Monthly Archives: March 2012

In an attempt to elucidate some linkages between Johnson-Eilola’s “The Database and the Essay” and Rice’s “English <A>”, I thought it might be useful to generate a few quote-to-quote connections based on some of the authors’ common notions about writing. … Continue reading →

In the Activities section at the end of his chapter in Writing New Media, Johndan Johnson-Eilola presents some compelling ideas for instructors to help their students take a more critical look at the way we use search engines in our … Continue reading →

While reading the first section of Writing New Media, I came across some passages that reminded me of Jeff Rice’s notion of interconnectedness that English <A> seems to promote, and that English A appears to resist.  Rice insists through his … Continue reading →

Rice’s article got me thinking about the terminology we assign to developmental writing classes–terms like “elementary instruction”, “basic writing”, “remedial”, “English A”, etc.  Simply by virtue of the course title and/or description, we are defining the students who must take … Continue reading →

After reading Weathers’ piece, I find it a bit awkward to admit that I often tell my students I am teaching them “academic writing”, and that there are certain conventions that are appropriate to use within this traditional composition framework. … Continue reading →