<div>Another excellent opportunity to consider! </div>
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<div>See below . ..<br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Shelley Rodrigo</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shelley.rodrigo@asu.edu">shelley.rodrigo@asu.edu</a>></span><br>
Date: Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 9:21 AM<br>Subject: CCCCs RoundTable (and more) on Basic Writing<br>To: <a href="mailto:WPA-L@asu.edu">WPA-L@asu.edu</a><br><br><br>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have to admit, I think the We are 113! alternative panel I cooked up went well at CCCCs this year. I’m hoping to propose another crazy something for next year and I would like to see if others maybe interested. Specifically, I’m hoping to put together a combined two-year college and basic writing round table that will “start” asynchronously in CCCC and/or TYCA Connected Community areas and go “live” synchronously at CCCCs next spring. Please see my outline below for more details. I’m looking for some volunteers interested in facilitating discussion online and at the conference, preferably two-year faculty; however, I’m open to working with anyone who likes this content and/or “presentation” idea. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you are interested in participating, please contact me individually: <a href="mailto:shelley.rodrigo@gmail.com" target="_blank">shelley.rodrigo@gmail.com</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">There’s Nothing Basic about Basic Writing</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Round Table</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As the number of students placed into basic writing courses grow, especially in the two-year colleges, the issues surrounding the teaching of basic writing become increasingly complex. The purpose of this CCCCs round table is to function as a synchronous meeting for a dialogue about the various issues related to basic writing. The dialogue will asynchronously initiate in NCTE’s/CCCC’s Connected Community, continue at CCCCs, and then continue further in the online environment. We would like to make the synchronous meeting both face-to-face at CCCCs as well as online by having 5-6 laptops, with internet connections, available during the session so that active online participants who could not make it to the conference could still participate. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The purpose of the dialogue is to engage as many people as possible in a discussion about these issues. We hope that in these discussions individuals will share resources, best practices as well as develop a larger community that might support members as they deal with local issues. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">LOGISTICS:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">October 2011: Construct and kick-off the following groups in CCCCs Connected Community:</p>
<p><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>Student Placement (facilitator/s: Presenter 1)</p>
<p><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>Teacher Preparation & Professional Development (facilitator/s: Presenter<span> </span>2)</p>
<p><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>Hiring & Compensation Practices (facilitator/s: Presenter 3)</p>
<p><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>Day-to-Day Life in the Classroom (facilitator/s: Presenter 4 )</p>
<p><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>Teaching with Technology (facilitator/s: Presenter 5)</p>
<p><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><span>·<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>???????? (facilitator/s: Presenter 6 )</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">November 2011: Facilitators post a new “prompt”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">December 2011: Facilitators prompt people to propose for NCTE 2012</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">January 2012: Facilitators post a new “prompt”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">February 2012: Facilitators post a new “prompt”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">March 2012: Synchronous Discussion at CCCCs with the Chair and Presenters facilitating. (Facilitators will kick off discussions with summaries of the activity in the Connected Community.) </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Marsh 2012: Facilitators prompt people to propose for CCCCs 2013</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">April 2012: Facilitators & Chair collaborate to write an article about the process as well as resulting products and then submit to TETYC</p><br><font color="#888888">-- <br>Shelley Rodrigo, Ph.D.<br>
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--<a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_johnson_where_good_ideas_come_from.html?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2010-09-21&utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly&utm_medium=email" target="_blank">Steven Johnson</a><br></font></div>
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