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February 15, 2024 | Volume 10 | Issue 23

By Julio Quintanar Sargent, Automotive Instructor

This is my first year at DDCC and so far it has been an excellent experience. I am the newest member of faculty for Transportation Technology and I have ben assigned to work with the first year students teaching them the basics of automotive from brakes and suspension to basic electrical and diagnostics. I am a proud graduate from Pitt Community College, having obtained a degree for Automotive Systems Technology under the tutelage of Peter Gregory, Walter Underwood, and Norman Lilley. I have been married to my beautiful wife Julisa since 2018 and we moved to this area around October of last year from the little town of Washington, NC. I am a big fan of TCG and an avid reader of fantasy novels. I am glad to become a part of the this community and look forward to an amazing year.

Five Things to Know

1. Travel: I have traveled across several states in the US and Mexico. Fun fact: I attended 12 schools in order to progress from k-12.
2. Music: I am partial to rap, contemporary, and country music particularly Christian artists.
3. Food: My favorite food is called "mole" which is a traditional Mexican dish that is comprised of dozens of spices, herbs, chilis, and even a bit of chocolate. It makes a thick sauce that is typically served with chicken and rice and of course you cannot forget the tortillas. There are a plethora of variants to this dish ranging from the typical red and green versions to even mango based. I of course prefer my mom's red "mole". 
4. TV: I am currently revisiting "The Big Bang Theory" and I keep up to date on the latest anime.
5. Joyful experience: I would have to say there are several joyful experiences in my life from the fist car that I custom painted myself, to the day that I fell in love and married my beautiful wife, but most importantly the day I was saved by accepting Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior.

Upcoming Events

• Empowered, Brilliant, & Brave; Great Women of Black History Play - February 19 at noon in Reich 100
• Use of Music for Political and Social Movements - February 21 from 2:00-3:00 pm in Gee S124 or on Zoom
• Axe-Con 2024 - February 20-22. Free, virtual digital accessibility conference
• Setting the Stage for Student Group Autonomy in Online Classes - February 27 from 2:00-3:00 pm. Register through the Piedmont Hub

By Jasmine Hargrave

NC Reconnect was able to reconnect and serve 67 students this fall semester. We want to keep the momentum going and serve even more students this spring semester, but we’re going to need some help from you. Davidson-Davie Community College aims to continue our efforts to support adult learners, defined as 24 years of age or older who file independent status on their federal taxes and who have not completed a credential. 

We are wanting to support as many adult learners as possible before the end of summer. We will be supporting students who are purged from spring second 8 week classes and/or students who reach out with needs that cannot be supported through Single Stop. For example:

• tuition assistance
• fees
• course materials/requirements (books, cosmetology supply kits, tool kits, medical kits)
• uniforms
• immunizations

If you know of any students who many need assistance, please feel free to reach out to me at jasmine_hargrave@davidsondavie.edu or extension 6420.

By Trudy Brown

Most of us are pretty familiar with Zoom and its basic capabilities. But there’s a lot more to Zoom than just video conferencing. Zoom gives meeting hosts a number of tools to keep participants engaged and active during the meeting. One such feature is the ability to conduct polls and quizzes. Using polls and quizzes can help the pacing of your meeting by breaking up periods of listening with interspersed activity. It’s also an effective way to transition between parts of a lesson or meeting.

Polls and quizzes can be set up before or during your meeting and launched at any time during the meeting. You can share the results with your audience or download them so that you can analyze the data later. Polls and quizzes that you create are saved in Zoom so that you can edit and use them again if needed. Learn more about how to set up and use polls and quizzes in our Polls & Quizzes Tutorial.

Ways you could use Polls:

• Check-ins
• How is your week going?
• What’s a success that you’ve had this week?
• Background Knowledge
• Which of the following Victorian poets have you heard of before?
• List 2 facts you already know about CPR.
• Brainstorming
• What are 5 events that you think would make good research topics for this essay?
• Discussion Starters
• Which of the 5 theories that we’ve discussed do you relate to more?

Ways you could use Quizzes:

• Knowledge checks - questions sprinkled throughout the lesson to check for understanding 
• Exit Tickets - one question at the end of the lesson about the big idea of the day to see if everybody got it

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By Gloria Johnson

The CTL has a lot of new opportunities for Spring 2024 and to help keep information easy to access, our website has been updated. I thought the easiest way to showcase these updates is to share a brief video (Click image to view).

Reminders:

Don’t forget applications are open for: 

• the 2024 Summer Institute 
• RSVP for the Spring Celebration Mocktail Party
• Spring Workshop Proposals
• There are still Perkins Funds available for Professional Learning

Updates:

• Watch your email next week for a new ACUE professional learning opportunity about AI. The application will go out on Monday.
• The CTL professional learning funding pool has been encumbered but there are still about $20000 in Perkins Funds available! Please apply and use these Perkins funds.  

All of these items can be found on the CTL Professional Learning website 

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