Panelist Christopher Basgier, University of North Dakota Review Of the four originally scheduled speakers, only the first—Basgier—was able to present for this panel. Basgier’s paper reported on an ongoing project analyzing points of comparison between the types of analytical moves used by academic literary critics and by online participants on literature-themed discussion boards. His paper borrowed from Fahnestock and Secor’s Rhetoric of Literary Criticism and its catalog of the basic argumentative moves of academic critics to compare the rhetoric of the two formats. Basgier’s slide helpfully listed the 7 distinctive types of arguments: Basgier posed the question–as he noted that…
Author: LauraAnne Carroll-Adler
Theme: Social Media & Activism Chair: Rebecca Robinson Panelists Rebecca Robinson, Arizona State University Abigail Oakly, Arizona State University Molly Daniel, Florida State University Tracey Hayes, Arizona State University Review This very enthusiastic and engaging panel discussed a variety of theoretical underpinnings for using social media in composition classes, and offered models of class assignments and activities (and critiques of those models) using social media as a tool for learning and as the subject for analysis. Abigail Oakley and Rebecca Robinson teamed up to present their use of Twitter to enhance their collaborative writing and learning environment. Their presentation materials…