1. REFLECT on your INDEPENDENT service experience. BLOG about how you were changed by the experience (ideas, stereotypes), and what you did to help change the situation. Papers showing completion of 15 hrs are due to Ms. Klose by Fri. May 30th.
2. PLAN for extended (90 minute) service meetings on Wed. May 28 and Thurs. June 5th. Any research, links, pictures, diagrams, information should also be posted to your blog.
3. Catch up on all/any missing blog posts. Make sure your reflections are complete and professional.
4. PLAN for next year's service learning. Brainstorm ideas to share with your group.
Some IDEAS for Extended Service Time:
Africa Group: Contact the NCC about possibility of another event like the awareness week they did last summer: http://www.constitutioncenter.org/PressRoom/PressReleases/2007_06_28_17784.shtml
Contact/trip to African American Museum to discuss possible partnership in raising money and awareness for Darfur.
Community Giving: Contact about tour, partnership, other opportunities for helping area children.
Children's Aid Society
Address: 1315 Walnut St., Suite 1004 Phone: (215) 546-2990
Children's Service, Inc.
Address: 1315 Walnut St., 3rd Fl., Philadelphia, PA, 19107 Phone: (215) 546-3503
Childhood Cancer- go to McCall or another outdoor area and assess, fact-find for planning if it would be a good place to have a fundraiser/fair in the fall.
Fundred:Contact Ballard Spahr about visiting their print shop and possibility of assisting with printing of Fundred materials. Contact printers and visit with presentation re; donations. Marathon, 215 238 1100, 9 N. 3rd Street;
Sir Speedy printers (215) 627-2777, 47 N 8th Street
Garden- Take the bus down to the Lowe's on Delaware Ave and price soil, containers, plants, and other materials. Go back to NCC and make detailed sketches.
Homelessness: Contact The Employment Project ( Leona Smith, 246 Arch Street, Phone: 215-923-1694) about meeting with her and finding out about the program. Take a trip to one of the shelters you have researched. Take a trip to Kmart and price the cost of creating a care package, and talk to Kmart management about discounts.
Language/Seniors: Plan a trip to St George's retirement home.
Contact the Rittenhouse Care Center re: trip, partnership: 1526 Lombard St
Philadelphia, PA 19106, (215) 735-0243
Library: Trip to Central Branch. Trip to Borders (Broad and Chestnut) to price and find high interest books. Trip to Independence branch. Work on projects at school library.
Nutrition: Walk up to the Superfresh at 5th and Locust. Price a variety of items (fruit, veggies, lunchmeat, bread, milk, junk food). Ask the manager why food prices have gone up, why fresh fruit is more expensive than junk food, why organic is 2x more expensive than conventional fruit. Determine the cost of healthily feeding a family of four for one week.
PSA/NHD: Contact Masterman HS about collaboration/sharing tips for successful NHD projects. Trip to the National Archives for tips for planning projects.
Pollution/Silent Killers: Contact Bureau of Consumer Protection--Philadelphia Branch about a tour/discussion.
Address: 21 S. 12th St., 2nd Fl., Philadelphia, PA, 19107 Phone: (215) 560-2414
OR
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Address: 701 Market St., Philadelphia, PA, 19106 Phone: (215) 597-9105
Recycling: Visit a recycling center. Take a trip to one of the community groups dedicated to improving air/water/recyling efforts, listed at http://www.cleanair.org/recyclingalliance/about_us.html
School Store: Take a trip to Kmart to brainstorm and price items for the school store. Contact local businesses about partnerships.
Tutoring: Contact Center for Literacy re: a tour and scheduling tutor training.
Center City/South
1315 Walnut St.
15th Floor
Contact: Scott Bostwick
Session 1: Tues. June 10
215-683-1563
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
Service Learning: May 19 - May 23
1. Provide a thorough reflection of Thursday May 15 meeting, including any research and planning that you are responsible for.
A. Describe three moments of frustration, indecision, success, doubt, realization that have happened during your meeting, and how you dealt with these emotions.
B. Through service learning I have learned the following about the issue of:
C. How have your values or stereotypes been changed through this experience?
D. Through service learning I have learned the following about myself:
2. MAKE-UP any missing blogs.
Service learning will be CANCELED this week and made up the first week of June. Use this time for make up work.
If you were absent or do NOT have notes on a specific week, you must do the make-up assignment posted below. This is a double credit make-up, and requires reading and 4 paragraphs of reflection.
