PORTFOLIO ASSIGNMENTS

1. Journal Entry#1: Access computer-based Home Page and Syllabus. Word-process response to specific questions and print results. WEBSITES: Student Success Homepage (http://idc.valencia.cc.fl.us/student success/) AND Professor's Homepage (http://faculty.valencia.cc.fl.us/jscolaro/); Professor's E-mail address: jscolaro@gwmail.valencia.cc.fl.us; Professor's office telephone number (includes voice mail): (407) 299-5000/extension 1468. Class schedule AND office hours are also posted on the door of my office in Building 5-120. YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO CALL OR CONTACT ME ANYTIME!

2. Journal Entry#2: "What Do I Want?": View video ("What Do I Want?"). Word-process response to specific questions and print results.

3. Journal Entry#3: Complete Reconnaissance of Course Text. Word-process response to specific questions and print results.

4. Journal Entry #4: Complete Personal Profile (see Portfolio) and Part I of Choosing Your Major (see Portfolio).

5. Visits to Student Success Support Center (SSB-142, Angela Weidman): Tuesday, January 18, 2000 (Introduction to CHOICES); Tuesday, February 8, 2000 (CYBER ADVISOR); and Thursday, March 2, 2000 (CHOICES). Complete Discovery Wheel and print results; set-up E-mail account and E-mail your professor. In-class Academic Orientation (Francis Hempstead) on Thursday, February 3, 2000.

6. Journal Entry #5: Aphorism #1: "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." (Eleanor Roosevelt); word-process your response and print results.

7. Journal Entry #6: "The 'BUT' Principle": Select ONE of the weaknesses disclosed on your Discovery Wheel and explain the following: (1) the factor(s) which you think may have created or contributed to the weakness you selected; (2) why you think it is so hard for us to face the truth about ourselves; and (3) what specific course of action may actually help you convert the weakness you selected into a strength; word-process your response and print results.

8. Journall Entry #7: Print and complete the following: Scavenger Hunt: West Campus Resources (See Giovanni Scolaro's Homepage on-line).

9. Journal Entry #8: View Les Brown's "You Deserve" on "Motivation"; Select ONE of the ideas presented by Brown and explain how the idea you selected may actually increase your level of motivation; word-process your response and print results.

10. Journal Entry #9: Aphorism #2: "Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." (Will Rogers); word-process your response and print results.   

11. Journal Entry #10: Select ONE of the distinctions between High and College and explain how your selection can help you succeed academically. Word-process your response and print results.

12. Journal Entry #11: Select ONE of the Classical Values and ONE of the Modern Values of a Higher Education and explain how the values you selected can help you succeed in your academic, personal, and career life. Word-process your response and print results.

13. Journal Entry #12: Write a personal letter to someone in the future (unknown to you) in which you "argue" why the person you selected should give more serious consideration to the quest for a higher education (i.e., college or university). Example: 1 Aimless Circle; Nogoals, Florida 00000; Dear Ima Phailyore, etc. Word-process your response and print results.

14. Journal Entry #13: Select ONE of Valencia's West Campus resources which you recently visited and explain how use of the resource you selected can help you succeed academically. Word-process your response and print results.

15. First Essay Examination (TBA) and First Portfolio Check (TBA).

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