It reminds me of the slides for local businesses shown before the movie previews in multiplex theaters and sends a bad message since some of the latest in test administration technology already gives students in large lecture courses test-taking PDAs similar to audience measurement devices, making course lectures more like Nascar races, the Roman Coliseum or watching CNN or CBS focus groups during the poltical debates.
One would like to think that teaching is never synonymous with mass entertainment, but of course how many of us use media support in classes to maintain attention instead of getting students to actually think? While perhaps appropriate for Montana and its dental floss bushes, this example does suggest that this historian needs to read some of Niall Ferguson's early work on counterfactuals. Or since this happened in the frontier land of the Unabomber, use brand mascot stereotypes like the Frito Bandito to teach them both about social banditry and to provide departmental financial support. - Ann On 10/5/08, Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sponsorship denied: > > History professor's deal with burrito joint went against school policy > > By CHRIS ARNESON for the Missoulian _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
