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San Diego Mesa College: Student Footage

Another Mesa Assignment/ “Where I’m From”

Mesa Cribs Writing and Video And Video Assignments

San Diego Mesa College: Video Reflection

At San Diego Mesa College, a team comprised of English faculty, a counselor, and an institutional researcher is investigating a key question in basic skills: What keeps students from being as engaged in critical inquiry as faculty might like? The team has a hunch that student motivation in basic skills English classes will increase if they have the opportunity to make their writing public, so that their work takes on a significance beyond the classroom’s confines. As part of a basic writing-reading/writing-learning community, students will make videos of their homes and communities (like the TV show Cribs), expressing where students come from and how they got to where they are. When presented to the class, the videos will prompt questions that will be answered through writing and research. The Faculty Inquiry team will study the impact of this project on students’ motivation and sense of ownership over their own writing.

Team Leaders:
Tracey Walker /Basic Writing and Reading Co-Coordinator
Wendy Smith /Basic Writing and Reading Co-Coordinator
619-388-2313 Fax: 619-388-5814
twalker@sdccd.edu / wsmith@sdccd.edu

Team Members:
Cynthia Rico-Bravo / Counselor
Anthony Lattner / Student Co-Inquirer
Susan Mun / Researcher

San Diego Mesa College Proposal