Disaster Pedagogy/Building Communities: From Wikis and Websites to Hammers and Nails by Holly Baumgartner and Jennifer Discher
Mercy College professors in Toledo, Ohio responded to Hurricane Katrina through a disaster pedagogy. Students in composition classes created research wikis and participated in email dialogues and exchanges with University of New Orleans students. A new course, Service in Action: The Sociological Impact of Hurricane Katrina, was also created involving an alternative, volunteer-based spring break…