Comments on: The UnTeacher: Hacking the Syllabus and the Everyday http://piedmont2012.thatcamp.org/05/05/the-unteacher-hacking-the-syllabus-and-the-everyday/ The Humanities and Technology Camp Fri, 25 May 2012 19:32:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.12 By: Teaching as Scholarship: THATCamp Piedmont » Roger T. Whitson, Ph.D http://piedmont2012.thatcamp.org/05/05/the-unteacher-hacking-the-syllabus-and-the-everyday/#comment-146 Sun, 06 May 2012 22:51:54 +0000 http://piedmont2012.thatcamp.org/?p=177#comment-146 […] “deforming THATCamp.”) And we also brainstormed with Leeann Hunter’s ideas about unteaching and what it might mean to apply the principles of the unconference to the classroom.  Here are a […]

]]> By: Leeann Hunter http://piedmont2012.thatcamp.org/05/05/the-unteacher-hacking-the-syllabus-and-the-everyday/#comment-136 Sat, 05 May 2012 12:39:23 +0000 http://piedmont2012.thatcamp.org/?p=177#comment-136 I remember you doing that, Jeff! One question I’m asking myself is whether all the students have to agree to *one* syllabus or *one* reading schedule. I’m thinking about it in terms of pods of 4-5 students, depending on how big the class is. If these pods are reading and reviewing different materials, I wonder what unique knowledge they might bring to the class, and how we might apply these various strands of knowledge. I’m inspired, in large part, by Michael Wesch’s “Smart Mob”: mediatedcultures.net/smatterings/how-to-get-students-to-find-and-read-94-articles-before-the-next-class/.

]]> By: Jeff McClurken http://piedmont2012.thatcamp.org/05/05/the-unteacher-hacking-the-syllabus-and-the-everyday/#comment-135 Sat, 05 May 2012 12:27:44 +0000 http://piedmont2012.thatcamp.org/?p=177#comment-135 I tried a version of this with my History of the Information Age class last fall where they worked with me to construct the syllabus, find readings, and decide on assignments they would do. My posts about the class along the way are here. [Start at the bottom and read up.]

Sorry I won’t be able to be at the discussion, but I’d love to hear what you all come up with.

]]> By: Dawn Schmitz http://piedmont2012.thatcamp.org/05/05/the-unteacher-hacking-the-syllabus-and-the-everyday/#comment-133 Sat, 05 May 2012 10:49:01 +0000 http://piedmont2012.thatcamp.org/?p=177#comment-133 I love the idea of spending first part of the term having students put together the readings — including primary sources (digital or not), and multimedia sources — for a course. Part of the coursework could be students not just finding readings but also making the case for what they chose and why they are best for meeting the course objectives — using a blog or whatever format is appropriate. You could either have students come up with the reading list by consensus or let them individually choose among their peers’ recommendations. Then there’s the matter of what they would do with these readings in terms of assignments for the rest of the semester… I’d be really interested in talking more about this.

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