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Dr. Miranda Nesler on Using Innovative Instruction and Expanding her Classroom to Larger Communities

June 13, 2012 by bsuenglish

In the spring of 2012, English Professor Dr. Miranda Nesler instructed a class called “Performing Humanity in the Renaissance” (Eng 363). In creating the course, Dr. Nesler sought to provide Renaissance content as well as to introduce innovative teaching and learning opportunities. In order to achieve these goals, Dr. Nesler and her class created the blog, Performing […]

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Flash Mobs: Eng 104 as a Mini-Immersive Learning Class

March 23, 2012 by bsuenglish

Many of Ball State’s unique educational opportunities are based in immersive learning. Unfortunately, many classes are not given this exciting and innovative learning atmosphere for a variety of reasons. English 104 has largely been among these classes until recently when English Professor Adrienne Bliss stumbled upon a radio broadcast which was the inspiration for a whole […]

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Book Talking? A New Spin on the Book Report

February 6, 2012 by bsuenglish

Today’s guest post, written by current English student Amanda Drozd, discusses a recent class project she created which gave a new spin to the traditional book report: book talking. The project explored the possibilities of incorporating technology into more and more facets of education. See Amanda’s full post below.

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Graphic Novels: Not Just for Adolescent Males

November 17, 2011 by bsuenglish

In the following guest post, Senior Creative Writing major Michael Guy and assistant professor Dr. Darolyn Jones discuss graphic novelist and comic book writer Mark Waid’s presentation about his profession in a recent ENG 414 class. In the post, they use Waid’s presentation as a jumping off point for a brief history of the graphic novel form and an analysis of […]

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Apply For Dr. Rai Peterson’s Immersive Learning Course at the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library

November 2, 2011 by bsuenglish

A new Provost’s Immersive Seminar has just been added to the Spring/Summer schedule: Internship at the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library This is a 12-hour course, requiring registration in two 400-level English courses and two 400-level marketing courses; all prerequisites will be waived for students accepted to this seminar. Students will read 13 books by […]

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Guest Post: Kris Weaver on Creative Writing in the Community

June 24, 2011 by bsuenglish

At the beginning of the semester, I seriously considered dropping English 409. I found out it wasn’t like any ordinary English class I’d previously taken; this one would force me to take part in something bigger than myself. It wasn’t something I could just shuffle through, writing along the way, reading the material, and making […]

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Creative Writing Students Immerse Themselves in Cinema

May 20, 2011 by bsuenglish

The Cinema Entertainment Immersion, or CEI, is one of Ball State University’s fantastic immersive learning ventures. It combines students from the departments of English, Theater, and Telecommunications to produce professional-quality short films. As with all of BSU’s immersive learning projects, the main goal of the CEI is for the students to gain a unique and […]

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Microstudies of Microblogging

May 12, 2011 by bsuenglish

Here at Ball State, researchers in the Rhetoric and Composition Doctoral Program and the undergraduate program in Professional Writing and Emerging Media have been conducting microstudies of microblogging and other forms of networked writing, using qualitative and mixed-methods approaches to data collection and analysis in order to develop rich profiles of social networking site (SNS) […]

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Guest Post: Debate! by Shawna Vertrees

April 22, 2011 by bsuenglish

So there we were, two English Education majors in the national tournament for the NEDA organization. Granted, we were in the novice round, which means our opponents had been debating for less then a year, but these were communications majors, political science majors, future lawyers and lobbyists. I imagined these students would be using glib tongues, […]

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Guest Post: Luke Boggess on the English as a Second Language licensure program

February 15, 2011 by bsuenglish

Hello, I am Luke Boggess—a senior in the English education program who is also working on receiving his English as a Second Language License. In this post, I will explain my personal experience through the ESL licensure program. My hopes are to help you decide whether or not this would be the best step for […]

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Dr. Miranda Nesler on Using Innovative Instruction and Expanding her Classroom to Larger Communities

Flash Mobs: Eng 104 as a Mini-Immersive Learning Class

Book Talking? A New Spin on the Book Report

Graphic Novels: Not Just for Adolescent Males

Apply For Dr. Rai Peterson’s Immersive Learning Course at the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library

Guest Post: Kris Weaver on Creative Writing in the Community

Creative Writing Students Immerse Themselves in Cinema

Microstudies of Microblogging

Guest Post: Debate! by Shawna Vertrees

Guest Post: Luke Boggess on the English as a Second Language licensure program