- 9:00-10:15 a.m.
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- CEI Session 1-A (Bogue Sound): "Did They Get It?"
- Presenter:
| Jo Ann Buck, Ph.D., Professor of English and Department Chair, English/Humanities, Guilford Technical Community College |
- Presider:
| Dr. Kim Turnage, Lenoir Community College | - Abstract:
| What's a learning college and how does it relate to the teaching of English? With the focus on active engagement in the classroom and assessment, English teachers will do less and less lecturing of content and more and more facilitating of learning. Come explore some strategies to engage students actively and to assess what they've actually learned. |
CEI Session 1-B (Cape Fear): "From Cotton Mill to College Classroom: Helping Displaced Workers and Non-Traditional Students Adapt to College Culture" - Presenter:
| Gerri Dobbins, Gaston College |
- Presider:
| Barbara Rusher, Central Carolina Community College | - Abstract:
| This presentation covers simple, practical, theory-based projects and assignments that English teachers can use to help at-risk students get the information and skills they need to be college students. Each project or assignment corresponds with tasks instructors need to cover in ENG 111, so the activities require little extra work from the instructor for maximum benefit to the students. Issues addressed include computer skills, learning styles, and academic culture and competencies. |
CEI Session 1-C (Cape Lookout): The Campus Writing Challenge- Presenter:
| Charles Wright, Lenoir Community College |
- Presider:
| Gabrielle Freeman, Edgecombe Community College | - Abstract:
| The Campus Writing Challenge is open to all students, faculty, and staff of a community college. The way it works is that each week a new topic/word prompt is announced. Those participating have one week to submit a manuscript in any genre, limited to a range of 150-750 words. A weekly winner is announced at the same time as a new weekly word is posted. The challenge runs for ten weeks, with a grand price being presented at the end of the period. This is a great way to get students, staff, and faculty involved in writing. |
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- 10:30-11:45 a.m.
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- CEI Session 2-A (Bogue Sound): "Novel Simulations in the Literature Classroom"
- Presenter:
| Mary Noggle, Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute | - Presider:
| Tom Hearron, Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute | - Abstract:
| As an innovative approach to teaching the novel, role-playing simulations in the literature classroom engage students by placing them directly into the conflict of the story, thus increasing motivation. The story, then, comes alive as students interact with one another via their personas. Through online play, students gain insight into character portrayal by understanding the inherent motivation of characters to recognize real life psychological and sociological conditions of these otherwise fictional entities. |
CEI Session 2-B (Cape Fear): "Creating Community Competency"- Presenter:
| Monika Fleming, Edgecombe Community College |
- Presider:
| Dr. Kim Turnage, Lenoir Community College | - Abstract:
| A new emphasis in the state is heritage tourism – bringing in tourist funds by providing interesting outlets for tourists. This activity is to help students learn about their areas and then promote their areas to others. They will gain real-world experience in writing for a specific audience and presenting to a different type of audience. They also will see their work in use rather than just an assignment to turn in. Although designed for ENG 114, this assignment could also be applied to ENG 111 and HUM 122. The final product would be a website or brochure created by students in a class that emphasizes some aspect of the community to draw in tourists. Students would in groups identify potential sites, research the sites using interviews, primary documents, and internet resources. Students would then plan and create the final products. Students would also have to make an oral presentation to a local group (chamber of commerce, local historical society, town council) as to why the places need to be recognized and why the format of a brochure or website should be used. |
CEI Session 2-C (Cape Lookout): "Using Camtasia and SnagIt to create instructional CDs and handouts for ENG 114 students" - Presenter:
| Rita Rogers, Roanoke-Chowan Community College |
- Presider:
| Jo Ann Buck, Guilford Community College | - Abstract:
| This workshop demonstrates the use of Camtasia and SnagIt to create visual instructions to help students as they use Microsoft Excel to create pie charts and other graphs, PowerPoint to create presentations, and Word in formatting tables, letters, memos, and resumes. The CDs have proven especially useful for online ENG 114 students. |
- 12:00-1:30 p.m.
