<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Kaiti Shelton <<a href="mailto:crazy4clarinet104@gmail.com">crazy4clarinet104@gmail.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>Re: What is Service-Learning? | National Service-Learning Clearinghouse</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">November 12, 2013 at 11:09:06 PM PST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Darian Smith <<a href="mailto:dsmithnfb@gmail.com">dsmithnfb@gmail.com</a>><br></span></div><br><div>Hi all,<br><br>I love this site! As someone in a university that is very service<br>learning oriented, I hear about it a lot.<br><br>For us, service learning will involve taking the skills of blindness<br>that we've learned from the NFB and putting them into action as we<br>serve. Whether it's cane travel to get to our destination or using<br>nonvisual techniques to get the job done, we will inevitably need to<br>put what we've learned to work. Not to mention that we will be<br>dducating others about blindness in the process, both by action and<br>verbal communication.<br><br>Just my thoughts.<br><br>On 11/12/13, Darian Smith <<a href="mailto:dsmithnfb@gmail.com">dsmithnfb@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">Hi all,<br> something to think about… what does this mean to you? what can this mean<br>for our group/division to be?<br> Darian<br>National Service-Learning Clearinghouse America's Most Comprehensive<br>Service-Learning Resource<br>HomeConnect and ShareAbout NSLCLogin<br>Choose a path through the site:<br>Browse By Topic<br>Browse By Resource Type<br>Browse By What You Do<br><br>SHARE THIS<br><br>PRINT THIS PAGE<br>What is Service-Learning?<br><br>Service-Learning is a teaching and learning strategy that integrates<br>meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the<br>learning experience, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen<br>communities.<br>Through service-learning, young people—from kindergarteners to college<br>students—use what they learn in the classroom to solve real-life problems.<br>They not only learn the practical applications of their studies, they become<br>actively contributing citizens and community members through the service<br>they perform.<br>Service-learning can be applied in a wide variety of settings, including<br>schools, universities, and community-based and faith-based organizations. It<br>can involve a group of students, a classroom or an entire school. Students<br>build character and become active participants as they work with others in<br>their school and community to create service projects in areas such as<br>education, public safety, and the environment.<br>Community members, students, and educators everywhere are discovering that<br>service-learning offers all its participants a chance to take part in the<br>active education of youth while simultaneously addressing the concerns,<br>needs, and hopes of communities.<br>What Service-Learning Looks Like<br>If school students collect trash out of an urban streambed, they are<br>providing a valued service to the community as volunteers. If school<br>students collect trash from an urban streambed, analyze their findings to<br>determine the possible sources of pollution, and share the results with<br>residents of the neighborhood, they are engaging in service-learning.<br>In the service-learning example, in addition to providing an important<br>service to the community, students are learning about water quality and<br>laboratory analysis, developing an understanding of pollution issues, and<br>practicing communications skills. They may also reflect on their personal<br>and career interests in science, the environment, public policy or other<br>related areas. Both the students and the community have been involved in a<br>transformative experience.<br>Examples of Service-Learning<br>Elementary school students in Florida studied the consequences of natural<br>disasters. The class designed a kit for families to use to collect their<br>important papers in case of evacuation, which students distributed to<br>community members.<br>Middle school students in Pennsylvania learned about the health consequences<br>of poor nutrition and lack of exercise, and then brought their learning to<br>life by conducting health fairs, creating a healthy cookbook, and opening a<br>fruit and vegetable stand for the school and community.<br>Girl Scouts in West Virginia investigated the biological complexity and<br>diversity of wetlands. Learning of the need to eliminate invasive species,<br>the scouts decided to monitor streams and then presented their findings to<br>their Town Council.<br>University students in Michigan looked for ways to support struggling local<br>non-profit organizations during difficult economic times. Graduate<br>communication students honed their skills while providing a wide variety of<br>public relations services with community partners, including developing<br>press kits and managing event coordination.<br>Each of the examples above shows how service-learning is integrating<br>meaningful community service with instruction and reflection in order to<br>enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen<br>our communities.<br>See more service-learning success stories.<br>More Information:<br>Characteristics of Service-Learning<br>Frequently Asked Questions<br>Historical Timeline<br>About Us:<br>About the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse<br><br>Copyright © 2013 ETR Associates. All rights reserved.<br>What is Service-Learning<br>Sitemap<br>Help<br>Accessibility<br>Privacy<br><br><br></blockquote><br><br>-- <br>Kaiti<br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>