Documentaries and Nonfiction

7/24/2024

State: PENNSYLVANIA

This was a wonderful course. Thank you for all of your help Dr. Reimer!

7/17/2024

State: NEVADA

It was fabulous as usual!

5/15/2024

State: OHIO

It was a worthwhile course!

3/4/2024

State: MISSOURI

I found the text easy to understand, and there were some helpful suggestions. The assignments that I created for this class will be easily incorporated into my classes.

3/1/2024

State: OHIO

This was a worthwhile class! I gained a lot of insight about nonfiction and documentaries use in my high school classroom. I would recommend someone to take this course, hands down, if they are a high school teacher.

12/5/2023

State: OHIO

10/24/2023

State: MARYLAND

Great individual feedback from the instructor!

8/25/2023

State: OHIO

8/19/2023

State: CALIFORNIA

I enjoyed the course very much, and I found it beneficial to my current curriculum - thank you!

8/7/2023

State: WISCONSIN

6/13/2023

State: OHIO

6/11/2023

State: CALIFORNIA

I learned how to teach students the skill of "reading" nonfiction films and documentaries and how to apply a number of critical thinking strategies to the process. All the assignments required in this class will are directly applicable to my high school English classes at all levels.

6/11/2023

State: NORTH CAROLINA

Great textbook and information. The instructor was great.

5/17/2023

State: NORTH CAROLINA

11/27/2022

State: PENNSYLVANIA

For this reflection, I decided to create a semi-list with explanations… ~What I discovered about myself as a teacher… I always thought I did not enjoy nonfiction. I loved reading fiction novels (Tartt, Franzen, Atwood). I wanted something I could get lost in and always felt amazed by the creation of worlds. What I have found over the years is that nonfiction can be literary, and I enjoy the true stories that are told as well. I am becoming a huge fan of memoirs, podcasts, and now I am very excited about documentaries. My teaching of nonfiction skills is a work in progress, one that I was uncomfortable with because I found it limiting and maybe I was a bit insecure in my own analysis of it. I like this journey I am on, and this class and Golden’s book has been inspirational. ~What I discovered about my students… Many of my students are reluctant readers. Nonfiction is available in so many mediums and the skills we ask them to show with text can be done with film and podcasts. This opens a door for my students. Not only are they well-equipped (as Gen Z) to analyze digital mediums, they are highly engaged by it. Everything I read in Golden’s book and the documentaries I perused offer students opportunities to discuss real-world topics that are relevant, timeless, and very human. They are soundboards for debate and rich discussions, which my students love about the humanities. ~My favorite things from this course… *SOAPStone *Exploring Ethics and Bias in Film *Spellbound and Girlhood *Teacher-led Discussion Forums (SO HELPFUL) *Opportunities to create lessons I can use…

9/7/2022

State: MASSACHUSETTS

8/9/2022

State: OHIO

8/6/2022

State: CALIFORNIA

This was a very useful course that I plan to incorporate with my lesson designs for the upcoming school year.

7/3/2022

State: NEW JERSEY

I enjoyed this course and learned how to better utilize documentaries in an English classroom.

2/28/2022

State: OKLAHOMA

I enjoyed my course. I appreciated the kindness of my instructor. I liked the assignments and the challenges the course and assignments gave me. The course caused me to research more and think more intentionally about showing documentaries in class and how I utilize non-fiction resources. I am confident what I learned through this course will help me be a better curriculum creator and instructor. Lastly, I so appreciated the prayers, support, and kindness of each person on the Fresno staff that I interacted with. Wonderful experience!

2/10/2022

State: IDAHO

I greatly enjoyed this course. It was challenging but not overwhelming. They instructor's assignments are designed for you to finish the course with several lesson plans ready to go. Her feedback was quick, encouraging, and helpful.

7/24/2021

State: CALIFORNIA

Professor Reimer-Pare does a fantastic job in providing rich and relevant curriculum for the ELA classroom. This is the third class I have taken with her and the material and assignments are applicable and transferrable. I will be using a lot of the strategies for teaching nonfiction and documentary in my own classroom. It will be sure to improve student writing and engagement.

7/3/2021

State: GEORGIA

This was a well formatted and well taught course. The activities were varied, thought provoking, and guided teachers to new resources and new ideas on how to present non-fiction material to their students. For the coming school year, I will be teaching with more variety and depth while fostering greater creativity in my students thanks to this course.

5/25/2021

State: OHIO

5/17/2021

State: CALIFORNIA

I had a good experience. I took 3 classes at the same time and I appreciated the strategies and feedback I received.

