Scott R. Stankey

Teaching Professor of English

Anoka-Ramsey Community College -- Coon Rapids Campus

Miscellaneous Links

This first survey was sent to ARCC faculty from Nora Morris, dean of the ARCC Institutional Research Office, on 8 Apr. 2011:

Did you know: According to 1,850 employers who responded to this question in a national 2010-2011 recruiting survey: “In what areas do young adults need to develop better skills and competencies in order to secure a position and launch their career successfully in your organization,” the most frequent responses were:

• Basic skills: writing (spelling, grammar, sentence structure, composition of letters, memos, simple reports), oral and visual communication, summarizing ideas and relevant points clearly and succinctly, and preparing reports. 26%

• Professionalism and Maturity: frame realistic salary and job expectations, act professionally in relationships with management and clients, understand job demands, be able to manage time and priorities, and accept feedback for improvement in job performance. 24%

• Interpersonal skills: ability to hold a one-on-one conversation with another adult, able to work in a team, and be able to establish rapport with clients, co-workers, and management. 23%

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or: http://www.ceri.msu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Its-the-Basics-Really-Recruiting-Trends-Note-2010-2011.pdf

This second survey was sent to ARCC faculty from Ed Wehling, our Natural Sciences professor at ARCC, on 18 Feb. 2010. The survey is from the Josephson Institute’s 2008 Report Card on the Ethics of American Youth: http://charactercounts.org/programs/reportcard/2008/index.html

In a survey of ~30,000 high school students:

• 28% admitted stealing from a store within the past year

• 64% admitted cheating on a test within the past year

• 26% said that they lied on one or more questions on the survey

• 93% said they were “satisfied with their personal ethics and character”

Here is a video about word choice and assertiveness, perhaps good to watch during the editing stages of a paper: http://vimeo.com/3829682

Here is a link about proofreading: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OonDPGwAyfQ

This next one is by the same guy, about teachers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpog1_NFd2Q&feature=related

Here is another link about teachers, specifically composition teachers. It features Tom Cruise: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=areTEVLmweY&feature=share

Here is something from a friend at Stanford, who thought of me when reading about this graphic novel project: http://news.stanford.edu/news/2010/october/graphic-novel-project-102810.html

Here's another link from a colleague who said it is "short and thought-provoking": http://chronicle.com/article/Students-Should-Check-Their/126890/

From Kate Kysar, at ARCC:

"I am delighted to announce that Jes Lee Shimek, an ARCC alumni who majored in art (and met her husband in my creative writing class!) made a beautiful video of my poem, "Love Poem," that was chosen by the Two Year Colleges Association within the National Council of Teachers of English to celebrate National Poetry Month. Jes will have an art show at ARCC next year." Here is the link: http://www.ncte.org/tyca/poetrymonth

From Sarah Viehmann, at ARCC:

"Judy Mays, a fairly well-known author of romance/erotic novels and a high school English teacher, has been “outed,” and her story has been published in an oh-so-objective fashion on a local news site." Here is the link: http://www.wnep.com/wnep-sny-parents-buranich-english-teacher-writes-racy-novels-20110426,0,4057307.story

• Sarah's “favorite” quote is this: "She is teaching children that are under the age of 18 and definitely the books that she is writing are adult books. I think she needs to make a decision as to what she wants to do. Either be a school teacher or author," Stepp said.

From Jennifer Liberty-Clark, at ARCC:

"Wanna help your students help themselves? Here's a great site where they can tap into OR create their own FLASHCARDS....you could even attach points to it and make it a group assignment, afterall, it's better to 'Give a man [woman] a fish and he'll/she'll eat for a day. Teach a man/woman how to fish and he'll/she'll eat for a lifetime.'" Here's the link: www.studystack.com

From Deborah Shepherd, at ARCC:

Many of you are probably familiar with the well-known Kansas State University video by mwesch, “A Vision of Students Today,” now with 3,249,656 views and counting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o

"One of my colleagues in the Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges, Anthony Balzano, had his students in Cultural Anthropology at Sussex County (NJ) Community College create a community college version of the same video concept. The result is by no means anywhere near the technical quality of the Wesch video, but if you watch the two works together, you can see the important differences in student experience. The Balzano video, “A Vision of Community College Students Today,” is found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN8GDHZPOvE

From Paula Croonquist, at ARCC:

"Deb Wingert sent us her guidelines for designing multiple choice questions assessing higher cognitive levels of Bloom's taxonomy (evaluation, application, synthesis, etc, see attached). I am also attaching her ppt presentation and the link to her recorded presentation for those of you who missed it and may be interested in watching it." I realize this session was a teaser in the sense that there was not enough time to get the most out of Deb's insight and experience. I am hoping we will be able to invite her back in the future with more time." Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj-7ZjNdeaM

From Steve Beste, at ARCC:

Here is something on the funny side, a British voice-over video using animals: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRpLTQ0q8vA

From Angie Anderson, at ARCC:

"At the session on cheating in the classroom during faculty development days, I mentioned a plagiarism quiz and tutorial to be used in classes. Along with the tutorial is a pre-test (#1) and a post-test (#7)," and students can email the results of their quiz: http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/plag/plagiarismtutorial.php

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