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• Blended learning consisting of of of in-person and online online classes have have become the the the the the norm because of of of of the the the the the the physical distancing requirement to to reduce contamination of of of of the the the the the the the the Covid-19 virus Students have have have expressed that that that they they are tired of of of the the the the the the the the the online online learning learning process stating that that that Covid Preparation Checklist for College & Scholarship
1 Keep a a a a a a a a a a a a a digital calendar
• • Use your your your phone to schedule tasks and and and Applications and and Employment
manage time 2 Manage your your your contact list • • • Secure usernames and passwords on on on on your your your your digital devices i i i i i i i i i e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e Last Pass Pass Nord Pass etc • Input Meeting Reminders
3 Prepare your your high school resume
4 Ensure you you you you have strong Internet access
5 Participate in in in the International College and University Fair
• • Create Create you you you Safety Match and and Dream
college list 6 Download Productivity Tools
• • Document Storage Apps
i i i i i i i i i i i i i i Create Create an an an online digital file-syncing
service to to to to store documents i i i i i i i i i i i i e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e Google Drive Dropbox
ii Save docs to to to to the the cloud so that they can can can be be accessed wherever you are i i i i i i i i i i e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e Passport image resume
scanned transcripts recommendation letters 7 Download a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a scanning app i i i i i i i i i e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e Adobe Scan Microsoft Lens
8 Complete a a a a a a a a a a a a a Career Interest Inventory
• • Online assessments
• • Find career clusters that support your interests Your Covid College-Prep Defense Plan
(Options if you choose to to to or are unable to to to go to college)
• Deferred Enrolment
Get accepted and and advise the the college college that you you will not be coming
• Transfer Credits
Take Take classes at at Bermuda College and and and transfer the the credits when you you are ready
• Gap Year
i i i i i i Take Take a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a year year off and and and do internships ii Work and and save money for next year year it’s more more challenging to to to to manage the the the the the the the the the the the content because they they they they can’t talk with their their teachers and and have have peer study groups That suggests that that that their their learning learning style may be be be be more more kinesthetic hence hence they they they they need to to to see hear and and and touch the the the the the the the the the the process • According to to to the the the the the the students students students interviewed the the the the the the most impactful outcome is is is is missing the the the the the the in-person physical contact with with with classmates and and teachers We learned that for many students students school is is is is not only their their social fun place place to to meet up with with friends it it it it it is is is is is is also their their safe and and and healthy place place as as we we we are are are social beings hence hence they they they they miss the the the the the the the the the in-person classes However some
students report report that that they they they they are are are are doing better academically and and and and are are are are more more focused while learning online at at at home Teachers’ responses were similar They report report that that they they are are are spending even more more time preparing teaching and and and assessing lessons and and and prefer to to be with with their students students Bermuda’s International College College and and University Fair
Fair
Fair
is is is a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a staple in in in our our community The 27th Annual Fair
Fair
Fair
will be held virtually this year Colleges
have banned travel but they still need to to to to recruit recruit students students mostly through the the the ZOOM platform engaging in in in virtual virtual virtual Fairs We didn’t want our our our students students to to to to miss the the the the opportunity to to to to speak directly to to to to to college college representatives and and and be recruited hence our our virtual virtual Fair
Fair
Students usually spend the the the last two years of high school really focusing on on on on college college college and and and and and employment preparation preparation Their counselors share timelines and and and and and tasks to to complete Navigating the the the college college planning
preparation preparation and and and and and progress process is very time time consuming and and and and can be overwhelming especially when students are are are focusing on on on on their studies extracurricular activities and and and personal lives Covid has complicated things things even more than they are are during normal times and and and and we we we want students students to manage and and and and be less stressed So we we we created a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a checklist of things things that can keep the the the students students and and and their support team empowered 9 COLLEGE PREP 101 FALL 2020