The English Professional Learning Community met at Edwin Duncan Hall on April 22, 2010. Present were Jim Brooks, Shannon Perdue, and Dawn Poore

Linda informed us that Ning is no longer free and we will have to explore ways to keep in touch. One suggested site was…

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The technology training will be May 20th at 4:30 in room 200 of
Edwin Duncan. Bring your laptop and web cam if you have one. If not
please come and we will have a laptop for you.

Please let me know if you will be attending the technology training on the 20th. I do not have any names for this group. Kim Houck will be working with you. Remember to download Skype and OOVOO before you get there.

PLC Meeting dates for Fall 2010 as follows:

September 9
October 7
November 4
December 2

Meetings will begin at 4:45 pm
Location: ASU; Edwin Duncan hall RM#:329

The Writing Across the Curriculum Program, with the support of Extension Services at Appalachian, has invited John Zubizarreta, Professor of English, Director of Honors and Faculty Development, and former Dean of Undergraduate Studies at Columbia College, to present a workshop on

learning portfolios from 9-12 on April 23 in I. G. Greer 224. If you are interested in attending, please email…

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Hi Gang!

With the beautiful sunshine helping us put what has seemed as an endless winter behind us, we can use this time to plan ahead. By getting our laptops equipped with webcams, we can meet via oovoo or skype. Next winter, instead of having to reschedule a meeting because of inclement weather, we can still meet. Per Linda, we can still get paid if we meet via video conferencing. In order to get ready, we must…

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The English Professional Learning Community met on Thursday, March 25, 2010 in Room 315 of Edwin Duncan Hall. Present were Dawn Poore, Kathi McRary, and Kim Houck. We discussed events in our respective schools briefly, then moved on to our mini-grant. Linda said she needed a firm book list, so we came up with that. Linda will order 8 copies of each of the following: The Book Thief, Iqbal, I Am the Messenger, A Thousand Pieces of Gold, So Far From the Bamboo Grove, Forgotten Fire, The… Continue

Service Learning Program on Teaching English as a Second Language in CHINA 2010

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I still have not received a book order from this group. I will wait until a list has been discussed and decided on by the group. Please don't send me separate lists from each person. You may have to wait until the next meeting to decide.