Literacy… Literacy in a Material World – in the Writing Center 27 Aug 2012 As I mentioned in my previous post, working in a writing centerreveals the fluid nature of materiality/immateriality when we think about literacy. The material context of literacy can be immediate…
Uncategorized What Can You Accomplish in a Week? 20 May 2012 Tomorrow is the start of the first Dissertation Writing Retreat at the University of Louisville Writing Center. This is the first retreat like this we've held (and, yes, I absolutely…
Digital Media… Ideology, surveillance, and the software in our classrooms 4 Feb 201212 Feb 2012 I've agreed to write a chapter for a very exciting new collection being edited by Robin Goodfellow and Mary Lea, titled Literacy in the Digital University (Robin's blog on the…
Digital Media… Genre, Interfaces, and Ways We Teach Digital Writing 30 Dec 2011 I was having coffee the other day with my friend and colleague Ryan Trauman and we got to talking about how we approach teaching people to compose texts using digital…
Uncategorized… University of Louisville Writing Center Blog 19 Oct 201119 Oct 2011 The consultants here at the University of Louisville Writing Center (where I am the director) have started a blog. They'll be writing about their work with writers, their thoughts about…
Pedagogy… The Two-Way Bridge (Part 1) 14 Jun 201116 Jun 2011 If I have problems with the metaphor of popular culture being conceived of as a "bridge" from less worthy literacy practices to more valuable and acceptable academic literacies (see below),…
Pedagogy… The One-Way Bridge, Part 2 17 May 201116 Jun 2011 At a conference last week I heard several people defend the approaches to popular culture and literacy pedagogy that I define as the "One-Way Bridge." They talked of the ways…
Pedagogy… The One-Way Bridge 12 May 201116 Jun 2011 For a long time there has been a lot of discussion in literacy and writing education, at both the K-12 and college levels, about "using" popular culture as a "bridge"…
Digital Media… New Media and Composition Pedagogy – a course 11 Jan 201116 Jun 2011 This week is the first meeting of my graduate seminar on New Media and Composition Pedagogy. First of all, I'm not thrilled about the title, but it wasn't chosen by…
