Category Archives: CTLR Homepage Updates

Midd Animation Lab Releases Migrant Family Separation Short “Estrellita”

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The Burlington Free Press featured the Middlebury Animation Studio on 6/25/18. Director Daniel Houghton and student collaborators released the in-progress short film “Estrellita (Little Star)” early in response to the events occurring in detention centers on the border.

Read the story Immigration: Middlebury animated film ‘Estrellita’ depicts family separation in Vermont

Update: Seven Days also featured the film on 7/4/18. Read the article Middlebury Animation Studio Short Addresses Family Separation.

CTLR’s Learning Institute: Inspiring Students 5/31-6/1

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CTLR’s Learning Institute
Thursday, May 31, and Friday, June 1

This year the Learning Institute’s theme is inspiring students.

John Elder, College Professor Emeritus in Environmental Studies and English and American Literatures, will offer the keynote address on Thursday afternoon.

On Friday, a number of workshops are planned, including one led by John. Patrick Coby, of Smith College, will lead the workshop, “Mind Games: Teaching Hard Books and Big Events Through Role-Play,” which draws on the “Reacting to the Past” role-playing pedagogy.

The full program and registration is available online at http://sites.middlebury.edu/2018li/, sign up to participate in this special opportunity.

Award-Winning Collinwood Fire Project Featured in Middlebury Magazine

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Middlebury Magazine featured the award-winning Collinwood Fire research project, a collaboration between faculty, staff and students, on January 31, 2018.

“What Did I Just See?”
A schoolhouse fire in Cleveland shocked the nation in 1908 and then was largely forgotten—until now. A cohort of Middlebury scholars and students shines a new light on an American tragedy. read more

Engaging New Learning and Public Spheres with Technology

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Engaging New Learning and Public Spheres with Technology
Monday March 5th, at 4:30pm in Axinn 229

A writing pedagogy panel will discuss how technologies in the classroom can be used to create complex, collaborative projects that challenge students cognitively and rhetorically. Faculty in this “Show and Tell” panel conversation will discuss how they develop invigorating learning spaces that include writing in digital spaces.

Panelists and topics:
• MaryEllen Bertolini, (WRPR, Writing Center): Digital Storytelling
• Laurie Essig, (GSFS): Feminist Blogging
• Ellery Foutch (AMST): Teaching with Tableau Vivants
• Jason Mittel (FMMC): Videographic Film Studies
• Hector J Vila (WRPR, CTLR): Online Writing for Publication (and will be moderator)

Contact Shawna Shapiro or see the Writing and Rhetoric Program for more information.