Yup. But you do it in a group, typically of 3 or 4. We'll talk more in 
class. It's really an opportunity to present a topic your group feels 
strongly about (related to contemporary issues in education), using the 
arts and interactive activities, much as you might in a long block (or a 
couple of class sessions) in a school setting. And you have the month 
between classes to prepare.
Thanks for asking. Feel free to pass this on if you think there is 
general confusion. But please don't anyone panic. It is hard work, but 
time and again the process works! You'll be surprised--the time actually 
seems too short sometimes!
Celia

Mandibk@cs.com wrote:

>Hi!  Forgive me for asking but...is the group project really a 90 minute presentation?  Another student thought maybe it was a typo and was meant to say 9-10 minutes.  Just checking.  :)
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>Celia Morris <cmorris@cs.umb.edu> wrote:
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>>Hello Macon CAGS students:
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>>I'm sure you are exhausted from your recent weekend and I may be the 
>>last person you want to hear from right now, but I wanted to give you a 
>>heads-up about the next class. I'm attaching a Word document with the 
>>syllabus that will give you an overview of the class. We cover a lot of 
>>information in the first weekend to provide an overview and sense of 
>>history of U.S. education. Between weekends you will do independent 
>>research with teams that you form around topics concerning contemporary 
>>education issues that interest you. During the second weekend members of 
>>each team will teach the whole group about their topics. And you have a 
>>choice of final projects by which to present your own views on a topic 
>>of interest.
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>>I've notified the MBS book source of the required text. Make sure you 
>>order it now and please do your best to skim through as much of Spring's 
>>book as you can before we meet. I know you won't be able to read it all, 
>>and some chapters are fairly slow going, but do what you can. If some of 
>>the material is more familiar to you than others, skim those chapters 
>>more lightly. I'll also bring some handouts and we'll do some work with 
>>Dewey's Pedagogical Creed (not sure which weekend).
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>>I'm looking forward to working with you. I had a great time down in 
>>Suwanee a couple of months ago, but I certainly hope the traffic 
>>congestion heading south from Atlanta isn't as bad as it was going 
>>northeast! Please feel free to contact me if you have an questions or 
>>concerns before we meet. Best way is via e-mail--and follow up if I 
>>haven't replied in a day or so. I know I'll be out of touch one weekend.
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>>Celia Morris
>>P.S. If you know someone's email has changed since the list Dot sent 
>>out, please let me know.
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