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April 19, 2011
Service Learning by Leah Halper
Service Learning at
Gavilan College is based on
the simple idea that
letting students DO things
related to what they're
learning in class
creates powerful
experiences and academic
connections. Service
Learning is popular at the
four-year college level, but
not so common
at community colleges in
California, though that is
Title V Team starting to
Fran Lozano CUE Conference 2011 by Nicole Cisneros, ESL Instructor
Mary Ann Sanidad I attended the 2011 CUE
Michelle Foguet- (Computer Using Educators)
Conference in March. It
Mendoza
included three full days of
Josie Olivares
keynote speakers and
Karen Warren sessions on how to use
Hope Jukl technology in every subject
Colette area of education. There
were also Google training
McLaughlin
sessions and Digital Media
Nicole Cisneros Academy hands-on
Sabrina Lawrence workshops. I was faced with
Leah Halper the difficult decision of
which presentations to
Robin Kreider
attend because there was
Sarah Aranyakul
always more than one that I
Debbie Amaro was interested in attending.
Some of the things I learned
I will be sharing at the
Showcase on Friday, April
15 (2:00-4:00pm) in Li100.
I’m still experimenting with
some of the internet sites I
Volume 1, Issue 2
change. There is solid
research over thirty years
that shows students
in SL classes get better
grades, come more often to
class, and pass
F ACULTY SITE V ISIT TO C HABOT
more frequently than those
in non-SL sections of the commitments to
same classes. service in the process, and
Combine those real results what's not to like? But the
with the fact that students big secret to SL is how it
do actual good affects teachers.
in their own communities,
often forming lifelong Con’t back page
learned about, but here is a especially useful and you
list of some of the most would like to share, please
interesting, fun or useful email Sabrina Lawrence so
ones I’ve found so far. If you she can include you in the
find one or more of these next Showcase.
Stumbleupon.com (Stumble upon internet sites)
Tinyurl.com (Convert a long URL into a tiny one)
Gliffy.com (make mind maps and diagrams)
Timetoast.com (Makes timelines online)
Vocabahead.com (Sends you a new vocabulary word
video every day)
Aviary (Free suite of online creation tools)
Posterous.com (A free web publishing platform)
Prezi.com (Creative, modern alternative to PPT)
Symbaloo.com (Creates a tiled desktop webpage)
VoiceThread.com (For digital storytelling)
Jamendo.com (Platform for free music)
ViewPure.com (Cut out comments/ads on You Tube)
Quizlet.com (Largest flash cards/ study games)
Free Screencasting Sites (www.screenr.com,
www.screencast-o-matic.com)
Free Whiteboard Sites (www.dabbleboard.com,
www.scriblink.com, www.fooboard.com,
express.smarttech.com)
 Site Visit by Nicole Cisneros
Karen Warren, Hope
Jukl, and I visited
Columbia College in
Sonora, CA on March 31,
2011. We learned about
their Academic Wellness
Educators (AWE) which is
April 15thFacultyTraining similar to our Learning
Multimedia Showcase Council. It has a steering
committee which reviews
and approves proposals
for the development of
Focused Inquiry Groups
(FIGS), which are created
around a problem on
campus that a group of
people (instructors,
students, staff, admin,
etc.) want to address.
The FIGS get a small
budget to work with and
they brainstorm how to
find a solution to their
campus issues. Every
month they publish a
campus newsletter where
they recognize an
outstanding AWE As we visit other
member. colleges and see
The FIG that I found these great
most interesting was programs at work
the one that has on their campuses,
created the GPS we will begin
program. “The goal of planning how we
this program is to can adapt them to
support students with our college campus.
Guidance and As a result, we will
Preparation to be able to better
maximize their Success serve the needs of
(GPS). It provides a our students and
wide range of tools to help them to be
help each student more successful.
navigate their way
through their college
experience. Some of Guidance and
the tools include: time Preparation to maximize
management, learning their Success (GPS),
styles, relaxation, and provides a wide range of
participative learning. tools to students
Another area of navigate their way
interest for our visit through their college
was their amazing experience.
Academic Achievement http://gps.comm.gocolu
Center tutoring center.
mbia.edu

Service Learning by Leah Halper

AH Dept. bringing
Human Simulation to
campus.
Pilots, police, & firefighters
use it: Simulation for
training and education.
They learn with complex
live-simulated situations.
Simulation is great because
they can learn without
injuring anyone. Now,
doctors and nurses are
getting into the act.
More in next month’s
newsletter!
At Gavilan, those of us
doing SL have found that
it is more than just
another technique. Every
semester we are
surprised and pleased at
how new students relate
freshly to our service
sites and the people in
them. Every semester
we are excited to see and
talk to site supervisors
about what new ideas or
programs they want to
try out.
And we are constantly
looking for ways to help
students make sense of
the world around them,
using the discipline--
whether it's bio or
anthropology or English--as
a frame for the work
students perform. Perhaps
most importantly for me,
the service work creates
between students and
teachers a kind of
community that, while
temporary, is warm, strong,
Site visit to Chabot College
and supportive. Students
help each other when they
have a perplexing situation Service Learning is part of
arise; they help me figure the Title V grant, and
out how to suggest we're eager to
changes to a site talk to anyone who wants
supervisor, and I help them to explore how service
navigate the sometimes might fit with her or
challenging behaviors of his own teaching--and
agency clients. life.