Thinking Aloud
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08 Feb 2023
Enacting Genres, Grammy-Style(s)
Looking at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards through the lens of genres helps explain why Beyoncé amazed but didn’t win Best Album.
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06 Feb 2023
Discourse Communities: Building Identities, Sharing Expectations
John Swales listed the six characteristics that qualify groups as discourse communities. Here's why they matter and how to understand them.
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04 Feb 2023
The Visual Literacies of Writing
Writing requires visual literacies, which too often go unacknowledged. Students need to learn about readability and effective document design.
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01 Feb 2023
Personal(ized) Writing
Writing is a human invention that allows humans to connect and shape ideas. Removing the personal element (esp. with ChatGPT) ruins writing.
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27 Jan 2023
Complicating Literacy
Children develop their primary literacy at home and secondary literacies at school. Here’s how technology complicates that process.
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24 Jan 2023
The Authorial Functions of Writing
Beyond merely conveying information, writing has many functions, many of which benefit the author, not just the audience. See how it works.
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20 Jan 2023
Agency: Personalized Privacy
When we allow our platforms and devices to make decisions for us, we give up our agency and lose control of our lives. How can we resist?
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18 Jan 2023
Navigating Writing Assignments
Assignments challenge students to find creative solutions to complex problems. Here's why that's good and how to embrace the challenge.
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17 Dec 2022
Participation, Introvert Style
Participation often terrifies introverted students. But they actually offer three unique contributions to class. Learn how here.
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