Today I took my first seminar group of Tomorrow's consumer students. We watched 10 social marketing ads and then I had them categorise the ads in terms of a matrix I'd shown them in the lecture. I also had them vote on how they had responded to the advertisements.
The last ad I hadn't been able to play at my PC but it worked in the lecture - and was really shocking - made me respond as much as the students. Quite emotional really.
Loads of really good debate - all groups seemed to find the content very easy to talk about. They struggled a bit with the matrix - glad they had to do the exercise since they hadn't fully grasped it from the lecture alone. Makes me realise the level of understanding may sometimes be pretty low - had to explain the difference between Tangible and Intangible... bit of a worry.
Adaptation of Multichoice for Accessibility
Today I made the arrangements for a disabled student for the first time. I called the Access Team and found out what he was entitled to in terms of extra time, and breaks. Gil told me he also needs the questions up on Powerpoint as he can't easily read from a paper, so spent some time prepping that. Seems pretty straightforward. Bit alarmed that the statement of his entitlement hasn't made it's way from the course leader to me. How many other students have disabilities that I am not aware of? Apparently it is sufficient for me to ask them to identify themselves... doesn't really seem adequate to me.
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