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Archive for November 9th, 2011

Emoticons and Social Presence

Last week I wrote about using emoticons in the classroom to help colleagues and students alike understand our intentions in our text-based communications. Now, I would like to discuss how […]

November’s workshops focus on much needed writing skills

Please encourage your students to attend (or view the recordings of) the great workshops we have lined up for November.  One of the main problems we all see in student […]

KUWC’s APA Resources – Come Check Us Out!

While preparing for the APA faculty workshops I presented today, a very good reminder was brought to light for me that I’d like to share.  What came to me was […]

“Tutor experience” research opportunity

Two graduate students and tutors at the Writing Center at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Lindsay Sabatino and Jessica Showalter, have an exciting research project they will be presenting at the […]

Personal Writing in the Classroom

There are times when professors are baffled by why students write intensely personal information on a discussion board or for an assignment. While there are many reasons this may happen, […]

April is grammar month…

or so I say it is!  During April, all of our student workshops focus on grammar, mechanics, and punctuation (the workshop schedule will be available on the Writing Center Writing Workshops page […]