I began writing this post several days ago. Since then several people have written and spoken about similar issues, some with more international experience, others with more journalism experience, others through Twitter threads, and others with more emotion. There have also been many “letters to my child” articles. And now John Oliver has weighed…
My 2010 Conference on College Composition and Communication presentation is entitled, “Revealing Meaning, Broadcasting History: Notes on the Composition of Oral History Video.” I am pleased to be presenting on the panel, “Images, Rhetoric, and the Construction of Meaning” with friends and colleagues, Christa Teston and Billie Hara. Here is the abstract as submitted:…
In June 2008 I received a grant for 20 Flip Video Cameras (.pdf) to be used in one of the required courses in the Writing Arts undergraduate major at Rowan, “Writing, Research, and Technology.” The general goal of the course was to extend traditional conceptions of composition by applying it to the medium of…
Before the spring semester started this past January I was interviewed by Eileen Stutzbach for Rowan University’s Techcast—a video podcast that showcases what is happening technology-wise at Rowan. I was asked to talk about how I am using Web 2.0 applications in my writing courses. In the below except from the Spring 2009 show…