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- Atlantic Dining Room Luncheon: The luncheon will feature a talk by East Carolina University Professor of English and Director of University Writing Programs Patrick Bizzaro: "Genre and Understanding: A Story and a Poem and What They Help Us Know." Bizzaro is the recipient of the university's Teacher/Scholar Award and the UNC Board of Governor's Distinguished Professor for Teaching Award. He is also the author of eight poetry collections, including most recently Every Insomniac Has a Story to Tell (2004) and Fear of the Coming Drought (2001). His edited collection of essays, More Lights Than One: On the Fiction of Fred Chappell, was published in 2004 by LSU Press. An earlier study of Chappell, Dream Garden: The Poetic Vision of Fred Chappell (1997), also published by LSU, was nominated for awards from MLA and SSSL. His recent work in writing in the disciplines includes co-authorship of The Pocket Handbook for History, co-authorship of The Harcourt Brace Guide to Writing in the Disciplines, as well as contributing editorship of The Pocket Handbook for Biology and The Pocket Handbook for Psychology. He is completing A Short Guide for Writing in Education. The 2004-2005 CEI Service Award will also be presented.
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- 1:45-3:00 p.m.
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- CEI Session 3-A (Bogue Sound): "First Day in ENG 111: A Different Approach"
- Presenter:
| Ray Linville, Sandhills Community College |
- Presider:
| Rick Lewis, Sandhills Community College | - Abstract:
| How do you begin an ENG 111 class at the start of a new semester? What do you do in the first class session? Review the syllabus, discuss grading policies, identify the textbooks? One new instructor takes a different approach and tries to draw students into understanding how to write more effectively by looking at the lyrics of best-selling songs from Busta Rhymes to Tim McGraw and appreciating how they can be effective models for expository writing. |
CEI Session 3-B (Cape Fear): "Broaden Your Horizons/Broaden Your Students' Horizons" - Presenter:
| Louise Brimmer, Carteret Community College |
- Presider:
| Dr. Marla Dunham, Alamance Community College | - Abstract:
| This presentation from humanities and English teachers at Carteret Community College will focus on how to lead study trips to off-campus locations for groups of students, faculty, and community members and National Foundations for the Humanities opportunities for full time and adjunct faculty. |
CEI Session 3-C (Cape Lookout): "Plotting a Course Through the Internet Is More than Just Googling" - Presenter:
| Anne Helms, Alamance Community College |
- Presider:
| Dr. Kim Turnage, Lenoir Community College | - Abstract:
| Google has become such a common source of information that the name has become a synonym for performing Internet research. However, the Internet is a vast resource, and helping our students plan a sound research strategy is more than typing in a few key words. I would like to lead a conference session on online research options. We will discuss some of the less obvious paths to take for Internet research, such as advanced search engine features, news services, Internet directories, Internet archives, and the invisible Web |
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- 3:00 p.m. -
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- Free time and dinner on your own
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- 3:15 p.m. -
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- Private tour of the The History Place in Morehead City. Leave from the hotel lobby. For more information about the exhibits, go directly to The History Place Exhibits page.
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| Tuesday, October 25
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- 8:00-9:00 a.m.
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- Breakfast: Continental breakfast buffet will be available in meeting rooms foyer.
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- 8:00 a.m.-noon
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- Publishers' Book Display: To Be Announced
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- 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
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- Instructor Sharing and Publications: To Be Announced
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- 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
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- Hospitality Room: To Be Announced
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- 9:00-10:15 a.m.
