Please join us at 3 PM tomorrow (Wednesday 04/12) in room #10302 for our tenth and final workshop of Winter 2017: “Information Literacy: Beyond the Research Paper.” A description of this workshop provided by facilitators Ruth Boeder and Tori Reeder: This workshop will discuss not just research skills specifically but information literacy generally. What…
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The WRT (Writing, Research, Technology) Zone will hold a workshop on writing personal statements for graduate school applications on Monday, April 10, from 10 am–12 pm. The WRT Zone is located on the second floor of the Undergraduate Library. More information can be found in the flyer below or at the WRT Zone’s website.
Please join us this Thursday, April 6, in room 10302 at 3 pm as the Composition Program presents a workshop on Gender and Sexuality in the Classroom led by Peter Marra. A description of this workshop provided by the facilitator: “This workshop will be a moderated dialogue about gender and sexuality issues in the classroom.…
Please join us this Friday (3/31) at 3 PM in room #10302 for a special guest workshop that will present practical tips for working with non-native English writers in the classroom. This workshop will be facilitated by Holley Ruesch and Sarah Tipton from Wayne State’s English Language Institute. A description of this workshop provided by…
Please join us at 3 PM next Wednesday (1/11) in room #10302 for our first workshop of Winter 2017, which will focus on using rubrics and will be facilitated by Tara Forbes. This discussion-based workshop will examine how we create student-centered rubrics, how we talk about rubrics in the classroom, and how our rubrics can…
Please join us on Friday for our ninth and final workshop of the Fall from 3-4 PM in room #9304. This workshop will focus on the final reflective assignment and will be facilitated Ryan Flaherty and Chris Susak. This workshop will present ideas on scaffolding and grading the Reflective Letter assignment for English 3010. Attendees will learn some…
Please join us on Monday for our eighth workshop of the Fall from 3-4 PM in room #9304 for a workshop on Personal Learning Outcomes facilitated Amy Latawiec. In this workshop participants will talk about the benefits of drawing upon students’ own motivations in order to increase student engagement with the topics/genres and assignments in our class.
Please join us on Friday for our seventh workshop of the Fall from 3-4 PM in room #10303 for a workshop on “Teaching with Generative Questions” facilitated by Graduate Teaching Assistants and PhD candidates Tara Forbes and Kelly Polasek. Participants in this workshop will discuss questions as simple as, “Are there any questions about the homework assignment?” and as…