After being both an instructor and student in a time of advanced technology, I’ve come to believe that technology is quite the double-edged sword. Compare technology to roommates or box cutters if you will: both can go from helpful to horrible in a matter of minutes. But what’s so helpful and what’s so horrible about Read More…
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You’ve Got the Power!
Why Plain Language? How important is plain language and how big are its effects? Well, Kira Dreher at the Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar says, ““Plain language may offer an important strategy for advancing social justice, but if used shallowly, it may deflect attention from vulnerable audience groups or other issues of access, and it Read More…
We, the ADVOCATES
Social media is so many things. It’s interaction, communication, fun, games, creation, friendship, and SO. Much. More. Here’s one more (maybe controversial) thing to add to the list: social media is advocacy. Let’s back up–I just threw so many words into those sentences and maybe I need to provide a little bit more of an Read More…
One Classroom – So Many Types of English
In today’s world, English is considered a Global Language, meaning it’s the most widely spoken language in the world (cool, I know! ). But that leaves us, English instructors, with a little problem: what type of English exactly is the correct one? And how does that come to play in our classrooms? Yes, I Read More…
Understand. Engage. Communicate. Help.
Who remembers dozing off in class because the professor goes on endless rants that make absolutely no sense and include words from other planets? I know I do.
Rhetoric Can be Hidden, Facial Expressions Can’t
By Ghenwa Elkhoury You want to know the truth? Rhetoric hides, and it hides in the places you least expect it to. As teaching fellows who have some prior experience in the theory and practice of rhetoric and persuasion, we must not only know where to look, but also how to spread the knowledge of Read More…
Can They See Me if I’m Not on a Screen?
It is widely believed that the presence of technology in educational spaces can be both a blessing and a curse. I say technology is what you and your students make it out to be. Assessing technology and its use in the classroom is the main focus in the chapter Participation as Reflective Practice: Digital composing Read More…
“One Does Not Simply Teach Without Using a Meme”
I’m sure many of you have Tiktok or watch Instagram reels. If so, you might be familiar with the trendy sound effect that goes: “add a little bit of *spice*”, where the content creators show boring, traditional things and then show them from a different light– a better one. The *spice* in our case, Read More…