GlobalSkillsCC

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.

A video about Nick Vujicic, who has no arms or legs, posted by Daily Motivation to YouTube (on the Daily Motivation channel), Jan 2009.

RO showed this to her class in a lesson titled Reevaluation of motivation and setting goals, week 9, semester 4.

Part of TED2001, filmed Feb 2001 and posted March 2009. Coach John Wooden of UCLA was one of the winningest coaches in basketball. According to the description, in this talk, "Wooden redefines success and urges us all to pursue the best in ourselves."

RO showed this video in class that looked at student success and paragraph structure, week 6, semester 4.

A series of exercises on commas, as posted to Grammar Bytes! by Robin L. Simmons (n.d.).

RO gave the comma exercises as an assignment, week 5, semester 4.

From TEDxToronto 2012. Filmed Sept 2010 and posted on Ted.com Jan 2011. Pasricha, who blogs 1000 Awesome Things and has written a best-seller, The Book of Awesome, asserts that with attitude, awareness, and authenticity, one can lead an "awesome" life.

RO used this video as a resource for her victim-creator essay, week 4, semester 4.

Excerpted from Saturday Night Live and posted on Hulu.com, skit runs 5:39, n.d.

R.O. used this humorous Debbie Downer skit as an example of a victim for her students victim/creator lesson, week 4, semester 4.

Excerpted from On Course, Study Skills: Strategies for Creating Success in College and in Life, by Skip Downing, posted on Google Books.

RO used this case study in class for discussion and to generate a writing assignment, week 3, semester 4.

This page provides access to a self-assessment based on Skip Downing's On Course (4E), posted on the Online Study Center, Cengage Learning.

RO used this self-assessment with her students, week 4, semester 4.

Created by Cheryl Carter (n.d.). as part of the Southern LINCS database. From the database's home page, LINCS is "a national electronic information and communication system for adult literacy." The lesson's stated objective is to help learners understand "registers of language,...distinguish between different registers...and utilize these registers for more effective communication." This lesson is based on Ruby Payne's work.

TO'C taught a full lesson on language registers, week 13, semester 4.

Article created by Dawn Hawkins in Helium, January 01 2011 (last updated Jan 4 2011). The article offers several legal/technical definitions of domestic violence, as well as a number for support.

This article helped TO'C's students prepare for their work on the Tombstone Project, week 8, semester 4.

No author/creator's name given and no date. The forum offers both a poll, in which users can vote (with scars winning at 60%, as of May 2012), and a forum where users can express more complete opinions.

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

Resources for "makers," DIY folks who innovate, create and share projects & ideas. These resources include a subscription based magazine, a blog, videos & podcasts, shared project ideas, a forum/community and a store. Additionally, Maker Faire is an annual conference for the Make audience. Make Magazine, published quarterly by O'Reilly is a hybrid magazine/book "(known as a mook in Japan)".

From Bowling Green State University, resources provided by their Center for Teaching and Learning. They use Shelfari to collect and describe their Library Holdings; the Center Archives has an excellent compilation of favorite websites; and the Teaching and Learning Guides are also helpful.

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

By Cody Hodge on the website Helium, December 4 2009. A brief exploration of the various reasons that (21st century) people might get tattoos.

TO'C uses this to further develop her heart scars project.

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.

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...."

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.

Part of Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL), this document helps guide students through the process of developing an outline.

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

MyWritingLab, a product of Pearson Education, is an online learning program that includes diagnostic tests, online exercises, and an online gradebook.

L.H. mentions this as a textbook plus online grammar arrangement that she is planning to use this semester.

L.H. describes her efforts to test My Writing Lab with her students, see Week 3, semester 4.