GETTING CREDIT THE FIRST TIME! Tracking Your Service Hours

First things First What is Service Learning or Community Service?  Community Service refers to service that a person performs for the benefit of his or her local community. Step outside of your familiar environments and expand your horizons. What it is not?  It is not something you are paid for  It is not something that only benefits you  Classes, Summer of a Lifetime, Internships  Service done in the school does not count towards your CS  Only exception is for the NHS scholars.

Why Community Service? It exposes you to new opportunities and new experiences that you may not normally have It makes your city and community a better place Colleges value students who are involved in their community You can get real world experience that employers will value when you start looking for jobs

Community Service at Muchin How many hours?  Freshman – 10 hours total  5 hours per semester  Sophomores – 30 hours total  10 hours per semester  Juniors – 60 hours total  15 hours per semester  Seniors – 100 hours total  20 hours per semester

Community Service At Muchin Ambassadors  Remember you are representing MCP when you are in the community  Treat those you meet respectfully  Dress in Muchin appropriate clothing  Not too tight  Not revealing  Appropriate for the type of volunteering you are doing.  Be gracious to the people you meet and work with.

Logging Your Hours and Getting credit The Process:  Do your hours  Blog about your hours on Weebly (or another free blog site)  Post your hours on Youtopia!!

Blogging on Weebly For best results blog the same day or the next day so the experience is fresh in your mind. If you volunteer at a location multiple times a week, you only need to write one blog for each week you volunteer. This is a record of what you did, make sure it’s done well.

Weebly Blog Expectations One-time or Once/Week Volunteer Activities.  Blog should be 200 words (minimum)  Blog should be grammatically correct  Pick a memorable experience you had on the trip and write about it in detail OR explain why your service was needed and how it will help the community Multi-Day per week Volunteer Activities  Blog 1 time/week; Blogs should be 200 words long for every 10 hours you worked.  You cannot request more than 20 hours at a time  All other requirements are the same

The Weebly Site Go to and create an account. Do not use your Facebook Account. You should use your Muchin to create this account

Creating your Blog Click on the Blog Option to create your website.

Creating your Blog 1. The next screen will ask you to pick a theme. Pick your favorite. 2. You will then be taken to your editing page. You want to use a subdomain of Weebly

Creating Your Blog On the first page you want to select that you will do a New Post

Creating Your Blog You need to include the name of your organization in the title The date should reflect the date you did the service.  If you click on the calendar you can adjust the date.

Create your Blog 1.Drag and drop a Text or Image and Text Square to write your reflection. 2.When you are done click “Publish Live” so your blog updates

Create Your Blog Always remember to choose the Subdomain of Weebly. After you Publish Live you need to Publish you blog 1 more time.

Creating Your Blog This will be your blog website. This is what you include in your Youtopia submission Click on the blue link to make sure that everything you added is visible on the website.

Create Your Blog Check out this example of what a perfect blog should look like.

Using Youtopia Watch this 6 minute tutorial on Youtopia If the organization you work with is not found in our lists, go to this Google Doc and request a new location. yKum_pxMr8gF2zTprIVhy5GUN1lWmM/viewform

Using Youtopia The first time you login to Youtopia follow these steps:  Type in your Muchin  Click the space that says “I forgot my password”  Go to your Muchin and reset your password to something you will remember

Using Youtopia Enter the number of hours you did Enter the day and time you started the hours; the ended at time will auto fill based on your hours In this situation, the student worked 3 days that week, for 5 hours a day. They let me know that this was the case so I was not questioning them working 15 hours in 1 day. Include the link to your blog

And you are Done! Ms. Rouse will you if there are issues with your submission or any questions. You must submit your hours 2 weeks after the date you completed your hours.