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Piecing It All Together

Piecing It All Together. Presented By Linda De Vore. Puzzle Developed by Saint Paul Community Education Service Learning Program 2006. Piecing It All Together. What is Service-Learning?

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Piecing It All Together

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  1. Piecing It All Together Presented By Linda De Vore Puzzle Developed by Saint Paul Community Education Service Learning Program 2006

  2. Piecing It All Together What is Service-Learning? “…a teaching and learning approach that integrates community service with academic standards to enrich learning, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities.” *National Commission on Service Learning*

  3. Piecing It All Together What can service-learning do? focuson the real-life needs of thecommunity foster civic responsibility provide an authentic learning experience build knowledge and character

  4. Piecing It All Together What can service-learning do? offer a structured time for reflection Promote an understanding of diversity Give youth voice Present partnerships that are collaborative, beneficial, and address community needs

  5. Piecing It All Together What is “meaningful” service-learning and how do we make it “meaningful”?

  6. Piecing It All Together According to Learn and Serve America’s National Service-Learning Clearinghouse: “It actively engages participants in meaningful and personally relevant service activities. Indicators are: 1. Service-learning experiences are appropriate to participant ages and developmental abilities. 2. Service-learning addresses issues that are personally relevant to the participants. 3. Service-learning provides participants with interesting and engaging service activities.

  7. According to Learn and Serve America’s National Service-Learning Clearinghouse: “It actively engages participants in meaningful and personally relevant service activities. Indicators are: 4. Service-learning encourages participants to understand their service experiences in the context of the underlying societal issues being addressed. 5. Service-learning leads to attainable and visible outcomes that are valued by those being served.”

  8. Piecing It All Together Which of these are meaningful service projects? 1. 10th graders counting change for the Veteran’s Day penny drive NO 2. US history students conducting interviews to collect, record, and preserve oral histories from elders in their community YES 3. A 7th grade global studies class going to work at the local community garden that grows for food for a local food bank. Maybe 4. Elementary students sponsoring a sled dog team at the Iditarod. NO

  9. Piecing It All Together Which of these are meaningful service projects? 5. Middle school students developing and maintaining relationships through letter writing with community members in a local assisted living facility. YES 6. Senior citizens coming into class to read to 2nd graders. MAYBE 7. 8th grade art classes studying, creating and selling ceramic bowls to ear money to be donated to a disaster relief organization. YES 8. Student council led school-wide can drive before Christmas. NO

  10. Piecing It All Together Types of Service: Direct Indirect Advocacy

  11. Piecing It All Together Service-Learning Process or IPARD: I- Investigation P- Planning/Preparation A- Action R- Reflection D- Demonstration/Celebration

  12. Piecing It All Together There are six parts to any service-learning project: Issue/Need Participants Curriculum/Academic Component Service-Learning Facilitator Community Partner Funding

  13. Piecing It All Together Use the puzzles pieces in your envelopes to create two service-learning projects! One which uses technology in the final project and one “normal” service- learning project.

  14. Piecing It All Together Project Technology Resources Visual of Bloom’s Taxonomy Using Web 2.0 http://www.usi.edu/distance/bdt.htm

  15. Piecing It All Together Project Resources The Service-Learning Listserv (K12-SL) is for the Learn and Serve America community for discussion and information sharing related to high quality service-learning and national service.http://lists.etr.org/read/?forum=k12-sl Learn and Serve America http://www.learnandserve.gov/ Learn and Serve Arizona http://www.learnandservearizona.com Youth Service America http://www.ysa.org National Youth Leadership Council http://www.nylc.org

  16. Piecing It All Together Project Resources 101 Ideas for Combining Service & Learning http://www2.fiu.edu/~time4chg/Library/ideas.html Learn and Serve America’s National Service-Learning Clearinghouse http://www.servicelearning.org/service-learning-ideas-and-curricular-examples-slice Volunteer Center of Southern Arizona http://www.volunteersoaz.org/ Future Problem Solvers of Arizona http://www.fpspi.org/FPSPI/Arizona.html State Farm Project Ignition http://www.sfprojectignition.com

  17. Piecing It All Together Project Resources Service Learning Project Ideas (Award-winning from Maryland) http://www.mssa.sailorsite.net/ideas.html Michigan Community Service Commission Service-Learning Project Ideas http://www.michigan.gov/mcsc/0,1607,7-137-8148_11542-63017--,00.html 150 Service-Learning Project Ideas by Content Area http://www.solv.org/programs/tco_project_ideas/150%20Projects%20-%20By%20Content%20Area.pdf Kids Consortium Service-Learning Project Ideas http://www.kidsconsortium.org/freeresources.php

  18. Piecing It All Together Project Technology Resources Digital Storytelling http://electronicportfolios.org/digistory PowerPoint Video Converter http://www.effectmatrix.com/PowerPoint-Video-Converter/ Story Jumper http://www.storyjumper.com/main/teacher Big Huge Lab http://bighugelabs.com Directory of Learning Tools http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/Directory Jeopardy Labs http://jeopardylabs.com/build

  19. Piecing It All Together Project Technology Resources Poducate Me! http://poducateme.com/ Animoto http://animoto.com/education Zamzar Converter http://zamzar.com Shwup http://www.shwup.com Skype http://www.skype.com Blabberize http://blaberize.com

  20. Piecing It All Together Project Technology Resources bubbl.us http://bubbl.us/ Glogster http://www.glogster.com Podomatic http://www.podomatic.com Screencast-O-Matic http://www.screencast-o-matic.com Slide Rocket http://sliderocket.com Voicethread http://voicethread.com

  21. Piecing It All Together Project Technology Resources Free Web Site Makers: Hipero http://www.hipero.com Roxer http://www.roxer.com Web Node http://www.webnode.com/ Weebly for Educators http://education.weebly.com/ Yola http://www.yola.com Free Wiki Sites Google Sites http://sites.google.com PBWiki http://pbworks.com Wetpaint http://www.wetpaint.com Wikispaces http://www.wikispaces.com

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  23. Piecing It All Together Contact Information Linda DeVore Casa Grande Middle School 2000rivers @ gmail.com http://librarianscorner.net 12/01/10

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