Beth Ritter-Guth's College English

To make an easy podcast that doesn't require a mic, go to VozMe... You simply type in your information in here: vozMe via kwout Then you get an Mp3.

In English 104 at DeSales, students are creating Mixbooks. Amy H. accidently published hers, but it well worth sharing here! The theme for the course is..."What is an American?" View this book full size or get a printed copy at Mixbook !

I decided to blog some reading ideas for next semester's English 104 class. The theme, "What is an American," will be used again. Please feel free to suggest resources. Potential Readings: What is an American? J. Hector St. John Crevecoeur What is an American? Time Magazine, 1948 What is an American? Harold Ickes What is an American? Peter Ferrara, Associate Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law What is an American? Edward L. Hudgins, CATO Institute What is an American? CNN The Circus People (Federal Writers Project) with video clip of Maude Cromwell, trapeze artist To Kill an American (Video) I will add some more later.

In DMP 121: Media Scriptwriting and Storyboarding, Dewey suggested we watch the film, "Journey from the Fall" written by Ham Tran. It is the story of Vietnamese boat people that fled communist China. It is brilliant, but the back story - or at least Ham Tran's telling of it - is incredible, too. In itself, it is a story. Tran wanted to create a movie that would remain true to the struggles the Vietnamese people faced as they decided to either stay and suffer re-education camps or leave and risk death by starvation, dehydration, or pirate violence. The stories he tells in his interview with the Asian Pacific Arts are excellent; he continuously revised the story to match the real details of the experience. He listened to the people who actually survived the experience, and revised the script daily. Here are the two YouTube interviews with him: and I want to thank Dewey for suggesting the movie, but I want to thank Ham Tran, too, for telling a story that none of us ever get to hear. The students were able to learn that some of the best script writing is done when we listen to the truth; when we pause and listen to the voices of those who truly know and not the ones who simply claim to know, we can create authentic representations of history.

Here is the podcast for our lecture notes :-) MP3

Students in English 104 Hybrid should complete the following mini research assignment. Is it a Wiki World? Audio Instructions (mp3)

Students in English 104 Hybrid should complete the following assignment to reinforce the concepts in the lecture podcast. Assignment Audio Instructions (mp3)