GlobalSkillsCC

Lumina Foundation Focus, Winter 2011. This issue concentrates on learning: what are students learning, what should they be learning, what knowledge skills and other competencies must they have to thrive? Marisa Klages discusses the role of e-Portfolios.

G.M. posted the link to this publication in March coffee klatch

Tool for creating interactive web pages for eLearning courses

D.W. posted a query about this tool in March coffeeklatch

on Random History.com, Posted July 3, 2009

K.P. posted link in March coffee klatch, in honor of Pi day.

By David Brooks, The Opinion Pages, The New York Times, March 7, 2011. Growing interdisciplinary research into the importance of the unconscious parts of our minds, emotions and our relationships, and how these lead to a different view of human capital.

R.A. posted the link to this article in March's coffee klatch. "[article] seems to capture the complexity of our pedagogy and our classrooms..."

Webinar designed to provide information on the Common Core State Standards initiative.

In R.O. Lesson 7, semester 2

College catalog, used by students for course selection. PHCC is one of the GSCC participating schools.

M.Z. used the course catalog in a lesson, week 13, semester 2.

Designed by EDUC478 as a project for the University of Maryland at College Park Department of Education. This is a tool to allow students and faculty to review work for plagiarism.

M.Z. presented this tool in class, week 12, 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.

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 a thesis statement generator, published by University of Phoenix, 2006.

This was one of the thesis generator sites shown by M.Z. in week 11, semester 2 (argumentation).

This is a thesis statement generator, published on the website of Mr. John C. McGarvey's A.P. World History course, taught at San Dimas High School. The page was last updated on June 11, 2003.

This was one of the thesis generator sites shown by M.Z. in week 11, semester 2 (argumentation).

By Stanley Fish, August 1, 2008. On Hover Institution, Stanford University

R.S. assigned this essay, week 12, semester 2.

By H.G. Wells, posted on HorrorMasters.com website. First published in book form in 1911 with other stories, Country of the Blind was originally published in The Strand Magazine in 1904.

R.S. assigned this for his class, week 9, semester 2.

On YouTube

K.P. showed this video and gave links to others in lesson 8, Semester 2

On YouTube Amusing video on common mistakes in Power Point presentations

R.O. Lesson 14, Semester 2

On YouTube, uploaded by researchtutorials

R.O. Lesson 13, Semester 2

Exercise for lesson on essay writing

R.O. Lesson 10, Semester 2

Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count. Cutting Edge Series No. 1 (2011) Guide is based on findings from Public Agenda's research into practices for engaging full-time and adjunct faculty in institutional change efforts toward increasing student success as community colleges.