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Higher Education
'Flipped' learning gets high marks at UW-Marinette
By Clinton Lang
Eagle Herald
MARINETTE - New technology is playing a tremendous role in increasing efficiencies and effectiveness at nearly every level of today's society and college classrooms are no exception. At UW-Marinette, there are now more than a dozen professors who are utilizing advanced technology to better facilitate learning for students enrolled in wide range of subject areas.
Armed with the technological tools they need, the professors are "flipping curriculum," and the results are looking good so far. The faculty involved recently pointed out areas in which student achievement has been realized, and is focused on more success in the years to come.
For those unfamiliar with flipping curriculum, perhaps the best way to understand it is to envision a reversal of the traditional method of teaching - which involves lectures in the classroom and homework to be completed outside of class.
The theory behind "flipped classrooms" dates back more than 50 years, to Benjamin Bloom and a team of other educational psychologists who came up with Bloom's Taxonomy of learning.
Bloom's Taxonomy flips the roles of the two-part process of human leaning: transmission and assimilation. If the order were reversed, transmission, which involves a professor lecturing and a student taking notes, and assimilation, which involves a student completing homework or studying notes outside of the classroom - learning will take place inside the classroom, with the help of the professor and fellow classmates, rather than taking place at home, as it does under the traditional model.
At the time, it was argued to be a superior learning situation, however, the technological tools essential to flipping curriculum were not around. In fact, flipped classrooms have only been around for the past three years or so.
A local professor was just six months behind the small group of elite school faculty heading up the movement. more->
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Health Care
2012 a year of growth for DCHS
The Daily News
IRON MOUNTAIN - Dickinson County Healthcare System added new physicians and new services in 2012, John Schon, administrator/chief executive, reported in a year-end overview.
Schon's report detailed the growth for Dickinson County Healthcare System as it welcomed new physicians, grew services and achieved goals that enhanced the standard of quality care for its patients.
Physicians welcomed in 2012 were Clayton Shaker, MD, a specialist in cardiology, and Kevin Scott., MD, a specialist in urology.
Dr. Shaker joined Dr. Ramon Ray G. Rayel in the medical management of patients with heart disease and also brought some new more invasive cardiac diagnostic procedures to the area through a special arrangement with Marquette General Hospital. The urology practice of Dr. Kevin Scott became part of Dickinson Physician Services; the name of the urology practice is now Dickinson Urology Clinic. more->
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Natural Resources
Becker promoted to senior resource manager at Plum Creek Tiber Co.
Plum Creek Timber Co. has announced that Charlie Becker has been promoted to senior resource manager for the company's Lake States Region. In this role, Becker oversees all land management activities for Plum Creek's property in Wisconsin and Michigan, which is approximately 770,000 acres. Some of those activities include practicing sustainable forestry, road building, mapping, budget development and environmental compliance. He also coordinates communications and outreach efforts for the company in Wisconsin and Michigan.
Becker has been with Plum Creek since 2005 and was previously the resource supervisor for Plum Creek's Escanaba office in Michigan. Prior to working for Plum Creek, Becker worked for two other timber companies in Michigan and performed a wide range of duties, from preparing budgets and financial forecasting to overseeing operations, including GIS mapping, inventory and various research programs. Becker's career began on Michigan lands in 1986.
Becker is actively involved in several industry organizations. He is a member of the board of directors of the Michigan Forest Products Council and was appointed by the Governor to serve as a member of the Michigan DNR Timber Advisory Council.
Becker earned a Master of Science Degree in Forestry from Michigan Technological University in 1986.
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Infrastructure
ATC announces changes to Bay Lake Project
American Transmission Co. has modified the scope of its Bay Lake Project - a proposed collection of transmission lines and substations to enhance reliability in northeastern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
"As we noted when announcing the project in spring 2012, there's a delicate balance among transmission, generation and electric load in the region. Now, a year later, that balance continues to shift," explained David Hovde, ATC's local relations representative for the project. "The industry also is transitioning to more region-wide transmission planning, with the regional operator, MISO, playing a larger role. These issues have required further study; consequently, we are deferring some work in northern Wisconsin and making revisions to the project in Michigan."
Specifically, work is being deferred on the proposed 345-kilovolt line between the Morgan Substation in Oconto County, Wis., and the Plains Substation near Quinnesec, Mich. MISO is undertaking a Northern Area Study, which is reviewing long-range transmission needs in Manitoba, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan.
Additionally, feedback from industry stakeholders and further analysis of evolving reliability standards indicates that a single-circuit 138-kV line between the Holmes Substation in Menominee County, Mich., and the Escanaba area will be adequate for the foreseeable future. This will require substantial review of the routing and siting work done last year to identify opportunities to co-locate the new circuit with existing 69-kV facilities. This also may bring additional stakeholders into the process. An open house to present two routes for the new line will be held in the area in June 2013.
No changes have been made to the proposal between the Green Bay area and the Morgan Substation. Open houses will be conducted in May 2013 to present the location of a new Green Bay-area substation and two routes for a 345-kV line and a 138-kV line.
Additional information is available at www.BayLakeProject.com
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Business Growth and Development
Building added to project
Former Lloyd Theater purchased by developer
By Mike Desotell
Eagle Herald
MENOMINEE - Action is taking place both in front and behind the scenes in the renovation of the former FNT Building in Menominee's Historic Downtown District.
Nancy Douglas, the director of the Menominee Economic Development Corp,. updated the city council Monday night on the latest developments in the $10 million project to turn the aging, crumbling structure into a 44-unit low- to moderate-income housing unit. The biggest change has been the purchase of the Lloyd Theater Building by the WODA Group.
"The theater building was a new addition. It really closes in that whole block and gives them clear ownership of everything," said Douglas.
It also helps clear up questions about easements.
In addition to the housing units, plans call for commercial space on the ground floor while maintaining the overall historic appearance on the exterior. Since the theater building was not part of the original plan, its function is still up in the air.
"We're talking to a couple of non-profit groups and kind of working our way through what might me a good use for that building," said Douglas.
Meanwhile, financial closings were wrapped up Feb. 8 for the FNT and theater buildings but WODA is still working with the state of Michigan to secure special incentives to help with the purchase of the Oddfellow Building at the corner of 1st Street and 9th Avenue.
There are still a couple flies in the ointment but the project is moving forward. One of the issues being discussed is the connecting building between FNT and the theater. The Department of the Interior has suggested that portion also be preserved. Douglas said she's not sure why the agency is pushing in that direction but that the negotiations are continuing.
"If we need to save that one piece, we'll have to reconfigure the parking plan for the building," she said.
The construction superintendent of the project was on site most of last week and temporary lighting and heating is being installed to help facilitate interior renovations. WODA has been working steadily with city officials and a building permit is in place. Douglas said she was amazed to learn the permit alone cost $16,000.
The Department of Environmental Quality must still sign off on the groundwater abatement project. Once that's done, abatement and demolition will begin. With the exception of electrical, most of the construction bids are in place and crews are expected to be in high gear by March 1.
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