August 2022
Looking Forward to the Fall Semester
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We look forward to ALL's Fall 2022 semester! |
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- President's Message
- Become a Desk Volunteer
- From the Curriculum Committee
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- Registration Information
- When the Teacher Becomes the Student
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The ALL Office at Cape Cod Community College is closed temporarily.
Feel free to contact us:
E-mail: lifelonglearning@capecod.edu
Telephone 774-330-4400 (please leave a message)
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It’s a hot, hot August but remember that September will be here before you know it with crisp, cooler days, less traffic and more time to enjoy our special place. I remember when I taught, I’d go to the high school in August, unpack new books, set up a bulletin board, plan new and hopefully, exciting lessons just to be ready for the new school year. I was excited to begin anew! I feel this way about our fall semester.
This September is special because many of us will return to the campus and in-person learning! We get to start anew! It will be so good to see our ALL friends in person and share animated discussions in the classrooms. Coming up the stairs and entering the lobby, hearing members laughing and chatting is something I have missed. Zoom classes will also continue - a choice that works for many of our members.
Before you return, check out the video that Miriam Kronish, Jean DeVincentis, and I made about ALL. You can find the link on the media productions page of our website www.capecodall.org/media-productions. Also, Communications Committee member Joan Freedman has been doing a podcast and has interviewed some of our coordinators. These are worth a listen and are also at www.capecodall.org/media-productions.
So, enjoy the rest of the summer. Check your email often for updated information about ALL. Soon we will meet again.
Dianne Tattersall
ALL President
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We are looking for Desk Volunteers to staff the office desk during the school day. Volunteers’ duties include answering the phone, responding to questions, and making ALL feel welcoming.
Desk Volunteer time slots are Monday through Friday 8:30 – 10:30, 10:30 – 12:30 and 12:30 – 3:00. This is a great way for new members to meet other members and to get a better sense of our complete program.
We currently need a volunteer for the 10:30-12:30 slot on Mondays. In addition, we need volunteers to be on the backup list.
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From the Curriculum Committee |
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An ALL FALL 2022 Catalog Alphabet
Here’s a list of what’s in store – and there’s much more, just explore our catalog:
A - Art History
B - Broadway Musicals, Beadweaving, Butterflies
C - Climate Change, Critical Choices in Foreign Policy, Current Topics
D - Discussing the
E - Essay, Economics, Evolution
F - Finding your Joy, Film
G - Gardening, Games, Genealogy, Getting Along
H - History, Health
I - Intermediate Bridge
J - James Joyce
K - Kitchen Cooking
L - Literature, Law
M - Music, Memoirs, Mental Illness
N - Native American Chronicle
O - Origami
P - Poetry, Philosophy
Q - Questions and Answers
R - Reconstruction, Religion
S - Science, Sherlock Holmes, Social Issues
T - Turning Points,Technology, Travel, Thinking Critically and Creatively
U - Using Children’s Literature to Teach Science
V - Visions, Volumes
W - Writing Incubator, Whitey Bulger, Women’s Issues
X - Exotic Entries
Y - Your Choice
Z - Zoom or In-Person
Miriam Kronish
Curriculum Committee Chair
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You can see Miriam Kronish recite this selection of courses and find out more about how to register by watching our seven-minute video with ALL President Dianne Tattersall, Curriculum Committee Chair Miriam Kronish and Registration Committee Chair Jean DeVincentis. Go to www.capecodall.org/media-productions.
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Time to Register for Fall Classes |
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Don’t delay!
Now is the time to register!
Registration for fall classes is by mail and begins on August 22, 2022. In order to be included in the first batch of processing, your completed registration form with your check must be mailed to arrive by August 19, 2022. Later arrivals will be processed after the first group is completed.
PLEASE BE SURE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IS ACCURATE AND LEGIBLE ON YOUR REGISTRATION FORM.
Information on open classes will be updated frequently during the registration process and throughout the semester on the ALL website www.capecodall.org. After the first week of classes, members may seek admission to classes with available space (in addition to their regular schedule) by contacting lifelonglearning@capecod.edu.
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Click on the link below to access the Fall 2022 Catalog.
The ALL Fall 2022 Catalog contains a listing of the courses being offered. It also contains detailed information on how to register. Please read the registration procedures in the catalog carefully. New this year: Proof of vaccination is required for members taking in-person classes. Please include a copy with your registration materials or email a photograph or copy to allvaccinations@gmail.com.
