9/29 Scribner and Cole and other Discussions

What a great class!  Thank you for your good participation - especially for asking enough questions to get a decent explanation out of me.  Clearly I would do better if I had experience with Vai script - the group that was best at giving explanations!

We convered a LOT of ground.

Quiz
I collected the quiz and will begin class next week with an overview of what we need to cover in order to get everyone up to speed.  I may also suggest one on one conferences for anyone who has been buried by the language in the readings.

Exams
From what I understood, you want to stick to the original plan of one exam at the end of the course.  You would like it to be open book, and it is not clear whether it will be in-class or out of class.  We will continue to talk about what will best allow you to demonstrate your mastery of the material as we work our way through the course.

Scribner and Cole
Notes from our discussion are posted at the link to the right.  Good work!   We covered the important findings but did not deal with higer-order questions (questions that require to make judgments and to apply the findings to different contexts) listed in the study guide.  I strongly suggest that you read over your notes - and then spend some time answering the study guide questions.

Study Guides
I have sent out the class email list  (to your Kean email).  If you did not receive it let me know.

Process:  You can use the following process  to create the study guides by using google.docs (available through your kean email).

• Before setting up the google.doc, either through email, chat, a conference call, face-to-face, whatever - decide on who is going to be responsible for what.  Make a plan for how you will cover all requirements for the assignment: 1) create a study guide which includes appropriate questions & page references for each heading in the sample study guides (Olson, + Scribner & Cole).  2) plan a classroom activity (a MINIMUM of 20 minutes) that will help students both to master the central ideas in your reading - and to connect those concepts to ideas in other readings.   
• Designate one person in your group to create the group document.  This person will click on "share" and send an email to all group members.  They should be designated as being able to "edit".
• Create the document.
• When the document is complete, change the share settings so that it is available to anyone who has the link.  
• Copy the link, and send it to me in an email.

Due dates:
Send the link to your study guide to ENG3035LiteracyStudies@gmail.com no later than noon Sunday the week that your essay will be discussed in class.  Links for the Study Guides for Gee & Delpit should be in the course email-box this Sunday (October 2).

If I have not posted the study guides by Sunday night - send and email to my Kean email (schandle@kean.edu)

A listing of individuals assigned to each eassy is posted in the blog titled Study Guide Groups.

For next class.
Read:  Gee & Delpit

We will start out with a discussion of the quiz - and then move into presentations on Gee and Delpit.

Great class today - and see you next week.