Adult School to Ohlone Bridge Course: June 23-July 23, 2015 - Classes are held 2 1/2 hours twice a week 5 weeks (as is the case at Ohlone College, except we have 15 weeks -- you should match your college schedule as closely as possible.) We also added the Starbucks conversation hour -- every day after class for an hour.
GENERAL OVERVIEW OF TOPICS AND TECHNOLOGY PRESENTED
Sample of a 5 week course: You MUST add /take away based on YOUR context.
The tech tools we chose are heavily used in our ESL courses at Ohlone College. Also, you must infuse this with content-based ESL vocabulary and LSRW activities.
We require a lot of homework - 1-2 hours per hour of instruction. Initially, instructors were skeptical, but students accepted the challenge and we increased the HW load the second year. We had a 95% pass rate. Students wanted to be graded and quizzed, and learned to check their own grades often. (Learnboost.com or whatever online grading system you use) They had to maintain 70% or higher to get a certificate of completion. They had to attend 90% of the classes to pass.
This is only a vague overview to get you started: IT MUST REFLECT YOUR CONTEXT
In Red -- Basic topics for college survival.
In Blue -- Basic academic technology tools used at Ohlone College in all levels of ESL
SACC Bridge Course - Pathways to College
Week 1 Introductions, College Vs. Adult School, College Survival Study Habits Basic Notetaking for ESL, Gmail and Google Drive Online learning platform such as Canvas/Blackboard/Wikispaces - This must be used for the course. Ohlone ID Numbers College Syllabus, Goal Setting(Prezi) + Paragraph Organization (Argument + Proof) Google Docs Collaborative Google Docs Learnboost Grading System
Week 2 Time Management , Reading Strategies for ESL Studetns Google Slides Collaborative Google Slides- English Central (Free for a month in the summer) Engrade or other grading system
Ohlone College Website-Website Scavenger Hunt -Online Research-Reading Strategies Collaborative Docs with Google
This class is held ON the Ohlone Campus (Campus Tour , Ohlone ESL Class Visit, Advisement etc. )
Guest Speakers from the Community- "Paths to Success - Stories of Grit and Determination" -- VERY IMPORTANT -- VARIETY -- 5 speakers from different age groups, geographic/economic/academic contexts
Note-taking and Reflective Listening and Writing Skills
Week 5 Ohlone Advising Follow-up , Discussion Skills for College, Persuasion, Debate WORD vs. Google Docs Plagiarism, Eval & Wrap-up(Present Certificates of Completion for students who missed no more than one workshop. ) Plagiarism Checkers, Bibliography Engines, Survey Monkey
Adult School to Ohlone Bridge Course: June 23-July 23, 2015 - Classes are held 2 1/2 hours twice a week 5 weeks (as is the case at Ohlone College, except we have 15 weeks -- you should match your college schedule as closely as possible.) We also added the Starbucks conversation hour -- every day after class for an hour.
Here is the Word Doc of the following Outline:
GENERAL OVERVIEW OF TOPICS AND TECHNOLOGY PRESENTED
Sample of a 5 week course: You MUST add /take away based on YOUR context.
The tech tools we chose are heavily used in our ESL courses at Ohlone College. Also, you must infuse this with content-based ESL vocabulary and LSRW activities.
We require a lot of homework - 1-2 hours per hour of instruction. Initially, instructors were skeptical, but students accepted the challenge and we increased the HW load the second year. We had a 95% pass rate. Students wanted to be graded and quizzed, and learned to check their own grades often. (Learnboost.com or whatever online grading system you use) They had to maintain 70% or higher to get a certificate of completion. They had to attend 90% of the classes to pass.
This is only a vague overview to get you started: IT MUST REFLECT YOUR CONTEXT
In Red -- Basic topics for college survival.
In Blue -- Basic academic technology tools used at Ohlone College in all levels of ESL
SACC Bridge Course - Pathways to College
Week 1
Introductions, College Vs. Adult School, College Survival Study Habits
Basic Notetaking for ESL,
Gmail and Google Drive
Online learning platform such as Canvas/Blackboard/Wikispaces - This must be used for the course.
Ohlone ID Numbers
College Syllabus, Goal Setting (Prezi) + Paragraph Organization (Argument + Proof)
Google Docs
Collaborative Google Docs
Learnboost Grading System
Week 2
Time Management , Reading Strategies for ESL Studetns
Google Slides
Collaborative Google Slides-
English Central (Free for a month in the summer)
Engrade or other grading system
Ohlone College Website - Website Scavenger Hunt - Online Research-Reading Strategies
Collaborative Docs with Google
Week 3
Learning Styles Inventory - Study Skills, Descriptive vs. Reflective Speaking, Reading, Writing
Voicethread
ESL- Online Grammar/Vocabulary Resources, Discussion skills, Critical Thinking
Quizlet
Week 4
*Advising from Ohlone – Financial and Academic -
VERY IMPORTANT
This class is held ON the Ohlone Campus (Campus Tour , Ohlone ESL Class Visit, Advisement etc. )
Guest Speakers from the Community - "Paths to Success - Stories of Grit and Determination" -- VERY IMPORTANT -- VARIETY -- 5 speakers from different age groups, geographic/economic/academic contexts
Note-taking and Reflective Listening and Writing Skills
Week 5
Ohlone Advising Follow-up , Discussion Skills for College, Persuasion, Debate
WORD vs. Google Docs
Plagiarism, Eval & Wrap-up (Present Certificates of Completion for students who missed no more than one workshop. )
Plagiarism Checkers,
Bibliography Engines,
Survey Monkey
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