The Space In Between– What’s Love Got to Do With It?

June 30, 2010

On April 15, 2010, the De Anza College Office of Instruction, Office of Diversity and ICCE, and Office of Staff and Organizational Development presented their annual conference devoted to student success. The event, “What’s Love Got To Do With It,” brought together both students and faculty and was a huge success.  To facilitate an extension [...]

More on page next page...

Basic Skills in Context, Equity, Fear, Identity, Literacy, Metacognition, Student Confidence | Comments (0)

Intersecting Literacies: What Happened At the Working Conference

April 20, 2010

Hello and welcome to the home of Intersecting Literacies, a working conference held at San Diego Mesa College April 16th 2010. Here you will find materials passed out to participants as well as the responses and “queens” we collected. Stay tuned! Click here for the Intersecting Literacies  Multi-Modal Packet Click above to see the Post [...]

More on page next page...

Equity, Integrative Learning, Literacy, Making Visible, Metacognition, Multimedia, Reading, Student Confidence, Student Voice, Technology, Video Evidence, Writing | Comments (0)

Laney FIN team discussion

November 19, 2009

Discussion about student expectations of college and difficulties Latino students have with the idea of going to community college. Also, the benefits of doing the interviews by Esdras.

More on page next page...

Basic Skills in Context, Equity, Faculty Inquiry Groups (FIG), Fear, Identity, Integrative Learning, Learning Communities, Learning to Learn, Literacy, Making Visible, Metacognition, Student Confidence | Comments (0)

LPC–Talking to Our Students

May 14, 2009

Student questions posted for all to use!

More on page next page...

Developing Questions, Student Confidence, Student Interviews, Student Teams, Student Voice, Video Evidence | Comments (0)

Not a Big Deal

April 15, 2009

This clip represents a pre-algebra student’s experience learning math.

More on page next page...

Identity, Learning to Learn, Making Visible, Math, Student Confidence, Student Interviews, Student Voice, Video Evidence | Comments (0)

Berkeley City College Calendar and Stuff

March 20, 2009

Our calendar:  bcccalendar A few surveys that we’ve decided to conduct through some kind of online database system, like Moodle or Survey Monkey. metacognitive-awareness-inventory motivated-strategies-for-learning-questionnaire

More on page next page...

Learning to Learn, Metacognition, Student Confidence, Surveys, Uncategorized | Comments (1)

LMC/Puente/Math Lesson Study: Math is fun!

March 11, 2009

Plan: Co-teach a lesson that combines math and English concepts. Myra Snell and I cooked up a project that would preview our math/English collaboration for next semester. We wanted to test our theories that math can be relevant /FUN and that math can inform themes of racial and class identity covered in my Puente cohort [...]

More on page next page...

Identity, Integrative Learning, Math, Student Confidence | Comments (1)

Door Number One

March 8, 2009

Door Number One offers introductory profiles of a dozen of the many Programs and Services offered at Chabot College. Students, Staff, and Faculty share their experiences and offer their perspectives about why these Programs and Services are so vital, and what students can expect if they just “Pick One.” And along the way, we see [...]

More on page next page...

Equity, Fear, Identity, Learning Communities, Learning to Learn, Making Visible, Metacognition, Multimedia, Student Confidence, Student Voice, Video Evidence | Comments (0)

Daraja: A Syllabus For Life

March 6, 2009

  The Daraja project, founded in 1988 at Chabot College is widely recognized as one of the best opportunities for success for underrepresented students, especially African-American students, in the California community-college system. In this film, current and former Daraja students speak candidly about their educational preparation before entering Daraja and then share their personal needs [...]

More on page next page...

Equity, Fear, Identity, Learning Communities, Learning to Learn, Literacy, Making Visible, Metacognition, Multimedia, Reading, Student Confidence, Student Interviews, Student Voice, Video Evidence, Writing | Comments (2)

The World In Your Hands

March 3, 2009

Welcome to an orientation film for the Disabled Students Programs and Services (DSPS) at Chabot College. Take a walk with us and explore the experiences of five students and a counselor, and learn how DSPS helped them reach their educational goals.      (FIN employee Jamie Chandler made this film while a student at Chabot [...]

More on page next page...

Equity, Fear, Identity, Learning Communities, Learning to Learn, Making Visible, Metacognition, Student Confidence, Student Interviews, Student Voice, Video Evidence | Comments (0)