Monthly Archives: April 2012

As I look back at the twenty-one blog posts I have written this semester, I still have trouble calling myself a “blogger.” Is it because I didn’t venture into the blogosphere independently, but instead as part of a course requirement? … Continue reading →

I was looking at the Activities section in Selfe’s essay, and wondered how I might be able to fit visual texts into my college ESL writing courses.  I recently tweaked a comparison/contrast assignment to include more visual pre-writing activities.  Here … Continue reading →

When Sirc admits that “for most of my career as a composition instructor, I was uncomfortable with my status as an academic gatekeeper” (126), I empathize with him.  Many of my students (both ESL and American-born) are non-standard English speakers, … Continue reading →

As I was reading the Presentation Zen selection, I discovered that Reynolds’ vision of presentations in “the conceptual age” exhibits some characteristics of Weathers’ Grammar B.  Seth Godin’s rule of “No more than six words on a slide.  EVER” (qtd … Continue reading →