Because of the direction our discussion has gone this term, I’m changing the final reading, apologies if anyone has already read the Gessner, though that’s such a good piece too, I’m glad if you did! Thank you for your attention.…
Author Archive for Kim De Vries
I've been teaching rhetoric and writing for about 15 years. My classes generally include undergraduate composition and graduate classes in rhetoric and/or teaching composition. I'm interested in teaching courses that explore rhetoric and issues of identity: gender, race/ethnicity, class, especially online. I also teach non-western rhetoric and am developing several courses in digital rhetoric and new media; I feel it is especially important to teach graduate students, future teachers, about these topics. My research interests include transnational literacies, comparative (and contrastive) rhetoric, new/digital media, online communities, and identity studies. Most recently I've been studying the institutionalization of new media in the Netherlands, particularly the impact of gender. If you visit my research blog and look at all the posts tagged book project, you should get a pretty clear picture.
Composing Composition: A presentation by Kathy Rowley on using technology in a First Year Writing Class
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Kathy used technology in a variety of ways in her first year writing class, English 1002. She has created a power point presentation to illustrate how. I converted a very elaborate PowerPoint presentation into a PDF, so apologies for it…
I Can Haz Writin’ Skilz
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For those of you who worry about the impact the internet has had on writing, here is a course dedicated to writing in the internet age. Internet Age Writing Syllabus
K. De Vries’ learning styles
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Ethereal Education › Tools — WordPress. So here is a chart of my learning style scores. I should note that the low aural score has more to do with not feeling very musical as opposed to not listening! Style Scores…
Mid-term Questions and Instructions
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Choose two questions. For each, first explain why you chose that question, what makes it a good one. Then answer it. Spend no more than 2 pages single-spaced and three hours per question. Please tag it as mid-term response, and…
5870: possible questions for the mid-term
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Hello all. In class this week Adam suggested that everyone could propose questions for the mid-term and I could choose some for the actual exam. I think that’s a great idea, so please add comments with proposed questions. Guidelines: Each…
Tips for Interviews and Fieldnotes
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Here is a short set of guidelines and tips for fieldnotes, and in more detail for interviewing, adapted from the Research Consortium on Educational Outcomes & Poverty (RECOUP). Fieldnotes and Note-taking
IRC (Internet Relay Chat) instructions
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We will be using old-school IRC. –Relish the historical experience! To start with you need an IRC client; if you are using the Firefox or Mozilla browser, I recommend downloading ChatZilla. If not, google “IRC clients and _______ (your browser)…
Participation culture, creativity, and social change
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In this video, David Gauntlett, a British scholar of audience studies, talks about the potential impact of Web 2.0 on education. In addition to explaining why he thinks the kinds of activities fostered by Web 2.0 foster active learning, he…
Research Paper Details
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Term Papers: I am asking you to identify a question about rhetoric , rhetorical theory, composition, or composition theory to explore during the term and to report on at the end. This assignment is built to mimic professional genres as…