1994_04 Insight April 1994

              April 27,1994
CALIFORNIA 8TATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO
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INSIGHT
Computer hack
programming
on-line lessons
Samantha Pease
INSIGHT
Hidden in an unnumbered room
in McKee Fisk, instructional technologist Dan Surry analyzed the
need for technology inCSUFclass-
rooms.
With his mouse in hand, Surry
demonstrated a program he designed
to illustrate the usefulness of instructional technology   on his
He "double-clicked" on an icon
which opened to a red screen.
Another "click" and the William
Tell Overture composed by Rossini
arose from the computer.
A quiz appeared at the bottom of
the screen asking the name of thc
composer.
Cm the "click" and a video clip of
Siokely Carmichael, chairman of
lhe Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in thc 1960s, appeared on the screen giving a speech
as it appeared on television during
the 1960s civil rights movement.
Surry's demonstration provided
an example of how professors can
use interactive media to better serve
the learning needs of students.
Surry, as well as his position, is
new io California State Univcrsiiy,
Fresno.
Thirty-one-ycar-oldSurry graduated from the University of Georgia
with a docioraic in education.
"1 dropped off my dissertation on
a Monday morning in Athens, Ga.,
and drove to Fresno arriving ihc
following Saturday. I started work
hereon campus the following Monday. Aug. 1,1993," Surry said.
Surry works part-lime in the
Computing, Communications and
Media Services on campus where
hc designs, develops, and evaluates
the uses of instructional technology
in the classroom.
Surry also works half-time in the
School of Education where hc
leaches a course about die use of
micro-computers in education.
The use of computers in education has been limited by lhc lack of
financial and support resources in
the past, however. Surry suggests
that this has changed.
"Instructional technology is not
only affordable money-wise, but is
said.
Surry is encouraged by lhc support and interest CSUF administrators have displayed.
As staled in ihc Plan for lhc 90's,
CSUFwillscck to "support thc rapid
expansion of instructional technology by regularly upgrading obsolete equipment and by acquiring the
approprcatc technical support staff."
A good teacher is likely io use
different media to affect learning,
according lo the report compiled by
lhc Subcommiicc on Educational
Technology in the Classroom last
April.
CSUF faculty recognize the usc-
fulnessofinsiruclionaltccnologyin
ihe classroom.
According to lhc WASC self-
study report. 83 percent of faculty
surveyed hist spring agreed they
would incorporate multi-media
rcsouurccs to improve the quality of
thc courses they teach, given design
assistance.
Surry is enthusiastic aboul the
short-term goal ol establishing a
computer support center for faculty
on campus.
Thc center will tram faculty on
new programs and provide the
accesss to computers nccssary in
designing instructional technology.
"Wcarc now at a poini where wc
can do big things," Suny said.
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to know more aboul other cultures.
"Thc Cross-Culiural Awareness
Network is a good start," Castaneda
s?id of lhc need for campus to take an
active role in promoting diversity.
Future projects of lhe network include atMing Cesar Chavez ami Martin
Luther King as additional features in
lhe Peace Garden.
The network also plans to establish
a cross-cullural center on campus to
further promote cross-cultural understanding and cooperation.
Thc network mcctsc very other Tuesday at 5 p.m. in thc University Studeni
Union. The next meeting is April 26.
"Thc Boom Squad, Pork-n-Beans,
Spam.and Rcsn were somcof lhc other
names weeonsidered using," said Spicy
Mike.   •
Fraqy manages a local music store.
Spicy Mike and Ty-Slik help
Wadckrausc-in-lhc-house wilh his
wholesale T-shirt screening business.
Thc lead singer and thc drummer
graduated from local high schooLs. Spicy
Mike graduated from Central and
Wadcrkrausc-in-lhe-housc from Clovis
High School.
Thc group was among three finalists
in lhc BatUc of thc Bands al Vintage
Days '94.
Rocky: Show evokes 'madness'
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often means wearing only a bra, garter
bell, fish net stockings and platform
shoes. For many people, seeing The
Rocky Horror Picture Show is a tradition.
"Every time is I ike a different party"
said Ken Taylor, who has experienced
the show 359 times.
"Thc only thing lhat slays thc same
is the music," hc said.
Other fans have different reasons
for coming io lhe "Annual
Transylvanian Convention," as some
people call it
"li's lhc best sexual experience I
ever had," said Alisa Sierras, a CSUF
sociology major.
Enteral your own risk when participating in a "Rocky Horror" show. All
inhibitionsmusibclcftaiihedoor.Thc
show can get oul of hand sometimes,
but precautions are usually taken.
"Rocky Horror" used io be a tradition at the annual CSUF Vimage Days
celebration until violence and injury
occurred several years ago.
"Someone got hit with a boulc,"
said Gerald McLean, a student coordinator for events during Viniagc Days,
"so ihcy decided io cool i t for a whi Ic."
