Collaboration & Community Engagement

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Terrestrial Nitrogen Cycle Jigsaw Puzzle

In this activity, students represented organisms in the nitrogen cycle and collaboratively formed a physical representation of the cycle. Author: Christine Gehrig-Downie, Lecturer in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management Course Number & Title: XESPM 15: Introduction to Environmental Science Grant Type: Lecturer Teaching Fellows Program (LTF)

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Reconstruct a Lecture

In this activity, students collaborated as a class to reconstruct a lecture based on randomly-mixed lecture slides and prior knowledge of their primary object of analysis (Lydia Millet’s novel A Children’s Bible.) Author: Becky Hsu, Lecturer in College Writing Programs Course Number & Title: ColWrit R1A: Accelerated Reading & Composition Grant Type: Lecturer Teaching Fellows Program (LTF)

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QQCR: Question, Quote, Comment, Reply

This assignment facilitated asynchronous discussion of weekly reading assignments in the context of a large seminar course. Author: Lisa Yan, Assistant Teaching Professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Course Number & Title: CS195: Social Implications of Computer Technology Grant Type: Teaching Excellence Colloquium

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Exploring Space and Mobility

Students in this assignment explored and reflected on campus and local Italian spaces, enhancing vocabulary learning through movement and environmental interaction, culminating in film analysis and a project on historically significant, dynamic locations. Author: Cristina Farronato, Lecturer and Language Program Coordinator in Italian Studies Course Number & Title: Elementary Italian I and II Grant Type: Berkeley Discover...

Digna Rabia: Constructing a Digital Journal in Latinx Oral History

In this assignment, students compiled oral histories from U.S. immigrants, including interviews, transcriptions, and augmented reality-enhanced images, culminating in a collective digital journal. Author: Pablo Gonzalez, Lecturer in Chicanx and Latinx Studies Course Number & Title: CHS 159: Mexican Migration Grant Type: Distinguished...

Concise Communication through Flash Fiction

In this activity, students worked in pairs or small groups to first distill the day's reading into a haiku and then into a six-word story, sharing and discussing each with the class. Author: Srijani Ghosh, Lecturer in Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies Course Number & Title: Female Playwrights and XEnglish R1B: Girls, Misunderstood?: “Deviant” Women in Literature Grant Type: Lecturer Teaching Fellows Program (LTF...

Community builder: Powerpoint Party

In this activity, students created individual PowerPoint slides with information about themselves and their goals for the program, including visuals. In class, they each presented their slide for 2 minutes, followed by a Kahoot quiz on the shared details. Author: Marieka Schotland, Executive Director at i4Y (Innovations for Youth), Berkeley Public Health Course Number & Title: PH199: Independent Study - YEDI (Youth Equity Discovery Initiative) Grant Type:...

Collaborative Creative Project

In this assignment, students worked in groups to craft a script for a novel or film remake. Following script completion, each wrote a proposal to pitch the project to imaginary investors. Author: Becky Hsu, Lecturer in College Writing Programs Course Number & Title: ColWrit R1A: Accelerated Reading & Composition Grant Type: Lecturer Teaching Fellows Program (LTF)

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