Applause to the organizers and volunteers who are bringing us the annual Hooked On Fishing Not On Drugs event today at the Phil Gainer Community Center. This ye
The Davis & Elkins College students who presented their research at the 14th Annual Kump Education Research Seminar at Kump Education Center Thursday demonstrat
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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