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Enhancing College Reading Skills through New Technologies

This course, led by Professor Anne Kingsley, focuses on developing college reading skills in the context of modern technological advancements. Students will engage in discussions about their reading habits, goals, and strategies. Key activities include interviewing classmates, annotating texts, and asking insightful questions to deepen understanding. By exploring various readings, including "8 New Jobs People Will Have in 2025," participants will practice critical observation and inquiry techniques. Required texts and assignments can be found on the course site at readingnewtechnologies.wordpress.com.

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Enhancing College Reading Skills through New Technologies

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  1. ENGL 116: College Reading Development“Reading New Technologies” Professor Anne Kingsley

  2. Introduction to the Course • Syllabus • Course Description • Theme • Learning outcomes • Assignments • Required Texts • Course site readingnewtechnologies.wordpress.com • Course Policies

  3. Introductions to Each Other • Groups of 2, interview each other (5-7 minutes) • What do you enjoy reading? • What do you read most often? (not necessarily for enjoyment) • What do you hope to achieve from this course? • One question that you come up with that you think will elicit good information/good response…

  4. How do you read? • What’s your process? • How do you read for “college”? • What does that even mean? • What helps you when you read? (strategies?)

  5. First Steps • Observations: • What do you notice? • title, main ideas, important info, language choices, style, tone/attitude, publication, images, etc. • What stands out? • specific quotes, specific language, confusions, surprising info, frustrations, etc.

  6. First Steps, cont. • Annotations • What does it mean to annotate a text? • How do we annotate?

  7. Asking Questions (Inquire) • Asking questions about the text in front of you will help you to engage, converse, and contribute to your readings! • Why is (blank) important to the author? • What is her argument? • What is the significance of the author’s use of (blank) word? • What is left out of this argument? • What is the significance of this reading to us now? • Why would the author use the example of (blank) in his argument? • Is this significant to me? Why? Why not?

  8. Putting this Method into Practice • Read the following short article • “8 New Jobs People Will Have in 2025” • Observe • Annotate • Inquire (ask questions!) a list of 3-5 • (I will be collecting this, so you can write your observations on the side margins, your annotations on the actual article itself or on the side, and the questions on the back or the side)

  9. Course Site • Readingnewtechnologies.wordpress.com • Signing up and creating your own blog site

  10. First Assignment • See readingnewtechnologies.wordpress.com “Calendar”

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