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Archive for May 21st, 2013

The Funny Thing About Plagiarism

By Lisa Gerardy, MA As you probably know if you read this blog regularly, it is Plagiarism Month.  Earlier in the month, Melody Pickle wrote a helpful blog on helping […]

QuickTips for Revision Podcast

Don’t miss  Quick Tips for Revision, the latest Effective Writing Podcast by Kurtis Clements.  The KUWC provides this and other podcasts as learning resources.  These entertaining podcasts are a great way […]

Publish Student Writing: Blogging,Contests, Found Poems, and more . . .

Attaching student writing to wider audiences and real world situations by publishing their writing both inside and outside the classroom encourages students to think of themselves as writers  (Atwell, 1998; Graves, […]

National Grammar Day . . .Let’s Celebrate Language (in all its forms)

Celebrate National Grammar Day in your own (positive) way.  Share the grammar tip that helps you the most as you write.  You don’t have to love grammar (or even like […]

Using Student Videos for Learning and Multimodal Compositions

I offer up this student video as a prime example of multimodal composition. These students composed this video as part of the Binghamton University Writing Initiative, a program designed to motivate […]

Late Summer Reading!

Continuing a summer tradition here on our KUWC blog, we want to share our summer reading picks with you.   Tell us what you are reading… Nora Ephron – I Remember […]

“Katie” or “Kate” – What’s in a name?

In recent headlines, it has been said that Katie Holmes is officially using her name, “Katie”, despite her soon-to-be ex-husband’s insistence on calling her “Kate.” What’s in a name? Brain […]

July Workshops: Writing and Technology

July workshops begin on Saturday July 7th with Sam Zahran. Using Images Effectively in College Writing Saturday, July 7, 2012 1:00 PM ET Workshop Link: http://khe2.adobeconnect.com/usingimages/ Learn to place basic images, […]

Flags

Since yesterday was Flag Day, I thought I would talk about, well, flags.  Flags whether big or small are flying icons connecting history and the present moment. Flags stand for […]

IWAC 2012 – How driving in Savannah relates to WAC

Last week, I attended and presented at the 2012 International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference in Savannah, Georgia.  I have many thoughts about the conference itself and about the presentation […]