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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 07:59:27 EST
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- From: rselfe@MTU.EDU
- Subject: cai assignments
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- >Subject: cai assignments
- >Hey, folks,
- >
- >Assume that you teach in a computer lab with stand-alone PCs. What's your
- >favorite in-class activity in such a circumstance? . . . .
- >Thanks,
- >
- >Marcy Bauman Penn State-Erie
- >
-
- If you have time, my favorite is the old "disk conference" where everyone
- opens a single file on a designated disk, reads to the end of the file from
- the last time they entered a comment and then responds to the other
- students' comments. The content of the student discussion can be quite
- varied, depending on what you suggest. For instance, if they have choosen
- readings that they are introducing to the rest of the class (a la Russ Hunt
- a few weeks back) they can make a case for that selection. If you are
- discussing common readings, they can generate and respond to each other's
- interpretations. A take-off from a synchronous activity that I learned
- from Trent Batson has students assuming roles/characters from a narrative
- that either they or you generate or that they derive from a reading. By
- extending the context of the narrative, students can play with the voice
- and perspective of their character. (We used a discussion surrounding a
- young athlete burned over 90% of his body in the hospital, debating with
- parents, friends, lovers, & doctors about whether he should be allowed to
- die. Heavy. I was crying with laughter and unable to see the screen by
- the time we finished with that one. An irreverant bunch.) The point is
- that students talk to each other and have "opportunity" for resistance.
- They have a forum that CAN be used to encourage dissensual conversation.
-
- Back the disk up frequently!!!
-
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Dickie Selfe rselfe@mtu.edu
- Humanities Dept. 906-487-3225
- Michigan Technological U.
- Houghton, MI 49931
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