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Click on the link below to access the Fall 2022 Registration Form.
If possible, please download and complete the Registration Form on your computer before printing it. Then mail your completed form with your check to the address on the form.
The ALL Office at Cape Cod Community College is closed until September, so do not attempt to deliver your registration form in person. A full schedule is two 12-week courses, four 6-week courses, or one 12-week and two 6-week courses. Please prioritize your choices as numbered on the registration form, noting which classes are in-person (IP) and which are on Zoom (Z). Include alternates in case any of your choices are unavailable.
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Click on the link below to access the Fall 2022 Course Schedule Grid.
The Course Schedule Grid is provided to help you plan your semester.
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We look forward to seeing you in class this fall.
The Registration Team
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When The Teacher Becomes The Student |
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This continues an ongoing series of stories about Academy for Lifelong Learning coordinators and classes. Please let us know If you have a course or coordinator you would like to see featured.
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Coordinator Joan Freedman has been a Cape Cod "Washashore" for 12 years. With degrees in education, psychology, and administration, she has been involved in local politics, women’s causes, charitable work, and many other volunteer activities including ALL to enrich her “retirement” years.
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ALL will soon be opening its doors again. We have over 70 courses, some on Zoom and some in-person. In order to capture a broader student and instructor base the decision was made to incorporate podcasting and video-casting into our toolbox for getting our message out. To that effort ALL became a member of Cape Cod Media Center (CCM), a public nonprofit media center station serving the mid-Cape. Thus began my journey into the world of casting!
As we began our instruction at CCM I quickly realized that the other members of our group were vastly more knowledgeable in technology than I was. Immediately, I felt like the dumbest kid in the class, a fact I tried to hide. They were able to understand terms, hardware, software, communicate with the instructor and ask questions of merit. All the while, I sat there feeling entirely off balance, like in a video game, a whole different world.
Over the course of the winter, we gradually had to launch into our own projects. Mine was Podcasting. I loved the podcast studio. It is small and dark, and has beautiful sound. You can close the door and the rest of the world falls away. I put on the headphones and felt very professional. Heck, I looked professional, Minnie Mouse ears on and all. My focus was on the fabulous instructors at ALL. Three of them joined me in conversations about themselves and their experiences at ALL and the courses they had taught.
Then came the editing. I honestly felt like I was in techno-hell! Nothing worked right, sounded right, got saved right. I felt like a failure. How come I could not do this? What was wrong with me? Other people could do it. I fell into classic student behavior. I didn’t ask questions. My self-esteem took a massive hit. I felt like one of my students who didn’t understand English and was asked to perform with inadequate skills. I could feel the look on my face and knew I looked just like hundreds of students I had dealt with; befuddled, skeptical, and angry.
The teacher had become the student.
The whole experience gave me a new appreciation of individualized learning and what it feels like to learn. We all come from different backgrounds, different experiences, different strengths and weaknesses. As teachers, we need to slow instruction down, give students time to ask more questions and reach out to that silent student who may not want to appear dumb. We need to give special help to that student who learns differently.
I want to thank the staff at Cape Cod Media Center, especially Jamison Horton, Dave Dewees, and Christian Garnett for their individualized help (https://capemedia.org). My overwhelming gratitude to Christine Johnston, Joe Gonzalez and Mary Joyce of ALL for their time and graciousness of spirit to go on-air with me, Holly Anderson of ALL for being part of the group and adding her extensive skills, and to Marianne Triplette and Jean DeVincentis of ALL for editing and launching the podcasts which can be found on our website at www.capecodall.org/media-productions.
Joan Freedman
Communications Committee Member
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Please contact the ALL office if you would like to be interviewed on a future podcast about your experience with the Academy for Lifelong Learning.
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THANK YOU ... For Being a Part of ALL |
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CHECK YOUR EMAILS OFTEN.
THE ALL OFFICE IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU WHEN CLASSES BEGIN ON SEPTEMBER 12th.
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ALLways Welcomes Comments and
Suggestions about the Newsletter
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Please address your comments or suggestions to: lifelonglearning@capecod.edu
We appreciate all our readers, with special thanks to ALL members who contribute their articles and photographs to our newsletters.
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Academy for Lifelong Learning of Cape Cod, Inc.
Cape Cod Community College
2240 Iyannough Rd
West Barnstable, Massachusetts 02668
774-330-4400
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