[Edprof] collaborative learning in editing

[Glover at sptimes.com]

I'm not a teacher, but I sometimes teach at Poynter. What if you started a 
cool blog/photo blog (typepad or blogger would work fine) and had people 
scour the local campus/area for typos and bad grammar. I'm sure there'd be 
plenty of material just on menus alone. Then you could reward the person 
with the most blog entries with some kind of cool thing (iTunes gift card 
for $10 maybe? doesn't have to be much) Maybe you could have a contest 
each week to find the FUNNIEST/WEIRDEST/MOST ERROR-RIDDLED. 

And it could be something that you could update for years to come. This 
could appeal to the people who like to make fun of others and who like to 
post them in comments section on Web sites. Just those alone would be HUGE 
fodder for grammatical mistakes. Just check out some of the ones on the 
comments on our Web site.

Cheers,

Anne


Anne Glover, ame/online features
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Dear editing profs:  I think most would agree that it's quite challenging 
to make copyediting courses interesting to students who aren't passionate 
about editing.  This is especially true during the portion of the course 
that requires endless hours of practice to master grammar, punctuation and 
other mechanics. Please share with the group ideas about how to make the 
classes more interesting.  I'm particularly eager to hear ideas for 
collaborative learning exercises.
Jim Aucoin
University of South Alabama
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