Brainstorming is a good way to come up new ideas. As the name suggests, the idea is that you storm on the neural pathways through the brain to pick a lot of thoughts quickly and intuitively.
Date: Tuesday 11/14/23
Time: 3:00-4:00pm
Location: Hybrid Rm 4202 and online
Each year on November 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a brand-new novel. They enter the month as elementary school teachers, mechanics, or stay-at-home parents. They leave novelists.
Kick-off your nano project with us! We’ll do games, exchange some mugs, and write for the first hour of November! Snacks will be provided. Please bring a mug for the mug exchange, if you would like to participate.
Date: Tuesday 10/31/23
Time: 10:00pm-1:00am
Location: Library
Are you an instructor for Professional and Technical Degree Programs at Shoreline CC?
The Shoreline CC Library and eLearning are co-facilitating a paid faculty institute to learn about OER (Open Educational Resources) and potentially develop open materials for your classes. This year’s faculty OER Institute is funded by Perkins funds and will be targeted to Professional and Technical Degree program instructors. Based on faculty feedback, the Shoreline CC Faculty OER Institute will offer three different pathways or badges for completing the institute over Winter and Spring 2024 (outlined below). Here is a link to a presentation (https://tinyurl.com/sccoer2024) with more details about what OER is and what the institute includes. Click on this link (https://openwa.pressbooks.pub/bustechessentials/) to see an example OER course text that Business instructor, LJ Bothell, created as part of the OER Institute last year.
The first application deadline for Badge 1: OER Advocate is due Friday November 3rd (institute starts in Winter 2024). All applicants will by notified by Friday November 17th if they have been accepted. Application form is linked here: https://forms.office.com/r/2BTkeDpLwG. You can sign up for multiple badges from the OER Faculty Institute. For example– you can take Badge 1 in Winter quarter 2024 and then sign up for Badge 2 or 3 in Spring quarter 2024. The application deadline for Badge 2 and 3 is March 1st, 2024. Reminders will go out in Winter quarter for applying for these badges.
Not sure which badge or track is right for you? Get in touch with us and we can discuss options that might work best for your needs. Caitlan: cmaxwell@shoreline.edu, Justin Baggott, jbaggott@shoreline.edu. Not a Prof/Tech instructor but also interested in learning more about OER? Fill out this interest form: https://tinyurl.com/2bnz66et
Shoreline CC Faculty OER Institute Badge Descriptions:
Badge 1: OER Advocate (Winter 2024): Applications are due Friday November 3rd.
-Description: For folks that want a thorough introduction to OER. Asynchronous and synchronous OER Institute via Canvas. Includes introduction to OER, open licensing/copyright, UDL (Universal Design for Learning), OER, Social Justice, and Anti-Racism, and Open Pedagogy.
-Who can apply: This track would be open for up to 10 faculty (full and part-time) to apply.
-Expectations: Instructors that participate in this track must complete the modules/assignments in Canvas.
-Expected time commitment: 10 hours. This track includes asynchronous and potentially some synchronous content.
-Compensation: up to 10 hours at the CBA mandated hourly rate.
Badge 2: OER Adapter: Spring 2024 via Canvas. Applications due March 1st, 2024.
-Description: This track is for instructors that already have some knowledge of OER and want to be supported in adapting a pre-existing OER and/or developing an OER for their course as supplementary material. This would include selecting an OER(s), copying the material (with license permissions), and tweaking the OER to fit course needs.
-Who can apply: This track would be open for up to 5 faculty (full and part-time) to apply.
-Expectations: Instructors that participate in this track must adapt an OER and utilize it in their class as supplementary material.
-Expected time commitment: 15 hours. This track would include some asynchronous content and one-on-one consultation appointments.
-Compensation: up to 15 hours at the CBA mandated hourly rate.
Badge 3: OER Developer: Spring 2024 via Canvas. Applications due March 1st, 2024.
-Description: This track is for instructors that are already familiar with OER and want to focus on locating, adapting and/or designing an OER to replace the main required course material in their course.
-Who can apply: This track would be open for up to 5 faculty (full and part-time) to apply.
-Expectations: Instructors that participate in this track must create an OER in Pressbooks or another publishing tool and use it as the required course material in their course (or courses). This would qualify their course for an OER label as part of the SBCTC OER and Low-Cost Labeling Policies.
