Structured Collaboration for Novice Writers
In recent conversation with a colleague about active learning in the composition classroom, the nature of writing came up; that is, do we...
Fixing the World at 8 a.m.
One of the encouraging elements of the eportfolio model of first-year composition, which I have remarked on before, is that it provides...
An Exercise in Blended Technologies
Using ClipConverter and Google to locate commercials and print advertisements and download them to my computer, I assigned my student...
Students and Assigned Reading
Let me confess that in the early years of my undergraduate study I was not a conscientious reader. I, like many before and after me, was...
Eportfolio Passes Muster
Having now engineered my first adaptation of Composition One around an eportfolio design, I culled through my students’ final reflections...
Gosh...It Works
Another red letter day for active learning in my composition class this morning. Frankly I wasn’t sure what to expect as we’re in that...
Benefits of Reflective Assignments
Led by Dr. Lesley Bartlett, we began our workshop on reflective writing across disciplines yesterday by visiting Jenny Moon's list of...
Creating Context and Purpose
Although I always liked writing, college composition classes never appealed to me as an undergraduate, and while the reasons for this may...
A Domain of One's Own @ Emory
Several of us teaching Freshman Composition with eportfolio had a meeting yesterday morning with Dr. Heather Julien, a Senior Lecturer...
Interpreting Artifacts
Last Friday my composition students, working on their eportfolios this semester in our active learning classroom, studied and commented...
