MiraCosta's Letters Department retreat this year addresses the topic "Composition and Its Scope."
Discussion will focus on Cynthia Selfe's provocative article "The Movement of Air, The Breath of Meaning: Aurality and Multimodal Composing in College Composition and Communication" (you can dowload the article here if you can't find last week's email amidst the annual flex week assault on your inbox: Download CCC0604Movement) and on Service Learning, including this reading provided to us by MiraCosta College's Service Learning Coordinator, Carol Wilkinson: Download Service_learning
The Selfe article web site includes links to several aural compositions from her students. Please try to check them out before the retreat:
- Sonya Bortan: The Legacy of Music
- Elisa Norris: Literacy = Identity Can You See Me?
- Wendy Wolters Hinshaw: Yelling Boy
We also hope to chat about an assignment our own Chad Tsuyuki has used with his students.
- Here are the instructions: Download Radio-Advertisement-Assignment-Final
- And here is an audio file sample: Download 01 Radio Ad - Julian
Retreat Follow Up
Here are the two powerpoints that we used during our retreat. I have added our brainstorms about possible writing assignments for and obstacles to service learning. On the obstacles side, I have also added notes on Carol's comments about how to overcome those obstacles:
- Selfe Discussion: Download Selfe
- Service Learning Discussion: Download Servicelearning
Kelly Hagen's Follow Up Explorations
Our beloved colleague, Kelly--the Dean--Hagen, found some inspiration in our conversation and went out exploring on her own. Here is a link to the cool tool she found and another link to what she created:
- Animoto
- Kelly's Creation!
