THATCamp Community College 2017: Using Twine & Other Games In The Classroom

This session was moderated by Jennifer Dellner

What I Am Up To In Fall 2016

  • I took most of August off from the internet. Nothing in particular prompted this, but I needed a break. Regular posting and correspondence should resume starting today.
  • This semester I am teaching my normal assortment of composition courses, but new this semester will be our first ever honors section of ENG102. I am really excited about this after having been on a community to create it for the past few years. I will post a syllabus in a few days.
  • I am also teaching American Cinema again and, for the first time in a few years, Masterpieces of World Literature II.
  • My office hours for the fall are...
    • Monday/Wednesday 1230-1330
    • Tuesday/Thursday/Friday 1100-1200
  • News about the 2017 edition of THATCamp Community College will be coming soon. 
  • I will be attending THATCamp Philly next month at UPenn.
  • I will also be presenting a paper at Rowan University a week later. My paper is entitled “Peasants and Barbarians: How Valkyria Chronicles Uses The Tropes Of War To Reexamine The Past And Present.”

 

THATCamp Community College 2016 Session #4: Possibilities For Electronic Resources To Enhance Reading Comprehension

This session was moderated by Sara Revello and Brianna Cardinale…

  • How does ADA compliance effect electronic resources?
  • Librivox/Audible/Youtube/iTunesU possible solutions.
  • Grants could help with budget issues.
  • Could maker spaces at colleges have psychical students that students can go to for venting/brainstorming.
  • Could work electronically in a chat session too.

THATCamp Community College 2016 Session #3: Increasing Digital/Virtual Presence In Writing Labs

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This session was moderated by Sara Revello and Brianna Cardinale…

  • How is feedback in distance ed classes different from face to face?
  • Create video modules centered with targeted content.
  • Cultural differences in what is and is not considered paraphrasing.
  • Could writing centers have student mentors to work with lower performing students?
  • Conversation partner programs being implemented at OCC…we have done them here at RCBC too.

THATCamp Community College 2016 Session #2: Connecting The Humanities To The Liberal Arts And Beyond

Session moderated by Donna Vandergrift…

Dean Vandergrift moderating the session.

Dean Vandergrift moderating the session.

  • How can connect the humanities disciplines better?
  • Discussion of connecting English/History classes together.
  • How can we make connections between geography and literature?
  • Connections between astronomy and literature.
  • Unfortunately science is often pushed out of this conversation.
  • How do we create an informed citizenry beyond a grade?
  • A lot of discussion of competency based learning.
  • How do we make ideas worthwhile for students?

THATCamp Community College 2016 Session #1: Possibilities Of Interactive Student Handbooks

Session one was run by student president Christina Cover…

Christina moderating the session. I am so excited to have students involved with our THATCamp.

Christina moderating the session. I am so excited to have students involved with our THATCamp.

  • A big theme for this session is “campus connectivity.”
  • Discussion of print handbooks. Lots of frank comments from students in attendance from them.
  • Are handbooks written at too high a level? Who is the audience for them?
  • If an interactive handbook was made, a glossary would be useful.
    • Example: Students still use the phrase “guidance counselor” in college
  • A digital handbook needs to be heavily hyperlinked.
  • A call for digital handbooks to come originally from a group of students and then go “up the ladder.”
  • Digital handbooks could be “focus grouped” through different student communities.
  • Could there be a video instead of a student handbook or even a series of podcasts?