Ironically, a couple of us held a rump meeting last week trying to
figure out how can we place bulletin boards on our walls. Our walls are
bare, painted walls. Right now, bulleting boards are verboden. Bulletin
boards manned by students can be highly informative and interesting. Wish us
luck!
Walter Dean
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Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 2:53 PM
Subject: Re: TEACHSOC: Re: MINDBOGGLING
> Last week I did require my Family (200-level students) students to
> bring in pictures or articles about how the hurricane and tornados
> impacted families - I was amazed of how much they found ( from a
> variety of sources). We started a bulletin board in a prominent area
> in the Social Sciences Division with several students volunteering to
> arrange and add pictures and student essays as they arrive. Here at
> the community college, a balance of young and re-entry students can be
> beneficial since the re-entry students are accustomed to reading
> newpapers.
>
>
> Susan St. John, Assoc. Professor of Sociology
> Corning Community College
> 1 Academic Drive
> Corning, NY 14830
> (607) 962-9526 or secretary 962-9239
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Walter Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Sunday, September 4, 2005 2:36 pm
> Subject: TEACHSOC: Re: MINDBOGGLING
>
> > Do not be surprised that students do not know. I bring
> > several newspapers to class (since we know that most Americans,
> > especially students, do not read newspapers on a regular basis),
> > pass them around and let them choose articles they find
> > interesting. They write their chooses on a sheet of paper which I
> > collect and count to see which issues are most popular. When
> > there are many issues or articles, I simply pass around a sheet
> > listing the material and let them vote for whatever interests
> > them. I then set up small group discussions (five students per
> > group) and let them select one of the popular articles or issues.
> > It seems to work.
> >
> > Walter Dean
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: klausner
> > To: Teachsoc
> > Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 5:35 PM
> > Subject: TEACHSOC: MINDBOGGLING
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > After discussing the notion of the "Sociological Imagination" I
> > asked students to relate it to the aftermath of Katrina...I was
> > shocked when one student raised her hand and said that she did not
> > know anythng about the aftermath...only that a Hurricane occurred.
> > While we are in a small town we: have a CNN affiliate on the local
> > radio station, the newspaper program we have enables students to
> > get FREE same-day copies of: THE NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY AND THE
> > LOCAL PAPER.
> > They are in "stands" in the cafeteria and other places on campus.
> > We get NPR from State College and from Buffalo. There is a HUGE
> > TV in the Commons and a dozen in the Sports Center. It is
> > mindboggling to me that ANYONE
> > does not know about the tragic situation occurring in the
> > aftermath of the Hurricane. I was so exasperated that I have now
> > required students in the Intro class to
> > BRING a newspaper to class each session.
> >
> > Anyone have a similar experience?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Michael
> >
