October 2012 RodCast Articles
I recently attended a workshop about how we can deepen students' reflections, which was led by one of Wright State's experienced service-learning instructors, Karen Hayes. I came away with a new reflection question to include in my arsenal. In fact, I love this question so much that it may never be removed from my arsenal. The question was posed by my colleague, Stephanie Dickey, in our small group discussion during the workshop. She suggested that we should challenge students to think about their role in relation to the problem or issue addressed by any service-learning course. She pr
I've been struggling with this blog lately. I'm burned out. But Writing Boot Camp is saving the day today in a couple different ways! First, I'm actually writing a post for the first time in quite some time, and although it isn't my best effort and it isn't on the topic of service-learning, I'm getting words on the page, so to speak. And second, it's providing me with a topic about which to write. This is a timely topic, writing boot camp is, because I'm sitting in it as a I type these words. Writing boot camp is co-sponsored by the Writing Across the Curriculum program and the Cente
A shout out to fellow blogger, Jessica Olin, today. I wrote a post for her blog, Letters to a Young Librarian, and it's live today! Check it out, along with the rest of her blog! http://letterstoayounglibrarian.blogspot.com/2012/10/finding-your-voice-by-maureen-barry.html