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Writing Matters |
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An exploration of the diverse nature of the composition classroom |
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African musician and oral historian Alhaji Papa Bunka Susso performs during the 2006 Writing Matters Conference. |
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2007 Program |
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2007 Writing Matters conference program
Breakout Session I: 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
Session IA LA 219 J. Rocky Colavito Northwestern State University “Full Contact Zone Vetting: Diversity, Questions of Authority, and the Debate Over Wikipedia”
Stacey D. Gaines University of Alabama “Closing the Gender Gap: Mentoring Females through Computer-Based Composition Instruction”
Ormond Loomis Julia Smith Peter Kunze Sandra Simons Florida State University Panel discussion: “Narratives from Computer-Mediated Composition”
Session IB LA 221 Brooke Jewett Nadell Brooklyn College “Writing for Four Years: Rationales and Techniques for Incorporating Writing Instruction into Non-Composition Classes”
Nneka Nora Osakwe Albany State University “Integrating Awareness about HIV/AIDS in Freshman Research Writing”
Martha Benn Macdonald York Technical College “Presentations: Methodology and Interdisciplinary Approaches through the Years”
Deborah Normand Saundra Granger Renee Major Patty Reed Louisiana State University Panel discussion: “Different Approaches: Piloting LSU's Second Year Comp Class”
Session IC LA 223
Ed Tyler Baton Rouge Community College “Music Videos as an Aid to Teaching Rhetoric”
Rick Carpenter Valdosta State University “Literacy/Literacies: Popular Genres and the Writing Classroom”
Elaine Deering Lynn University “Creativity Outside the Classroom”
Mitch McClure Baton Rouge Community College “Big Bird and the Big Read: Making Reading-Writing Connections in the College Composition Classroom”
Susan Burge North Harris Montgomery Community College District Louis L'Amour in the college class? Really? Who could I teach?"
Breakout Session II: 1:15-2:45 p.m.
Session IID LA 219
Monique van den Berg College of San Mateo “Real, Potential, and Virtual Bridges: Building Student-Teacher Rapport in a Diverse Classroom”
Bernadette Gambino University of North Florida “Charting the Course”
Heidi Gilday Tennessee Tech University “Teacher Comments and Student Satisfaction”
Linda Moore Carol Hulse University of West Florida "Teaching the Unprepared, Undisciplined and Reluctant College Freshman"
Arden Jensen Lee University “How ‘Show, Don’t Tell’ Applies to Teaching as Well as Writing”
Session IIE LA 221 Sally Byrd David Sorrells Mysti Rudd Michelle Judice Lamar State College Panel discussion: “Beyond Agreeing to Disagree: Creating Common Ground in a Diverse Department”
Session IIF LA 223
Kay J. Walter University of Arkansas at Monticello “Writing to Learn”
Holly A. Schullo Michelle Haj-Broussard McNeese State University “Education Pedagogy and College Composition: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue About Teaching Writing”
Matthew Simon Tri-County Technical College “Style: Writing Beyond the Disciplines”
Regina St. John Arkansas Tech “Making Writing Matter to Freshman Composition Students: One English Teacher’s Experimentation with Ethnography”
Breakout Session III: 3-4:15 p.m.
Session IIIG LA 219
Brian Ray University of South Carolina “A Reinterpretation of Mina Shaugnhessy’s Pedagogy”
Deborah DeCiantis North Greenville University "From the D-word to the E-word: Moving Students from Passive Awareness to Active Engagement Through Interdisciplinarity"
Alex Johns Gainesville State College “Making Standard Structures Resonate: An Interactive Approach to Grammar Instruction with ESOL Students”
Elizabeth Lacy Tennessee Tech University “Collaborative Work: Trends and Methods”
Session IIIH LA 221
Celia Lisset Alvarez St. Thomas University “Academic Vs. Other Writing”
Ted Stryk Walters State Community College “The Incorporation of Basic Critical Thinking Into Composition I”
Laci Talley Laura Younger Baton Rouge Community College “Peanut Butter and Jelly Make a Great Sandwich: Environmental Activism through Collaboration”
Natalia Lauren Fiore Western Connecticut State University “Writing Without a Thesis: The Inquiry Essay”
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