| Sunday, October 8 |
| 9:00–10:30 AM | CEI Registration: Maple Room, 2nd Floor
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| 10:30–11:30 AM |
- CEI Session IA (Cedar A): "I Write the Way I Make a Pot": The Case Study in English 111
- Presenter: Sharon Mills, Carteret Community College
- Presider: Louise Brimmer, Carteret Community College
- Abstract: This presentation will explore the case study, a writing collage that involves students looking at themselves as writers. Components of the case study include written analogies, comments on favorite writing environment and on procrastination, and an analysis of how the writer's attitude toward the writing process has changed.
CEI Session IB (Cedar B): Jedi Mind Tricks: Reframing the Language of Teaching to Inspire Student Learning- Presenter: Jill Channing, Mitchell Community College
- Presider: BJ Zamora, Cleveland Community College
- Abstract: Obi-Wan Kenobi knows something about psychology and language: people do react to suggestions, depending on the ways suggestions are made. Frames influence how people view particular subjects or issues because they evoke specific ways of thinking. Frames can shape students' perceptions of teaching and learning.
CEI Session IC (Cedar C): Studying Homes to Build Community
- Presenter: Monika Fleming, Edgecombe Community College
- Presider: JoAnn Buck, Guilford Technical Community College
- Abstract: An illustrated program that demonstrates the method of doing research on homes in a community to understand how a neighborhood develops. Research techniques using maps, photos, newspapers, family, and land records can be used as one or a series of assignments in ENG 111 or 112. The project can be used by students to understand their community at a particular time in history, to learn how architectural styles have changed, or to discover how their community followed national trends in design. Background information can also be used to detail the contents of a home using estate records, wills, and other historic documents. Students can compare the types of homes in their neighborhoods or towns with other places in America.
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| 11:30–11:45 AM | Break |
| 11:45 AM–1:10 PM | Luncheon (Augusta Dining Room): CEI Business Meeting
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| 1:15–2:15 PM |
- CEI Session IIA (Cedar A): Geist and Zeitgeist: Inspiring in an Unspirited Age
- Presenter: David Watson, Central Carolina Community College
- Presider: Kim Turnage, Lenoir Community College
- Abstract: The age we live in affects the spirit of our students. Our culture expects to be entertained constantly. This idea can cause students to believe the classroom's goal is to be entertaining and to become uninspired when they find that the classroom's discourse is at odds with the cultural discourse. This presentation will address why this is happening, why it is a problem, and what are some solutions.
CEI Session IIB (Cedar B): Why Won't They Join? - Presenter: Jo Ann Buck, Guilford Technical Community College; BJ Zamora, Cleveland Community College; Barbara Rusher, Central Carolina Community College
- Presider: Sharon Mills, Carteret Community College
- Abstract: With heavy course loads, many younger faculty seem to be trying to cope with college demands. Professional organizations offer a network of seasoned and interested colleagues to guide them. Unfortunately, fewer new faculty members are taking advantage of these networks. Join us to share the research about this phenomenon and a discussion of what we can do to invite others to join our ranks.
CEI Session IIC (Cedar C): Inspiring the Love of Learning - What Works for Me
- Presenter: Monika Fleming and Johanna Owens, Edgecombe Community College
- Presider: Rick Lewis, Sandhills Community College
- Abstract: This roundtable discussion will begin with film clips of inspiring teachers from Dead Poet's Society, Conrack, Blackboard Jungle, and Renaissance Man, followed by a discussion:
- What or who inspired you to become a teacher?
- How do you demonstrate your passion for learning with your students?
- What do you do that keeps that spark alive in you and in your students?
- What books, films, quotes do you return to over time to keep you inspired?
Participants will receive a list of major films of "teachers that make a difference."
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| 2:15–2:30 PM | Break |
| 2:30–3:30 PM |
- CEI Session IIIA (Cedar A): Incorporating Variety into the English Classroom
- Presenter: Annette Moore, Mitchell Community College
- Presider: Anne Helms, Alamance Community College
- Abstract: As we all know, lecturing to a classroom of students is one of the least effective ways to acquire knowledge. To maintain our students’ love of learning, this presentation will offer strategies for instructors to include in their courses.
CEI Session IIIB (Cedar B): Popular Culture and Scholarly Thought: Letting One Lead to the Other
- Presenter: Carole Mehle, Edgecombe Community College
- Presider: Barbara Rusher, Central Carolina Community College
- Abstract: In the age of IPods, digital cable, DVDs, Game Boys, and the Internet, learners need more visual and auditory stimulation – and at a quicker pace than can be provided by prolonged lecturing alone. This quick pace to which learners have become accustomed leaves little room for critical thinking or reading. How can we use what they want to know to lead them to what they ought to know, especially in composition and humanities courses?
CEI Session IIIC (Cedar C): Making It Real
- Presenter: Rebecca Beittel, Davidson County Community College
- Presider: Rick Lewis, Sandhills Community College
- Abstract: For community college students to become excited about their education, their curriculum must show relevance to their work, their families, their communities, or their situation in life. This is an example of a group oral presentation assignment that focuses on bringing about change in the students and their audience. Discussion shows the project assignment, student choices in project, conducting authentic research, making community contacts to present project, speaking in front of community groups, and the results of the project.
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| Monday, October 9 |
| 10:30–11:45 AM |
- CEI Session IVA (Gate City): Using Technology in the ENG 114 Classroom
- Presenter: Annie Fuller, Lenoir Community College
- Presider: JoAnn Buck, Guilford Technical Community College
- Abstract: Teaching ENG 114 in the age of technology is an exciting challenge, both for the instructor and the students. With the ever-increasing demand for professional-quality visuals in the business world, ENG 114 must be the place where students begin to understand and utilize modern technology. I'll be sharing assignments that I've found successful while teaching ENG 114.
CEI Session IVB (Cardinal): The Match Game- Presenter: Jane Langley Brothers, Lenoir Community College
- Presider: Kim Turnage, Lenoir Community College
- Abstract: Typology Testing for authors, genres and students promotes Community College achievement and attitudes. Learn successful strategies to connect your students to authors and ideas that match their personal preferences.
CEI Session IVC (Birch): "...For Poetry Makes Nothing Happen": Why AM I Teaching Lit at a Tech School? - Presenter: Dr. William Bossing, Durham Technical Community College
- Presider: BJ Zamora, Cleveland Community College
- Abstract: This presentation explores the reasons, both stated and implied, for building a class in composition and research around the study of literature. The discussion blends an offering of teaching techniques, students' responses to literary texts, and insights by such scholars as Robert Alter (The Pleasures of Reading) and Gerald Graff (Professing Literature). In so doing, it argues for literature's place at the pedagogical table, even at (or especially at) a technical college.
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- 11:45–1:30 PM
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- Luncheon, Augusta Dining Room: Luncheon Speaker will be Jane Worsham, State Coordinator for the North Carolina American Diploma Project. This project plans for high school graduates to earn a high school diploma and an associate's degree in five years. The title of her luncheon address is "Creating a North Carolina High School Diploma That Counts."
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