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Long time no post
Sorry I haven’t been posting. I went from 28 posts in January to only 1 in February, so, yep, got a little busy there. But I’m still here, and my words’ll pop up on this blog occasio… more →
Cultivated Pages
London here we come...
tonyablowers wrote 3 days ago: Spending today putting together the last bits and pieces for my trip to London. Have a packed schedu … more →
Job search update
woodthrush wrote 1 week ago: Two whole weeks!?! It’s been that long since my last post. Well, I have been sick. And busy. V … more →
always a teacher
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reproducinggenius wrote 1 week ago: Yesterday, we drove by the college where I taught as a new adjunct instructor last fall, and I began … more →
Let the Tests Begin
shel29 wrote 1 week ago: From the first day of school 5th graders prepare for tomorrow’s Social Studies test. It … more →
Donald Hall on Teaching Composition
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wordarrangement wrote 2 weeks ago: I am very much looking forward to Donald Hall’s reading at the University of Michigan on Dec. 1st. I … more →
AASL: Revving Up to Write Bibliography
Emily Smith Pearce wrote 2 weeks ago: The AASL conference was a fun blur of activity. I saw some dear old friends and met lots of new peop … more →
What’s Your Favorite Book on Social Media? Please Retweet! #WriteForCommunity
kirkistan wrote 4 weeks ago: Here they come! I’m researching and writing lectures for my class “Writing to Build Community using … more →
Is It Time To Start A New Magazine?
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kirkistan wrote 1 month ago: What's old is new. Um…no. Or would that be, yes? In a world where old is suddenly new, the corre … more →
Building Content: Share Your Research—Even if Incomplete
kirkistan wrote 1 month ago: A few days ago I talked with a company about their research efforts into a growing subset of a parti … more →
Responding to Student Writing (audio style)
Oscar Retterer wrote 1 month ago: Responding to student writing in an effective and timely manner is important to student success. Tea … more →
Abducted Journalists, Skullduggery, and the Common Cold
the wanderer wrote 1 month ago: I’ve found these two exposé series eminently readable: The Taliban abducted New York Times reporter … more →
Responding to Student Writing--Straight Talk
sylviawhitman wrote 1 month ago: Writing for the Chronicle of Higher Ed, English professor James Lang reports favorably on using Drag … more →
Writing the Dissertation: Learning how to do something you didn’t know how to do, Part 3
Nancy Whichard wrote 1 month ago: I’m curious how you learned the conventions you are to use, the voice you should use, the way to arg … more →
+ Writing: Teach Strategies and Self Monitoring Directly
Adrienne Edwards wrote 1 month ago: other topics: click a “category” or use search box A great article in IDA Perspectives ( … more →
Writing the Dissertation: Learning how to do something you didn’t know how to do, Part 2
Nancy Whichard wrote 2 months ago: Dissertation writers are largely self-taught academic writers, and the learning process can be a bol … more →
Writing the Dissertation: Learning how to do something you didn’t know how to do, Part 1
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Nancy Whichard wrote 2 months ago: When and how do we acquire the skills, voice, critical perspectives, and confidence needed for succ … more →
"But and" in Fish
spinoza1111 wrote 2 months ago: http://fish.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/07/what-should-colleges-teach-part-3/?apage=13#comments At the … more →
Response to Stanley Fish on writing (part 3)
spinoza1111 wrote 2 months ago: Fish reflects in an entertaining, informative way, on writing in a third column: here is my second r … more →
How I Learned to Write, Part 2
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christinag503 wrote 2 months ago: Click here to read Part 1. When we last saw our heroine, she was about to dive into the underworld o … more →
