Comments on: UMW Faculty Academy Day Two Workshop http://bgblogging.com/2007/05/16/umw-faculty-academy-day-two-workshop/ Exploring the Far Reaches of Teaching & Learning Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:36:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Geoff http://bgblogging.com/2007/05/16/umw-faculty-academy-day-two-workshop/#comment-307 Mon, 21 May 2007 12:41:39 +0000 http://bgblogging.wordpress.com/2007/05/16/umw-faculty-academy-day-two-workshop/#comment-307 I’ll be interested in hearing more as you discuss that intertwining of the formal and the informal writing – it’s an area where I sometimes wonder if I’ve gone astray in a negative way, though I am convinced the narrative structure of a story has more relevance for the structure of formal writing than what the formal structure has become (and I’d bet that the formal structure was originally a mimic of the narrative flow). Thanks for exploring it in places where people are listening.

]]> By: Angela http://bgblogging.com/2007/05/16/umw-faculty-academy-day-two-workshop/#comment-306 Sun, 20 May 2007 01:45:25 +0000 http://bgblogging.wordpress.com/2007/05/16/umw-faculty-academy-day-two-workshop/#comment-306 Thanks for adding to my suitcase of innovative and creative course openers and closers. What you said about trust and making transparent our objectives are absolutely right on.

One of my *many* take-aways from your workshop at UMW’s Faculty Academy–I need to attend a digital storytelling workshop as soon as possible!!

]]> By: Barbara http://bgblogging.com/2007/05/16/umw-faculty-academy-day-two-workshop/#comment-305 Fri, 18 May 2007 16:36:26 +0000 http://bgblogging.wordpress.com/2007/05/16/umw-faculty-academy-day-two-workshop/#comment-305 Megan and Lanny,

I think I’ve confused you both a bit. These examples and thought and plans do not cover a single course, but ways to think about a range of courses. For UMW’s Faculty Academy (the other comments are from some participants letting me know what they were hoping I would cover in the workshop) I’ve culled examples from several of my classes. I will not use ALL of these techniques in my new first-year seminar in the fall, but I like to have many options and try to pick something suited to the group as I get to know them.

Lanny,
I definitely have my students do formal writing, but of course our notion of exactly what that means is (or should be) changing. It’s important, I think, for students to be conversant in all kinds of discourse, and writing the traditional academic paper is one of them. It doesn’t mean, however, that such a paper should be soul-less. These kinds of exercises and this kind of ongoing deep blogging (you’ll have to check out my recent UMW talk once I get it posted or the video goes on their site for more on that) help students write better formal papers, do better research and engage their readers. It helps students infuse their writing with vigor, elegance and depth–as much as they are able to, that is. In my first-year seminar I have to build in formal writing. I’ll be blogging that course quite openly as I go this coming fall–keeping my pedagogy, warts and all, visible. ;-) Barbara

]]> By: Lanny Arvan http://bgblogging.com/2007/05/16/umw-faculty-academy-day-two-workshop/#comment-304 Thu, 17 May 2007 20:31:57 +0000 http://bgblogging.wordpress.com/2007/05/16/umw-faculty-academy-day-two-workshop/#comment-304 Barbara -

Reading this, I wonder how much of your structure is inevitable given what you are trying to accomplish or whether there are other possible paths that would get you to the promised land.

There doesn’t seem to be a lot of formal writing in the course. Does formal writing get in the way? Or could you achieve your ends that way?

]]> By: Karen Bowers http://bgblogging.com/2007/05/16/umw-faculty-academy-day-two-workshop/#comment-303 Thu, 17 May 2007 15:27:28 +0000 http://bgblogging.wordpress.com/2007/05/16/umw-faculty-academy-day-two-workshop/#comment-303 I’m interested in any means to communicate virtual library instruction and also literacy through online literary journals.

]]> By: Alan http://bgblogging.com/2007/05/16/umw-faculty-academy-day-two-workshop/#comment-302 Thu, 17 May 2007 15:26:38 +0000 http://bgblogging.wordpress.com/2007/05/16/umw-faculty-academy-day-two-workshop/#comment-302 I’m here to just absorb more of the ideas and energy of Barabara Ganley! Mainly I’d like to hear of your strategies that I can share with other faculty. The sheer number of tools and resources available seem overwhelming to just about everyone, so how you approach sifting through it all. How do you create engaging reasons to use the tools?

]]> By: Gene Roche http://bgblogging.com/2007/05/16/umw-faculty-academy-day-two-workshop/#comment-301 Thu, 17 May 2007 15:26:30 +0000 http://bgblogging.wordpress.com/2007/05/16/umw-faculty-academy-day-two-workshop/#comment-301 I’ve worked with a number of faculty trying to use blogs and wikis who have had lots of problems with their courses because they never communicated clearly with their expectations to students. That’s pretty frustrating for both students and teachers. I’d like to be able to offer some good ideas and principles for helping them get launched in a way that can be sustained.

]]> By: Steve http://bgblogging.com/2007/05/16/umw-faculty-academy-day-two-workshop/#comment-300 Thu, 17 May 2007 15:24:30 +0000 http://bgblogging.wordpress.com/2007/05/16/umw-faculty-academy-day-two-workshop/#comment-300 I want to absorb some of your craft.

]]> By: Jeff McClurken http://bgblogging.com/2007/05/16/umw-faculty-academy-day-two-workshop/#comment-299 Thu, 17 May 2007 15:23:09 +0000 http://bgblogging.wordpress.com/2007/05/16/umw-faculty-academy-day-two-workshop/#comment-299 I’m waiting for the wine and cheese.

Ok, no, seriously, I’m here because I’m planning on webbing up 2 or 3 of my classes in the fall. I’m eager to hear about ways to better introduce and conclude the semester.

]]> By: Steve http://bgblogging.com/2007/05/16/umw-faculty-academy-day-two-workshop/#comment-298 Thu, 17 May 2007 15:22:59 +0000 http://bgblogging.wordpress.com/2007/05/16/umw-faculty-academy-day-two-workshop/#comment-298 I want to figure out a more effective way of incorporating blogs into my courses.

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