“‘For me, Trump is not only the new president,’ Ferréol said. ’He’s the new Slender Man’” (Spencer)     Of all the sentences included in this module’s readings, and there were plenty that caught my attention, that is the one that sent prickles through my skin and made my eyes go wide. Since Trump will […]

Since I’ll be focusing my final project on the remediation of true crime stories into podcasts and onto streaming services, I’m going to use this blog post to collect at least some of my thoughts.   I think it’s safe to say the true crime genre has existed for as long as crime has.  Likely, […]

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ODGPcqGDCYCJsh76Xmat_itHWIIiSlXO   That ^^ is my first ever digital narrative!  And I’m probably a little too proud considering the production quality–but I don’t care–I’m psyched anyway! When I first saw the option of creating the digital story, I thought, “I should finally just do that.”  But I didn’t really think I would because for me, […]

My teaching career started in 1993 in a private school; I taught all four grades of high school English.  Despite my next statement, it really was a good school with talented and dedicated teachers. The “curriculum” I was presented with was textbooks.  That’s what I got–two textbooks, one literature and one grammar, for each level. […]

In discussing reflexivity’s entrance to the cybernetics universe, Hayles refers to it as a “slippery concept.”  To that, I say “exactly”–and not just about reflexivity. The entirety of her subject matter is not easily gripped.  Holding on becomes a dynamic mental process easily pictured as climbing a greased pole or catching water with open hands.  […]

Hi Everyone, My name is Allison Bressmer and I am part of the Writing Certificate program; this is my final course! I’ve been a teacher/professor for 26 years.  Since 2001, I’ve taught in the Department of Critical Reading and Academic Advancement at Nassau Community College and I truly love my job and my profession overall.  […]