EMPACTS
EMPACTS Final Project Report and Presentation: (100 points)
C. Dianne Phillips, EMPACTS Facilitator, Science and Math Faculty
Regina Ryel Thomason, EMPACTS Faculty
Marvin Galloway, Dean of Science and Math
NorthWest Arkansas Community College, Bentonville, AR
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Title Page – EMPACTS for Dummies by Alan Hiatt, Anita Marshall, Allyssa Riley, Dixie Androes
(mentor)
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Introduction – Students often feel overwhelmed, unprepared, or are simply not motivated or wired for a
project-based learning. Their group experiences may have been negative. To overcome pre-project jitters, our
team has addressed the basics in a entertaining format.
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Project Overview – Create an instructional powerpoint using cartoons, movie clips, or other non-
threatening object lessons to teach the EMPACT strategy.
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Project Objectives or Goals:
The project objective is to impress upon students the purpose, value, and importance of working
together, using technology, serving others, and applying content or skills knowledge learned in their
course in an effective, non-threatening format.
A. Community: Service to the community?
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Reaching students with the EMPACTS message
Reaching EMPACTS teachers with a tool to “get started”
B. Curriculum: Course Objectives?
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1.2 What is …. EMPACTS – Educationally-managed projects advancing curriculum,
technology, and service
1.5 Why does it work?
1.11 Team Building
3.1 Final presentation is also the teaching tool
C. Technology: Resources and Technology you used.
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Learned Windows 7 Snip-It, movie clip inserts, powerpoint
Vista and Window 7 software
Learned embedding techniques, Used text message translator
D. Skills you developed as a team and as individuals
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Team – leadership initiative, different learning styles, social norms of others,
empowering each person to succeed, equal work
Individual – learn it, apply it, teach it (our motto)
Technology – collaborative online work, Word/Vista/Windows 7; movie software, snipit, screen capture, using templates
Communication – focus on strengths, creative ideas, collaboration, task-driven
 Organizational – equal labor, equal contribution, equals good organization –
divide and conquer
Methodology: How did you do it?
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VI.
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Outline objectives, define EMPACTS, delineate student ‘questions”
Personnel and Division of Labor – each person took a section of the EMPACTS
presentation and a student question to illustrate.
o Anita – Sections 1-2; Question: How do you do it?
o Alan – Sections 3, 5; Question: What is EMPACTS?
o Allyssa – Sections 6-7; Question: Why should I do EMPACTS?
Project Results: What did you do as a team? What did you experience? What did you gain?
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Product – created a powerpoint with imbedded videos, cartoons, etc.
Process - experience – We experienced many of the emotions or feelings from
a student’s perspective; we addressed these concerns and questions; we grew
from our experience as EMPACTS participants
VII. Future Project Ideas: How could a future group expand on the project that you started?
With our short time frame, we have many thoughts for improvements. The framework could be
adapted by instructors to include specific ideas that apply to their specific subject area.
VIII. Acknowledgements:
Tanner Simmons (technical assistance), C. Dianne Phillips, EMPACTS Facilitator, Science and Math Faculty
Regina Ryel Thomason, EMPACTS Faculty, Marvin Galloway, Dean of Science and Math
NorthWest Arkansas Community College, Bentonville, AR Special acknowledgement to web-based resources
(documented in the powerpoint presentation created).
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Appendices:
Maps, brochures, images, flyers, websites, videos, etc….
Written Report (25 points) Expanded outline form from outline provided in rubric.
Power Point Slides (25 points) You should also put together power point slides in order to start your project presentation. The
slides should follow the same outline given in the rubric.
Attachments: maps, images, brochures, flyers, ……(50 points)