you taking this class? Without fail, the majority
state, “Cuz they say I hafta.” (I resist the urge
to correct their grammar!) I remind them that
the purpose of required classes such as history, government and humanities, is to afford
them an extensive knowledge of past, present
and future civilizations. However, it can be a
challenge bridging the gap from the past to the
present and at the same time generating enthusiasm; while teaching leadership and communication skills.
4) Communicative-“A team is many voices with
a single heart.”
5) Competent. “If you can’t, your team won’t.”
6) Dependable- “Teams go to GO-TO players.”
7) Disciplined-“Where there’s a will, there’s a
win.”
8) Enlarging- “Adding value to team mates is
invaluable.”
9) Enthusiastic-“Act their way into feeling. The
only way to begin is simply to begin.”
As we discuss various countries and
agree that we would not want to live during
that era, due to their “Civilizations-” the class
assignment is to create their own Civilization.
Students are divided into two groups to discuss, design, develop and demonstrate a viable
Civilization. Each group is issued a “stipend”
to purchase materials for their Civilization.
They elect a leader, form a government, develop a “living” Constitution, create a religion,
write an alphabet, design a flag, name the Civilization, develop a dance or march and write
codified laws. Every aspect found in the Eastern or Western Civilization must be addressed
but not copied.
10) Intentional-“For a team to be successful, it
needs intentional people who are focused and
productive.”
11) Mission conscious-“Find ways to keep the
mission in mind.”
12) Prepared-“To be a more prepared team, think
about the following: Assessment, Alignment,
Attitude, Action.”
13) Relational-“If you get along, others will go
along.”
14) Self-Improving-“To improve the team, improve yourself.”
Last semester, the students did well,
with one major exception, in one group there
was self-appointed leader/”dictator” who micro-managed every member of the team. Who
was to blame? This instructor! I had not prepared them to work as a team. This semester,
each student was given a handout on The 17
Essential Qualities of a Team Player to follow.
In that book, Maxwell writes to become the
kind of person every team wants, include the
following:
15) Selfless-“Value interdependence over independence.”
16) Solution-oriented-“Make a resolution to find
the solution.”
17) Tenacious-“Quit when the job is done, not
when you’re tired.”
At the end of their presentation, when
students state, “I never knew I could be a leader,
I never believed I could do this!” Somewhere in
the cosmos, leaders such as Cicero, Alexander,
Ghandi, JFK and MLK are saying,” Everything
rises, and falls on leadership- we ought to know!”
1) Adaptable-“If you won’t change for the
team, the team may change you.”
2) Collaborative-“Cooperation is merely
working together agreeably, but collaborating
means working together more aggressively.”
3) Committed-“There are no halfhearted champions.”
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Andrea is a part-time instructor in the SE Liberal Arts Department and is in training to become
certified as a Coach, Trainer and Speaker with
the John Maxwell Team.
Learning History through Technology:
A Look at the Upcoming TCC Library
Heritage Center Digital Collection
By: Andy K. Taylor, MLIS
The collections will include:
• Ephemera
•
Artifacts
Records Management, & Archiving Librarian,
•
Publications and Textbooks
Northeast Campus Library
•
Sound Recordings
•
Photographic Materials
In this day and age, it is important to
•
Records and Documents
Knowledge Management,
engage our students in a learning environment
that is both educational and exciting. Most of
our students spend a large amount of their time
surfing the internet and using Web 2.0 tools, and
it is important for us as educators and librarians
to create content for our classes and departments
that exist in a medium that is both comfortable
and familiar to our students. This is part of the
reason that the TCC Heritage Center has e mbarked on an exciting new project to bring the
first ever TCC Library Heritage Center Digital
Collection to life! Currently, there is very little
information available about the history of TCC
and TJC online, and this website will help to fill
that gap.
As mentioned before, the use of Web 2.0
tools is a great way to engage students, and this
website will definitely do that! We are not just
building what one might consider a normal institutional website. We are building a site full of
different types of engaging media. For example,
if you want to hear music by the Ultrasonics (a
Southeast Campus jazz band from the 1970s), you
will be able to go to the site and listen to those
audio files. If you are looking for videos of different celebrations and events that have occurred
at TCC and TJC over the last forty-four years,
you will be able to find those as well. You will
also be able to find hundreds of items in different
digital formats.
•
Video Recordings
Source: http://omeka.org/
This website will run on the OMEKA
platform. This platform, which was built specifically for the support of digital collections,
was created by the Roy Rosenzweig Center for
History and New Media, and it is being used
by a number of historical and academic institutions across the globe (examples of other OMEKA sites can be viewed by visiting http://
omeka.org/codex/Sites_Using_Omeka).
The launch of the website is slated for
late 2015 or early 2016. The initial launch of
the site will contain several hundred images,
documents, videos, etc., and we will continue
to add content to the digital collection. It is the
hope of the TCC Library that students, faculty
and staff will be able to use this technology
to learn more about the exciting history and
culture of Tulsa Community College.
NOTE: I wish to extend a sincere thank you to Bob
Holzmann and Cary Isley at the Metro Campus for all of
their hard work and dedication on this project.
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