Author: Paula M Miller

Sheridan notes that “[c]omposers are embedded within the networks of tools, raw materials, spaces, media, and people; these networks profoundly shape rhetorical practices.” In the Makerspaces and Composition Practices blog carnival, we’ve seen scholars explore all the ways that material objects shape rhetorical composing, from makerspaces from a variety of angles, from [example] to [example] to [example]. We also had a great conversation on Twitter. If you missed any of the posts in the series, here’s the full list of contributions in the series: “Compositional Craft: Zine Workshops as Pop-Up Makerspaces” by Melissa Rogers “Part 1: A Maker Mentality Toward…

This fall, in collaboration with 4T Virtual Conference in Digital Writing and the Michigan Teachers as Researchers Collaborative, we hosted a blog carnival that worked toward building bridges between the K-12 classroom and higher education. Below you’ll find a roundup of posts in this series. We invite you to view these posts as part of a conversations that will continue beyond the boundaries of the carnival. Kicking off the carnival was a collaborative post written by former DRC Graduate Fellow Laura Gonzales and Oak Park High School educators Peter Haun, Katie Locano, and Sarah Weaver. In their post, “Digital Writing…

Two weeks ago, we hosted a Twitter Chat, in concert with our most recent blog carnival, on Digital Writing in K-12 Communities. We were joined by, among others, Literacy Coach Amber White from North Branch Area Schools in Michigan. Last Spring, we interviewed her and other teachers about their work with Digital Learning Day – in this Twitter Chat, she offers more insights on bringing digital composition into the secondary education classroom. If you missed the chat, you can read the storify below. Be sure to check out the rest of our series in the Digital Writing in K-12 Communities…

Welcome back to Tool Review Tuesdays, a blog post series that explores how we can hack our classrooms and our research with composing, editing, networking, and other writing-related edtech tools! This is an extension of our Hack n’ Yack series, where the DRC fellows offer up some quick tips and perspective on tools they’ve found especially useful. I am a sucker for sticky notes. When I was preparing for a cross-country move almost two years ago, I put together a four week plan for packing and cleaning the house using sticky notes on the dining room wall as a collaborative…