Lab Activity for March 15

Steve Jobs' Graduation Speech at Stanford University

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA&feature=related

Lab Activities March 8

Listen to these two videos and take detailed notes for 20.  After 20 minutes, answer the quiz questions Debbie gives you, using your notes.

Psychology - Short and Long Term Memory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TausqSK9p9k

How to Improve Your Memory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBjr4jKYEpw

Homework for March 11

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/how-memory-works.html 

This is your LAST chance to show me what you can do.  Take good notes and prepare for a quiz on this material in class on Friday. 

Lab Activities for March 1

Listen to this for 30 minutes and take notes.  You will then answer questions using your notes. 

http://www.sonnyradio.com/lastlecture.html

Homework for March 4

Listen to BOTH of the following lectures and take notes.

1.  Pay Attention to Penguins

http://www.youtube.com/user/tedtalksdirector?blend=1&ob=4#p/u/2/5aLiFw8C_EA

2.  Global Population Growth

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/hans_rosling_on_global_population_growth.html

Global Impact Reading for February 17

Andrea Insley, Dean of International Education Programs at SCCC, will lecture tomorrow on this exciting SCCC program - GLOBAL IMPACT. 
http://www.seattlecolleges.edu/globalimpact

Lab Activities for February 15

1. Is A Woman Into You?   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGQ12Jq4VAQ&feature=PlayList&p=9CC2AB31ADFE61F9&playnext=1&index=2 

2. How To Tell If A Man Is Attracted To You http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7GIMEFfX2g&feature=related 

3. Science of Sex Appeal: Sex vs Love http://videos.howstuffworks.com/discovery/35987-science-of-sex-appeal-sex-vs-love-video.htm

4. Science of Sex Appeal: Biological http://videos.howstuffworks.com/discovery/35974-science-of-sex-appeal-biological-sex-appeal-video.htm

5. Science of Sex Appeal: Mating for Life http://videos.howstuffworks.com/discovery/35986-science-of-sex-appeal-mating-for-life-video.htm

6. Science of Sex Appeal: Love for Life http://videos.howstuffworks.com/discovery/35992-science-of-sex-appeal-love-for-life-video.htm

Homework for Friday, February 18

Watch any video from 2010 or 2011.  You must watch 45 minutes this week.  We will have the same assignment next week, so if you want to choose a longer story you can finish it next week.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/view/

Valentine's Day and LOVE

http://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day 

To prepare for Leighton's lecture Monday, you can listen to any of the videos on this site.  Have a good weekend!

Lab Activities for February 8

Peace Corps – A Legacy at Home and Abroad

http://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=learn

Recruitment Video

http://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=learn.whatlike.videofaqs.recruitvid

Peace Corps Volunteer Works at an Urban Garden

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcumpDzz2yc

Super Bowl Ads
http://superbowlads.fanhouse.com

Homework for February 11

Go to the NOVA website.  http://video.pbs.org/program/979359664/  You will see 64 videos.  You must watch ONE video that is at least 45 minutes long.  (Most of them are about 50 minutes long)   Mt. St. Helens is a volcano in Washington, about 2 hours south of Seattle, in case you're interested in that. 

Homework for Monday, February 7

Lecture Preparation

Go to http://www.peacecorps.gov/   and find answers to the following:

• What is the Peace Corps?
• What do volunteers do?
• Where do volunteers go?

Write down at least ONE question about the Peace Corps and bring it to Monday's lecture. 

Lab Activities for February 1

1. How Brands Effect Our Social Status    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaMhIZyL9NE
2. Marriage as a Status Symbol      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aSj5tO-qHU
3. One Man’s Trash    http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/videos/player.html?channel=1805

·         Go to Cultures and Customs.  Go to page 4 (of 14) and watch “One Man’s Trash” 

Homework for February 4

http://video.nytimes.com/    Take notes on three different stories from the New York Times website. 

Go the  NY Times video website.  You should type the titles in the SEARCH box in the upper right. 

1. The President Addresses America’s Students
2. The Education of Harunur Rashid 
3. YOUR choice.  Watch one more video on this website. 

Reading Homework for Monday, January 31

http://seattlecentral.edu/transfer/index.php 

Find out the following information at the above link:

• What is an AA?  What is the AA-DTA?
• What is an AS?  What is the AS-DTA?
• What are the Basic Requirements?
• What are electives?
• What are the three areas of knowledge in the Distribution Requirements?

http://seattlecentral.edu/proftech/generalreq.php

• What is the AAS?
• What are 3 certificates available at SCCC? 

Lab Activities for January 25

Go to:  http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4913196365903075662#

Watch the first 10 minutes of the documentary and take notes on the worksheet. 

Video for Class January 21

Alonzo Clemons  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkDMaJ-wZmQ

Homework due January 28

Follow the directions on the handout given in class.

 

http://video.pbs.org/video/1723135439/?starttime=1471000 

Lab Activities for January 18

12 Things I Wish My Students Knew

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXNfVs1pPQc&feature=related
(There aren’t 12 in this video!)

Note-Taking Tips
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ-jvsCkR1U&feature=related


YAHOO News Videos

http://video.yahoo.com/network/100000054

Notetaking Video

Watch this video on the Cornell Notetaking method.

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/videos/video_ntcap.htmlmouth.edu/~acskills/videos/video_ntcap.html

Homework due January 21

FRONTLINE WORLD

http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/bytheme.html

Choose videos with different themes (Art and Culture, Environment, etc.). Total viewing time must be ~ 45 minutes. (Videos range from 7 – 20 minutes) There are 11 themes including Arts &Culture, Conflict & Violence, and Environment.

*Each video must have a different theme*

Cornell Method

Notetaking Video

Watch this video on the Cornell Notetaking method.

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/videos/video_ntcap.htmlmouth.edu/~acskills/videos/video_ntcap.html

Homework for Friday, January 14

Monday, January 17th is a holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. For your first homework assignment, you will choose from the 14 videos on this biography site. The length of all the videos combined should be about 45 minutes. Take notes and bring them to class on Friday, January 14.

http://www.biography.com/video.do?name=martinlutherking&bcpid=16971612001&bclid=1612721931&bctid=2940109001

Snow?

SCCC is OPEN  unless you hear otherwise from one of our sources below. 

• Seattle Central website: http://www.seattlecentral.edu/  
• http://www.schoolreport.org/ — Click on "college" tab at the left and then on Seattle Central Community College.
• NEW! Seattle Central closure line. Call 206-587-5464 (587-KING).
• Radio and TV news: All major radio and television stations regularly announce closures or delays, which they pick up from the school report website.
• Campus Alert 
• Facebook (seattlecentral.edu/facebook)

WELCOME

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