By Katt on Jul 1, 2008 in Engaging Students, First Year Composition (FYC), Pedagogy, Writing Centers | 0 Comments
In my last post, I was talking about the changes I have made to motivate my students to speak with our Writing Consultants about their essays. I wanted to come back and reflect on how I have changed their relationship with the Writing Center through my own relationship with the Writing Center.
Getting to Know the [...]
By Katt on Jul 1, 2008 in Engaging Students, First Year Composition (FYC), Pedagogy, Writing Centers | 1 Comment
When I first stepped into the classroom this morning, one of my students told me that she had completely scrapped an essay draft after her visit to the Writing Center yesterday. This was wholly her decision, although one supported by her Writing Consultant. She came in with a draft she was much happier with and [...]
By Katt on Mar 24, 2008 in Engaging Students, Hows and Whys, technology | 1 Comment
I’ve wrestled with whether to post this now and add an additional post once the class has finished with the unit, or to wait and do all of this together. I decided to go with the first option for two reasons. First, I can lay out the pedagogical idea I had that led to using [...]
By Katt on Mar 14, 2007 in Engaging Students, First Year Composition (FYC), Pedagogy, Teaching the Ashley Treatment | 0 Comments
I’ve always hated teachers who talked at the class instead of engaging their students in some activity that involved them in critical thinking. Unfortunately, I do realize that there are days that this simply must be done. I thought for certain that I had found a way around the stale “here’s how to write an [...]
