In my old age I've been called back to active duty to teach a class called
Film Institutions which I had taught for many years before I moved onward
and upward to my Golden Years!!
 
The course is not about the art of film, but about the institutions
that make the art possible: production, distribution, exhibition (in
theatres and the various new venues).
 
When I was asked to once again teach the course it occurred to me that
e-mail might be a useful adjunct to the way I had been teaching the
course.
 
My thought is to set-up a private listserv group whose members are students
in this course.  Technically and administratively this is possible on
my campus.  Now What??
 
In the olden days I urged/required students to read VARIETY with mixed
results.  There was no clear mechanism to enforce this requirement.
Perhaps now I can ask students to post something they found interesting
from a current issue of VARIETY.  This in addition to the usual discussion
group chit-chat, flaming, etc. however that develops.
 
Can anyone offer wisdom, cautions, encouragment?  Better ideas?  Or shall
I just forget the whole thing?
 
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Cal Pryluck, Radio-Television-Film, Temple University, Philadelphia
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