Here're some of our favourite S-L websites
to surf for resources, publication, best practices and project
ideas.
Getting
Started – Hot Topics
http://www.servicelearning.org/resources/hot_topics/getting_started/index.php
Need to get a better grasp of S-L? Here’s more information
on how S-L started, S-L best practices, getting started on
S-L and project ideas, among other things. Good resource point
to start from.
K-12
Starter Kit
http://www.servicelearning.org/resources/starter_kits/k-12_starter_kit/index.php
Look no further for tips on how to start on a S-L project.
Listed are online and print resources and materials on planning,
research, funding, serving, reflecting, evaluating and the
like.
Close Up Foundation
http://www.closeup.org
Close Up's mission is built on the belief that textbooks and
lectures alone are not enough to help students understand
the process of democracy and make it work. Students need a
"close up" experience in government. Close Up's
national, state, and local experiential government studies
programmes strengthen participants' knowledge of how the political
process works, increase their awareness of major national
and international issues, and motivate them to become actively
involved in the world around them.
Generations United
http://www.gu.org
Generations United provides information about intergenerational
initiatives around the country (both Learn and Serve and other
types of programs). Generations United co-ordinates information
for over 130 intergenerational efforts.
International
Partnership for Service-Learning
http://www.ipsl.org
The International Partnership for Service-Learning is an incorporated
non-profit organisation serving colleges, universities, service
agencies and related organisations around the world by fostering
programs that link community service and academic study.
IPS-L also organises conferences on the development of S-L,
promotes the principal and practice of S-L by encouraging
partnership relationships, and publishes materials related
to S-L. Their website contains information about their programmes.
National
Service Resource Centre
http://www.nationalserviceresources.org
The National Service Resource Centre (NSRC) is a training
and technical assistance provider to programs funded by the
Corporation for National Service. This website contains a
resource library, a master calendar, resource guides, online
documents, sample forms collection, newsletters, and America
Reads resources.
Points
of Light Foundation
http://www.pointsoflight.org
The Points of Light Institute meets the practical learning
needs of individuals and organisations that seek to engage
volunteers in community service efforts. The foundation's
mission is to engage more people effectively in volunteer
community service to help solve serious social problems.
The
Big Dummy’s Guide to Service-Learning
http://www.fiu.edu/~time4chg/Library/bigdummy.html
27 simple answers to good questions on faculty, programmatic,
student, administrative, and non-profit issues.
Community
Toolbox
http://ctb.lsi.ukans.edu
The Community Toolbox was created to help people bring about
changes in their community, by providing the tools necessary
to make their communities what they dream they can be. A website
with many "how-to" tools.
Other
useful links:
Our
Allies in S-L
The
National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre is the national
coordinating body to promote and develop volunteerism and
philanthropy in Singapore. Their CIP Kit is a one-stop resource
database of ideas and information on volunteering and possible
community projects for use in schools.
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