Motor-guided learning has benefits in speech therapy

Motor Guided Learning (MLG) is based on Dr. Schmidt’s schema theory of motor learning involving the limbs, which emphasizes practice to achieve a desired movement outcome. Recently, motor learning principles have been applied to speech language as collaboration between FSU and UNI in treating verbal apraxia. The treatment teaches a person to listen to their speech …

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2 from Media Production take top honors at BEA festival

Two students who learned their craft in the School of Communication’s Media Production program took top honors at the 2010 Festival of Media Arts awards in Las Vegas on April 16. Dave Dorsey, a senior majoring in Media Production, and Ian Weir, a Media Production alumnus now pursuing graduate studies at FSU’s Film School, won …

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Ad Team wins 4th straight district championship

Florida State University’s student advertising team, Arrowhead Advertising, captured its fourth straight National Student Advertising Competition district championship on April 30 in Tampa. The team now advances to the national finals, which will be held next month in Orlando. In addition to winning the title, the 15-member team won the categories of Best Research, Best …

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Colloquium, "The Young and the Digital", S. Craig Watkins, May 14

"The Young and the Digital: Race, Class, and the New Media Ecology"  Presented by S. Craig Watkins Associate Professor, The Department of Radio-Television-Film The University of Texas at Austin  Friday, May 14, 2010 10:00–11:00 a.m. Gregory Conference Room, Goldstein Library Louis Shores Building, FSU Campus Or view live on the web at Abstract: From the …

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"Library guy" alumnus works to make a difference

April 28 article from St. Peterburg Times (www.tampabay.com) about SLIS alumnus Paul Clark, “Library Guy shows how one man can make a difference in Tallahassee” available at http://www.tampabay.com/ TEXT ONLY VERSION (No photo):  Library Guy shows how one man can make a difference in Tallahassee  He wasn’t sure he could make a difference. Just one …

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