1. Karyn Z. Sproles, Director of Faculty Development USI Service Learning Summer Institute 17 June 2008 Professional Development & Service Learning

2. Why publish your experiences? If it was new to you, it will likely be new to your colleagues Contribute to your field Contribute to the national conversation on service learning Contribute to the recognition of service learning Earn well-deserved credit for creating new knowledge

3. Publications to Target Disciplinary journals with pedagogical interests: College English Publications interested in national educational trends: Change, Issues in Higher Education, The Chronicle of Higher Education Interdisciplinary Journals: Critical Inquiry, Social Change Journals in Education, pedagogy, or service learning

4. Conferences to Consider Conferences in your field Pedagogy conferences Service learning conferences Association for General and Liberal Education Association of American Colleges & Universities Association for Integrative Studies Professional & Organizational Development in Higher Education

5. Topics for Essays Innovative project Successful pedagogy Creative solution Theoretical problem Surprising success Problematic failure Include: rubric, data from/on course, chart or graph, pre/post test results, survey results, quotations from students/partner

6. Brainstorm essay ideas on your course: Innovative project Successful pedagogy Creative solution Theoretical problem Surprising success Problematic failure Include: rubric, data from/on course, chart or graph, pre/post test results, survey results, quotations from students/partner

7. Discuss Discuss your brainstorming ideas with your table: Which of your ideas do you like best? Could several be combined? What would you need to include in your course in order to have the material necessary for a potential essay?