Rhetoric and Composition @ WSU

Friday January 14, 2011 (11:30 am-1:00 pm)

Courtesy of Jeff Pruchnic and Jim Brown

5057 Woodward, Room 9304

The Composition Program will screen a National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) webinar on the use of online tools in the teaching of writing from 4:00 - 5:00 PM, Thursday, September 16 in room 10302, 5057 Woodward.  The webinar focuses on using simple, widely available tools, most of which can be used in traditional and/or online courses and will cover core concepts in:

• using asynchronous tools like message boards and blogs, which don’t require all students to participate at the same time,
• creating good prompts, and
  
• managing online conversations
  

The webinar will also include sample assignments and a workshop component for developing one’s own assignments.  All Department members are warmly invited, particularly part-time faculty who would like to learn strategies for integrating online components into traditional courses.  More information on the webinar can be found on the NCTE site.

The Rhetoric/Composition Program will host a workshop on preparing for the qualifying exam from 1:00 - 3:00 PM on Friday, February 5, in the 9th floor seminar room (#9304).

Presenters:

• Gwen Gorzelsky - Preparing for the QE (Field)
• Richard Grusin - Preparing for the QE (Emphasis)
• Clay Walker - Preparing for the QE (from a student’s point of view)

All graduate students in Rhetoric/Composition are strongly urged to attend. Graduate students in other ares are welcome to attend as well.

The Composition Program will host a workshop on grading Monday, January 11, from 1:00 - 4:00 PM in room 10302. Lunch will be served beforehand at 12:30 in the 10^th floor faculty lounge. The workshop will focus on two issues – assignment development and grading w/ the ENG 1020 rubric, with special attention to the distinction between B and C papers.

All GTAs are required to attend.  Part-time faculty are welcome to attend.

Richard Marback will lead a Writing for Publication workshop for rhet/comp graduate students on at 1 PM, Friday, 11/13, in the 10th floor conference room (#10302). This is the first in a series of program workshops organized specifically around graduate student requests. All current rhet/comp students, as well as those who are interested in the program, are strongly encouraged to attend.