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Title and Description |
Presenters
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| 1.1 |
ShopLook: An Open Educational Tool for Creatives in the Classroom and Industry
The high cost of textbooks and industry-relevant software make college affordability difficult. ShopLook is a creative digital canvas freely available in the public domain. It features images and composition manipulation tools that are useful to students and professionals in the creative industries. This workshop will describe the different tools available in the application, give practical teaching examples, and share sample student assignments with participants.
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Angela Uriyo
Cassandra Stewart
Joyita Sarkar
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| 1.2 |
"Living Sustainability": Why Sustainability and GSJ are Crucial in FCS
This session will outline what sustainability and global social justice (GSJ) are, analyze why these concepts are crucial to Family and Consumer Sciences, and explore ways to integrate them into FCS curriculum. Participants will also discuss ways to model sustainability and global social justice in their everyday lives. Participants will learn how sustainability and GSJ will help revamp Family and Consumer Sciences to become more inclusive, current, and life-changing.
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Natalie Ralston
Holly Garmire
Morgan Gibson
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| 1.3 |
FCS Days
The Department of Family and Consumer Sciences at Jacksonville State University hosts FCS Days throughout the year to recruit high school students into our programs. FCS Days incorporate all programs in the department and provide visiting high school students with information on all our concentrations. High school students visit classes, engage in activities, meet with current students, and tour the campus. FCS faculty collaborate with other campus departments including admissions, financial aid, and dual enrollment to provide potential students with a clear understanding of the application process at JSU. Current JSU students are also involved and exhibit leadership skills as they share about their programs, engage in hands-on activities with the high school students and talk with them in small groups about their programs. This has proved to be an impactful recruitment tool for the department.
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Christi Trucks
Kim Mitchell
Erica Hardy
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| 1.4 |
Financial Literacy in Every FCS Course: Resources for FCS Teachers
Financial literacy is a core component to meeting an individual's basic human needs. The Family and Consumer Sciences Body of Knowledge (BOK) stated, "The achievement of basic human needs can be measured by at least three concepts: quality of life, standard of living, and well-being" (Nickols et. al, 2009, p. 272). Financial literacy is a core component to achieving a well-balanced quality of life, standard of living, and overall well-being. Family and Consumer Science (FCS) teachers have the unique opportunity to integrate financial literacy concepts into their lessons, no matter what class they are teaching, as money touches on all aspects of an individual's life. In this session, we will discuss how FCS teachers can integrate financial literacy concepts into their lesson plans through various free resources available and review financial literacy best-practices for FCS teachers as well.
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Stephen Molchan
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| 1.5 |
Understanding the Needs of Military and Veteran Families: What FACS and FCS Extension Educators Need to Know
Military service members and their families face many challenges and stressors that are often overlooked by the rest of our society. This session aims to provide information about our military service member and veteran families, and the challenges they face; describe research conducted on rural veteran families’ health and mental health needs; inform about next steps regarding educational opportunities; and discuss how FACS and FCS Extension educators may more effectively serve this population.
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Heidi Radunovich
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