The only things people got hit with
ihis year were rice, burnt toast and
huge wads of toilet paper.
Security guards were stationed
around thc perimeter of the fenced-in
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Wearing trash bags and armed with water bottles and toilet paper, Rocky Horror Show fans
Collette Dodd, Vlnce Garretson, Michael Maddcx, Julie Harp and Troy Root prepare for show.
amphitheater and in front of thc stage.        Their were no injuries orarrests this    pus.
Bags and back packs were checked at
lhc entrance, and rules were posted
outside thc gate resding: "No super
soakers, no violence and no throwing
anything at lhc video equipment or thc
year and thc about 500 fans left cheering as roles and roles of unraveled
toilet paper blew down (he rice and
toasi infested amphitheater grass.
Perhaps this will be lhe beginning
of an old tradition on the CSUF cam-
Uniil next lime, fans of lhc "Rocky
Horror" will have io wait with anticipation to make that "jump to the left" and
thai "step to lhc right" with a "pelvic
thrust" for the sake of doing lhe 'Time
Warp" again.
Ropes: Students climb high for recreation
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challengc-by-choice course also uses perceived
risk to help participants face fears.
Since Ihcrc really is very liide danger of being
hurt when safety precautions arc followed correctly, participants face fears and issues by how
much risk they perceive.
Later, when faced wiih an issue such as failure,
onc may be less fearful because they remember
their ropes course success.
Rousscl, a ropes course assistant leader, said
during a recent course that when shc is faced with
something she fears, shc thinks aboul the ropes
"I ihink back to the feeling I had doing ihc ropes
course and ihink 'if I could do that 1 can do this.'"
Allan* Morcau, 25, participated in lhc course
despite a lifelong fear of heights.
Morcau, though hc felt safe in his heavy canvass
h.imcss participants arc required to wear, did fear
failing.
While the dark and stexky Morcau, 5' 9" and
175 pounds, caught lhc trapeze using all his senses,
he could not catch it while blindfolded, even after
ihrcc tries.
"For mc. 1 didn't know when to grab." Morcau
said. "Thc bar was hilling him [Van Eyk) so hc
grabbed il every lime"
Van Eyk and Morcau also helped each other
climb lhc giant's ladder, a 45-foot high ladder lhat
climbers must work together in order io reach thc
lop of, and sped down thc zip-line, where panici-
pants zip to the ground from 50 feci while dangl ing
from a wire cable.
Both Van Eyk and Morcau said thc initial two-
and-a-half foot drop off thc zip-line platform was
scary, and Van Eyk complained that Morcau "kept
talking io me and messing mc up" on thc catwalk,
a telephone pole laid lengthwise 35 feel in the air.
According toFinc.ihchighelcmcntsare geared
toward personal development by forcing climbers
to face issues that may psychologically hinder
one's life, such as an intense fear of failure.
Thc course aims arc to improve leadership,
active listening, communication, interpersonal,
problem solving and decision making skills, as
well as goal-setting techniques and idea development
Morcau was able to ease his fear of heights and
"/ think back to the
feeling I had doing the
ropes course and think
'if I could do that,
I can do this.'"
— Michelle Roussel,
ropes course
assistant keader
failure through thc course.
For Van Eyk, the course will help in future
recreation endeavors.
"I don't feel so scared aboul skydiving now lhai
I've done something smaller," he said.
The lower rope elements arc geared toward
team-building.
One exercise involves lhe whole group maneuvering over about eight swinging tires to get over a
"alligator-infested moat"
Another low element is the "life-line," four
wire cables strung between five poles about one
foot off the ground, which all participams must
mount and attempt io help each other reach thc
end.
While one needn't be Michael Jordan to participate in the $35 course. Fine said there arc four
components lhat must be followed:
• Safely. Everyone must follow all safety
precautions and value everyone's individual
safety equally.
• Goal-setting. Whal do you warn io get out of
the course?
• Accountability. Participants deal with issues
as they come up. If someone calls someone else
a name, everyone stops and talks aboul it.
• Devaluing. Leaders and participants in lhc
course must avoid and prevent devaluing statements and actions at all limes. Devaluing normally occurs in Ihe form of pulling yourself or
oihers down. For example, say ing "I can'i do that
because I'm loo fat or uncoordinated" is devaluing. Fine said.
Onc can also devalue ihc program by making
statements such as "Oh, this is so dumb."
"Wc try to stop thai because it's contagious
and hinders lhc process," Fine said.
Thc above components musi bo followed io
foster Ihe sense of trust, support and security
participants need for the course.
Fine said lhc group that Morcau and Van Eyk
participated in was exceptional in terms of following the four components.
And Morcau and Van Eyk gained much from
the course.
"It was really challenging," Van Eyk said of
lhe seven-hour course. "Wc had good teamwork."
"Thc whole day was fun."
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