My role at the Assistance League was to help make their
vision, of engaging students in an educational experience while they are
waiting to "shop", a reality. The challenge in making their vision a reality was in
getting an army of volunteers trained to implement the lessons. The Assistance League contacted two other
community organizations that work with Boise State Service-Learning to help make
their vision a reality, Foothills
Learning Center and Boise
Watershed. Each of these community organizations designed a lesson that
could be easily implemented by Boise State Service-Learning students. Boise State Service-Learning students from
Environmental Studies 121 signed-up to share their understanding of the environment
while engaging students in thinking about the water cycle and recycling.
The challenge then became making this vision come to life with
a unified understanding of the lessons. To
create this unified understanding, I filmed the delivery of each of the lesson
plans, edited the film, and uploaded the videos to the Assistance Leagues' OrgSync portal. Students who missed the orientation could then view those
videos, as well as students who just want a review the material.
The Assistance League can now decide if they are going to
grow their library of activities, by adding more lessons each year, or continue to use the same lessons with training just one click away. This form
of training may become a great alternative to getting service-learning students off and running quicker.
-Jill K. Hettinger, Boise State University Service-Learning
-Jill K. Hettinger, Boise State University Service-Learning
Not only are these Service Learning students teaching our children some valuable and usable environmental information but they are also great role models for our young children. Thank you BSU Service Learning students!!
ReplyDeleteBecky Woodrfuff, VP Publice Relations for Assistance League of Boise