Suzanne Carbonaro

How can we inspire diverse learners in today’s 21st Century classrooms? What makes a student want to learn? How can we serve the learners we meet? Podcasting is an interactive tool that can reach students, allow them to individualize their learning and contribute an exciting new method to successful project development and execution. Please click the link here to view the presentation given at the 2009 CEL Conference in Philadelphia.

Please see the trailer of the mini documentary working title: ING NYC Marathon 2009, a Knight-Image Reelsick Production.  As a participant of Team Mr. Joe sponsored by the Achilles Track Club, I can say it was an awesome and inspirational experience but that would be an understatement.  It took precision, drive and every ounce of emotion and strength to complete this 26.2 miles.  Stay tuned for the photographic journey and magical ethnography in its entirety.

The next PR Student Chat  (#PRStudChat) is set for Tuesday, November 17th from 12-1pm.   #PRStudChat is an open Twitter forum for students, faculty and public relations practitioners to share ideas and information on the public relations industry today.  Rider University participated during last month’s session which had over 1900 tweets during the one hour time period.  This session’s topic focuses on careers in public relations and is duly titled “Career Day”.  Guest host PRSSA of Michigan President Angela Hernandez @angelahernandez will moderate the event which is open to all students.  Hernandez was also featured in the five-part blog series Is PR Right For Me.  According to Deirdre Breakenridge, author of the blog PR 2.0 Strategies, the following questions will be addressed:

• Prior to hiring, do companies search candidates on Google and Facebook?  Where else do they look?
• Should college graduates take unpaid internships?
• How do you leave an internship or job without burning any bridges?
• When starting a community blog, what guidelines would you recommend having in place?
• What predictions do you have for 2010?
• If you had a PR wish list for future social media trends, what would be on your list?

If you want to participate in #PRStudChat, please contact me at scarbonaro@rider.edu and I would be happy to assist you.  If you are a Rider student, please log onto Twitter and search #PRStudChat and add some value and input to the tweets.  Please tag all of your tweets #RID!  Hope to see you on the forum!

Mass Media Lecture for a distance learning course.  Full slidecast is available on http://slidecast.com/scarbonaro

The national New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) convention calls upon today’s school professionals to share, collaborate and add value by way of presentations, networking and booth appearances.  Rider University will have a presence once again this year and leading the way is Dean Sharon Sherman who will meet and greet today’s successful Rider graduates and empower them to continue to professionally develop.  The presentation, Proactive Professionalism- Launching Tomorrow Today, will help showcase the power of networking and e-portfolios in today’s field.  Faculty members will have the opportunity to talk about their research and catch up with friends and former students.  Please free to contact Rider University, Department of Graduate of Education,  Leadership and Counseling to learn more about our graduate programs and innovative instruction opportunities.

Today, it is not just about what you know, but how you look when you share it. E-portfolios and Internet interviews are becoming a common method of assessing candidates. This link from a recent issue of TIME magazine entitled How to Ace a Job Interview on Skype demonstrates some of the “stage craft” one must consider when preparing for the interview.