1. Intercultural Communication Online: The How-tos (Estrella Mountain Community College)
package shared by Roselyn Turner (Estrella Mountain Community College)
This project was dual purposed: to help me create and prepare to teach Intercultural Communication online: To learn best practices and assessment techniques in online environments; and to learn instructional strategies to improve student intercultural competency.

2. Embracing Diversity Training Through the Reading of Select Hispanic Literature (Estrella Mountain Community College)
package shared by Alex Joncas (Estrella Mountain Community College)
I spent approximately four weeks this summer increasing my knowledge and understanding of the Hispanic culture through reading a variety of fiction and non-fiction Hispanic pieces of literature.

3. Digital Biological Field Notebook: documenting the flora and fauna of Arizona (Estrella Mountain Community College)
package shared by Jeff Miller (Estrella Mountain Community College)
The goal of my summer project was to learn basic digital photography skills, gain experience performing field research, and explore the flora and fauna of Arizona.

4. Birds of Arizona: Workshops and Field Experience (Estrella Mountain Community College)
package shared by Weiru Chang (Estrella Mountain Community College)
Learning about the birds of Arizona and their habitats through workshops and field experience through Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory in Bisbee, Arizona.

5. Dynamic Learning Environments using Flash CS3 (Estrella Mountain Community College)
package shared by Rod Freeman (Estrella Mountain Community College)
My purpose in this project is to learn Adobe Flash CS3 focusing upon those best practices of rich web content design and implementation which facilitate meaningful and effective active learning.

6. Volunteering at the University of Arizona Herbarium (Estrella Mountain Community College)
package shared by Sandy Zetlan (Estrella Mountain Community College)
I spent 5 weeks at the University of Arizona herbarium, in Tucson, volunteering my time and learning how to collect, dry, mount, and catalogue specimens.

7. Rhythm and Rhyme for ESL: Researching Effectiveness & Learning Applications for Web-based Delivery (Estrella Mountain Community College)
package shared by Diane Stonebrink (Estrella Mountain Community College)
The project consisted of research into the effectiveness of rhythm/rhyme as a teaching method for language acquisition and learning to use software applications (Camtasia, Adobe Presenter, MALTED, TLP, Author Plus, MaxAuthor) for creating web-based activities involving chants/raps.

8. Creating Audio-synchronous Slide Presentations (Estrella Mountain Community College)
package shared by Erik Huntsinger (Estrella Mountain Community College)
I conducted an extensive search of the audio-synchronous presentation software available for use in hybrid and online classes. The best technology solution for me was audio-embedded Powerpoint slides.

9. Laughing and Learning - Exploring the Use of Humor to Engage Students in Learning Experiences (Estrella Mountain Community College)
package shared by Peter Turner (Estrella Mountain Community College)
This project explores the relationship between humor, brain-based research, and student engagement. It also uncovered various ways to use humor in order to engage students in the college classroom.

10. What Brain-based Research Can Contribute to Writing Instruction (Estrella Mountain Community College)
package shared by Susan Malmo (Estrella Mountain Community College)
To investigate how brain-based research can inform learning-to-write activities in a variety of academic environments, I read major works, researched aspects of brain function, and studied application of brain-based research to writing. This project took place from May 23rd to June 26th at EMCC.