About Michael J. Faris
I study rhetoric and composition as a PhD student in the English Department at Penn State University.
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Discussion with Sara and Linda
Sara Jameson, Linda Barnes, and I have been emailing about blogs v. journals, blogs v. discussion boards, and blogs in the classroom. I’m going to post excerpts from our emails here and we’re going to start replying here (for some … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs in Classrooms, Teaching Composition
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Federman’s article discussed at Weblogg-Ed
From Weblogg-Ed (I haven’t read the Federman article yet, but it looks fascinating): I love questions, especially ones that make me think real hard about the answer. Maybe that’s why I’m having so much fun these days, ’cause there are … Continue reading
blogs more successful than discussion boards
A few days ago Sara Jameson emailed me and asked why blogs are more successful than discussion boards. This was my reply: I can’t be completely certain as to why a blog is generally more successful than a discussion board … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs in Classrooms
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a new metaphor for teaching
Anne French Dalke writes: Rejecting “balancing” as too rigid, too binary, and “juggling” as too tricky, too dangerous (who wants to think of her kids as a juggler’s toys?), Kaye arrived at “emulsification”: the suspension – not the mixing – … Continue reading
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College next. Freshman writing. We’re reading a Hemmingway short story; the prof is criticizing the staccato dialogue between husband and wife. When I defend it as appropriate to this exchange, Professro Fehrenbach responds, “ALL of Hemingway’s characters talk that way.” … Continue reading
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