Extra Credit Assignments
Extra Credit Assignments must be completed the week they are presented on the Course Outline. All
extra credit assignments must be typed and completed thoroughly with thought, detail and clarity.
Extra Credit #1
Go to memory website Extra Credit #1 Memory website 7 points
http://www.exploratorium.edu/memory/dont_forget/index.html
Go to this website and go through some of the memory games. Discuss 2-3 typed paragraphs what you
thought about the site and the activities you participated in? Do you think completing these types of
activities on a regular basis would help you with your memory? Why or why not?
Extra Credit # 2 Fly Like an Eagle 7 points
Fly Like an Eagle-Steve Miller Band 1973 (we will listen to in class)
Time keeps on slippin, slippin into the future
Time keeps on slippin, slippin into the future
I want to fly like an eagle to the sea,
fly like an eagle let my spirit carry me,
I want to fly like an eagle
Till I’m free
Oh Lord through the revolution
Feed the babies
Who don’t have enough to eat
Shoe the children
With no shoes on their feet
House the people living in the street
Oh, oh there’s a solution
Review this song and discuss whether or not you feel the writer’s words are relevant to issues going on
in today’s society. What does it mean to you to Fly Like an Eagle? What other comparisons would you
take from this song and relate it to today? What issue do you want to resolve in your own life or in the
lives of others and what changes do you need to make to your time management skills in order to do
so? At least one page typed.
Extra Credit #3
Know Your Resources-Scavenger HuntComplete Scavenger Hunt (Below). Then visit one of the resources on campus and type a 1 page paper
on how you feel this service will benefit you or other student s on campus. How will you utilize this
service in the future or what would you tell another student about this service after your visit? What did
you learn that you did not know before? Please attach something from the location and tell me who
you met with and what was discussed. (Examples -The Writing Center, Career Services, Counseling
Services, Library, etc.)
Scavenger Hunt
STUDENT SERVICES SCAVENGER HUNT CLUES
THIS IS A WONDERFUL SCAVENGER HUNT CREATED BY PROFESSOR PAMELA SAWYER OF COLLIN COLLEGE. SEE HOW WELL
YOU DO GUESSING WHICH SERVICES EACH NUMBER IS! THIS MAY HELP YOU DECIDE WHICH SERVICE YOU WANT TO VISIT AND
REPORT ON FOR YOUR EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENT. ENJOY! DON’T LOOK AT THE ANSWERS UNTIL YOU HAVE TRIED REALLY
HARD! (CHECK THE ONES YOU GOT CORRECT ON YOUR OWN)
1
To enroll or not to enroll that is the question!
Then when you do enroll what should you take?
Will the hours transfer?
I am the service that will help resolve all of these questions.
Who am I?
Where am I?
2
When I grow up I want to be… hmmm, I’m not sure!
Is there a place I can go and take an assessment to help me understand what I’d be good at? What if I
find a place to work but need interviewing pointers and help with my resume’? Does the campus have a
place where I can learn about job leads?
What types of jobs are out there that want my type of skills, strengths, personality,…?
Who am I?
Where am I?
3
YIKES! I have a paper to write but don’t know where to start! Is there a place I can go to for one-on-one
help with my class assignments? What if I need help with MLA or APA format?
Who am I?
Where am I?
4
When a book is on “reserve” where do I get it from?
Where can I get a copy of the course textbook without paying for it?
What if I need help with research, who can help me?
Where can I check out CD’s and DVD’s for free?
Who am I?
Where am I?
5
Who is responsible for issues such as student rights, student concerns, parental concerns, responding to
crisis situations, harassment, and discipline at Collin College?
What is the procedure for these types of concerns?
Who am I?
Where am I?
6
I need tutoring for my history class this semester. Occasionally, I will need to have help, but cannot
make it to campus.
Who can help?
Where are they?
7
My math class is killing me! When the professor presents the information in class, I get it. Then, after
I’m home alone, it is very confusing. I need help! Is there a place on campus for me to seek assistance
with math?
Who am I?
Where am I?
8
ADA? What’s that mean? My sister is dyslexic and getting help in high school, when she comes to Collin
will there be anyone here to help her? Then, there’s a guy in one of my classes who is deaf, with an
interpreter who helps him in class. How does he get this?
Who am I?
Where am I?
9
What’s the difference between a CLEP test and Credit by exam? Who can use them and how? Then,
there’s this thing called “TSI”…what’s that? Why do some people have to take developmental math,
writing, or reading? Who decides that they need to take it? What’s the decision based on?
Who am I?
Where am I?
10
Sure, I could never qualify for Scholarships or Free money for college.
Are you sure about that?
Jack Kent Cooke, Coca-Cola Scholars, Hispanic Scholarship fund, Collin College Foundation, … what and
where do you go to learn more?
Who am I?
Where am I?
11
I’m going to transfer to UTD, but am not sure if all of my classes will transfer.
It would be a real bummer to pay for and take classes I don’t need when I move on.
Who do I ask for the answers to these type questions?
Who am I?
Where am I?
12
Next semester I am going to need to travel during the week for my job, but still need to take classes
here. Someone I know is a single mom with no child care, how can she return to college? I’m tired of
college taking so long, how can I speed it up?
Who am I?
Where am I?
13
When the weather’s bad how do I know if the campus is open?
What if I need to use the internet to communicate with instructors?
“When it rains it pours,” my internet is not communicating with Collins software. HELP!!!
Now that I’ve worked hard in my semester course, how do I obtain semester grades?
Who am I?
Where am I?
14
I want to join a student organization, where do I go?
I’ve lost my flash drive, where is the lost and found?
A Collin College ID and parking sticker… why and where?
Who am I?
Where am I?
STUDENT SERVICES SCAVENGER HUNT ANSWER KEY
1. Advising
2. Career Services
3. Writing Center
4. Library
5. VP Student Development, Dr. Mary McRae
6. ACCESS tutoring
7. Math Lab
8. ACCESS
9. testing center
10. Student Foundation (http://foundation.ccccd.org/ )
11. advising
12. weekend college
13. tech support
14. Student Life Services