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 >
