Author Joanna
April 29, 2022 I’ve previously discussed Foss and Griffin’s idea of invitational rhetoric and how it would benefit our students in the composition classrooms, but what, exactly, does it look like in modern society? How could the principles of invitational… Continue Reading →
March 31, 2022 As an English Composition instructor who values affirmation of cultural differences, I found Daniel Cole’s “Writing Removal and Resistance” heartening, yet terrifying at the same time. Unfortunately, an alarming number of incoming freshman students don’t realize that… Continue Reading →
Feb. 28, 2022 It is almost impossible to participate in a conversation without it getting heated or someone being offended. American society has fallen quickly (within the past two decades, at the very least) into the ‘right or… Continue Reading →
If the past six weeks (as of the date I started to write this) have taught us anything, it is that children can learn through the use of technology, specifically portable digital devices. While many parents are complaining about “homeschooling”… Continue Reading →
I may have mentioned in one of my previous posts that I am not a “gamer” by any means. I used to watch my husband play Call of Duty on our Xbox 360 – until I got bored… Continue Reading →
These are all programs that have been designed to better the educational experiences of children – more specifically with learning how to read. I have personal experience with all of these. The three years that I taught fourth grade at… Continue Reading →
I am a voracious reader. I read multiple genres (in order of amount): crime fiction, fantasy, science fiction, romance, and nonfiction. I had never even heard of unfiction before the reading and video assignments for this module. It also seems… Continue Reading →
In this day and age of technology and social media, I think we need to change the term to “physical distancing”. Social distancing implies that we do not have communicable contact with others. With social media, this is near… Continue Reading →
We all want to be a part of something; we want to belong to a group that shares the same values and morals as we, individually, have and believe in. It’s human nature to want that; we are… Continue Reading →
Imagine, if you will, sitting at a computer terminal with a notebook next to the keyboard. The notebook contains a list of queries required to achieve a specific response from a particular location. The background color of the screen is… Continue Reading →