FALL 2011 - Lake Erie College

Professional development
Lake Erie College was one of the few higher education institutions invited to
participate this summer at Harvard University with professional development
courses for science teachers. The class, Lake Erie in My Life, was taught through
Lake MetroParks, and two courses, Amazing Plants: Life Cycles, Reproduction
and Heredity in the Green World and Bio-Blitz for Teachers: How to Immerse
Your Students in Nature, were taught at Holden Arboretum. The opportunity
was given as a part of a National Institute of Health-funded project entitled
Assessment of Life Science Intermediate School Educators (ALSISE). ALSISE
seeks to survey professional development opportunities for middle school life
science teachers nationally.
Medieval
celebration
Students of Renaissance
Literature (EN223)
hosted a Medieval Faire,
which was celebrated
through a universal and
theological perspective.
Triathlon
Assistant Professor of Sport
Management Dale Sheptak’s
Sports Facility Planning,
Operations and Management
(SA 205) class hosted the College’s
first-ever intramural triathlon.
Student-designed
book kit
Michael Kurtz , a Lake Erie College
student, and his sister, Nicole, a student
at the Cleveland Institute of Art, have
created a pizza box kit as a learning tool
for elementary students. The kit, which
looks like a
pizza box, is an
interactive tool
for students in
kindergarten
through
second grade.
The box itself
is designed to
hold a book so
the teacher’s
hands are
free to manipulate the pieces, which
look like pepperoni, onions and other
pizza toppings. The kit also contains a
delightfully illustrated book containing
alliterative phrases like, “Millions of
munchy maggots march over the
monster’s mush.” Through their
interaction with the kit’s pieces, students
can learn such important concepts as
time, languages, sequence
and fractions.
Black Student
Union fashion
show
Lake Erie College’s Black
Student Union (BSU) “City of
Dreams” showcased custom
pieces from local designers a
nd trendy styles donated by
neighborhood vendors.
Kurtz worked with his advisor, Dr. Linda
Siegel, assistant professor of middle
childhood education, on developing
the kit. The book was published by Lulu.
com and is available for purchase.
He made a presentation about the pizza
box kit to the Lake Erie College Board
of Directors on May 14. “Everything in
the kit is designed for student learning,
to get the student engaged,” Kurtz said.
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