General Education: Writing with Technology Workshop
As part of the University's ongoing commitment to a robust General Education program, we are pleased to invite you to the one-day workshop "General Education: Writing with Technology: Electronic Written, Aural, and Visual Expressions Across the Curriculum." Our speaker is Dr. Richard (Dickie) Selfe, Director, Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing at Ohio State University.
This day-long workshop will provide University of Massachusetts faculty, lecturers and teaching staff with the opportunity to plan to integrate electronic written, aural, and visual expressions into their classes. After short framing lectures with examples from across the curriculum, the workshop will explore the following questions:
- What 21st century literacy skills and orientations do students need to develop in order to grow into critical and engaged citizens and workers?
- What do our students say about their personal, professional, and academic approaches to literacy systems?
- What do terms like "ecology" and "sustainability" have to do with our efforts to innovate teaching?
- In a world of overwhelming technological choice, what value-driven pedagogical motivations should drive our decisions?
- Which sustainable activities can I use in my class that will help students adopt a life-long drive to improve their writing?
A student panel will also share their experiences with writing across the curriculum at UMass.
Please register by June 1. A working lunch will be provided. Participants are encouraged to bring their laptops.
About Dr. Richard Selfe:
His most recent publications include 'Convince me!' Valuing Multimodal Literacies and Composing Public Service Announcements (2008), published in the Theory Into Practice Journal, and the forthcoming book entitled Technological Ecologies and Sustainability, published by Computers and Composition Digital Press. Click here for more information about Dr. Selfe.