G'day, I ran across this in a column by a friend. Maybe some of you might wish to look into it for use, if you haven't done so already. ... COSMIC MYTHS Kevin...
The Wombat
wombat@...
Mar 2, 2003 2:28 pm
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I am putting together an information packet on Using Science Fiction in the Classroom. Side note, classroom does not need to be in a school setting but...
I don't forward things like this normally and especially not to lists but since there are a lot of teachers and because David-Glenn strikes me as the type of...
Michael, I'm sorry to be replying to this at such a late date, but after getting your note about MidSouthCon (I hope you got my reply), I checked back and...
Love, Andrew E., Jr.
Andrew.Love@...
Mar 8, 2003 1:53 pm
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MidSouthCon 21 Memphis TN invites teachers and librarians (along with any other interested people) to a free seminar Saturday, March 29, 2003. Registration...
Dear RFF, Time for me to ask for some help. I need a list of SF short story or novel titles with author which fill the following guidelines. Target audience:...
The Wombat
wombat@...
Mar 13, 2003 5:26 pm
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I forwarded your message to the Robert Sawyer yahoogroup, and Mr. Sawyer posted this reply. Although aimed for a little older age group, you may want also...
Hi, Anyone have any suggestions for Veronica? 3 days & a wake up and I'm on the road! jan ... From: "Dave Mead" <Dave.Mead@...> To:...
The Wombat
wombat@...
Mar 24, 2003 6:32 pm
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Bruce Sterling has done a great deal of writing about the internet and its social role, including such novels as ISLANDS IN THE NET. Gibson, too, of course...
I am away from my primary worksite so can't be specific here, but there is some educational research supporting the idea that students learn/retain information...
Bellamy, Maria-Englis...
mbellamy@...
Mar 24, 2003 7:53 pm
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The Wombat asked, ... It is certainly true that SF presents concepts that could be presented in a realistic setting only with difficulty, and that it makes it...
... advise ... years, I've [snip] ... me to ... more ... one, I ... context, ... Also, I ... certain ... sometimes ... "learn" to ... passive ... importance ...
Of course, there's Ender's Game, which is all about a role-playing education which turns out to be something else... Larry ... ...
Larry Lewis
larryalewis@...
Mar 24, 2003 10:01 pm
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I might also chime in with educational methods used in my stories "Hardfought" (1983) and "Sisters" (1989 or so), both in COLLECTED STORIES. Best wishes-- Greg...
Greg Bear
grbear@...
Mar 25, 2003 1:23 am
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I am curious about this myself. I suspect the primary reason for distance learning is to save money, and I doubt anyone has looked at the academic value. ... ...
Bellamy, Maria-Englis...
mbellamy@...
Mar 25, 2003 7:37 pm
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A local foundation is setting up a four-week summer enrichment course for rising 8th-12th graders focusing on science and math. I don't teach those subjects,...
Bellamy, Maria-Englis...
mbellamy@...
Mar 25, 2003 7:46 pm
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I have taught a two-week intensive summer course in science fiction for 25 years. For a dozen of those years, it covered four volumes of THE ROAD TO SCIENCE...
Coool, thank you! ... From: Gunn, James E To: 'rff@yahoogroups.com' Sent: 3/25/03 2:52 PM Subject: RE: [rff] designing a 4-week course I have taught a two-week...
Bellamy, Maria-Englis...
mbellamy@...
Mar 25, 2003 7:56 pm
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I have taught a on-line Writers Workshop half a dozen times, and I've found advantages and disadvantages. Students seem to like it and value it; they can...
Incidentally, it was originally set up to provide a background in science fiction for teachers, and called (as it still is) the Intensive English Institute on...
... distance ... academic ... I don't think saving money is the sole reason at all -- I think that if you ask both those implementing the programs and those...
... Part of the value of an on-campus face-to-face workshop is the teacher leading it. I'm sure you're better (and more organized!) than the one my husband...
In 1960-1, I completed ten or twelve university-level undergraduate units via USAFI (United States Armed Forces Institute) by correspondence while stationed in...
I tend to think of it like birth. If everything goes smoothly, there's no need for a doctor. It's when an unexpected problem arises that you need an ...
Bellamy, Maria-Englis...
mbellamy@...
Mar 26, 2003 3:20 pm
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I should have specified that I was thinking of the average or below-average student with my concerns. Above-average students will learn in any circumstances,...
Bellamy, Maria-Englis...
mbellamy@...
Mar 26, 2003 3:24 pm
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Cost is a major difference, principally travel, housing, and meals, but the experience of living and working with a group of like-minded students for two-six...
Tuition for the two-week campus workshops (in Lawrence, Kansas) is $400--to which must be added the cost of travel, housing, and meals (that part usually...
Hello, everyone, I wanted to let you all know that Matt Dunster is presently completing a sequel to his story Jerks, aka The Arrival, called Jerks in Progress....
Rozalyn Mansfield
seedsofdiscovery@...
Mar 26, 2003 9:34 pm
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DAVE MEAD: Friends, Veronica Pantoja, a former .... Can you advise her? LARRY: Of course, there's Ender's Game, which is all about a role-playing education...
Hey folks, to see uplift in progress, see: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030325/168/3m7dk.html Now which species needs it the most? db...
