SLS 1515- Cornerstone Experience
Tentative Course Schedule
*All assignments must be submitted to Canvas by 11:59 p.m. on the due date.
Exception: Final Essay due by 9:00 p.m. on the due date.
Date
8/25/14
Monday
Class Activities and Topics
 Introduction Activity: Something We
Couldn’t Guess by Looking at You
 Directions for accessing syllabus and
completing homework assignment.
 Letter to your future self
8/27/14
 Syllabus Q&A
Wednesday
 Think-Pair-Share: Why are you here?
 What do you want from college?
 Inventory (pp.33-34)
 The value of a college education.
9/1/14
Monday
9/3/14
Wednesday
9/8/14
Monday
Journal Entry 1 Due!
CCTDI Pre-test-Meet in Lab, Q-128
SmarterMeasure Pre-test
Explore Canvas in lab
Group Share: CCTDI & Smarter
Measure Results
Think-Pair-Share: Who is responsible for
your success in this class?
Optimist vs. Pessimist Activity (p. 10)
Group Activity: Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic
motivation
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Read Chapter 2
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Continue Reading Chapter 2
Work on Journal Entry 2 (Due 9/10):
Journal Entry 2 Due!
Video: Stuck on an Elevator
Internal or External Locus of Control
activity (p. 15)
Open Sort and Closed Sort: Ten Habits
of Successful College Students
What’s your passion?
Finding your passion in a career.
Type Activities (pp.44-51)
Get in Type groups and review
occupations (pp. 57-69). Is there a
match?
Group Activity: Personality Types (Home,
School, Work, Play)
Careers and Salaries (p. 70)
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Read Chapters 3 & 4
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Continue Reading Chapters 3 & 4
Don’t forget to work on GPS Activities
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Continue Reading Chapters 3 & 4
Work on Journal Entry 3 (Due 10/1):
Field Trip-Career Center and
Presentation by Dr. Kennedy
Looks, Yells, Runs Activity
Learning Style Inventory (pp. 103-104)
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9/22/14
Monday
Reflect and analyze why you are attending
college. What motivated you to enroll? What
goals do you hope to achieve? Response
must be a minimum of 250 words.
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9/17/14
Wednesday
Read Chapter 1
Work on Journal Entry 1 (Due 9/3):
LABOR DAY-COLLEGE CLOSED
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9/15/14
Monday
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9/10/14
Wednesday
Homework Assignments
 Read Syllabus/Schedule and respond to
survey.
 Complete letter to your “future self.”
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Enjoy the Holiday!
Look at your results of the California Critical
Thinking Disposition Inventory (CCTDI). What
are your areas of strength? How do your
strengths make you a better student? Which
area has room for improvement? Describe
action steps you will take to improve.
Response must be a minimum of 250 words.
Based upon your Personality Type report,
identify three possible career choices that are
suitable for you, and explain how one of those
relates to your personality type, personal
values, career interests and success factors.
Response must be a minimum of 250 words.
Read Chapters 3 & 4
Work on Journal Entry 3 (Due 10/1)
9/24/14
Wednesday
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9/29/14
Monday
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10/1/14
Wednesday
10/6/14
Monday
10/8/14
Wednesday
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10/13/14
Monday
10/15/14
Wednesday
10/20/14
Monday
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Learning Techniques (pp. 82-83)
Group Activity: Learning Styles and
Study Techniques
Personality and Learning Styles
Video Clip-What do you remember?
Taking Notes-What our own tricks?
Styles of note taking: Cornell, Outline,
Mind Maps (pp. 266-268)
Group Activity: Work in a group to
prepare notes from a text.
Note taking checklist (p. 287)
Journal Entry 3 Due!
Think-Pair-Share: Share your worst testtaking experience.
Test-taking Strategies (pp. 294-297)
Jigsaw: Cornell Notes
Reducing Test Anxiety
Guest Speaker: Vanessa Mayse:
Developing Financial Literacy
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Read Chapter 5
Work on Journal Entry 3 (Due 10/1)
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Read Chapter 5
Don’t forget to work on GPS Activities
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Read Chapters 8 & 9
Don’t forget to work on GPS Activities
General Education Competencies: Open
and Closed Sort
Think-Pair-Share: What is Critical
Thinking?
Group Activity: Critical Thinking
Definitions
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Continue reading Chapters 8 & 9
Work on Journal Entry 4 (Due 10/20):
Critical Thinking: Bloom’s Taxonomy
Critical Thinking: The Elder Paul Model
Critical Thinking: The RED Model
Crime and Punishment (p. 381)
Tips for Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking and Digital Literacy
Social Media Revolution-RED Model
What is real?
