About Michael J. Faris
I study rhetoric and composition as a PhD student in the English Department at Penn State University.
This blog serves as a place to think through things, record thoughts, share interesting stuff, and hold conversations. Welcome!
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- Russell, David. “Activity Theory and Its Implications for Writing Instruction.” In Reconceiving Writing, Rethinking Writing Instruction. Ed. Joseph Petraglia. (Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum,1995): 51-78. « New Seeds on Call for CCCarnival: Sirc’s “Resisting Entropy”
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Second Life to get news reporting
Last spring at the New Research Summit at the University of Oregon, an instructor discussed his success with holding a classroom online in the virtual reality game of Second Life. I just read this BBC story about Reuters starting a … Continue reading
my talk today with Lisa at the New Research Summit
I thought I’d go ahead and put my part of Lisa and my talk here for people to read. A pdf version is availble from a link on the sidebar. Keynote Talk: “Online Citizenship: Amazon.com Citizen Reviews and Student/Classroom Blogs” … Continue reading
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New Research Summit: Welcome
Welcome to my blog. I’ve posted a few images (usually involving quotes) here that I’ll be showing during my talk. Post 1: Sisyphean Task Post 2: The Presence of Others Post 3: Introductions to the Blog Post 4: Gee’s Post … Continue reading
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New Research Summit Post 9: Reflection on Blogging
I wrote this at the end of fall quarter:
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New Research Summit Post 8: A Shift in Audience
I wrote this as I was reflecting on the process of blogging: Next: Reflection on Blogging
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