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Rachel Watson Teaching Portfolio

Presentations

Professional

2010

    • Mobile Micro: The use of Mobile Devices in a General Microbiology Course
      Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET) conference
    • Concerning Little Known Students: Discovering those Hidden from our Sight.
      Fall 2010 Rocky Mountain Branch of the American Society for Microbiology Regional Meeting - Invited Speaker (Video of Presentation)
    • Microbes: Critters and Communities in Us and Around Us
      Guest lecture for the AGRI 1001 Intellectual Communities Course (the anchor course for the “Critters and Community” Freshman Interest Group)
    • What Should I Expect in College?
      Faculty Sneak Peek Session Leader for Incoming Freshman
    • A Whole New World for Teaching and Learning: Exploring Educational (Teaching and Research) Opportunities in Second Life
      Distance Learning Guild (Outreach Credit Programs)
    • “I” Found Paul in the Social Sciences: A Narrative of the Experience of a Gay Student who Left the Hard Sciences to Pursue a Career in Social Science 2010
      Shepard Symposium for Social Justice

2009

    • Cell Phones in the Classroom, E-volution: Teaching and Learning with Technology.
      Available: http://www.uwyo.edu/techforum/ Laramie, WY
    • What are Faculty Doing with Technology? E-volution: Teaching and Learning with Technology, Faculty Panel Discussion
      Available: http://www.uwyo.edu/techforum/ Laramie, WY
    • Microbes: Critters and Communities in Us and Around Us Guest lecture for the AGRI 1001 Intellectual Communities Course (the anchor course for the new “Critters and Community” Freshman Interest Group) Laramie, WY
    • What Should I Expect in College? Faculty Sneek Peak Session Leader for Incoming Freshman Laramie, WY
    • The Virtual Classroom: Student and Instructor Perceptions of Vodcast Lectures in a General Microbiology Classroom
      American Society for Microbiology Conference for Undergraduate Educators, Microbrew sessions
    • College of Agriculture Commencement Speakder, College of Agriculture, University of Wyoming, May 6, 2009
    • Ski Like a Girl, Coach Like a Girl: Are we Accomplishing our Objectives? 2009 Shepard Symposium for Social Justice

2008

    • 11/08 Vodcast Venture: How Formative Evaluation of Vodcasting in a Traditional On-Campus Microbiology Class Led to the Development of a Fully Vodcasted Online Biochemistry Course
      E-Learn World Conference on E-learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare and Higher Education
    • 11/08 The Online Dilemma: Student Perceptions of Online Supplemental Instruction for General Microbiology
      E-Learn World Conference on E-learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare and Higher Education
    • 10/08 Panel on A Brand of Excellence: Reflections on Teaching and Learning
      Ellbogen Center for Teaching and Learning Fall Forum on Learning and Assessment
    • 05/08 Web 2.0 for Teaching
      Ellbogen Center for Teaching and Learning ICS Workshop
    • 03/08 Ski Like a Girl, Coach Like a Girl: Gender and Equity in Coaching
      Shephard Symposium for Social Justice

2007

    • 10/07 The Virtual Classroom: Student Perceptions of Podcast Lectures in a General Microbiology Classroom
      E-Learn World Conference on E-learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare and Higher Education
    • 03/07 Ski Like a Girl, Coach Like a Girl: Gender and Equity in Coaching
      Shephard Symposium for Social Justice

2003

      • 05/03 Warming up the Chill: Integrating Technology into a General Chemistry Course
        inVISIBLE college Fourth Annual Meeting and Reunion Laramie, WY
      • 07/03 Warming up the Chill: Integrating Technology into a General Chemistry Course
        ED-MEDIA WORLD CONFERENCE Honolulu, HI

2002

      • 05/02 Book Discussion Leader: Women as Learners by Elisabeth Hayes and Daniele D. Flannery, inVISIBLE college Third Annual Meeting and Reunion Laramie, WY

2001

      • 07/01 Defense of Master’s Thesis, University of Wyoming Department of Molecular Biology Laramie, WY
      • 05/01 Secondary Structure of Pediocin AcH in Membrane Vesicles and Trifluoroethanol
        American Society for Microbiology 2001 General Meeting Orlando, FL

Previous

      • 07/99 Defense of Master’s research proposal, University of Wyoming Department of Molecular Biology Laramie, WY
      • 06/98 Defense of Honor’s Thesis Denver, CO, University of Denver Department of Chemistry

Coaching

2010

    • Athletics and Immune Function
      University of Wyoming Ski Team Lecture Series Available: www.YouTube.com/uwski

2009

    • Ethanol Detoxification
      University of Wyoming Ski Team Lecture Series Available: www.YouTube.com/uwski
    • Nutrition
      University of Wyoming Ski Team Lecture Series Available: www.YouTube.com/uwski
    • Nutrition, Skiing in College and Training Basics Medicine Bow Nordic Association High School Summer Ski Camp (2005-2009)
    • Ski Like a Girl, Coach Like a Girl: Are we Accomplishing our Objectives? University of Wyoming 2009 Shepard Symposium on Social Justice

2008

    • Ski Like a Girl, Coach Like a Girl: Gender and Equity in Coaching University of Wyoming 2008 Shepard Symposium on Social Justice

2007

    • Ski Like a Girl, Coach Like a Girl: Gender and Equity in Coaching University of Wyoming, 2007 Shepard Symposium on Social Justice

2006

      • 06/06 Truth or Myth MBNA High School Summer Ski Camp Centennial, WY
      • 06/06 Nutrition MBNA High School Summer Ski Camp Centennial, WY
      • 06/06 Skiing in College MBNA High School Summer Ski Camp Centennial, WY
      • 06/06 Training Basics MBNA High School Summer Ski Camp Centennial, WY

2005

      • 06/05 Nutrition MBNA High School Summer Ski Camp Centennial, WY
      • 06/05 Training Basics MBNA High School Summer Ski Camp Centennial, WY

2004

      • 10/04 Coaching Female Athletes UW Women in Sports Class Laramie, WY