Learning Outside the Classroom was the focus for SI Wednesday. With 25 participants and 11 guest speakers (six of them BCC students), a lively dialog ensued. Highpoints included:

– John Reiff’s presentation on the five elements of service-learning: preparation, action, reflection, evaluation, celebration

– Participants with blindfolds walking the trust line to get an experiential feel for the obstacles students encounter at community college (led by Louise Hurwitz)

– Carol Hilderbrante and Tom Troiano talking about their work at Salvation Army’s juvenile life skills course

– Visions of study abroad and field tripping with Graziano Ramsden of MCLA and Lois Cooper and Tom Tyning

– Five BCC students and two Crosby Elementary Students talking about math tutoring as service learning

– Faculty at round tables engaging across disciplines about student learning and teaching approaches

Tomorrow we shift to “Learning 2.0” – where technology becomes the medium for getting outside the classroom… more soon