The open gallery introduces variation–a lift!–to the withering paces of the
semester. I’d never tried anything quite like it before, and to be honest,
even though I listed it on the course schedule for WRT302, I considered a
reversal of plans right up until two days before. The open gallery
emphasizes circulation, conversation; whatever the compositional pieces,
there’s a gathering, music, movement, laughter. A lightness.
Tag: teaching
Inobservance
The teaching was studied watched over
scrutinized ogled observed today. The 302ers
were sharp, so it went well, although observations always feel like, hold still
now, freezemation. Resembles having a small part in this, I suppose:
Only less cool. (via)
Redd, “Dolla Outa Fifteen Cent”
Redd,
Teresa, M. "’Trying To Make A Dolla Outa Fifteen Cent’: Teaching
Composition with the Internet at an HBCU." Computers and Composition
20 (2003) 359-373.
Hawisher et. al., Computers and the Teaching of Writing
Hawisher,
Gail E., Cynthia L. Selfe, Paul LeBlanc, and Charles Moran. Computers and the Teaching of Writing
in American Higher Education, 1979-1994: A History. New Directions
in Computers and Composition Ser. Norwoord, N.J.: Ablex, 1996.
Rice, “The 1963 Composition Revolution”
Rice,
Jeff . "The 1963 Composition Revolution Will Not be Televised,
Computed, or Demonstrated by Any Other Means of Technology." Composition
Studies 33.1 (2005): 55-73.
Electracuse
Given that classes started today, I guess it is both appropriate and timely
to declare that
WRT302
is more or less together. Along with tightening the schedule, I touched up
a few minor things this morning. I also drew up a questionnaire to gauge
familiarity and interest related to a series of twelve applications (not all
apps: HTML, image work, Flash, etc.). For the first time ever (in a class, day one) I projected
a few slides onto the screen to frame our opening trajectories re digital
writing. The plan–the course’s imagined topography–still feels pocketed
in a few places, but I’ll wait a week or two before deciding to shuffle anything
for that reason alone. Also, I haven’t come to terms with the role of
del.icio.us just yet, as its unkempt state suggests.
Ohmann, English in America
Ohmann, Richard M. English in America. 1976. New York: Oxford Univ.
Press, 1996.
Olson, “The Death of Composition as an Intellectual Discipline”
Olson, Gary.
"The Death of Composition as an Intellectual Discipline."
Olson 23-31.
Commenting with Audio
Over the last two days I’ve been reading and commenting in response to
student work from two summer courses I’m teaching online.
Barton, “Interpreting the Discourses of Technology”
Barton,
Ellen L. "Interpreting the Discourses of Technology." Literacy
and Computers: The Complications of Teaching and Learning with Technology.
Cynthia Selfe and Susan Hiligoss, eds. Research and Scholarship in Composition
Ser. New York: MLA, 1994. 56-75.