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Professor Richard Kern Speaks on Videoconferencing

04/05/2009 - 12:00pm
04/05/2009 - 1:00pm

Hello Lyon? This is Berkeley… Can you see us?

 

Language Teaching Workshop

04/05/2009 - 3:10pm
04/05/2009 - 5:00pm

Richard Kern's Workshop on Language Teaching

 

Valley of the Skunk

Paulson, Roland. 1999. Valley of the Skunk: The Story of a Haven. Aurora, CO: The National Writers Press. [multiple copies available]

2009 Art Essay Contest

Deadline for 2009 Art Essay Contest is March 30

Submitting Students Entries to the 2009 Art Essay Contest

The ISU University Museums Art Essay Contest is offered annually. Four $125 awards are given to the best essays written on ISU art in English 150 or 250 during either the fall or spring semester. This contest encourages students to write for audiences beyond the ISUComm Foundation Courses classroom.

Teaching Electronic Slide Presentations

11/14/2008 - 10:00am
11/14/2008 - 4:30pm

This ISUComm workshop will explore the role of electronic slide presentations in both foundational and advanced communication courses. We'll start by focusing on the PowerPoint debate engaged by Edward Tufte and others. Then we'll take a broad curricular view, sorting out the competencies and learning objectives that best serve students in lower- and upper-level communication classes.

Cambridge, Barbara et al.

Cambridge, Barbara, Susan Kahn, Daniel Tompkins, and Kathleen Blake Yancy. 2001. Electronic Portfolios: Emerging Practices in Student, Faculty, and Institutional Learning. Washington, DC: American Association for Higher Education.

Reynolds, Nedra and Rich Rice

Reynolds, Nedra and Rich Rice. 2006. Portfolio Keeping: A Guide for Students. 2nd ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's.

Jafari, Ali and Catherine Kaufman

Jafari, Ali and Catherine Kaufman. 2006. Handbook of Research on ePortfolios. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Reference.

ISUComm Programmatic Assessment Rubrics

Assessment Rubrics for WOVE Composing

As part of a comprehensive assessment program, ISUComm has developed programmatic rubrics that can also be used, in modified form, for assignment and overall student assessment in the communication classroom. Here are the major rubrics:

Written Communication Rubric