Sharon BeynonNovember 12, 2008

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Add Fun and Interest to Teaching Writing Online

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Housekeeping

Welcome to the Webinar

My purpose is to share some easy ways to “liven up” distance

education classes.

To get us started, here is an example lesson:Students have read Frankenstein, they’ve discussed themes, they’ve read literary criticism, they’ve discussed the novel in the online chat rooms.

They’re exhausted!

So, direct them to a few links that might interest them:

Frank and climate

Climate Connections: Signs

Did Climate Inspire the Birth of a Monster?by Nell Greenfieldboyce

 

NPR– a fabulous source

Direct students to NPR sites like this one where weird 19th Century climate is shown to have affected Frankenstein!

How to do this?

• - Using the Print Screen option on your computer keyboard, you can paste a screen image into your online delivery system. Either hyperlink it, or paste the web address there for students to find.

 

Or, another piece on Mary Shelley’s mother, Mary

Wollstonecraft.

A link to help introduce a text’s relevance…

After Students Have Listened, How Do I Connect This to the

Class?

• Students can write about what they’ve heard, blog their responses, or use the DE chat room for a graded discussion.

• The Poetry Archive at

poetryarchive.org has thousands of poets reading their own poetry, biographical and literary information are included.

The Poetry Archive is another great link…

The Poetry Archive lets you search their database of poets and listen to

readings.

Poet in Residence at the PoetryArchive.org(Students can join the conversation)

NYTimes.com has great articles and audio/video clips.

The Writer’s AlmanacListen to Poetry

Los Angeles Cultural Forum

A Zocalo Sample Videocast

Yale Open Classroom

Yale Open Classroom– The American Novel Since 1945

http://tinyurl.com/5rca2u

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