Extension: Integrated Skills
Monday, May 14: Talks on Individual Learning; Written Summary of Your Learning (1 page + references) is also (by 1pm.)
May 10th: Review this advice on How to Create a Presentation Outline and then use the attached document/format to outline
your own talk. Your completed outline is due in class tomorrow (Friday) morning, and will be reviewed with you during the lab. It will also make writing up your summary very easy!
Using Powerpoint Effectively (tips for academic presentations)
Life After Death by Powerpoint (what NOT to do) — thanks to Mohammed Alresaini for this great video!
May 9th Field Trip to Genzyme Center in Cambridge–Directions attached:
Video explaining “green” building design and LEED certification and Video and Visit Comprehension Assignment:
May 7: Drafting the content of your presentation. Use the attached document and complete as fully as possible. This is a progress report on your learning and is DUE AT THE END OF CLASS TODAY.
If you’d like to review the Present Like Steve Jobs video,click here.
May 4: The sources that actually address your focus questions, referenced and summarized: Use the attached document and complete fully. Refer to this guide on how to cite web-based sources. DUE IN CLASS MONDAY MORNING.
May 3: Find academically acceptable sources of information for your learning project:
Review your questions and find 3 sources of information that you think will help you answer those questions.
Possible places to start include: Lexis/Nexis; Mugar Library Databases and Associations, Organizations or Think Tanks that
deal with your topic.
**A LIST OF 3 POTENTIAL REFERENCES IS DUE FRIDAY:
***SUMMARIES OF 3 SOURCES THAT ACTUALLY HELP YOU ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS ARE DUE MONDAY.
May 2:Meet at 8:45 AM at the Stony
Brook T stop (orange line, Forest Hills direction) in front of the ticket
machines. We will travel together to Community
Servings, which is a 10 minute walk from the T.
Brook T stop (orange line, Forest Hills direction) in front of the ticket
machines. We will travel together to Community
Servings, which is a 10 minute walk from the T.
That afternoon, watch this video on why people volunteer at Community Servings and then write your own, personal reflection on the experience you had at Community Servings this morning. HARD COPY DUE IN CLASS THURSDAY, ALONG WITH YOUR ANSWERS TO THE LISTENING BELOW.
May 1: American Volunteerism. — Listening and note-taking: click on this link to learn about who volunteers, how much, and why. Take notes and answer the following questions:
1. Who volunteers the most? 2. How much do Americans volunteer? 3. Compare volunteering in Utah and Vermont.
4. What are the cultural and historical reasons for volunteerism in the US?
5. What is your reaction to this information? How does this picture compare to “doing good” and helping others in your culture?
HARD COPY DUE IN CLASS ON THURSDAY, ALONG WITH REFLECTION ON COMMUNITY SERVINGS EXPERIENCE (1 page min.)
April 30: Developing Your Learning Project — use the attached document to focus your learning project, following the instructions given
A Walk Through Geologic Time (4/29/12 field learning experience preparation and post-walk reflection)
1)Click on the above link for an interactive site with information on the details of the walk, starting with the formation of the earth 4567 million years ago. Attached is a glossary of related geological terms:
2) After getting an overview of the walk, do the Webquest about the possibly first animals: when do scientists think the first animals appeared? how did they reach this conclusion? what evidence do they have?
We leave CELOP tomorrow at 10:15am and will meet our tour guides at Massachusetts Avenue and Memorial Drive (MIT side of the Charles River) for our 11 am guided Walk Through Geologic Time.
3) DELIVERABLE: Learning Reflection– In an informal journal style, reflect on and review what you have learned through this activity. What was most interesting? Surprising? Most confusing or challenging? How have your ideas or understanding of our earthly home changed as a result of what you have read, heard, and seen? What else would you like to know or learn more about geologic time and related topics? (300 words minimum) HARD COPY DUE NO LATER THAN TUESDAY, 5/1/12.
ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND PRESENTATION RESOURCES
Pew Research Center: Numbers, facts and trends on people, social trends, and global attitudes; religion and public life in the US; US politics, policy, media; news media and journalism, the internet and information technology trends, etc.