Jim,
This sounds like a great course, I'd love to hear
more about it. How did you find your clients? Did you
work out the projects ahead of time or did the students
initiate them? What kind of influence has their work
had on campus and on your department?
Clive Muir at Morgan State University in
Baltimore ([log in to unmask]) has been looking for
innovative composition courses that include service-learning.
I think he might be working on a collection of some
sort. He might be interested in the work your students
are doing.
Brenton
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On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, Jim Bell wrote:
> This semester, Brenton, my English 370 class has done reports recommending
> career search software for the Counseling Centre, on-line writing lab set up
> for the Learning Skills Centre, promotional strategies for the Health and
> Wellness Centre, as well as critiqued the design and content of the
> University's "Viewbook", and one group presented the radical idea to the
> Ministry of Forests that Comandra stem rust be controlled by broadcast
> burning. But the course I'm thinkiing of now is to be based on writing in
> response to literature.
>
> Like any teaching suggestion, letting the students select their own novels
> has some drawbacks. I wonder if asking students to chose among a limited
> number of novels would kill the enthusiasm etc. that Jaime is trying to
> create/tap?
>
> Jim Bell
> University of Northern BC
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> Prince George, BC V2N 4Z9
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: CASLL/Inkshed [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Brenton D. Faber
> > Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 12:00 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Novels
> >
> >
> > Kudos to Jamie,
> >
> > In fact, why not choose a context (a non-profit organization
> > or a department on campus that needs some help) and write
> > for them?
> >
> > This term we are working with my school's English as a Second
> > Language program. We are getting fantastic writing opportunities,
> > plus international issues, educational issues, technology,
> > politics, the works....
> >
> > ----------------------------------
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, Jamie MacKinnon wrote:
> >
> > > Radical idea Jim: don't choose any novels for them.
> > >
> >
> >
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