5/11/2021

State: MASSACHUSETTS

11/11/2020

State: TENNESSEE

9/29/2020

State: MARYLAND

Loved this. Would be even better if we were teaching normally right now. Great applications for my AP Language class.

9/9/2020

State: MASSACHUSETTS

Helpful range of materials and strategies to implement.

8/15/2020

State: ILLINOIS

I've been teaching for 25 years and I was hoping the a course in Documentaries and Nonfiction would provide me with new, refreshing suggestions for quick units or add-ons to existing ones. The class does just that. The way I took the course was to focus far more on documentaries (because I knew so little) and I appreciate the way the professor allowed me to investigate that path.

8/12/2020

State: VERMONT

Great course! Easy to navigate and great information to use in the classroom.

8/10/2020

State: CALIFORNIA

7/27/2020

State: ILLINOIS

This class opened my eyes to the possibilities of using documentaries in my classes--particularly in my composition classes. It clearly established a link between the pedagogical applications of both documentary and non-fiction texts.

7/11/2020

State: PENNSYLVANIA

6/22/2020

State: TEXAS

6/22/2020

State: OHIO

4/9/2020

State: VIRGINIA

This has been am enjoyable course to take. I've enjoyed the content - in particular how it made me rethink how I use documentaries and film in the classroom. I do at present, but not to their full potential. That is something I will change over the next year. I also enjoyed my instructor, who has left lovely feedback and always quite timely.

8/21/2019

State: CONNECTICUT

8/9/2019

State: NEW JERSEY

7/27/2019

State: CALIFORNIA

This is by far one of the most invaluable courses that I've taken. Ms. Elaine Reimer-Paré is an outstanding instructor, and I appreciate the fact that she was always available to answer any questions that I had. I'm looking forward to applying the skills that Golden suggested in his text Reading in the Reel World, and I'm confident that the use of documentaries will enhance my students' understanding of the nonfiction print texts that we cover in class. I highly recommend this course for anyone that wants to find new ways to meet ours students' needs...and they'll have fun in the process.

7/21/2019

State: OHIO

7/8/2019

State: OHIO

6/27/2019

State: NEW JERSEY

This was a fantastic course full of things I will get to use in many of my classes.

6/27/2019

State: NEW YORK

Thanks for a great class. The content was very useful and informative!

10/15/2018

State: Armed Forces AE

Excellent course! I truly enjoyed it!

8/10/2018

State: MASSACHUSETTS

GREAT course...thanks!

8/9/2018

State: PENNSYLVANIA

7/7/2018

State: CALIFORNIA

Thanks so much for the course!!

6/17/2018

State: PENNSYLVANIA

This course offered up a lot of resources and ideas for teaching documentaries in my classroom!

5/25/2018

State: MASSACHUSETTS

4/28/2018

State: PENNSYLVANIA

10/27/2017

State: PENNSYLVANIA

8/27/2017

State: CALIFORNIA

7/10/2017

State: PENNSYLVANIA

6/19/2017

State: NEW YORK

Great course! Rigorous and meaningful work load! Thank you!

4/16/2017

State: Armed Forces AE

1/24/2017

State: CALIFORNIA

12/27/2016

State: OHIO

10/7/2016

State: ILLINOIS

9/14/2016

State: NEW JERSEY

Great class that presents a new way of thinking about how to teach students and expose students and teachers to new and engaging documentaries.

7/28/2016

State: CALIFORNIA

Elaine is an exceptional instructor. I enjoyed having her for two different courses this summer.

7/20/2016

State: CALIFORNIA

I give this course the highest rating. I received great ideas I can use immediately in my classrooms that I know will make a difference in my student's learning.

6/29/2016

State: OHIO

I feel like this course is wonderful, but the text used is out-dated and needs more concrete examples.

6/27/2016

State: CONNECTICUT

12/30/2015

State: NEVADA

12/30/2015

State: PENNSYLVANIA

Really helpful course! Eye-opening and has my mind cranking full-speed to try to test out what I've learned in my classroom!

11/30/2015

State: NEW JERSEY

This course was helpful. I can incorporate many of the ideas learned in to my classroom.

8/31/2015

State: CALIFORNIA

8/20/2015

State: MASSACHUSETTS

8/19/2015

State: OHIO

This is a great course for English teachers struggling to incorporate nonfiction into their curriculum in preparation for meeting the Common Core State Standards in their lessons!

8/19/2015

State: TEXAS

Very helpful!

