This is an end of semester overview I give my Wiriting I students. They are about to enter the world of independent writing, and there are some common things to keep an eye on as they write for other classes or in the workplace. An end-of semester look at the most common areas students work … Continue reading About Independent Writing
Manifesto, Try 2
I ended up using the blogs on Blackboard for two reasons, ones that in the end, make sense. One, it is easier for the students to access. They can see each other's entries right there. Two, I can too.. This is one-stop shopping, so to speak, and that ease in communication counts for something. There's … Continue reading Manifesto, Try 2
Another Reason to Blog
While writing a response to an email for my Teaching Writing Online class, as often happens, I quickly transferred it to an announcement instead, thinking that if one student had this question, others would too. I use Blackboard and this has an "email this announcement" option which makes the announcement both immediate yet available in … Continue reading Another Reason to Blog
What a Teaching Writing Online course can do
Any way I look at it, teaching writing online is more work for faculty than teaching in the face-to-face classroom. It is also more work for students, but this post will be looking at it from the faculty side and counting the costs, most of them personal and paid for by faculty rather than the … Continue reading What a Teaching Writing Online course can do
About expectations and required composition classes
Writing I and Writing II are required as part of the gen-eds, a fairly normal thing for all universities. This universal requirement means that students who fear writing or who simply do not value writing as a part of their future must take it anyway. Enforced education is problematic and leads to resistance. I could … Continue reading About expectations and required composition classes
More LMS review
After the great Moodle breakdown last semester, I had to scramble to find something to replace it that did not require me to do the upkeep. The one-click options that remained with my host were not going to work. Canvas has changed its terms. I'm probably doing too much for an edublog to satisfy me … Continue reading More LMS review
Meme example for Writing II
Since I will be putting together a meme assignment for ENG 310, I'm going to need examples. I will add them here with a little analysis to show how the meme works, how it persuades. So much involves pop culture references, which tap into deep knowledge that students already have. I thought this would take … Continue reading Meme example for Writing II
The Meme: A composition research paper assignment
This is the time of semester when I should be grading, grading, grading, but as a result of that grading I also find myself reflecting about the assignments given and how to improve the assignments for the next time I teach a course. I regularly teach ENG 310: Writing II for Graduate and Professional Schools. … Continue reading The Meme: A composition research paper assignment
Protected: Tech literacy and the decisions made when setting up a blog
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ENG 704: Getting started with Teaching Writing Online
An earlier version of this post was written for a ENG 725 on "Teaching Writing Online" I’m teaching a graduate seminar in rhetoric and composition this semester and next week is the first week, the week to get our collective feet wet, and while we’re splashing in that virtual brook, be like Phaedrus and Socrates on that riverbank and … Continue reading ENG 704: Getting started with Teaching Writing Online
