GlobalSkillsCC

Produced by the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, these resources are part of a larger library of teaching resources.

MAS recommends this page -- especially the peer review and student self-assessment resources -- for helping students learn more about the re-writing process.

By Rebecca Cox, published by Harvard University Press, 2009

RA recommended as essential reading for community college teachers (week 9, semester 4).

Coach RA recommended this book as one that is helping her to better understand her students.

Website offering a library of over 2,400 educational videos covering everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and 150 practice exercises.

AH offered Khan Academy exercises to students as an alternative to homework. In many cases, those who took the Khan option in parallel to their classroom work really improved.

This website for the film offers a downloadable study guide and offers to buy the DVD of the film. The film looks at the rise of the military industrial complex in the U.S.

SB used this film to queue a writing assignment.

By Karl Rohnke, published by Kendall/Hunt, 2004.

ME shared this book in the Teaching forum with the recommendation that it has a good game for students learning each other's names.

Part of Annenberg Learner, each series listed here has a selection of videos available for download. Topics range from surveys of American and World literatures, to teaching students to work with artifacts, to developing writers. Grade ranges vary by series. Production of these videos is supported by the Annenberg Foundation.

By Greg Clinton on Wandering Academic (blog), May 2011. This teacher/blogger describes a process for collecting student papers electronically, grading/commenting on them via iPad, and then returning the papers, also electronically.

Perhaps of interest to some of our former or in-coming faculty.

Posted by Selena on her blog, learning elearning, May 24 2012. A brief discussion of several options in "classroom observation software," which records a "classroom walk-through" and then allows users to further analyze classroom interactions.

By Lynne Gaetz and Suneeti Phadke, Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2009.

TD uses in Semester 3 course

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.

From their About page, "edshelf is a directory of websites, mobile apps, and desktop software that are rated & reviewed by educators, for educators. We decrease the friction of using and procuring effective technology into the classroom." Concentration is on K-12, but these apps might also be useful for postsecondary teachers.

Presented on TED.COM, filmed Feb 2010 and posted April 2010. Wujec discusses his experience using the Marshmallow Challenge in team-building exercises. Observing the challenge 100s of times, he sees that kindergarteners do better than recent business school grads (better at prototyping, less jockeying for leadership), CEOs do well, but do even better with an executive admin on their team because facilitation is important. High stakes (he's offered a cash reward) works better once the team has acquired skills; high stakes with no skills is a disaster.

Inspired by this video, both LS and RS used the Marshmallow Challenge as an icebreaker on their first class meetings (2nd semester) and both were pleased with the results.

The marshmallow challenge continued to be a popular icebreaker throughout the GSCC project. In semester 4, RS referenced this video again, and LS created her own video (see tag marshmallow) with her students completing the challenge.

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.

Posted by TheChe808 on Sep 6 2011. Video of a classroom of students working on the "marshmallow challenge," a popular ice-breaker where small groups of students have to work together to build structures from kitchen items (marshmallows and spaghetti).

This is a video of LS's class (posted to YouTube by her); the marshmallow challenge became a popular ice-breaker among GSCC faculty. Week 1, semester 4.

Posted on website ClassTools.net, this tool helps instructors (and others) to select names from their class list at random. No creator name (or date) is given.

KP used this tool to help her select students at random when going over answers on the first day of class, week 1, semester 4.

A citation creation tool built by David Warlick and the Landmark Project, 2000. It "is part of the Landmark for Schools Web site for teachers." The tool helps students create citations that are formatted correctly.

M.Z. presented this in class, week 12, semester 2, and again week 13, 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 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.

Posted to YouTube by Harmonic ThinkingNow on Jan 19 2010.

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

Posted on YouTube by InformalMantis on July 17 2011.

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