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20 Winter-Inspired Service-Learning Project Ideas for High School Students

Experiential Learning Depot

Through planning and organizing this service-learning project, students develop responsibility, compassion, and communication skills as they coordinate with residents and work in teams. Winter Walkways for Neighbors Organize a group of students to shovel snow and clear walkways for elderly neighbors or community members with limited mobility.

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Political tensions erupt at Bakersfield College

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The Renegade members say they’ve been falsely accused of racism and their jobs are at risk after some of them raised questions about a racial climate survey at an October diversity committee meeting. The students raised their concerns about the group to the Kern Community College District Board of Trustees in a meeting last month.

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10 Quality Nutrition and Health Project Ideas for High School Students

Experiential Learning Depot

You want the experience to mean something to the community, to make an impact, and to sincerely raise awareness about nutrition this National Nutrition Awareness Month. Students would take charge of coordinating the event, arranging speaker schedules, promoting it to the community, and managing all aspects of hosting.

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20 Creative Halloween Project Ideas to Transform Your Classroom Experience

Experiential Learning Depot

How can our class develop a spooky Halloween-themed escape room that educates participants about local history while providing an exciting community event? How can our class plan and execute a Halloween-themed food drive to help families in need while raising awareness about food insecurity in our community?

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After the election: the end of season awards

SRHE

Meanwhile, at the end of every season, win or lose, must come the end of season awards, and SRHE News is happy to play its part in recognising the outstanding HE events of the last 14 years of the previous government. In the event a handful of universities did set some fees slightly below £9000, but those reductions soon evaporated.

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Can Video Games Provide Meaningful Learning Experiences?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Engaging, immersive and highly interactive, video games are a $97 billion industry in the United States, making up over 6 percent of all spending on entertainment and media. Develop a healthy skepticism about how popular culture depicts the past while learning how to assess the games’ accuracies and inaccuracies.

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12 Community Action Project Ideas to Wrap Up the School Year

Experiential Learning Depot

They can get super creative with this one, and the options are endless, especially with social media and other technologies available to quickly share the message with large volumes of relevant people. The product should be usable or sellable to raise money for the chosen cause. ​ ​2.