Recent Blog Posts

Letter Finished

Our group finished the letter we were writing to Nancy Grimm today. I thought that this was a good example of collaborative learning. We were working together in groups trying to come up with a single letter that expressed all of our views and questions.

By working in this format, it took...

Kimberly
2 hours 55 min ago
Severino's Contact Zones

During my last co-consultation I tried to pay particular attention to the cultural and rhetorical differences between consultant and client. Severino's article on contact zones offers an interesting approach to the Writing Center's role in the academic community, and I tried to observe the...

kehuskyl
3 hours 6 min ago
ulcer of love

Thinking about how much writing I’ve been doing lately makes me want to crawl in a hole and not come out until the sun is shining sort of weakly through my living room windows so I can only see it through the branches of a monstrous indoor pine tree – preferably one with lots of presents under...

elenbaasbarbra
3 hours 20 min ago
I miss reading for fun

While procrastinating to write this blog post, I decided to work on the Christmas wish list that my mom asked for at the beginning of the week. My younger sister had already put together a PowerPoint presentation and emailed it to Mom two weeks ago. Seriously. It includes photos and links and...

saldrich32
4 hours 9 min ago
A panda eats, shoots and leaves.

Today in class, after finishing our emails, we worked on ideas for our grammar podcasts.  At first I was really turned off on the idea of doing a grammar podcast.  I adamantly argued in class that some of the podcasts featured on this website are not about grammar.  I guess I just...

kburns
4 hours 33 min ago
intimidation

I was a little intimidated at the beginning of my first solo-consultation in the WC today. When the client explained that he was getting ready to apply for post-graduate work, I thought I might be in over my head. None of my other observations or experiences had been with anyone past the...

caleb
5 hours 47 min ago
Beneficial New Experience

Since I've finished my co-consults, I'm now eligeble to start working at the Writing Center. Dianna sent out an email instructing us that if we were interested, we should send a letter of interest, a writing sample, and our resume to her and Trixie. Upon reading this, I was very excited and...

trumbl17
8 hours 7 min ago
Worrisome English Professors

As employees, we're supposed to stress that the use of the WC is for more than quick grammar checks and people who are deemed "poor" or "average" writers. We want all types of writers to come here, including the really good ones! As someone who campaigned for creative writers in the writing...

bateslo2
13 hours 41 min ago
NaNoWriMo, John Green, and The Importance of Revision

Hear about NaNoWriMo and the importance of revision from author John Green:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCTO91aBFXk

 

My comments on the video:

jensen
2 days 7 hours ago
assignment vs. student

a couple of my co-consultations have been with clients who were assigned to go to the writing center as part of a class. although the idea of that is good - that is, to get acquainted with the writing center - i feel like it might not be the best way to get students invested in writing. or if...

cari r
1 week 3 hours ago