English 1810 is a service learning course in which students engage in service in a writing center context. Right now our writing centers are limited to the SLCC Student and Community Writing Centers (q.v.) but I suppose that could change in the future if enough student were involved. I have a feeling, however, that most students will chose to work on-campus, given the convenience of that. This assumption is borne out by the students taking the class this term have opted to do their service in the Student Writing Center.
The nature of their service is fairly broad. Initially, when fellow co-planners Tiffany Rousculp & Melissa Helquist were working on this class, we assumed that most students would want to work with writers one-to-one. This year's students, however, are about 60/40 split with 60% doing projects other than one-to-one work. These projects include conducting workshops ranging from orientations for new or high school students to those on specific aspects of wr…
The nature of their service is fairly broad. Initially, when fellow co-planners Tiffany Rousculp & Melissa Helquist were working on this class, we assumed that most students would want to work with writers one-to-one. This year's students, however, are about 60/40 split with 60% doing projects other than one-to-one work. These projects include conducting workshops ranging from orientations for new or high school students to those on specific aspects of wr…