Another Mesa Assignment/”Where I’m From”
Some of you asked about assignments we use to help students become comfortable discussing their personal lives. We also discussed how “disclosure” can have a variety of effects. Here is an assignment we use at the beginning of class to help students open up while learning how to do a close reading, respond to text, and make connections. After we read and do this exercise, students write their own versions of where they’re from.
Mesa Cribs Writing and Video Assignments
Hello All!
At the Summer Institute, some of you asked to see the actual assignments we gave students for their essays and videos. Here they are. Feedback is very welcome, since we’ll be revisiting the assignments for Fall.
Mesa Cribs Video Project
Cribs Essay Prompt
Info about ECCTYC Conference, Oct. 22-24
As I said yesterday, the conference for the English Council of California Two-Year Colleges would be a great place to share some of the amazing work we are doing. For those of you who have never been, ECCTYC’s conference is a very low-key, community building and idea-sharing affair. At the same time, all the ECCTYC board members from the various regions will be there, and so the conference is a good place to make friends and influence people, as it were. (ECCTYC interfaces with the CSU’s English Council, UC, TYCA, the NCTE, and of course the Community College Systems Office.) And, the conference is being held in Pasadena this year!
I would like to propose a FIN panel with anyone who has an English component to their inquiry. Please email me at ceagan@laspositascollege.edu if you are interested–the deadline for proposals is July 22. You are also welcome to propose your own panel or paper–I have provided all the information you need below. For more information about ECCTYC, visit www.ecctyc.org.
Conference Flyer: ECCTYC+2009+Conference+Flyer
Featured Speakers Flyer: ECCTYC+2009+Speaker+Flyer
Proposal Form: ECCTYC_2009_Propsosal_Form
Registration Form: ECCTYC+2009+Conferen#A9E689
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK, FINNERS!
Photo by: Tom Lothian
THANKS for taking time out of your busy summer to help get the Network back together. We hope your time spent with your team and with other members of the Faculty Inquiry Network will serve as a positive catalyst for your inquiry projects as we move through the summer and into the fall. We here in the FIN offices are so impressed with and proud of the amazing FIN teams!
“…Be seein’ you, in all the familiar places…”
The FIN leadership team
About FIN
The Faculty Inquiry Network’s (FIN) purpose is to support professional development which includes: conducting faculty inquiry; revisiting basic skills assumptions; interpreting and integrating data; accessing student voices; developing students as co-inquirers; making visible; using technology for teaching and learning; creating and supporting new initiatives, curriculum and program development; constructing educational tools using digital media; and hosting dialogue around student and faculty learning.
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