Category: S.A.F.E TOPICS

Transitioning Our Classes: Going Remote, A Special Series

Sean and curry talk with Jim Julius, the director of distance education at MiraCosta, about what faculty and students should know about “remote instruction.” We ask Jim to clarify what expectations are being placed on faculty and on students, and we discuss various resources created to support remote teaching and learning.

You can connect with the S.A.F.E. Topics podcast on Instagram: @safetopics_podcast and share this podcast with this link.

The S.A.F.E. Topics Team:
curry mitchell – Faculty, Letters (Co-host)
Sean Davis – Faculty, Sociology (Co-host)
Kelly Barnett – Intern and Music Technology Student (Audio Editor)
James Garcia – SDICCCA Fellow and Associate Faculty, Sociology (Show Notes)

Transitioning Our Classes: Going Remote, A Special Series

Sean and curry talk about the steps each will take to transition their current onsite classes into online spaces. Starting with instructor and student needs, we explore the possibilities of teaching and learning remotely.

You can connect with the S.A.F.E. Topics podcast on Instagram: @safetopics_podcast and share this podcast with this link.

The S.A.F.E. Topics Team:
curry mitchell – Faculty, Letters (Co-host)
Sean Davis – Faculty, Sociology (Co-host)
Kelly Barnett – Intern and Music Technology Student (Audio Editor)
James Garcia – SDICCCA Fellow and Associate Faculty, Sociology (Show Notes)

Bootstraps – A one word conversation with students

In the fourth episode of the S.A.F.E. Topics podcast, we were joined by MiraCosta College students and had a one-word conversation with the word, “Bootstraps.” We were joined by students Monique (Sociology), Matthias (Sociology), Kennedy (Psychology), Victor (Liberal Arts), and Jacob (Communications).

What to listen for:

• What does pulling yourself up by the bootstraps look like at Miracosta?
• Bootstraps as a mask of masculinity.
• The mental health aspect of bootstraps.
• What does help look like?
• How do family, friends, professors help to reach resources?
• Does who you surround yourself with matter?
• Individuality stripping.
• Expressing vulnerability.
• Do students know about resources available to them?
• Does not reaching out for help limit one’s success?
• Circumstances.
• Bootstraps from a military perspective.
• Being an individual vs. having support.
• The big change from high school to college.
  
  You can connect with the S.A.F.E. Topics podcast on Instagram: @safetopics_podcast and share this podcast with this link.

The S.A.F.E. Topics Team:
curry mitchell – Faculty, Letters (Co-host)
Sean Davis – Faculty, Sociology (Co-host)
Kelly Barnett – Intern and Music Technology Student (Audio Editor)
James Garcia – SDICCCA Fellow and Associate Faculty, Sociology (Show Notes)

Bootstraps – A one-word conversation with faculty

In the third episode of the S.A.F.E. Topics podcast, we have a one-word conversation with faculty on “Bootstraps.” We were joined by our MiraCosta College faculty members Alexis Tucker-Sade (Anthropology), Nery Chapeton Lamas (Computer Science), and Tony Burman (Letters).

What to listen for:

• Bootstraps as the myth of the American Dream.
• Are we interdependent on one another?
• What other factors or people are involved in my success?
• How one event can change everything.
• Having limited resources to reach our goals.
• What does cultural wealth and grit look like in the classroom?
• Do we, as faculty, perpetuate structures and power in our classes?
• Getting rid of structures vs. Illuminating them.
• Ideological domination.
• Pulling yourself up by your bootstraps in media.
• Are we helping our students too much?
• Being (un)comfortable with power.
• When does it “click?” 
  
  You can connect with the S.A.F.E. Topics podcast on Instagram: @safetopics_podcast and share this podcast with this link.

The S.A.F.E. Topics Team:
curry mitchell – Faculty, Letters (Co-host)

Sean Davis – Faculty, Sociology (Co-host)

Kelly Barnett – Intern and Music Technology Student (Audio Editor)

James Garcia – SDICCCA Fellow and Associate Faculty, Sociology (Show Notes)

Syllabus – A one-word conversation with students

In the second episode of the S.A.F.E. Topics podcast, we go over topics and issues related to the syllabus with MiraCosta college students Andre (Sociology), Melissa (Sociology), Susy (Sociology), Sam (BioManufacturing), and Joe (Theater).

What to listen for:

You can connect with the S.A.F.E. Topics podcast on Instagram: @safetopics_podcast and share this podcast with this link.

The S.A.F.E. Topics Team:

curry mitchell – Faculty, Letters (Co-host)
Sean Davis – Faculty, Sociology (Co-host)
Kelly Barnett – Intern and Music Technology Student (Audio Editor)
James Garcia – SDICCCA Fellow and Associate Faculty, Sociology (Show Notes)