Teaching Voice with Poetry
By Chrissine Rios, MA, Purdue University Global Writing Center While we work with our students toward effective sentences, they (we!) create outcomes, and one of the most important yet least considered of these is...
Online Writing Instruction / Poetry / teacher resources / Teaching college writing / WAC Classroom
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published April 20, 2016 · Last modified March 27, 2018
By Chrissine Rios, MA, Purdue University Global Writing Center While we work with our students toward effective sentences, they (we!) create outcomes, and one of the most important yet least considered of these is...
Online Higher Education / Online Writing Instruction / Technology and Writing
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published February 15, 2016 · Last modified March 27, 2018
By Lisa Gerardy and Chrissine Rios, Purdue University Global Writing Center This week is Writing Center Week, an event offered through the International Writing Centers Association to celebrate the work of writing centers all over the world. Since students...
Conferences / OWI / Professional Development / Tutors / Writing Center Outreach
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published November 29, 2013 · Last modified December 2, 2013
by Chrissine Rios, Writing Tutor, Kaplan University Writing Center The North Carolina division of the Southeast Writing Center Association held a Writing Consultant Retreat on September 13 to foster community among writing tutors across the state...
feedback / Online Writing Instruction / Resources / Tutors
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published September 17, 2013 · Last modified September 12, 2013
Students tell tutors what they would never tell their instructors: that their children do their Internet research, that they don’t speak English so are using an online translator, that they made up the...
Academic Writing / feedback / multimodal / Videos
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published March 7, 2013 · Last modified March 14, 2013
Screencasting is a tool that allows users to capture and share activities from their screen, making demonstrating a concept simple. The Kaplan University Writing Center uses screencasting software (http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html) to provide paper reviews to...
Academic Writing / Tutors / Uncategorized / WAC Podcast Series / Workshops / Writing Center Outreach
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published February 16, 2013
I like our Kaplan University Writing Center because it is not dependent on a physical space (not including server space of course). Sure, we have a virtual space or rooms where we meet students,...
APA / Citation / Research Writing / Uncategorized / Writing Center Outreach
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published October 25, 2011 · Last modified March 9, 2013
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 when it comes to...