Class Introduction

Class Introduction Class Introduction Hello class, Welcome to College Reading Strategies.This course is a performance based course providing intensive, direct instruction leading to rapid improvement in reading and study strategies needed for your college and career success. You will learn to use the study strategies from this course and apply them to your other courses. The primary goals of this course is to help college developmental readers to develop effective strategies for comprehension in academic disciplines; specifically this course will focus on vocabulary development, comprehension development, and reading and writing connection. I will be speaking with you more in detail during class and giving you a syllabus to explain the reading assignments. An important note: You will be assigned to log in to my blog address below and participate in shared readings. You will then Post your opinions and comments on my blog for other students to read. You must respond to 4-6 readings of your classmates' blogs- this is mandatory and is part of your grade. I look forward to meeting you and speaking with you in class. I will also be open to your shared suggestions as we work to make the class fun and interesting. Also listed below are blog tutorial websites to help you create your personal blog. blog tutorial 1 blog tutorial 2. Posted by EDUC 108 M03 Professor Westry at 9:50 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Wednesday, September 19, 2012Class, please post your responses from the readings and class discussions on your blogs. Be sure to read and respond your to other students blogs as well. I will be checking in and reading your blogs. Also, be sure to hand in original copies of your responses. I will review them and hand them back to you to place in your portfolio/folder. Continue to read and write study notes from the chapters I assign you. Good luck, Professor D. Westry Posted by EDUC 108 M03 Professor Westry at 7:46 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Home Subscribe to: Posts (Atom