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- CEI Session 4-A (Bogue Sound): "Using the Back Door: How to Create Engaging ENG 111 Writing Assignments"
- Presenter:
| Susan Grine, Sandhills Community College |
- Presider:
| Jo Ann Buck, Guilford Community College | - Abstract:
| The presentation will cover ideas on making essay assignments meaningful and fun, how to incorporate grammar and punctuation into the semester, and the grading process. Participants should bring copies of their most effective assignments to share with the other members in the group. After the conference, participants will receive a booklet of these suggestions. |
CEI Session 4-B (Cape Fear): ""Acting Out Poetry" - Presenter:
| Sharon B. Mills, Carteret Community College |
- Presider:
| Ray Linville, Sandhills Community College | - Abstract:
| This presentation will focus on using groups to find and illustrate themes in poetry. Class members will be placed in groups of 4-5 and will choose a theme: "Relationships," "Faith and Doubt," "Love and Marriage," "War and Violence," etc. Then the group must find poems and songs that illustrate that theme and come up with a skit that ties everything together and explains the poems. They have acted out Coffee Houses, Funerals, TV Shows, and Interviews from Iraq, etc. which are then videotaped. Participants will also spend a few minutes in a group trying to brainstorm what poems they could use and how they could develop a theme. Participants in this presentation will also receive handouts: lists of themes and suggested poems, audience and self critique sheets, videos of past performances, and students' comments and the objectives and benefits of this project. |
CEI Session 4-C (Cape Lookout): Teaching a “Base of Knowledge” to the RED 090 Population- Presenter:
| Mitch Butts, Lenoir Community College |
- Presider:
| B. J. Zamora, Cleveland Community College | - Abstract:
| ENG 090 students are often ill-prepared for much of the reading in the course. It is helpful to teach a "base of knowledge" (little bits of information about numerous subjects in the American popular culture) along with the regular instruction.
During the first class of RED 090, the instructor will talk about how we all need to know little bits of information about many different subjects. We should know about the news, significant historical events, major politicians, famous entertainment subjects, historical time lines, etc. Instructors will ask their class 25 questions, such as: What President was elected for 4 terms? What is the most profitable movie in history? Name one of your two state senators. How many Presidents have been assassinated? Which state is largest, smallest, most populated? In which decade did MLK die? JFK? In which decade did the Civil War happen? What team has won the Super Bowl more than any other? These questions excite the students because I give them the answers immediately, and they feel they have learned something. This is all about building self-esteem...allowing the students to feel they are worth the effort and this project helps increase each student's confidence. |
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- 10:15-10:30 a.m.
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- Break
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- 10:30-11:45 a.m.
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- CEI Session 5-A (Bogue Sound): "Putting Community Back Into Community Colleges: How Linked English and Content Courses Enhance Students' Learning"
- Presenter:
| Tom Hearron, Jean Cauthen, and Kathy Cloer, Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute |
- Presider:
| Dr. Kim Turnage, Lenoir Community College | - Abstract:
| Learning communities, where the same students enroll together in multiple courses, are an effective way to teach community college students. Learning communities at Caldwell Community College showed that students in such courses: 1) experience more connection to the material and to the college, 2) have significantly higher rates of retention and persistence and 3) report strong satisfaction with the educational experience. Examples will be presented from linked courses in Expository Writing, Art History, and World Civilizations. |
CEI Session 5-B (Cape Fear): "The Arthurian Library Quest, or How to Make Friends with a Librarian" - Presenter:
| Carole Mehle, Edgecombe Community College |
- Presider:
| Maria Baskin, Alamance Community College | - Abstract:
| The Arthurian Library Quest is an assignment given in English 243. The assignment serves the purpose of refreshing a student's skills in using the library and reference tools while educating them about a literary character as well. Though used to research King Arthur, the assignment can be adapted to many literary characters or periods in history. |
CEI Session 5-C (Cape Lookout): "Sinking or Swimming: Survival in the Technology of Composition" - Presenter:
| BJ Zamora, Ph.D., Cleveland Community College |
- Presider:
| Rick Lewis, Sandhills Community College | - Abstract:
| As instructors of English composition tentatively explore the waters of technological support for the teaching of writing, we literary Luddites often fear being overwhelmed by its mechanics. This presentation will discuss how one small college paddles madly as it incorporates technology into ENG 111. Using Pearson's mycomplab.com website with its peer editing composite has been both a technical challenge for traditionalists to encourage communication through words on the page and an opportunity for realists to address the future. |
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- 12:00-1:00 p.m.
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- Atlantic Dining Room Luncheon and CEI Business Meeting:
During the luncheon, Barbara Rusher, CEI president, will conduct the business meeting, and B.J. Zamora, vice president, will present the 2005 CEI Service Award. The luncheon will conclude with door prizes.
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