Required Visits: Calling Students - 0 views
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Lee Ann Glowzenski on 27 Dec 14in this variation on the required visit, a discussion of a professor who has asked the WC to contact students to make appointments with them
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Coining HOCs and LOCs - 0 views
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a discussion of the history of the terms HOC and LOC see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=24472347
Writing Center (Basement) Location - 0 views
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discussing a library's plans to move a WC to the basement because of the "stigma" attached to WC use
PeerCentered - 1 views
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PeerCentered is a space for peer writing tutors/consultants or anyone interested in collaborative learning in writing centers to blog with their colleagues from around the world. Bloggers here will share their ideas, experiences, or insight. Related conversation on WCenter (links to archived "Meet the Author" sessions): http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=19608359
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PeerCentered is a space for peer writing tutors/consultants or anyone interested in collaborative learning in writing centers to blog with their colleagues from around the world. Bloggers here will share their ideas, experiences, or insight. Has a search engine to search for topics discussed in blog entries.
The Writing Center : Indiana University Southeast - 0 views
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This page on the Indiana University Southeast Writing center links to a video introducing students to the writing center.
Writing Center Concept - International Writing Centers Association - 0 views
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On the International Writing Centers Association website, a SLATE statment, "The Concept of a Writing Center," by Muriel Harris, 1988.
About Us | Writing Center - 0 views
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Video on the Brigham Young Writing Center website, introducing students to what the Writing Center offers.
Linguistic Politeness and Peer Tutoring - 0 views
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Bell, Diana C., Holly Arnold, and Rebekah Haddock. "Linguistic Politeness in Peer Tutoring." The Learning Assistance Review 14.1 (2009): 36-54. From abstract: "use[s] politeness theory to analyze the developing tutorial relationship between students and peer tutors in a university writing center" (36).
OWLs - 0 views
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a discussion of the changing role of OWLs over the years
Dominance and Peer Tutoring Sessions with English Language Learners - 0 views
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from abstract: "in keeping with theory and practice of tutor training in inquiry-based pedagogy, ELL students and peer tutors vacillate between the linguistic dominant position, indicating that participants establish a collaborative and egalitarian environment. However, L1 tutors may experience dissonance because the agenda set by ELL students often focuses on surface features such as grammar and diction rather than on global revisions" (36).
Writing Center Abbey - YouTube - 0 views
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Created by the members of Abilene Christian University's Writing Center, this video explains the Writing Center's purpose and its process for tutoring.
"The International Writing Centers Association at 30: Community, Advocacy, and Professi... - 0 views
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Talk presented at the 2014 IWCA conference, a history of IWCA, by Joyce Kinkead, Muriel Harris, Jeanne Simpson, Pamela Farrell Childers, Lady Falls Brown, and Jeanette Harris
A Question for Discussion: Intrinsic Value of Academic Writing? - 1 views
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discussing whether the ability to produce "academic voice" has value outside the academy
The Breakroom Episode 6: The Required Visit with Dirk Calloway - 1 views
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Video summary: "Dirk Calloway visits the Writing Center only because it's required. Jaymie assumes the worst about Dirk and their appointment goes horribly. Jaymie gets advice from her fellow peer writing tutors and learns how to work productively with Dirk."
http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Resources/Journals/CCC/0661-sep2014/CCC0661FORUM.pdf - 3 views
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Article in NCTE's Forum by Nicole Caswell, Jackie Grutsch McKinney, and Rebecca Jackson, "A Glimpse into the Working Lives of New Writing Center Directors." pp. A3-7. This issue of Forum focuses on "Issues about Part-Time and Contingent Faculty." Vol. 18.1 (Fall 2014). Access on the NCTE site is limited to NCTE members, but readers may have access through institutional libraries with databases of online publications. Article focuses on who does the work of directing and what work do new directors perform.
Coordinator vs. Director title? - 0 views
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discussing the merits and descriptions of different titles for the head admin of a center
Seven ways of looking at grammar / Scott Thornbury, The New School - 3 views
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Long introduction to the speaker (you could fast forward to about 12 minutes). Outlines different perspectives on grammar, with links to models of learning/acquisition. Could be useful for tutor-training: traditional focus on prescriptive grammar balanced by context/texture, collocation and emergent phenomenon; some practical ideas could be used by tutors.
Instructor's Guide for the Online Writing Conference - 1 views
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Excerpts from the book "The Online Writing Conference," with examples and action steps.
The Writing Center at American University - 1 views
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American University Writing Center's blog, with an index of the blog posts on various writing concerns,e..g, punctuation, topic sentences, being explicit, etc.
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