Monday, March 23, 2009
My Classes Are Intertwining
My students have just picked the topics for their research papers. One of my students is going to write about the influence of new media and Facebook. The paper is a researched argument, so I'm a bit nervous for her. I reminded her that she will need to present some sort of argument regarding the topic, and I'm wondering if she has bit off more than she can chew. I'm supportive of the topic because I think it's important and timely, but I'm just wondering if she will be able to handle a subject this large. I have told her she may need to focus more carefully, but I have a feeling I will need to monitor this closely. This is a subject I'm still learning about, so I'm curious to see where a student who is probably far more tech saavy than I am will take it. Maybe I will have some findings to bring to our class!
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A group of students in my 191 class investigated Facebook in a series of papers/presentations. In one, each student interviewed an older person concerning Facebook use and then wrote a technology narrative about it. Then each picked an essay about Facebook and led a moo discussion on it. Most had to do with privacy/boundary issues, and the discussions were lively and well informed. (There were four articles, total, on Facebook covered in the class via moo.) Then they wrote an individual argument paper about Facebook and finally did a group website with an argument about Facebook. Since they were researching separately and then discussing readings as a class or as a group, I really didn't have to do much at all except for asking occasional questions in class.
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