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Archive for October 28th, 2013

Crazy Writing – National Novel Writing Month

By Melody Pickle, Writing Specialist, WAC, Kaplan University Writing Center Crazy Drafts – We encourage crazy or bad first drafts as part of the writing process for students. Sometimes, we […]

National Day of Writing Celebration – Why I Write

The KUWC is celebrating the National Day of Writing by. . . writing!  We want to share with you why we write and what we are doing to celebrate The […]

National Day of Writing October 20

by Melody Pickle, Writing Specialist, WAC, Kaplan University Writing Center Yes, there is an official National Day of Writing!  October 20th is the official National Day of Writing.  Here in […]

The Who of the Writing Center

Melody Pickle, Ph.D.  Writing Specialist, WAC, Kaplan University I have been thinking this week about the work we do in the Kaplan University Writing Center.  I suppose in many ways […]

Diversity in the Online Classroom

by Rathi Krishnan, Full-time faculty, Department of Composition, School of General Education, Kaplan University I presented at the IJAS   — International Journal of Arts and Sciences Conference on  May, 28th., 2013, which […]

Celebrating Freedom with Twitter

By Melody Pickle Did you know that the British Communication Act forbids electronic communication “for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to another , , ,” When […]

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, […]

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, […]

Learning to Adapt – Lessons from IWAC 2012

Learning to Adapt – Lessons from IWAC 2012 Last week, I posted about how driving in the City of Savannah, site of the 2012 IWAC Conference, reminded me of some […]