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Navigating Writing Assignments
18 Jan 2023
Chris Friend
Teaching
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Writing
assignments
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essays
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questions
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troublesome knowledge
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Assignments challenge students to find creative solutions to complex problems. Here's why that's good and how to embrace the challenge.
Process Analysis Essay
20 Mar 2022
Chris Friend
Teaching
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Writing
Process
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teaching
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writing
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The writing process is never clear-cut, yet we often teach it as though it is. We should teach students to experiment with their own processes.
Distinguishing Platforms, Mediums, and Genres
06 Mar 2022
Chris Friend
Teaching
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Writing
digital writing
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genres
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mediums
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platforms
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Understanding the distinctions among genres, mediums, and platforms will help you navigate both your technology and your writing.
The Missing Link: Interventions for Enhancing Traditional Student Composition
29 May 2015
Chris Friend
Presentations
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Teaching
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Writing
FYC
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hyperlinks
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writing
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Teaching the rhetorical gesture of hyperlinks, suggesting an intervention to develop students' skills using existing, familiar tools and technologies.
Publishing Student Work
07 Dec 2013
Chris Friend
Text and Print
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Writing
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In my Intro to Research classes, I wanted to find a way to make student work mean more than just a paper on a desk — I wanted them to try publishing.
The #%*@$ APA (Or, the Inappropriateness of APA Style)
04 Aug 2013
Chris Friend
Commentary
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Writing
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When teachers crack down on proper citation styles (like MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.), they ignore the modern ability to connect any two texts. Why persist?
Going Pedagogically Green
22 Mar 2013
Chris Friend
Teaching
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Writing
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I want to make sure each students' assignments are designed with re-consumption in mind. In other words, I want my classroom to go green.
Between Fact and Fiction
05 Feb 2013
Chris Friend
Grad-School Posts
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Writing
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Two casual questions from colleagues struck me as deceptively simple and unexpectedly engaging. My answers also connected in ways I did not expect.
Outsourcing Grading
31 Dec 2012
Chris Friend
Teaching
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Writing
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The obsession w/ standardized, “objective” tests has created an unhealthy focus/reliance on grades. Can classes improve if we remove grading?
Transitions, alignment, and purpose: Connecting AP English with FYC
12 Nov 2012
Chris Friend
Teaching
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Writing
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Changing our curriculum to include more-visible student writing presents pedagogical challenges of scale and continuity. Here's how it could work.
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