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NISOD Innovation Abstracts - #16, #17, #18


Vol. XXV, No. 16-In "Student-Produced Newsletter: Serving Novice Journalists and the College Community," Denise Barks Richter, Instructor in Communications at Palo Alto College (TX), describes the schedule and assignments shared by three communications classes in which students are engaged in reporting, writing, and editing experiences. Students report that the hands-on team effort prepares them for real-world demands of future employment and internships, specifically in their chosen field of public relations.

Vol. XXV, No. 17-Jerry Clavner, Professor of Social Sciences at Cuyahoga Community College (OH), shares the 10 tips for becoming a good student that he hands out to students on the first day of every course he teaches, in "How to Favorably Impress the Instructor."

Lawrence Brandyburg, Associate Professor of Sociology at Tomball College (TX), challenges faculty to remember what inspired them as students and put those inspirations to work in their own classrooms. In "Sociology Inspired by History," he describes putting students in charge of some important, potentially eye-opening, learning of their own.

Vol. XXV, No. 18-In "Introducing Writing Concepts Through Class-Building," Dana Washington, an instructor of English and developmental studies at South Arkansas Community College, introduces her writing classes to a template that serves them well throughout the semester. Her goal is to reduce their anxieties about writing and get them acquainted with classmates simultaneously.

                

Richard Degus
Executive Assistant to the President
09/22/2003