Back at it--class went well. Students this quarter seem a bit more like they've been around the block. Last quarter, I had to spell things out at times--this group looked at me when I asked them if they knew how to access BB like I was from another planet. Also, when I assigned the first day's reading, there were no sighs, just matter of fact grunts. Good stuff!
This quarter, I decided to let them peruse the syllabus and come back on day 2 with questions--last quarter, I went over the syllabus on the first day. I'm excited to get into this quarter--for Thursday, I scanned the introduction to "Ways" and asked them to mark it up with highlighters, pencil, etc. I want to see how they go about placing emphasis on what's meaningful to them. We're going to talk about what's important to each reader, first summarizing the piece and then working to find which parts of the text they make meaning from. Then, my notion is to explain that from this standpoint they can begin to incorporate the new information in order to forward it and add to the conversation. We'll see how it goes.
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So, your students "have been around the block?" Are you saying they are intellectual whores jonesin' for their next mental "fix"?
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