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? ------------------------------------------------------------------- Cal Pryluck, Radio-Television-Film, Temple University, Philadelphia <[log in to unmask]> <[log in to unmask]>