-Time commitment: up to 20 hours. This track would include some asynchronous content and one-on-one consultation appointments.
-Compensation: up to 20 hours at the CBA mandated hourly rate.
If you have any questions—please contact me at cmaxwell@shoreline.edu.
Best,
Caitlan
All events are open to the public! Parking is free after 4:00 p.m. in all lots. See our Know Before You Go page for accessibility, mask-wearing, and other information: https://library.shoreline.edu/beforeyougo/building
Building Blocks of Mystery
Wednesday, November 9, 2022, 6 – 6:45pm
Shoreline Community College
16101 Greenwood Ave N.
Shoreline WA 98133
Park anywhere (it’s free after 4:00 p.m.)
Room 4202 in the library
Come to this session that caters to those doing the National Novel Writing Month challenge where you try to write an entire novel in a month! Get expert help from Rebecca Demarest for writing a murder mystery. Incorporate aspects of law, private investigators, government involvement, and the perpetrator into your mystery. Get a recipe for your villain and suspects along with resources that spawn ideas.
Character & Plot
Wednesday, November 16, 2022, 6 – 6:45pm
Shoreline Community College
16101 Greenwood Ave N.
Shoreline WA 98133
Park anywhere (it’s free after 4:00 p.m.)
Room 4202 in the library
Come to this session that caters to those doing the National Novel Writing Month challenge where you try to write an entire novel in a month! Gary Parks is a creative writing instructor published in Portland Review, Black Warrior Review, Grey’s Sporting Journal, Alaska Quarterly, Spindrift, and others. This session will cover strategies for creating characters and developing a plot for a novel or short story.
Music & Literature
Wednesday, November 23, 2022, 6 – 6:45pm
Shoreline Community College
16101 Greenwood Ave N.
Shoreline WA 98133
Park anywhere (it’s free after 4:00 p.m.)
Room 4202 in the library
With an MFA in Creative Writing, Michael Overa has a solid academic background in fiction writing. His award-winning work can be found in over 30 publications including two short story collections, This Endless Road and The Filled In Spaces. In this session Michael Overa will address some musical tropes that come up in literature and how you can create prose that allows readers to “hear” your story as well as read it. Music is such a wonderful way to incorporate a more sensory experience in a story. Learn more about how it’s been done well and how novels have succeeded at using music to tell a story!
Rethinking Revision
Wednesday, November 30, 2022, 6 – 6:45pm
Shoreline Community College
16101 Greenwood Ave N.
Shoreline WA 98133
Park anywhere (it’s free after 4:00 p.m.)
Room 4202 in the library
Come to this session that caters to those doing the National Novel Writing Month challenge where you try to write an entire novel in a month! As we approach the end of National Novel Writing Month, many will start revision or editing their novel. The cursed word “editing” doesn’t have to be a chore as we can approach it with a creative and fun set of strategies.
At the end of Fri., Jun 10, the 4200 and 4300 floors of the Ray W. Howard Library, aka 4000 Building, will be closed to patrons until September.
The Library will relocate its service desk to the PUB room 9203 for Summer 2016 quarter, where our hours will be 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday while classes are in session. We will have course reserves (print and media) on-site, and limited ability to page items out of the 4000 Building. The desk will be staffed by at least one circulation expert and one reference librarian at all times. We are always available via Ask A Librarian, our reference chat service, and we’ll take your questions from voice mail and email as quickly as can be.
During renovation, Tutoring Services will be operating primarily in room 1103. Below is the list of temporary venues where students can find the help they need from tutoring services:
Tutoring Services: 1103
Library service desk: 9203, the PUB Fishbowl
Math Learning Center: 2202
The Writing and Learning Studio: 1504
A college service often associated with the Library is the production and maintenance of Shoreline Community College ID cards. Beginning June 13, those duties will be transferred to the Bookstore, located on the bottom floor of the PUB (9000 building). For students, a copy of their current class schedule and evidence of photo identification (passport, drivers license, etc.) remain the standards for obtaining a new ID card, updating a current one, or replacing a lost one.
Put the Library to work for understanding the world of information, this summer and on into the future!
Have a great Summer 2016 –
Chris Matz
Director, Ray W Howard Library
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