It’s hard to believe our 13th Annual Kump Education Seminar will be held Wednesday, April 26, at 4 p.m. We started it in the spring of 2011 when Dr. Creas
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Kump Education Research Seminar has changed over the years, but it is always a time to observe progress in local teacher education. When we began in 2011, it was a research competition for students from Alderson-Broadus, Davis & Elkins, and WV Wesleyan Colleges. Last April during the dark days of Covid-19 shutdown we did not actually meet, but aspiring teacher Skylee Watson sent in her research and earned an award. This year we had nine people in the room, and others could participate on Zoom.
Vanessa Collette and Samantha Westfall, future teachers in EDUC 312/313 at Davis & Elkins College, presented WebQuests for sixth grade distance learners. A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which students find information from the web. The teacher provides documents including links to websites with information needed for the class activity. A sample lesson plan incorporated passages from Ghost Boys and readings from the Civil Rights and Black Lives Matter