7/27/2015

State: CALIFORNIA

This is an outstanding course for anyone who wants to incorporate documentaries into his/her curriculum. It's extremely useful and relevant. I highly recommend it.

7/18/2015

State: NEW JERSEY

Overall this was a great class. The professor responded to my questions promptly and the assignments were very appropriate and useful for my classroom.

7/10/2015

State: CALIFORNIA

I enjoyed reading the material, thinking about how it adds to my curriculum, and that I could take the time I needed to finish this class. Thanks for the online opportunity!

7/8/2015

State: NEW JERSEY

6/19/2015

State: ILLINOIS

5/26/2015

State: MASSACHUSETTS

This was an informative and interesting course.

4/13/2015

State: NEW JERSEY

Challenging and excellent.

2/18/2015

State: MASSACHUSETTS

I absolutely loved this course; the work was meaningful and helped me reflect on current practices as well as ways to improve my future teaching. I enjoyed reading and posting to the forum, and I found the written work reasonable and enriching. I am now totally sold on using documentaries as additional nonfiction texts in my classes.

12/17/2014

State: PENNSYLVANIA

Another outstanding course from Fresno. As an educator, I appreciate that I can work at my own pace, at my own time, and that the activities are useful immediately in my classroom. Further, I am always afforded new and different insights. Thank you for a great class!

9/30/2014

State: PENNSYLVANIA

This is a great and practical course that you will be able to apply to your classroom!

9/8/2014

State: OHIO

8/28/2014

State: PENNSYLVANIA

8/19/2014

State: PENNSYLVANIA

This course contained innovative and practical strategies for teaching difficult concepts in a new way.

8/4/2014

State: PENNSYLVANIA

Effective strategies presented to teach nonfiction reading content through film.

8/1/2014

State: OHIO

7/23/2014

State: OHIO

I really enjoyed this course. The materials were interesting and easy to understand. The assignments were effective and something that I can immediately apply to my classroom teaching.

7/20/2014

State: ILLINOIS

This was a fantastic way to learn strategies for teaching nonfiction and to be exposed to documentaries. Also, great selection for the course text!

5/13/2014

State: OHIO

I enjoyed learning new methods and strategies that will benefit my students.

5/12/2014

State: OHIO

The content and assignments are very relevant to putting into practice immediately.

5/7/2014

State: MASSACHUSETTS

5/3/2014

State: PENNSYLVANIA

5/1/2014

State: ILLINOIS

Excellent. This was a very useful class.

4/4/2014

State: MASSACHUSETTS

2/18/2014

State: PENNSYLVANIA

2/15/2014

State: ARIZONA

1/28/2014

State: WISCONSIN

1/24/2014

State: NEW YORK

1/20/2014

State: ILLINOIS

There was a lot of work in this class, but it was useful work that really helped advance my knowledge. I learned a lot in this course and feel that I will definitely apply much of what I've learned in my classroom. I am glad that I decided to take this course and will strongly recommend it to my colleagues.

1/5/2014

State: ILLINOIS

10/11/2013

State: PENNSYLVANIA

This is a great course that connects documentaries with reading skills. The course also helps students to pay attention to what is or is not included, as well as how that information is presented. I believe it meets the higher order standards necessary in today's classroom.

9/19/2013

State: NEW JERSEY

9/13/2013

State: PENNSYLVANIA

This was an extremely informative course. I plan on implementing the tools that I learned immediately. The instructor was also available to answer questions in a very timely manner, and was always helpful with feedback and grading.

8/27/2013

State: MASSACHUSETTS

I enjoyed this class. I believe it will help me do a better job using documentaries in the classroom and teach non-fiction comprehension.

8/13/2013

State: WASHINGTON

This course took a little more time and effort than I'd hoped, but it was all worth it.

8/9/2013

State: NEW JERSEY

8/1/2013

State: OHIO

7/23/2013

State: PENNSYLVANIA

This was a very worthwhile course!

7/22/2013

State: NEVADA

7/17/2013

State: NEW JERSEY

The assignments were appropriately challenging, and the text selection was insightful and a pleasure to read and use as a resource.

7/12/2013

State: PENNSYLVANIA

Great course. I always like taking Elaine Reimer-Paré's courses. Learned alot about documentaries. Can't wait to use them in the classroom.

6/26/2013

State: PENNSYLVANIA

Please check links for documentary resources. Excellent class, great text.

6/25/2013

State: ILLINOIS

5/9/2013

State: CALIFORNIA

GREAT class! So useful!