Ken arrived last night after spending most of the week in Spruce Pine. We will post his adventures when we get back to Maryland. My course work with Dr. Considine is over for the week, but I have four projects (two documentary screenings/analyses, one book review and the major case study) to complete by the end of the semester. As long as I keep to the schedule, I'll be fine! I have enjoyed the course and have enjoyed working with my group. We plan to keep in touch over the semester. Perhaps I will consider taking the summer class next year, which is called "Democracy, Diversity and the Media" and will have 5 instructors from the field of media literacy. I will have to convince Odyssey to pay the tuition!
We are going to have breakfast in the university cafeteria (Ken spend the night in the dorm), visit the university bookstore, pack the camper, turn in my key and linens and head out toward Maryland.
This is a gem of a university. It seems to have state-of-the art facilities--library, computer resources, science facilities, faculty, etc. There is lots of construction going on and the campus has been alive with workshops, institutes and sports camps. There has been an interesting mixture of adolescent athletes and continuing education teachers on campus. People are friendly and helpful. I have enjoyed my stay here and have been stimulated by the work we have done this week. I have a wealth of materials to digest over the next few months, but I know that I will not look at media--especially film and TV--in the same way. And I definitely plan to watch the YouTube/CNN Democratic debates on Monday night!
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