Tag: Writing

Undergraduate Column: How Do We Create Our Writers of Mason Profiles?

Post author By clarelmoore
Post date November 8, 2017

The Writers of Mason, based on the Humans of New York, attempts to capture the diversity of writers on campus by profiling students, faculty, and staff through interviews and photos. To date, we have published 45 profiles on the blog, are currently processing multiple different profiles, and have snapped 189 photos of writers in our Mason community. Because we strive to showcase the human experience, creating a profile for an interviewee takes time and patience; each profile must go through a series of stages: conducting the interview, transcribing the interview and selecting the quotation to publish, taking and adding the finishing touches on the photo, and then editing and publishing the profile. Now that we have been publishing these profiles for a while, we thought we would share a little bit about the process of creating our Writers of Mason profiles.

Tags George Mason University, writers of mason, Writing, Writing Across the Curriculum

Evaluating Writing Teaching Writing

WAC Presents an Evening with Laura Micciche

Post author By clarelmoore
Post date September 27, 2017

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Writing Across the Curriculum is proud to sponsor “Partners on the Page,” a special event at George Mason’s annual Fall for the Book festival featuring an evening with author Laura Micciche as she showcases the power of partnerships in the writing community and the genre of written acknowledgments.

Partners on the Page will take place on Thursday, October 12 at 4:30pm on the 3^rd floor of the Johnson Center in Meeting Room G.

WAC is also excited for our partner’s event, “Research in Rhetoric: Digital, Visual and Archival Methods.” The George Mason University chapter of the Society for Technical Communication brings Dr. Douglas Eyman, Dr. Laurie Gries, and Dr. Jennell Johnson together for a panel discussion about research methods in the fields of rhetoric, composition, and communication.

Research in Rhetoric will take place in Meeting Room G of the Johnson Center at 6:00pm following the Partners on the Page presentation.

Don’t miss these two great, back-to-back events!

Fall for the Book runs from October 11^th – 14^th. Find more information about the many incredible authors coming to campus at www.fallforthebook.org.

Tags Fall for the Book, George Mason University, Laura Micciche, Writing, Writing Across the Curriculum

Evaluating Writing Interviews Teaching Writing Technology

Technology Access and Use in Writing Intensive Courses

Post author By caitlincholmes
Post date June 14, 2017

By Bree McGregor, December 17, 2015

Part 1: Introduction

The National Council of Teachers of English describes digital literacy as “proficiency and fluency with the tools of technology” (The NCTE definition, 2013), which include utilizing a networked, social approach to designing, sharing, analyzing, and synthesizing information, and the application of ethical considerations that such complex environments require. At George Mason University, we strive to embody an innovative spirit at institutional and programmatic levels:

Tags classroom technology, digital literacy, George Mason University, technology, WAC, Writing, Writing Across the Curriculum, writing intensive courses

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Undergraduate Column: Can We Talk about Reading?

Post author By aoleary4
Post date May 31, 2017

By Artie O’Leary

I have only experienced conversations about reading twice in my entire academic career. I don’t mean that we didn’t talk about the course readings themselves in my classes, we’ve talked quite a bit in many classes about the content of the pieces assigned. But these conversations often focused on content alone: What did the writer say? How is what the writer said different from what another writer said? How did what the writer say about the topic help me to understand important information related to the focus of the class?

Tags analytical reading, Reading, research, Writing

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The Prevalence of Low Stakes Writing and Writing-to-Learn Activities in WI Courses

Post author By caitlincholmes
Post date May 17, 2017

By Rachael Lussos

What is Low Stakes Writing, and Why is it important?

Low stakes writing and writing-to-learn activites (see table 1) include assignments such as in-class writing exercises, ungraded activities, and reflective writing opportunites. Table 1 poses the characteristics of low stakes and writing-to-learn activites in contrast to high stakes writing activites, which includes assignments like independent research and scientific papers, essay exams, and writing assignments that carry a high percentage of a final grade.

Tags low stakes writing, teaching writing, Writing, writing intensive courses, writing to learn activities