A. Describe three moments of frustration, indecision, success, doubt, realization that have happened during your meeting, and how you dealt with these emotions.
B. Through service learning I have learned the following about the issue of:
C. How have your values or stereotypes been changed through this experience?
D. Through service learning I have learned the following about myself:
2. MAKE-UP any missing blogs.
Service learning will be CANCELED this week and made up the first week of June. Use this time for make up work.
If you were absent or do NOT have notes on a specific week, you must do the make-up assignment posted below. This is a double credit make-up, and requires reading and 4 paragraphs of reflection.
Make-Up Assignment- May 19-23
Make up assignment (double credit):
Write a thorough (at least 4 paragraph) reflection/response to Fareed Zakaria's article "The Rise of the Rest: Living in the Post-American World"
http://www.newsweek.com/id/135380
First paragraph: What examples does he provide that show the rest of the world is rising above America?
Second paragraph: What are the positive outcomes of the rest of the world rising out of poverty?
Third paragraph: What is globalization and how can it positively and negatively affect American economic and social life?
Fourth paragraph: your own opinions, ideas, and thoughts about the essay.
Write a thorough (at least 4 paragraph) reflection/response to Fareed Zakaria's article "The Rise of the Rest: Living in the Post-American World"
http://www.newsweek.com/id/135380
First paragraph: What examples does he provide that show the rest of the world is rising above America?
Second paragraph: What are the positive outcomes of the rest of the world rising out of poverty?
Third paragraph: What is globalization and how can it positively and negatively affect American economic and social life?
Fourth paragraph: your own opinions, ideas, and thoughts about the essay.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Service Learning: May 12 - May 16
1. Reflect on Friday's meeting (May 9). Specifically answer:
a. What have I learned about our group's topic?
b. What have I learned about myself through service learning?
c. If I were in charge of this group I would change:
2. Plan for Thursday May 15 meeting. Post at least 3 ideas, polls, information, websites, or resources on your topic.
3. Talk to a friend in a different group, or read a blog from a different group. List 3 things that you found out about the other group.
4. EC/Make-up Assignment:
Read and summarize the article: McCain's Seven Steps to Beating Obama
a. What have I learned about our group's topic?
b. What have I learned about myself through service learning?
c. If I were in charge of this group I would change:
2. Plan for Thursday May 15 meeting. Post at least 3 ideas, polls, information, websites, or resources on your topic.
3. Talk to a friend in a different group, or read a blog from a different group. List 3 things that you found out about the other group.
4. EC/Make-up Assignment:
Read and summarize the article: McCain's Seven Steps to Beating Obama
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Mr. Todd's Web Workbook
Use this site for your evaluation of the Spanish WebWorkbook:
http://www.webworkbooks.com/spanish/spanishworkbook/index.php
http://www.webworkbooks.com/spanish/spanishworkbook/index.php
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Monday, May 5, 2008
Service Learning- May 5 - May 9
1. REFLECT on Thursday May 1 meeting in DETAIL.
USE iMovie to record yourself talking about service learning so far. (Please use STUDENT sign in).
Talk about:
What was successful? What challenges or problems did you encounter?
What have you learned so far?
What needs to be worked on for the coming weeks?
What should be changed for next year?
EXPORT the movie for web (Quicktime)
IMPORT to your blog.
SEE ME for help if needed.
2. PLAN for Friday MAY 9 meeting.
Post any information, research, ideas, plans that you are working on.
EMAIL your group members, staff mentor, AND me with any ideas and information that you find.
3. Extra Credit/Make-up Assignment. If you are missing work:
Go to http://people.howstuffworks.com/superdelegate.htm
1. What are superdelegates?
2. What are the Pros of Superdelegates?
3.What are the Cons of Superdelegates?
USE iMovie to record yourself talking about service learning so far. (Please use STUDENT sign in).
Talk about:
What was successful? What challenges or problems did you encounter?
What have you learned so far?
What needs to be worked on for the coming weeks?
What should be changed for next year?
EXPORT the movie for web (Quicktime)
IMPORT to your blog.
SEE ME for help if needed.
2. PLAN for Friday MAY 9 meeting.
Post any information, research, ideas, plans that you are working on.
EMAIL your group members, staff mentor, AND me with any ideas and information that you find.
3. Extra Credit/Make-up Assignment. If you are missing work:
Go to http://people.howstuffworks.com/superdelegate.htm
1. What are superdelegates?
2. What are the Pros of Superdelegates?
3.What are the Cons of Superdelegates?
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