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By George Lorenzo, 2011. A renewed interest in community colleges is resulting in looking at driving factors for the future success. This report looks at the potential solutions proposed in papers that came out of The White House Summit on Community Colleges held on October 5, 2010. These include industry partnerships, providing a more well-rounded education with career training, better support services at community colleges,etc. Lorenzo mentions The Learn and Earn initiative, technology with online and hybrid courses, open education resources and other ways to engage students. He looks at college readiness and what Complete College America, a new nonprofit organization, advises as ways to address this shortcoming.

Part of Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL), this document helps guide students through the process of writing thesis statements.

M.Z. used this site in class, week 11, semester 2.

This is an online exercise where writers can practice creating a Works Cited page (MLA style). Books and articles are given, and there is a link to the correct version of the Works Cited page, so students can check their answers. There is no attribution, but this is a learning object presented by Wisc-Online. Items in this digital library were "developed primarily by faculty from the Wisconsin Technical College System...."

M.Z. used this resource in class, week 11, semester 2.

on Essay Start. Essay Start offers essay samples, tips, a step by step guide, articles and online resources.

MZ assigned this in week7, semester 3.

Produced by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and Massachusetts Corporation for Educational Telecommunications (MCET), 1997, and posted to the web by the Annenberg Foundation. This series of 8 90-minute videos are now all available for free. The videos look at all aspects of assessment, with a focus on math and science. NOTE: The project is nearly 15 years old and is likely somewhat dated.

Created by Ann Carlson of Western Washington University and posted on the Center for Instructional Innovation & Assessment, Western Washington University, January 2010. In this short video (5 mins), Carlson outlines the "muddiest point" assessment technique, as well as some background on how and why instructors might use this technique.

Presented by Dr. Robert Talbert of Grand Valley State University on YouTube; posted Sept 30 2011. This was presented (and recorded) as a one-hour AMATYC webinar. Talbert discussed flipping the college classroom in the context of teaching math.

DM shared a list of flipped classroom resources that were useful in his (home) department last year.

Posted to YouTube by pocketlodge on May 2 2011. This video features Katie (no last name given) describing how she flipped the classroom as teacher of 8th grade math in a public school in Raleigh, North Carolina. This is a brief (3.5 minute) overview in which Katie outlines the positive aspects of the flipped classroom, but there is no concrete description of the flipped classroom.

DM shared a list of flipped classroom resources that were useful in his (home) department last year.

Prezi presentation by Dan Petrak of Des Moines Area Community College, part of TeamUp Faculty Mathematics Conference. This is an overview of some considerations of how technology might change the teaching and learning experience.

DM shared a list of flipped classroom resources that were useful in his (home) department last year.

Uploaded to YouTube by JCCCvideo on Nov 10 2011. This is a one-hour video looking at flipped classrooms. Speaker is Tracy Newman from the Ed Tech Center at Johnson County Community College. Newman discusses how and why one might flip the classroom, as well as some of the pitfalls.

DM shared a list of flipped classroom resources that were useful in his (home) department last year.

This page has no attribution or create date. It includes directions (and examples) for 5 key spots where dialogue requires special punctuation.

NH linked to this page in Blackboard, it offers "good but simple instructions for writing dialogue with all of those nasty details...."

By Sherry Reiter on the website, Writing Away the Demons (no date given). An explanation of the process of transformative writing which, according to the article's author, is also known as "writing therapy."

TO'C used this article to help inform her discussion of the "heart scars" project, week 5, semester 4.

Presented by College Writing Center at Mermec, revised 2006. Student guide to writing effective outlines.

LH used this with her students, week 9, semester 4.

By Appcylon LLC on the iTunes App Store. Bookmarked version 1.0.4, updated March 28 2011. This is a graphing calculator app for various "smart" devices.

B.M. used this app with her students, using in-class iPads, week 6, semester 4

TED2005, filmed Feb 2005, posted Dec 2006. St. John interviews a variety of "TED-sters" to learn their secrets of success, which are condensed into 8 points in this very brief talk,.

TS showed this TED talk and then asked her students to identify the thesis statement, week 3, semester 4.

TEDxTeen, filmed April 2011; posted Nov 2011. Warne defines "anonymous extraordiaries," the unknown people who make a big difference, e.g. the man who wrote Dr. King's speeches, or the young organizers (like Warne) who helped to organize a world-wide event that made a difference in a 25-year war in East Africa.

RO used this video in her penultimate class, which also included discussion of service learning, week 14, semester 4.

Posted to YouTube by twilight28xo on December 26 2008.

MZ used this song in her lesson, Introduction to Analytical Writing. She began by distributing the lyrics to this song and the Frost poem, The Road Not Taken, and inviting students to compare the two. She then showed this video. Week 8, semester 4.

How to Get the Most Out of Studying: Part 2 of 5, posted to YouTube by SamfordCommunications (Samford University), August 16, 2011.

RO showed this video as part of a "How to Study" lecture, week 10, semester 4.

Posted on YouTube by InformalMantis on July 17 2011.

RO used this video for her lesson, Change Patterns, week 11, semester 4.

Posted to YouTube by unitedfranchisegroup on October 9 2008. The lecture is by Jim Tatem.

RO used this video in a lesson called Urgent vs. Important, week 12, semester 4.