Where on campus will you lead others?
What safety considerations are there?
How will you introduce your activity?
Who will introduce your activity?
How will you modify your activity, if necessary, to accommodate people of different ability levels?
What benefits are there to practicing your activity?
Who will research these?
Who will lead the group in the activity?
How will you arrange yourselves so as to provide guidance for your participants?
Have you created a role for each person on your team?
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Thursday, September 20, 2018
UPDATE TO HOMEWORK FOR 9/25/18 - MEDITATION WITH A TREE
Dear Students - you have probably seen the email from Marsh Allen Smith about the possible mountain lion presence on campus and his recommendations for safety. Good job to all of you for noting that dead deer and bringing it to my attention!
In light of this, I have modified your homework assignment for "Solo" Meditation with a Tree. Please do not do this assignment completely alone. Do this assignment in pairs, staying reasonably close together and with each person facing in a different direction (i.e. not facing each other). This will enable you to preserve a sense of privacy while also keeping awareness of your surroundings.
Although this is a meditation exercise, the intent from the start was for you to do it with your eyes open as you look at your tree - that will also enable you to remain aware of your surroundings as you do the assignment.
Have a great weekend and enjoy the outdoor spaces on our campus in safety.
Patti Andrews
In light of this, I have modified your homework assignment for "Solo" Meditation with a Tree. Please do not do this assignment completely alone. Do this assignment in pairs, staying reasonably close together and with each person facing in a different direction (i.e. not facing each other). This will enable you to preserve a sense of privacy while also keeping awareness of your surroundings.
Although this is a meditation exercise, the intent from the start was for you to do it with your eyes open as you look at your tree - that will also enable you to remain aware of your surroundings as you do the assignment.
Have a great weekend and enjoy the outdoor spaces on our campus in safety.
Patti Andrews
Thursday, September 6, 2018
Schedule through Call to Action Day
Freshman Seminar * Andrews * Schedule for Fall 2018
We are part of Pod 1 Tuesday / Thursday 9:25–10:40
Faculty: Vince Fitzgerald, Madeleine Fitzgerald, Mike Elkins & Patricia Andrews
WEEK ONE: First Week of Classes
August 28 & 30
August 28
Intro and team-builder. Syllabus review. Hallmarks. Core course questions. The 6 Rs. Focus areas.
August 30
Collaboration groups.
WEEK TWO: Labor Day Week
September 4 & 6
September 4
Group shares re emphasis groups
September 6
Discernment #1 – big questions. Discuss Berry, “The Place of the Human”
DUE: Carefully read Berry, “The Place of the Human”
WEEK THREE
September 11 & 13
September 11
POD MEETING IN THE NDNU THEATER DOWN THE HILL
Sister Roseanne Murphy will talk about her book, Martyr of the Amazon& about Sister Dorothy Stang
DUE: Complete reading Martyr of the Amazon& responding to Summer Reading Questions
September 13
Rot!Composting & Worm Bin Workshop in class.
DUE: Bring one thing you think our worms will want to eat.
ALSO DUE: Journal check. Each member of your team should have contributed at least two entries to your team journal by now.
WEEK FOUR
September 18 & 20
September 18
Visit by Community Partner, San Mateo County Office Of Sustainability. Jackie Nunez.
September 20
Tentative: campus walking tour.
WEEK FIVE
September 25 & 27
September 25
Team Time. Time in class to do planning, research, resource identification, obstacle identification and skills development relating to your team activity. Reducing waste during our Call to Action Day trip.
DUE: 1) Draft a letter to the cafeteria manager outlining our class request to reduce waste associated with our take-out lunches on Call to Action Day. 2) You must have done at least one practice session by this date… bring your Team Journal to class – your journal must include at least 3 entries by each member of the team, and one of these entries must be a reflection on one of your practice sessions. 3) Complete the “Solo” Meditation in Nature activity and reflection.
September 27
Review and signing of letter to Caf. Team Time to complete worksheet in class.
WEEK SIX
October 2 & 4
October 2
Gerald Schwartz for pre-flection for CTA Day.
October 4
Pre-flection for CTA Day. Discussion of 2 articles on service. Defining “community partner,” “service learning” & “community engagement” as compared to traditional forms of community service or charity work… how do these arise from the Hallmarks? Developing skills for working with communities.
DUE: Read Mitchell, “Traditional vs. Critical Service Learning: Engaging the Literature to Differentiate Two Models” https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/mjcsl/3239521.0014.205?rgn=main;view=fulltext and Remen, “Serving is Different from Helping and Fixing” http://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=940 & complete comparison worksheet.
WEEK SEVEN
Call to Action Week
October 9 & 11
October 9
Call to Action Day – tour of Shoreway Enrivonmental Center & creative brainstorm work-session… with lunch at Ox Mountain Landfill. Our agenda is as follows:
1) 8:30 am Pick up class at NDNU
2) 9: am – 10 am – tour the Shoreway Environmental Center in San Carlos
3) 10 am – 10:15 transport to Bedwell / Bayfront Park – closed landfill Menlo Park
3) 11 am – 11:30 am – transport to Vista Point on Skyline (Corner of Highway 35 and 92) for lunch
4) 11:30 – 12 pm – Lunch at Vista Point (please have students pack a no waste lunch using reusable containers, etc.)
5) 12:15 – 1:30 pm – Tour Ox Moutain Landfill in HMB
6) 1:30 pm – 2 pm – transport back to Notre Dame de Namur
October 11
Post-flection on CTA Day. Reflection-Action-Reflection model. Preview of midterm project.
DUE: Written reflection about CTA Day
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