Kat's First Classroom
This was the primary method of temperature control in Kat’s classroom in the 90s.
What is a swamp cooler?
Kat began teaching for Chapman University College, now UMass Global, in this year.
What is 1993?
Kat developed her first online course in this year.
What is 2004?
When faced with the choice to take a shortcut or build something from scratch with limited resources, Kat predictably chose this path.
What is the hard way?
Which of these is not a Kat saying?
A. “Let’s circle back.”
B. “Not another minute."
C. “YOLO.”
What is YOLO?
Kat once taught a class with only these many students enrolled (because back then, enrollment numbers didn’t matter).
What is two?
Kat officially joined the full-time faculty in this year.
What is 2002?
This was the first course Kat ever created for online instruction.
What is Child Psychology?
As part of a fundraising effort, Kat once helped the university collect these oddly specific medical supplies for children.
Forget academia! Kat’s alternate dream job involves travel, animal tracking, and likely a lot more mosquito repellent.
What is a wildlife photographer?
To write on the board at the EAFB campus, Kat used this classic archaic classroom tool.
What is chalk?
Kat served as Faculty Assembly President for this many separate terms.
What is three?
Kat was an early adopter of this now-retired online platform.
What is eCollege?
When first asked to help with a workshop on classroom technology, Kat hesitated, because she feared this essential element might get lost in the tech obsession.
What are students?
While visiting California during winter break from Penn State, Kat met her future husband, and after a long-distance romance, they were engaged after how many months?
What is four months?
These classroom tools were Kat’s originals, designed for right-handed people and not known for comfort.
What are wooden desks?
Kat’s Ph.D. was earned from this university, where she studied Industrial/Organizational Psychology.
What is Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)?
Always ahead of the curve, Kat was among the first faculty to receive training in this fast-emerging technology.
What is artificial intelligence?
Kat’s earliest known academic publication was on this technique using books to help adolescents with emotional and behavioral difficulties?
What is bibliotherapy?
While traveling abroad, Kat once received an unexpected offer from a man who tried to win her over with this livestock-based dowry.
What are two sheep?
During her early years teaching, Kat often led classes inside buildings originally designed for this educational level.
What are junior high and (or) high school classrooms?
It takes more than one degree to become a campus legend. How many graduate degrees does Kat actually hold?
What is three?
Kat has embraced eCollege, Blackboard, AI tools, and even course video editing, but to this day, she remains locked in eternal combat with this file sharing system.
What is Google Drive?
Kat’s earliest classes were held at a campus so rugged it had no heat?
What is Edwards Air Force Base?
What country did Kat attend high school and compete in Gymnastics?