Transcript Creating a community of learners to increase student success

CREATING A
COMMUNITY OF
LEARNERS TO INCREASE
STUDENT SUCCESS
George Woodbury – College of the Sequoias
Email Address: [email protected]
Web Site: georgewoodbury.com
SURVEY
SURVEY – PART 2
CREATING A SENSE OF
COMMUNITY
MATHEMATICIANS
MATHEMATICIANS
MATHEMATICIANS
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DAY 1 SURVEY
I
use a survey similar to this in all of
my classes on the first day of class.
 Survey
COLLECTING
THE SURVEYS
USING THE FOLDERS
WHY IS COMMUNITY IMPORTANT?
WHAT CAN BE GAINED?
BUILDING CONNECTIONS
COMMUNITY
MATHEMATICS
 It’s
important that the class
understands that learning
mathematics is the priority.
HOMEWORK/READING QUIZZES
DURING LECTURE
WORKING TOGETHER OUTSIDE OF
CLASS
GROUP ASSIGNMENTS –
MATHEMATICIANS IN HISTORY
GROUP ASSIGNMENTS –
MATHEMATICIANS IN HISTORY
MATHEMATICIANS IN HISTORY

Example
GROUP ASSIGNMENTS –
NEWSLETTER ASSIGNMENT
NEWSLETTER ASSIGNMENT

Example
SOLUTIONS MANUAL
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Example
IN CLASS GROUP ACTIVITIES
WEB 2.0 TOOLS TO BUILD A
COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS
WHAT ABOUT
DISTANCE LEARNING?
STRATEGIES FOR DISTANCE
LEARNING CLASSES
USING WEB 2.0 TOOLS FOR
DISTANCE LEARNING CLASSES
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SUGGESTED READING
 Successful
Beginnings for College
Teaching
Angela Proverita McGlynn
(Atwood Publishing)
 Building
Learning Communities in
Cyberspace: Effective Strategies for
the Online Classroom
Paloff & Pratt (Jossey Bass – Wiley)
CONTACT INFORMATION
 Email:
 Web
[email protected]
Site: georgewoodbury.com
 Twitter:
@georgewoodbury
 Blog:
georgewoodbury.wordpress.com