Thinking Aloud

Our #CritPrax DHSI course begins tomorrow! What are your expectations for the week? Here are my intentions for the time we share together.

Writing affords us the ability to revise our ideas before delivering them. Here’s why writing classes should teach through failure.

The sound of student writing tells us more than the content alone. Reading text aloud brings life to the words.

Teaching students to effectively use digital rhetoric starts with a simple tool: Students need to learn how to make good hyperlinks.

We teach children to respect and follow authority without teaching them how to build their own authority. Can we afford to let that continue?

Looking at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards through the lens of genres helps explain why Beyoncé amazed but didn’t win Best Album.

John Swales listed the six characteristics that qualify groups as discourse communities. Here's why they matter and how to understand them.

Writing requires visual literacies, which too often go unacknowledged. Students need to learn about readability and effective document design.