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Chesapeake Semester Final Presentation

Spring Presentation


December 13, 2011

The Chesapeake Semester students split into two groups to create presentations that will be displayed in a spring conference and installed as an exhibit in the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, MD. They premiered their presentations in the Casey Academic Center.

Watch video slideshow of the journey to Peru by Brian Palmer.

Peru

Students travel to Peru as part of an international comparative study that transports the student's intimate knowledge of the Chesapeake to another coastal culture and ecology. For two weeks they travel by bus, plane, train, and boat exploring desert coasts, ocean islands, Andean highlands, tropical cloud forests, and the expansive forests of the Amazon.

Chesapeake Semester Architect Michael Buckley helped to coordinate the multimedia efforts of the student final projects.
Chesapeake Semester Architect Michael Buckley helped to coordinate the multimedia efforts of the student final projects. Student projects titled "Being on the Edges..." and "Icons and Algae: The impacts of Excess on the Landscapes and Waterscapes of the Chesapeake Bay" will be hosted at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in the spring.
Chris Judy of the MD Department of Natural Resources aquaculture program and artist/activist Marc Castelli speak with Kelly Kunsch '14 and her parents about the state of the Chesapeake Bay oyster.
Chris Judy of the MD Department of Natural Resources aquaculture program and artist/activist Marc Castelli speak with Kelly Kunsch '14 and her parents about the state of the Chesapeake Bay oyster.
Zoe Newell '14 chats with alumnae Kelsey Hallowell '12, Elle O'Brien '12, and Kathy Thornton '13 about life after the program. Hallowell and O'Brien have secured summer internships with Chesapeake Bay Trust and Thornton is working with CES this spring to design an Environmental Leadership program for professionals.
Zoe Newell '14 chats with alumnae Kelsey Hallowell '12, Elle O'Brien '12, and Kathy Thornton '13 about life after the program. Hallowell and O'Brien have secured summer internships with Chesapeake Bay Trust and Thornton is working with CES this spring to design an Environmental Leadership program for professionals.
The group consisting of Joe Hemphill '13, Rettie Duke '13, Zach Hall '13, and Ashley Burdette '14 utilized a poster presentation with QR codes that allowed non-linear access to a variety of multimedia elements, ranging from facts and statistics, to audio interviews, to video segments that highlighted Being on the Edge, the population that live within the Bay's watershed, and specifically where the developed regions meet the bay. Here, a viewer uses an iPad to interact with the multimedia content.
The group consisting of Joe Hemphill '13, Rettie Duke '13, Zach Hall '13, and Ashley Burdette '14 utilized a poster presentation with QR codes that allowed non-linear access to a variety of multimedia elements, ranging from facts and statistics, to audio interviews, to video segments that highlighted "Being on the Edge", the population that live within the Bay's watershed, and specifically where the developed regions meet the bay. Here, a viewer uses an iPad to interact with the multimedia content.
Dr. Martin Connaughton, professor of Biology and the Chesapeake Semester Natural Science Course Coordinator, walks through Kelly Kunsch's '14 final project display.
Dr. Martin Connaughton, professor of Biology and the Chesapeake Semester Natural Science Course Coordinator, walks through Kelly Kunsch's '14 final project display.
Zoe Newell '14 and Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Curator, Pete Lesher. CBMM is an key partner in the Chesapeake Semester, helping students to develop their understanding of the watershed through the Museum's extension collections.
Zoe Newell '14 and Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Curator, Pete Lesher. CBMM is an key partner in the Chesapeake Semester, helping students to develop their understanding of the watershed through the Museum's extension collections.
Dr. Martin Connaughton presents questions to the panel of students.
Dr. Martin Connaughton presents questions to the panel of students.

Zoe Newell '14 and Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Curator, Pete Lesher. CBMM is an key partner in the Chesapeake Semester, helping students to develop their understanding of the watershed through the Museum's extensive collections.
Zoe Newell '14 and Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Curator, Pete Lesher. CBMM is an key partner in the Chesapeake Semester, helping students to develop their understanding of the watershed through the Museum's extensive collections.
Students address the diverse audience through a moderated discussion by Chesapeake Semester Faculty.
Students address the diverse audience through a moderated discussion by Chesapeake Semester Faculty.

Students used multimedia to capture and explain messages from various stakeholders around the Bay. Audience members were equipped with iPads and other smart devices that would link to videos, audio interviews, pictures and other graphic information, through QR codes embedded in the student panels.
Students used multimedia to capture and explain messages from various stakeholders around the Bay. Audience members were equipped with iPads and other smart devices that would link to videos, audio interviews, pictures and other graphic information, through QR codes embedded in the student panels.
Dr. John Seidel, Chesapeake Semester Director and Director of the Center for Environment and Society.
Dr. John Seidel, Chesapeake Semester Director and Director of the Center for Environment and Society.

In the moderated discussion students were asked to reflect back on their experience commenting on the complex issues that they explored through analytical dualities such as "Ecology and Economy," "Nature and Culture," and "Sustainability and Development."
In the moderated discussion students were asked to reflect back on their experience commenting on the complex issues that they explored through analytical dualities such as "Ecology and Economy," "Nature and Culture," and "Sustainability and Development."
Mike Hardesty '05, Chesapeake Semester Program Manager.
Mike Hardesty '05, Chesapeake Semester Program Manager.
The student group consisting of Kelly Kunsch '14, Brendyn Meisinger '13, Zoe Newell '14, and Jeff Sullivan '14 utilized a combination of informations posters, interactive games and quizes, multimedia elements, and some pieces such as this hunting blind to convey their messages to the audience.
The student group consisting of Kelly Kunsch '14, Brendyn Meisinger '13, Zoe Newell '14, and Jeff Sullivan '14 utilized a combination of informations posters, interactive games and quizes, multimedia elements, and some pieces such as this hunting blind to convey their messages to the audience.
Having explored the Chesapeake through various disciplines touting different analytical tools (from field labs in the marsh to the writings of Aldo Leopold) students are then charged with the task of using various methods of communication.
Having explored the Chesapeake through various disciplines touting different analytical tools (from field labs in the marsh to the writings of Aldo Leopold) students are then charged with the task of using various methods of communication.