Students enrolled in Disability Awareness class students visited the Microsoft Inclusive Tech Lab this quarter. The students had fun with the neurodiverse sensory space (and the “jellyfish”), gaming area and some of the breakout demos about how some of the Microsoft inclusive and accessible tech can be used in daily life. Bryce and Michelle shared ...more about OLS Students Visit Microsoft Inclusive Tech Lab
Service Learning is an integral part of the Occupational & Life Skills (OLS) Bellevue College curriculum. For the Winter Service Project, OLS students, faculty and staff came together to make blankets for Seattle Children's Hospital, an annual tradition the program had not done since 2020. OLS is proud to have delivered 22 blankets to Seattle ...more about OLS Winter Service Project to Benefit Seattle Children’s Hospital
Students taking the OLS Bellevue College Computer Fundamentals course this winter quarter have been busy learning about using Microsoft PowerPoint to create and edit an electronic presentation. One activity that they completed was a PowerPoint presentation about a technology that is useful to our lives. For example, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Netflix, VR Headset, Hulu, Weather ...more about Creating Presentations in Computer Fundamentals
Procedures are at the crux of most of our daily activities, from when we wake up with a morning routine to when we head to bed with a nightly routine, as well as everything in between. However, many people do not keep a written paper telling them these steps as we have learned, practiced and ...more about Applying Critical Thinking to Procedural Writing Exercise
The OLS Bellevue College first-year cohort delved into the world of disability disclosure this quarter in their Learning Strategies course. Students worked collaboratively in groups to understand, address and find solutions to the obstacles encountered in disclosing disabilities. Each group worked together to craft a script that represented a real-life scenario where individuals with disabilities ...more about OLS Bellevue College Students Navigate the World of Disability Disclosure
Citizenship teaches many things, including laws, constitution, the Bill of Rights, politics, disability rights and so much more. This all culminates in teaching OLS Bellevue College students what being a good citizen means and putting everything they learn in the classroom and applying it in the real world. One way to be a good citizen ...more about OLS Bellevue College Students Volunteer at Jubilee REACH
The Bellevue College Foundation and the Office of Sustainability recently organized the BC Builds contest, which aimed to encourage innovative projects crafted from the old campus banners. This project fostered creativity and promoted sustainability, with the goal of showing it's possible to reduce how much goes to the landfill through reuse and repurposing items. 4th-year ...more about OLS Students Receive Honorary Mention for BC Builds Contest
During the first week of each quarter, OLSBC students spend time creating classroom norms in each of their courses. These student-driven course norms help build a sense of community and belonging in the classroom and set the tone for the course by providing clear guidelines on how to behave and be successful. Students in the ...more about Student-Created OLSBC Classroom Norms
OLSBC students began the fall quarter News and Daily Living course with an introduction to news apps and websites. Every student downloaded a news app to their phone or chose a news website to use on their laptops; their selections included sites like CNN, Apple News, KING5 and the BBC. They were given time to ...more about OLS Bellevue College Students Learn About the News
What's your favorite breakfast item on the Taco Bell Menu, and what does it cost? That's the question students taking the OLSBC Personal Finance course had to answer for one of their course activities. In this activity, students worked in small groups to practice their communication and money management skills. Each student had a budget (a ...more about OLS Bellevue College Students Practice Personal Finance Skills