychiatry and Neu-rology at Tulane University School of Medicine where sheresearched neuroanatomical risk factors for developmental lan-guage disorders through MRI brain scans.

Dr. Zadina is a CLADEA Fellow and the winner of the Societyfor Neuroscience Science Educator Award given to “an out-standing neuroscientist who has made a significant impact in in-forming the public about neuroscience.” She has given a TEDxtalk and is the author of several books including Six Weeks to aBrain-Compatible Classroom – A Workbook for Educators.

As a teacher educator, author and consultant, Angela Maiers has spentthe past twenty-two yearsworking diligently to helplearners of all ages succeedby recognizing their poweras readers, writers, andglobal communicators.

Today, Angela is at the fore-front of Web 2.0 technolo-

gies and keeping her eye toward Web 3.0. An active blogger andsocial media evangelist, she is deeply committed to helpinglearners of all ages understand the transformational power ofliteracy and the potential of technology as a vehicle and platformfor their success in school and beyond. Concerned that nearly abillion people in the world lack basic literacy, she believes thetime is now to lay the groundwork for a new vision literacy edu-cation; one with world changing implications.

Angela earned a Bachelor of Science in Education and a minor inBiology from the University of Iowa and completed her graduateand post graduate work at Drake University in Des Moines,Iowa. As owner and lead consultant at Maiers Educational Serv-ices, her passion for literacy and technology to discover creativeways to assist schools and organizations in meeting their learn-ing and productivity goals.

You can find her blog at angelamaiers.com or on Twitter at@angelamaiers, her favorite space for thinking, creating, andpushing the scope of her imagination and learning.

The Multiple Pathways Model for Using Brain Research to Enhanceand Energize InstructionLifelong Learning & Recreation CenterPresented by Dr. Janet Zadina

Neuroscience indicates that the more modalities by which learnersencode information, the easier that information is to learn and re-call. Go beyond visual, auditory, and kinesthetic! In this breakout,multiple pathways will be covered as well as strategies for accessingthese pathways to reach diverse and struggling learners.

Targeted audience: All subjects, all grade levels, including administrators

STEM and a Redesigned Learning EnvironmentBuilding H, Room 510Presented by Kari Webb

The latest, greatest "buzzword" in education? It's STEM: Science,Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Is STEM a passing fad, orcan it be the "open door" to genuine educational transformation?The Iowa Governor's STEM Initiative views STEM education as in-herently different from traditional, lecture-driven teaching and learn-ing. STEM is interactive, dynamic, collaborative, inquiry driven,multi-disciplinary, and student-centered. Technology in a STEM learn-ing environment is seamlessly embedded and ubiquitously availableto both teachers and learners. STEM work spaces facilitate path-ways of communication and creativity. A STEM learning environ-ment encourages tangential discoveries and multi-faceteddecision-making, resulting in spontaneous creating, building, makingand doing.

As educators begin to see STEM as a pedagogical approach, theneed for redesigned learning environments ("Third Spaces") be-comes clear. This session will encourage an interactive explorationof the ways that STEM can help achieve Iowa's goal to provide aworld class education for every student.

Targeted audience: All subjects, all grade levels, including administrators

Getting Today’s Learners on BoardBuilding H, Room 513Presented by Nancy Lockett

In this session, participants will be able to see the power of buildinga case for their learners to become confident and competent in thegifts their courses have to offer. Participants will explore DanielPink’s three factors that influence the level of motivation to learn;autonomy, mastery, and purpose. The session will move beyond un-derstanding the theory to putting it into practice. Participants willexperience a graphic organizer/framework for thinking, designed toserve as a memory jogger that will allow for continuous attention tothe three factors whenever planning a course, unit or lesson. Partici-pants will also be shown the continuum of purposeful reflection thatcan be used to engage their learners in becoming more self-directed,self-reliant and self-appraising.

Topics addressed: • motivation to learn, • purposeful planning (begin with the end in mind), • focused reflection, and• gradual release of responsibility for learning

Targeted audience: All subjects, all grade levels, including administrators

Keep Them Engaged and Off FacebookBuilding H, Room 519Presented by: Gordon Sanson

This session will provide you with an opportunity to be involved ina new interactive teaching and learning paradigm: help build whatwe need to do, not just what we can do! This session will demon-strate the MeTL software from Monash University, Australia thatwas developed for use in a 1-to-1 classroom. NCC is testing thissoftware for Pearson Publishing.

Targeted audience: high school and college faculty, including administratorsKari Webb serves as the Regional Manager for the Gover-nor’s STEM Initiative in Northwest Iowa. Prior to this position,Webb worked in the areas of academic innovation and technol-ogy integration, spearheading pilot programs in project-basedlearning, 1:1 teaching and learning, blended course delivery, andproject-based student internships. Webb began her career as achemistry teacher with the Spirit Lake School District. She holdsa Master’s degree in the field of inorganic chemistry from theUniversity of South Dakota, and is continuing her graduate workwith the University of Iowa’s Educational Leadership program.

Nancy Lockett is a self-employed educational consultant.Nancy is also one of the Mid-Iowa School Improvement Con-sortium’s District Support Team, which serves over 150 public/non-public Iowa school districts. Nancy is most often recognizedby participants for her ability to reduce theory into workableclassroom practices and inspire them to want to improve theirpractice. Her commitment to bringing ‘the good stuff ’ to teach-ers and administrators is fueled by what she calls the ‘magic’that happens when teachers are able to impact a student’s edu-cation in a positive way.

Gordon Sanson is a biologist and has been a research andteaching academic for over 40 years. As Head of the School ofBiological Sciences at Monash University in Melbourne, Aus-tralia’s largest university, he led the redevelopment of more ad-vanced laboratories that integrated collaborative technologiesinto the teaching space. This resulted in a Business and HigherEducation Round Table Award for Outstanding Achievement inCollaboration in Research in Education and Training in 2006. Hewas awarded a national Carrick Citation for Outstanding Con-tributions to Student Learning in 2007. As the Founding Direc-tor of the eEducation Centre at Monash University hedeliberately focused on the integration of pedagogy, space andtechnology and among other achievements the team he led re-ceived an eLearning Industry Association of Victoria ExcellenceAward for 'myLearningSpace' in 2010 and again in 2011 for the‘Simple Pens’ application. He is a Founding Father of the JohnMonash Science School, a public secondary school on the uni-versity campus that is embedded in the Science Faculty.

Changing the Conversation: Using Technology R.I.G.H.T Q and A Lifelong Learning & Recreation CenterPresented by Angela Maiers

You’ll have the opportunity to follow up with Angela right after thekeynote to discuss the questions and challenges specific to yourschool or organization. You'll have ample opportunity to participatein, investigate, and debate different theories and practices presentedin the afternoon keynote session, and will leave with a store of tools,resources, and ideas to support your own implementation plan.

Targeted audience: All subjects, all grade levels, including administrators

STEM and a Redesigned Learning EnvironmentBuilding H, Room 510Presented by Kari Webb(repeat of Morning Session)

Getting Today’s Learners on BoardBuilding H, Room 513Presented by Nancy Lockett(repeat of Morning Session)

Keep Them Engaged and Off FacebookBuilding H, Room 519Presented by: Gordon Sanson(repeat of Morning Session)

Morning Breakout Sessions Keynote Presenters

Breakout Presenters

Afternoon Breakout Sessions