CEP 882
"One of the main goals of education is to create compelling experiences for students. By compelling, I mean more than simply getting students started and staying with a task; I mean experiences that deeply move and affect the students. We all have had this kind of experience, typically outside of school settings. Perhaps, it was when we couldn't put a good book down, or were gripped tightly by a dramatic movie, or completely absorbed by a theater performance. We know what compelling means; we also know that these experiences do not happen often enough in schools. This course represents a bold effort to take a different view on how educators can create compelling experiences for their students. It is based on a simple assertion: there are many professionals, in addition to teachers, who are highly successful at creating compelling experiences for others: surely there is much we can learn from them. Thus, in this course, students will come to understand deeply moving experiences in three ways: (a) reading a broad range of thoughtful writing on topics ranging from education, psychology, philosophy, and the arts; (b) learning from people who make a living creating compelling experiences for others. This group includes not only successful teachers, but also filmmakers, playwrights, writers, artists, advertisers, computer game designers, and others; and (c) seeking out, experiencing, and reflecting on compelling experiences."
http://edutech.msu.edu/schedule.html
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I took this course during the Spring 2011 Semester with David Wong. We used ANGEL to have perform "Editorials" of specified reading assignments. Then we performed "Reviews" of our classmates' "Editorials." We also used Facebook to answer directed questioning, which was centered on how different things (art, music, film...) compel us to learn in different ways.
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SYLLABUS:
/uploads/6/2/9/8/6298896/cep_882_syllabus.doc
(used with permission)
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ASSIGNMENTS:
GODFATHER REVIEW: /uploads/6/2/9/8/6298896/cep_822_-_godfather_opening_review_-_1_february_2011.doc
THINKING RED: /uploads/6/2/9/8/6298896/thinking_red_-_cep_882_-_17_january_2011.doc
CLASS BLOG: http://lialm.blogspot.com/
FORM IN PHOTOGRAPHY: /uploads/6/2/9/8/6298896/cep_882_-_form_in_photography_-_3_march_2011.doc
THE REAL DETROIT - A COMPELLING VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKTY3OUqk34
(a parody of the Chrysler 200 commercial: http://www.youtube.com/user/chrysler?bid=5079147&adid=233347236&pid=57249858&KWNM=chrysler+200+commercial&KWID=150763198&channel=PS)
PARTY ON - A COMPARISON OF PARTY STORE ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMzPOYrQOoo&feature=youtube_gdata
http://edutech.msu.edu/schedule.html
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I took this course during the Spring 2011 Semester with David Wong. We used ANGEL to have perform "Editorials" of specified reading assignments. Then we performed "Reviews" of our classmates' "Editorials." We also used Facebook to answer directed questioning, which was centered on how different things (art, music, film...) compel us to learn in different ways.
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SYLLABUS:
/uploads/6/2/9/8/6298896/cep_882_syllabus.doc
(used with permission)
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
ASSIGNMENTS:
GODFATHER REVIEW: /uploads/6/2/9/8/6298896/cep_822_-_godfather_opening_review_-_1_february_2011.doc
THINKING RED: /uploads/6/2/9/8/6298896/thinking_red_-_cep_882_-_17_january_2011.doc
CLASS BLOG: http://lialm.blogspot.com/
FORM IN PHOTOGRAPHY: /uploads/6/2/9/8/6298896/cep_882_-_form_in_photography_-_3_march_2011.doc
THE REAL DETROIT - A COMPELLING VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKTY3OUqk34
(a parody of the Chrysler 200 commercial: http://www.youtube.com/user/chrysler?bid=5079147&adid=233347236&pid=57249858&KWNM=chrysler+200+commercial&KWID=150763198&channel=PS)
PARTY ON - A COMPARISON OF PARTY STORE ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMzPOYrQOoo&feature=youtube_gdata