Category Archives: Literacy

on “The Rhetorician as an Agent of Social Change”

Posted on January 28, 2007 by Michael

Lisa also suggested that I read Cushman’s article “The Rhetorician as an Agent of Social Change,” which I enjoyed a lot. She advocates for crossing the ivory tower/reality divide that separates universities and their work from the real life work … Continue reading →

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media diary for Monday, January 15

Posted on January 16, 2007 by Michael

I’m enamored with Johnson-Eilola’s media diary concept and thought I’d keep one this week. I didn’t follow his format exactly, but here’s the one I kept yesterday (under the cut): Media Log, Monday, January 15, 2007 6:45 to 8:00 am … Continue reading →

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notes on what is college english?

Posted on January 15, 2007 by Michael

I’m reading some of the articles in the November 2006 College English, and a few things have stuck out to me so far: Miles McCrimmon writes that “A first-year composition course that asks students to read and write the widest … Continue reading →

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Controlled and watered down literacies in classrooms

Posted on November 19, 2006 by Michael

Clarence Fisher over at Remote Access discusses something I think is pretty important: the co-opting of cultural literacies for the classroom, without actually using them in ways they are actually used. He write about blogging, for instance, where the teacher … Continue reading →

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risky teachers, shifts in thinking

Posted on September 20, 2006 by Michael

In composition we are often trying to get our students to come up with something provocative. I’ve struggled a few times with students who want to write an argumentative paper as a report and a few times with students who … Continue reading →

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