Last weekend was a busy one. Friday I presented a project on mind map annotated bibliographies at the Humanities Unbound works-in-progress graduate student conference at ODU and Saturday I presented a paper on interaction patterns of professional tutors in the writing center at the Mid-Atlantic Writing Center Association conference. The day at the humanities unbound…
Writing Instructor & Scholar
Category: General Blog
How do I help you?
Warning: this post is written out of pure frustration. I have worked with all different kinds of students and am constantly challenged to find new ways to approach tutorials to help these different students. It’s one of the things I love about writing center work. But what do you do with a student who, for…
Exploring “The Wonderful World of Writing Centers”: Reflections on the IWCA/NCPTW 2014 Conference
While my conference experience got off to a rather inauspicious start (no one from the 1st panel I tried to attend on assessment was there to present) the rest of my experience was engaging, thought-provoking, informative and exciting. I saw presentations from a diverse group of people from the current editor of College English to…
Digital Literacy Narrative
My digital literacy narrative project for ENG 665:
Why I Love Going to Presentations on Teaching
Yesterday I attended a presentation as part of my college’s “Talk about Teaching” series. This panel was about signature assignments used to promote transferable skills within the classroom. All four of the panelists had amazing assignments that stood out because of their engagement, creativity, and clear goals. The first presentation was from a Sociology professor…
Playing with Storify
For my course Teaching Writing with Technology we are challenged to use a new technology system each week to take notes on our reading. This week I tried out Storify, a system that allows you to pull content from various social networking sites and media platforms to integrate content to tell a story. I had…
The View from Various Sides
Right now things are quite slow in the center. I am mostly just completing prep work for the fall. Some of that prep work includes hiring tutors and adjuncts for our developmental writing workshop. I have to say, it is very strange sitting on the other side of the desk asking the questions and making…
First Weeks
Well, I have finally officially started in my position as the Coordinator of the Writing Center–though I quickly learned that because of the formal integration of the Learning Center and the Writing Center and the desire to create a more unified unit, I will be known as the Coordinator of Writing Services in The Learning…
From Clinic to Center
I will start my job as the Coordinator of the Writing Center in 17 days. Though my life will become significantly busier then (I will still be teaching summer courses at another college that I was assigned before accepting this position, so I will be working 40 hours and teaching 2 writing courses), I find…
New Direction
Well, my great idea to keep a blog chronicling my adventures as an adjunct didn’t quite work out. I never actually had time to blog. I had lots of ideas for posts based on what I was experiencing, but I lacked the time and energy to put pen to paper, so to speak. Perhaps that’s…
