Outreach

Seminar Series on Teaching of Writing

2007-08 Semianrs

• "Writing with Audio Documentaries" February 16, 2008
• "Making Writing "Pop": Using Popular Culture to Teach Writing" December 1, 2007

2006-07 Seminars

• "Who We Teach and What We Teach: Teaching Writing in the Multicultural Classroom" March 5, 2007
• "Critical Writing, Critical Thinking: Writing to Learn in Every Discipline" March 10, 2007
• "What's Writing Got to Do with It?: Learning to Write and Writing to Learn in Every Discipline" February 17, 2007
• "TWAC: Technologies for Writing Across the Curriculum" December 2, 2006, facilitated by Dr. Richard Selfe.

2005-06 Seminars

• "Working with English as a Second Language (ESL) Writers in the Classroom" May 6, 2006, facilitated by Dr. Susan Sarwark.
• "Listen to this! Composing audio essays in the writing classroom" March 4, 2006, facilitated by Dr. Scott Lloyd DeWitt.
• "Making Writing Count: Engaging Pedagogies in the English Language Arts" February 18, 2006, facilitated by Dr. Kay Halasek.
• "Technology Literacy Autobiographies: Learning with our students about technology and ways of composing" December 3, 2005, facilitated by Dr. Richard Selfe, Ohio State.

2004-05 Seminars

• "Reading and Writing the Web with Katie and Tera"
  May 14, 2005, facilitated by Katie Braun and Tera Pettella, Ohio State.
• "Understanding Notions of Literacy and Writing for the ESL Classroom"
  March 12, 2005, facilitated by Dr. Khadar Bashir-Ali
• "Writing with and through Technology: Electronic Portfolios in English Language Classroom"
  February 26, 2005, facilitated by Dr. Kay Halasek
• "Sure...But is it Writing? Digital Media and the Writing Classroom"
  December 4, 2004, facilitated by Dr. Scott DeWitt

2003-04 Seminars

• "Prompts that Provoke: Designing Effective Writing Prompts"
  May 8, 2004, facilitated by Mickie Sebenoler, Columbus Public Schools
• "Focusing on Writing with Students with Special Needs"
  February 7 and May 22, 2004, facilitated by Linda Kelley, Westerville City Schools and Ohio State
• "Writing Across the Curriculum for Math and Science Teachers"
  April 3, 2004, facilitated by Dr. Joan Mullin, University of Toledo
• "Using Technology to Support Writing Instruction" (2 sections)
  February 28, 2004, facilitated by Dr. Scott Lloyd DeWitt, Ohio State
• "Straight Talk About Standards: The Ohio Graduation Test and Writing Instruction"
  December 6, 2003, facilitated by Dr. Kay Halasek, Ohio State

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