Welcome to M&CE for Spring, 2013

This blog is the online access point for student information on what is happening each week in Movies and Current Events with Greg Lewis. 

Movies and Currents Events is an elective course for those wishing to explore English through TED (Technology, Entertainment, and Design), and the Pechakucha format for presenting stories to an audience. The course is designed to develop students’ English language proficiency in a socially relevant setting with a focus on all four language skills; listening, speaking, reading and writing.

Movies and Current Events emphasizes awareness of social commentary through visual media, discussion of related current topics, and four presentation assignments. Students are expected to fully participate in all presentations and discussions.

For those wishing to explore TED and Pechakucha on their own, here are the web addresses;

www.ted.com/

www.pechakucha.org/

Spring 2013 classes are on Wednesdays 9am - 11:50am in the Global Zone (GZ), room B159-C.

Enrolled students will receive contact information for Greg in week 1.

Week	Date	Teaching Content	Additional Remarks
1	March 6	Course goals & expectations Intro to TED  (Technology, Entertainment, and Design) Intro to Pechakucha	www.spring2013MCE.blogspot.com/ www.ted.com/ www.pechakucha.org/
2	March 13	Topic: TBA	Students will self select their Pechkucha topics TED topics will be posted on the class blog at the start of the term
3	March 20	Topic: TBA
4	March 27	Topic: TBA	Assessment 1 Pechakucha 5X5
5	April 3	Topic: TBA
6	April 10	Topic: TBA
7	April 17	Topic: TBA	Assignment: Stage1 due Assessment 2: Pechakucha 10X10
8	April 24	Topic: TBA
9	May 1	Topic: TBA
10	May 8	Topic: TBA
11	May 15	Topic: TBA	Assignment: Stage 2 due Assessment 3: Pechakucha 20X20
12	May 22	Topic: TBA
13	May 29	Topic: TBA
14	June 5	Topic: TBA
15	June  12 & 19	Topic: TBA	Assignment : Individual presentations and class critique

*The schedule is tentative and subject to change.