At the end of each semester, the students at my university are prompted (on their evaluation forms) to evaluate their instructors based on how the course was organized, whether or not the instructor gave prompt feedback, and whether or not they speak clear, standard English. Pause. “What does this mean? What do you all think…… Continue reading Supporting Students’ Humanity
When Storify (tagline: “Make the web tell a story”) launched in 2011, I thought it was really cool. Actually, I still think it’s kind of cool. Storify allows you to access public content from social media platforms like Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr—really, anything with a URL—and curate that content into a story. It seemed like an excellent…… Continue reading Storify: Collecting vs. Curating Content
As a new semester starts, I watch as my Twitter list fills up with retweets using writing-related class hashtags. For the most part, I enjoy it. I like to see how other instructors use Twitter in/beyond the classroom, and I particularly like to see students getting excited about engaging with course content. Plus, I am…… Continue reading Critical Twitter Pedagogy
We had the pleasure last year of Skyping with Bartholomae and talking with him a little bit about this article and his work in general, which can be found here. *** Although I’ve read it a couple times before, it was interesting to re-read Bartholomae immediately after Shaughnessy because he seems to be reiterating similar…… Continue reading Inventing the University
