On February 6, Writing across the Curriculum hosted a workshop called Students and Podcasting: Composing Audio Projects in the Classroom for university instructors and students. The speakers included Dr. Chris Manion from Writing across the Curriculum, Dr. Dickie Selfe from Humanities Information Systems, and Dr. Tim Rhodus from the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science. The speakers discussed the benefits of using podcasting in designing assignments and different technologies available like Blogger.com and OurMedia.org. (more…)

On April 17, I had the pleasure of talking with Caroline Su’s Women’s Studies 215 students about developing good thesis statements. The students were preparing to work on an essay assignment for the following class, in which they were required to analyze gender issues in the novel The Bell Jar. (more…)