Project Renaissance

Facilitators:

• Patti Levine-Brown, QEP Faculty Co-Director/Professor of Communications
• Donna Martin, Open Campus Renaissance Scholar/Professor of Mathematics

March 4, 2006 Gutenberg Training

Why Gutenberg?

The Mission of the College

The Mission of College Prep

Best Practices in Developmental Education

PAIDEIA - Case Study

World Café Activity

• After Math Case Study
• Process Outcomes

College Preparatory Placement

College Preparatory Class Exit Exam Process

Technology/Web Sites

• English
• Math
• Reading

Resources

English and Reading

       Reading

• Transitional and Clue Words
• Literary Resources on the Net This is an interesting site with a wealth of literary material.
  SQ3R - These sites give additional information
  about this method.
• SQ3R - A Reading/Study System

       Study Habits

• Counseling and Psychological Service (CAPS)
• Prentice Hall's Student Success

       Patterns of Organization Created By M. Nielsen

• Reading help and practice site created by Barbara S. Doyle, Arkansas State University
• General Developmental education site with clicks for main idea, structural analysis, patterns of organization, active reading, critical reading, summarizing, and context clues.
• Patterns of Organization Practice 2
• Patterns of Organization Practice 1
• Reading Room – created by Barbara Mezaki, at Mt. San Antonio College, American Language Dept.
  information about finding main idea, details, context clues. figurative language, inferences
• Note taking - These sites give great information about outlining, note taking, summarizing, and mapping

       Fact and Opinion

• Empower

       Inference, Figurative Language

• Inference, Figurative language (anthropology)
• Inference, Figurative language (caweather)
• Inference, Figurative language (speaking)
• Inference, Figurative language (language)
  

       Critical Analysis

• Evaluation Criteria
• Find an editorial and critically analyze it
• Find support for a research article
• Listen to Robert Frost reading
• Learn about poets
• Learn how to map

       Use sites for additional practice for a class objective

• Identifying Adjectives
  
• Hacker Handbook Resources
• Transitional Words and Phrases

       Find exercises from other schools and companies

• Web English Teacher

       Find a poem to share with the class

• Poets.org
• Maya Angelou : Teacher Resource File
• Poetry.com
  

       Reading Education Use and create games and quizzes for students

• E.L. Easton
• Vocabulary Test Activities for GRE & SAT
  

       Look for additional interesting web sites to share with students

• Guide to Grammar and Style
• Composition
• Literary Resources
• linkstoliterature.com
• Books A - Z

       Writing and Reading

• Writing Effective Paraphrases
• Thinking about the Topic
• Using Online Database: Introduction to the FBS Co-host
• Writing a Topic Outline
• The Writing Process
• Spacecraft Crash – Summary
• Web English Teacher Literature Sites
• Drama
• Critical Thinking
• Writing
• Poetry
• Grammar
• Fiction
• Prefixes
• Roots a
• Roots b
• Roots c
• Roots d
• Prefixes and Roots A
• Affixes and Roots A
• Prefix Crossword
• Organizational Patterns

Mathematics

       Math Sites:

• Learning Objects
• Learning Objects
• Algebra Resource
• Math Help
• Basic Math
• Math Help
• Math Help
• Worksheet Generator
• Initiative for Learning Enhancement
• Worksheets
• Math Links
• Math Forum
• The Teacher’s Aide
• List of Math Sites

       Study Skills:

• Math Study Skills Inventory
• Purple Math - Your Algebra Resource
• Success in Mathematics
• Do You Have Math Anxiety?
• Study Skills Tips for Math
• Improving Math Study and Test Taking Skills

       Puzzles & Games:

• Puzzlemaker
• Half-Baked Software (You have to download the Hot Potatoes software, and the crosswords are JCross)
• Math Jeopardy
• Math Jeopardy
• Fraction Games
  

       Math Organizations:

• American Mathematical Association for Two Year Colleges
• Florida Two Year Colleges Mathematics Association
• Mathematical Association of America
• National Council of Mathematics Teachers

       Other Organizations:

• National Center for Developmental Education
• National Association for Developmental Education

       FCCJ Stuff:

• Math Council
• College Prep
• Course Outlines
• Project Renaissance
• College Prep Councils
• College Prep Council Meeting Minutes
• Benchmarks of Excellence
• Professional Development
• Learning Centers
• Library

       Books:

• McKeachie’s Teaching Tips, 11th ed.; by Wilbert J. McKeachie; Houghton Mifflin Company; 2002
• Teaching Mathematics: A Sourcebook of Aids, Activities, and Strategies; by Max. A. Sobel and Evan M. Maletsky; Allyn and Bacon;1999