Production of a play by students with deafness can be a meaningful student experience as well as an excellent educational laboratory. An original production at the Model Secondary School for the Deaf at Gallaudet University involved students in set construction, painting, preparing visuals, financial management, using video and other technology,…

Describes a project in a desktop publishing course in which students work with nonprofit and campus organizations to design brochures that fulfill important needs. Discusses specific tools students use. Describes the brochure project, project criteria, clients, text and graphics for the project, how to evaluate the project, and guidelines for…

Describes a project assignment for a business communication course that is the central organizing principle for the course and addresses researching, interviewing, writing and reporting topics, and the inevitable question of why this course is required. (SR)

In a small school off the Alaskan coast, students are learning to value their Aleut heritage. The third-grade class abandoned its traditional science text to study lessons organized around Alaska's Pribilof Islands, a natural science laboratory. Weekly projects involving debris cleanup, tourist brochures, rat alerts, and boat restoration engage…

Discusses collaborative projects developed between different teachers using online networks that allow students to create or write for an audience. Topics include gathering and sharing information online, cooperating in an integrated study, developing a final project, generating your own project, and joining an existing project. (LRW)

Describes a senior-year requirement of a high school in Oregon consisting of a prescribed research paper. Demonstrates the benefits of this requirement among those in college writing courses. Argues that freeing students to choose a topic may be the key. (HB)

Discusses the use of portfolios to document high school students' explorations of literature as they create and present multimedia projects. (SR)

Describes using the strategic planning report process in business communication classrooms, thus requiring students to work collaboratively and to apply business school learning. (SR)

Advocates making technical writing courses more vertical in structure by including an extensive study of at least one specific form of technical documentation. Examines how students can gain experience in the vertical process by designing, writing, testing, and producing user manuals for on-campus cooperative education clients. Lists the benefits…

Describes an elective class on computers in which two pairs of troublesome eighth grade boys in congenial, collegial, collaborative interactions with each other and their teacher, created HyperCard stacks (in lieu of traditional essays) in response to poems of their own choosing. (SR)

Discusses issues to be considered in the use of copyrighted music for public performances, particularly student use. Topics addressed include music licensing companies; guidelines under the fair use doctrine; and determining ownership of copyright, including the U.S. Copyright Office. Pertinent addresses are included. (Contains two references.)…

Describes an assignment in an undergraduate technical writing class in which students establish a mini-internship with an off-campus employer and complete a major writing task that will meet the needs of the employer. Discusses typical projects, monitoring the projects, feedback from supervisors, handling occasional problems, and benefits of the…

Describes a cooperative learning project carried out by a classroom teacher and a university professor in seventh-grade literature groups in which students produced literature guides for the book assigned to their groups. (SR)

Describes a science project about growing seeds for which kindergarten students reported their results both by printing and by making a video. (SR)

Describes how a class of fourth graders effectively used their reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills to take action (regarding the laws governing trophy hunting) and to change a piece of their world. (SR)