General Education Competencies
Open/Close Sort
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Read Chapter 11
Work on Journal Entry 4 (Due 10/20)
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Read Chapter 11
Work on Journal Entry 4 (Due 10/20)
Journal Entry 4 Due!
Advising Presentation
Assign Groups for Group Project
Class time to begin Group Project
Planning
Group Project Planning Template
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Read Chapter 11
Don’t forget to work on GPS Activities
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Read Chapter 5
Don’t forget to work on GPS Activities
Edison State College has established the
following General Competencies:
Communications (COM), Critical Thinking
(CT), Technology/Information Management
(TIM), Global-sociocultural responsibility
(GSR) and Scientific and Quantitative
Reasoning (QR) as listed in your syllabus.
Please choose TWO and explain how
developing each of these competencies will
help you achieve academic, and career
success. Response must be a minimum of 250
words.
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Critical Thinking Continued
The Case of Jayne-RED Model
You are Dismissed-Plus/Delta
Successful Failures
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10/27/14
Monday
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10/29/14
Wednesday
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Video: Getting Stuff Done!
Goal vs. Fantasy
Successful Goal Setting
T-chart: What I value/How I spend my
time
Creating a Successful Schedule
Estimating Study and Work Time
11/3/14
Monday
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11/5/14
Wednesday
11/10/14
Monday
10/22/14
Wednesday
Read Chapter 11
Work on Journal Entry 5 (Due 11/3):
Discuss how time management and financial
responsibility will help you successfully
complete your college education. Response
must be a minimum of 250 words.
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Read Chapter 6
Work on Journal Entry 5 (Due 11/3)
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Read Chapter 6
Work on Journal Entry 5 (Due 11/3)
Journal Entry 5 Due!
Video: Multi-tasking
Time Bandits Activity (pp.189-190)
Time to work on Group Project: Revisit
Group Project Template: Fill in “Steps
and Appropriate Timeline”
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Read Chapter 6
Work on Journal Entry 6 (Due 11/17):
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How to become a millionaire (p. 194)
Think Thrifty! (pp. 194-195)
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Read Chapter 13
Work on Journal Entry 6 (Due 11/17)
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Think-Pair-Share: What does “diversity”
mean to you?
Generalizations, Stereotypes
Exploring Stereotypes (p. 449)
My Groups Activity
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Read Chapter 13
Work on Journal Entry 6 (Due 11/17)
11/12/14
Wednesday
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Diversity Statistics: US and Global
Different and the Same
Cultural Diversity Profile
Metaphors for Cultural Diversity
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Read Chapter 13
Work on Journal Entry 6 (Due 11/17)
Continue to Complete GPS Activities
(Due 11/19)
11/17/14
Monday
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Journal Entry 6 Due!
Intercultural Communication
Activity: Cultural Conversations
Activity: Can you recognize racism?
How to Appreciate Diversity: Open and
Closed Sort
GPS Assignment Due!
Communication: Group Communication
I-Messages (p. 338)
Write an I-message to a group member
Think-Pair-Share: Rules for Online
Communication
“Net”tiquette
Group Activity: Write an effective e-mail
to respond to scenario
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Read Chapter 10
Continue to Complete GPS Activities
(Due 11/19)
Work on group presentations (Due
11/24)
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11/19/14
Wednesday
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Describe how your participation in the GPS
(Go Picture Scribe) has helped you feel more
connected to FSW. How has your participation
helped you develop an understanding of
diversity? Response must be a minimum of
250 words.
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Read Chapter 10
Work on group presentations (Due
11/24)
11/24/14
Monday
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Group Presentations Due!
View Presentations
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11/26/14
Wednesday
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View Presentations
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12/1/14
Monday
12/3/14
Wednesday
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12/8/14
Monday
*Finals
Week
Last Day
Class
Meets
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CCTDI and SmarterMeasure Post-tests
Meet in Lab, Q-128
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Course wrap-up
Video: Stop it!
Stop, Keep, Start Activity!
Ladder of Powerful Speaking (p. 340)
Final Review of Final Essay Guidelines
COLLEGE FINAL EXAMS BEGIN DECEMBER 5
There is no final exam for this course.
 Have a wonderful break!
The Final Essay Assignment is Due to
Canvas by 9:00 p.m.
Read and Discuss “Future Me” letters
GPS Share
Plus/Delta
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Remember to submit Peer Review form
to Canvas in order to receive grade on
Group Presentation.
Remember to submit Peer Review form
to Canvas in order to receive grade on
Group Presentation.
Review Final Essay guidelines (Due
12/8)
Work on Final Essay assignment (Due
12/8)