A WalkAbout is a great way for students to begin to understand what authentic needs could be met through service-learning as they create a map of their school or neighborhood.
How might you ensure students engage in learning that is meaningful for them and the community? This document helps you explore the assets and needs in your community as your students develop and plan service-learning experiences.
Learn how to conduct an interview with community members as you plan your service-learning project.
In order to answer the question "What should my service-learning project aim to achieve?" you might develop and administer a survey to key groups of people. Learn how to develop a survey and usee the data to make informed decisions.
Learn how to leverage social media to ensure that you can thoughtfully and effectively share what you've learned from your project with the greatest audience possible.
There are generally three broad categories that a service-learning project can fall into.
Learn how to showcase and demonstrate what you have done with service-learning! Celebrate the story of your project and share what you learned with your local, national, or global community.
Documenting the who, what, when, where, and why during a service-learning activity provides valuable information for both the project underway and future projects. This helps you understand how to document service!
Throughout the year there are many opportunities to take part in existing "days of service." This document outlines some of the days throughout the year - these days can be culimating or catalyzing events built into your own service-learning projects.
Explore the three steps in backward planning of service-learning in detail including: 1) Identifying Desired Results; 2) Creating Assessments (both formative and summative) to measure student progress and achievement of desired results; and 3) Designing Learning Experiences that support the attainment of learning goals.
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