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Joe Murphy

Let 'em Write - 0 views

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    "One of my biggest regrets as a teacher of writing is that for many years, I didn't make students write enough." John Warner argues for changes in course designs to give students a lot more practice with shorter writing formats.
Joe Murphy

Strategies to help improve the quality and quantity of summer writing - 0 views

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    "instead of dog-paddling toward your writing goals, take the time to master the mechanics of the process. Getting intimately familiar with your writing process can make writing not only more efficient but also more enjoyable."
Joe Murphy

Keeping Up With... Digital Writing in the College Classroom | Association of College & ... - 2 views

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    "Both digital writing and information literacy call attention to today's interactive and multimodal information environments, which have both expanded and complicated the ways people use, create, and share information. As both composition instructors and librarians expand our conceptions of writing and of research, we may find that rhetoric becomes all the more essential for situating information literacy and writing."
Joe Murphy

How learning computer code made him a better writer - 1 views

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    Jon Green, K'10, writes about the ways in which computer programming is similar to good writing of any kind. Both require detailed planning of the argument or instructions, and both value precise language.
Joe Murphy

The High School/College Writing Classroom Disconnect - 0 views

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    I've heard multiple Kenyon faculty say that the first step of teaching writing in their disciplines is to unlearn the writing habits students used successfully in earlier educational experiences. What can we do to better "communicat(e) what really happens inside our classes" as this author asks?
Joe Murphy

writing and routine - 1 views

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    Should you write early? Late? In short blocks or long ones? Maybe the most important thing is just that you have a routine. (But if you don't have one yet, might we suggest writing circles at the CIP?)
Joe Murphy

When You Don't Want to Do the Writing - 0 views

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    Interesting ideas about using formal constraints (even hidden ones) to inject some playfulness into a writing task. I wonder if our faculty writing groups might benefit from this approach occasionally!
Joe Murphy

Responding to Student Writing/Writers - 2 views

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    Interesting review of a new book on writing pedagogy. The central message of the book appears to be one which I've heard many Kenyon faculty members discuss - deliver only a few critical messages to a student per writing exercise, based on their current stage of writing development. There's a much better chance that the student will take those one or two lessons to heart than if they're hidden in feedback which bleeds red ink.
Alex Alderman

Implementing Writing-to-Learn Approaches in STEM | GradHacker - 2 views

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    One issue in discussions of college writing is how to incorporate writing practice into STEM courses. Some Kenyon professors in STEM subjects include journal assignments and process descriptions into their courses. Here are some suggestions on similar metacognitive "writing to learn" approaches, including guidelines for feedback to students.
Joe Murphy

9 Tools for the Accidental Writing Teacher - 0 views

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    Good mix of practical tips for managing your grading and pedagogical tips for helping students learn to do college-level writing.
Joe Murphy

How Stephen King Teaches Writing - 1 views

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    An amusing interview with Stephen King about his techniques for teaching writing when he was a high school teacher.
Joe Murphy

Better Writing, Faster: A Surprising Benefit to Teaching Online - 0 views

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    Lots to think about in this deceptively short article. The finding highlights the importance of course design - I think Koh undersells the point that her online course may require more writing than many.
Joe Murphy

Confessions of a Young, Prolific Academic - 0 views

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    Seems like there might be some pedagogical applications of this article on faculty writing. How many times do students worry a paper to death instead of learning to enjoy the process of completing the writing?
Joe Murphy

Writing a Book or Article? Now's the Time to Create Your 'Author Platform' - 1 views

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    An "author platform" is "an ability to sell books because of who you are and who you can reach." In other words, it's part of considering your audience when you write - including considering how your ideal audience will find you.
Joe Murphy

Antiracist Writing Assessment Ecologies - 1 views

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    Fascinating, challenging episode of this podcast looking at the way writing assessment can replicate systems of white supremacy. The "labor-based grading" process sounds like an interesting way to get students to be reflective about their work.
Joe Murphy

Writing tools : 50 essential strategies for every writer / Roy Peter Clark - 0 views

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    Recommended during a NITLE webinar on encouraging originality in student writing.
Joe Murphy

The curious researcher : a guide to writing research papers / Bruce Ballenger - 0 views

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    Recommended during a NITLE webinar on encouraging originality in student writing.
Joe Murphy

Writing Past the "Good Grade": Authorship, Empathy, and Community-Engaged Classes - 1 views

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    In this article from the new GLCA Consortium for Teaching and Learning, Crystal Benedicks of Wabash College looks at the way that students come to understand the writing process more deeply in community-engaged learning classes.
Joe Murphy

Using Google Docs Forms to Run a Peer-Review Writing Workshop - 0 views

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    Using Google Docs to share work in a writing workshop seems straightforward enough; the idea of collecting and reviewing feedback through a Google Form is an interesting twist.
Alex Alderman

Lowering the Stakes With Online Writing: A Case Study | GradHacker - 0 views

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    This case study shows how blogs can be used to diversify writing assignments and scaffold student learning.
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