The end of the semester potluck is under way in the president’s dining room until 2:00 p.m. today, Tuesday, May 1st.
End of the Semester Pot Luck Underway
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Meet the Author
RSVP for the textbook event on May 4th from 11:30 – 2:30 pm. See email for more details.
Save the Date: May 4th
On the morning of May 4th, there will be a meeting with the publisher and author of the new 111 text to help us prepare for the coming semester.
VCCS Combining Developmental Reading and Writing Conference
This month’s Combining Developmental Reading and Writing conference in Lynchburg presented much diverse and innovative materiel to ponder. Presentations on aspects of learning theory as they relate to reading, as well as on combining a student development course with the new 007 reading and writing course, brought to light some fresh perspectives. Since last year, Western Community College’s counseling team has been working with their developmental English staff to run English courses with a concurrent SDV orientation section. It sounds like the classes are a natural fit. A lot of ground was also covered in terms of integrating reading and writing projects. If you’d like to find out more, I have just received the digital files, including all three presentation’s power points, and will be posting them on the ARC Blackboard site at some point this weekend.
– Kristina Kunkel
Last Day to Withdraw Extended
Just a reminder for everyone that the last day to drop for 16-week classes has been extended to Monday, March 26th. The system will not be available for much of the weekend.
Professional Development April 20th
Save the date: on April 20th, there will be a presentation for Nova faculty on integrating reading and writing. More information and links are in your email. Cheri requests that anyone who teaches 111-009 attend the workshop, which runs from 10 to 3.
– Kristina Kunkel
CETL’s First Monday Movie Day
According to CETL, the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Monday Movies debut on Monday, February 27th in the new CETL CENTER in CG 218. The first movie is Wonder Boys starring Michael Douglas as Professor Grady Tripp. The discussion begins at 2:30 PM and is followed by a full length viewing of the movie. Come for the discussion and/or the entire movie. Register with TAC.
A different movie will follow on the 4th Monday of each month.
– Kristina Kunkel
Avoiding Plagiarism through Assignment Design
ARC’s next workshop, “Avoiding Plagiarism through Assignment Design,” starts this Wednesday. See ARC Workshops tab for more information.
Links Requested at Responding Workshop
Here are the links requested by folks who attended the responding workshops Friday 2/10/12.
“Beyond the Red Ink: Responding through Student’s Eyes”:
– Kristina Kunkel
Responding to Student Writing Stategies Workshops Underway
Nearly a dozen adjuncts met for the first responding strategies workshop yesterday. If you missed this one, two more sessions on responding strategies will be held in the coming weeks.
The workshop includes best practices and activities for helping students revise before they turn in compiled by Emily Miller and Kristina Kunkel, as well as video of student and professor perspectives on giving and receiving grading feedback. The information presented will be followed by open discussion and idea exchange.
The focus of this grading response workshop is to help adjuncts use all available resources, including technology and the writing center, to maximize efficiency. In addition, pedagogy concerning how students process feedback will be covered. Anyone who attends ought to glean some knowledge with which to streamline and improve their grading process. Cheri Spiegel strongly encourages all adjuncts to check out one of these three sessions.
Join us for the next responding strategies workshop this coming Friday, February 10 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in CT 203.
– Kristina Kunkel