1. Optimistic Procrastinators
Discovering Your Sources
Created by
Kelly Marshal
John Parnell
Brianne Relaford

2. Table of Contents
College Resources
Community Resources
Discovering your Preferences and Learning Styles
Maslows Hierarchy of Needs
3. College ResourcesIn order to succeed as a college student you will need to rely on various college resources
Advising
Advisors are there to help you achieve your collegiate goals
Assist students with choosing courses, selecting majors
Help resolve academic problems
Counseling
This office helps with your personal, academic and career concerns
Referrals are made to community organizations for more serious problems
4. Business OfficeValuable services that can help
Obtaining a copy of your college transcript
Paying for tuition, child care, and exams
Requesting a 1098T tax form
5.Faculty
Faulty such as professor do more than teach
Students should pay attention to their advice and suggestion
Office hoursare available to help students with questions, review, and discuss problems
Its best to take advantage of these services
6. Financial Aid
Financial aid has several different options. Such as:
Which type of aid you qualify and what is right for you
Conditions: financial hardships, dependent students, educational expenses, academic standing and accessibility of aid funds
Remember, its your responsibility to
-Apply early for financial aid
-Complete FAFSA each year
-Submit all required forms to college
-Use financial aid for educationally expenses only
7. Other servicesHelp Desk, Library, Student Disabilities Office
Help Desk allows students to ask about College website and Blackboard
It also provides technical support and internet issues
Library services: personal and small group tutoring
As well as, lectures, seminars, study quarters, and internet
Disabilities Office is provided upon receipt of documentation of a students disability
Note taker, tutor, reader, scribe, interpreter, testing commendations, adaptive equipment, enlarged or Braille material, CLAS waivers, course substitutions, and voter registration
8. Community Resources
The community can be a resource to get involved with your inner self
Can be found: parks, community centers, churches, and clubs
Another way is to ask other people people about resources of what you can do
9. Civic & Professional Resources
Professional Resources- many people & organizations that are well connected to what you want to achieve
Good way to get connect is to join a professional organization
Professionals want to help upcoming members in their member status
Civic are more relatedto people, community, & city
Involvement is interacting with the public
Civic resources groups: provide tools, strategies, and solutions
Example: Libraries
10. Discovering your Preferences
Carl Jung, Swiss psychologist who studied personal preferences and differences about individuals.
Perception, process to gather information
Judgment, process of using this information to make decisions.
11.Senses & Intuition
Senses- gather data from within the world
Includes: sight, smell, hearing, touch, & taste
Sensors are individual who trust his/her senses to provide information
Intuition is what provides data about the world
Trust hunches are also called intuitivesaccording to Carl Jung
12. Thinkers & Feelers
Jung discovered people employ different methods of making decisions/ judgment
Thinkers- analyze info. And base decisions on their analysis
Feelers- base decisions on personal value and trust their feelings or gut
13. Extroverts & Introverts
Jungs final discovery- how individuals approach the world
Extroverts- Head On outer world people & objects
Introverts- Wait & see inner would of ideas
14. Types of learners
Extrovert Learners
Energized by classroom
Enjoy interaction; talkative
Takes charge Dives in
Disadvantages- Fails to wait for others
Attention wonders if instructions are complicated
Introvert Learners
Quiet time (self reflection)
Process thoughts internally
Learn through listening, writing, and private processing
15. . Learning more
Sensing Learners
Work in realistic settings
Hands on experience
Use step-by-step instructions
Examples: outlining, color coding notes and building models
Intuitive Learners
The need to know how facts go together
Prefers assignments such as research papers
Rely on inspiration
Ask the question why
Examples: mind mapping, create stories, and organize facts
16. And more
Thinking Learners
Use logic to evaluate information
Prefer impersonal analysis of the facts
Like to work independently to achieve goals
Examples: outline text book or notes
Feeling Learners
Basic decision making is personal, and subjective approach to learning
Use personal value to evaluate information
Examples: pay attention to non-verbal cues, studies with friends, offer support
17. And more
Judging Learners
Plan their work
Want to get the job done because of the reward
Comfortable with knowing exactly what to do
Disadvantage: While rushing with the assignment they overlook important info.
Perceptive Learners
Want to expand he/she knowledge
Take an active, spontaneous approach to learning
Want to enjoy learning
18. Learning Styles
Created by Richard Felder & Barbara Solomon (1988)
Asking:

What type of info do you prefer to receive?

19. What type of sensory info do I perceive most effectively? 20. How do I prefer to process info? 21. How do I move toward understanding?