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Suzanne Malley started the topic Ideas for Literacy Studies Forum Sessions for MLA 2017 in the discussion
Literacy Studies on MLA Commons 10 years agoThe Literacy Studies Forum Executive Committee members will be putting together a call for papers for MLA 2017 in Philadelphia over the course of the next couple of weeks. Please use this discussion thread to suggest any ideas you have framing the CFP (keeping in mind that we only have 35 words).
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Suzanne Malley started the topic Options for Uploading Materials to RCWS Literacy Studies Forum in the discussion
Literacy Studies on MLA Commons 10 years agoThank you to all of our MLA 2016 panelists for two excellent RCWS Literacy Studies Sessions. I hope that we can build a repository of materials from this year’s (and future) panels so that we can continue and extend conversations beyond the conference itself.
There are two ways to upload materials to the forum and two places for forum members to…[Read more]
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Suzanne Malley started the topic RCWS Literacy Studies Forum MLA Election Results in the discussion
Literacy Studies on MLA Commons 10 years agoCongratulations to Peggy Otto on her election to the RCWS Literacy Studies Executive Committee! We welcome your participation in planning for the next several MLA Literacy Studies sponsored sessions and in building an active literacy studies online exchange in the MLA forum over the next several years.
The RCWS Literacy Studies Forum Executive…[Read more]
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Holly Larson deposited The Art of Negotiation: Student Writers Claiming Authority and Humility in the group
RCWS Writing Pedagogies on MLA Commons 10 years, 1 month agoOne of the hardest concepts to teach first-year composition students is the role of authority in academic writing. How are young adults who have a limited social world view and older adults who have left school for several years expected to assert themselves with confidence? Equally, another difficult threshold concept for FYC students is the act…[Read more]
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Rachel Arteaga deposited Introductory Digital Humanities Curriculum for the High School English Classroom in the group
RCWS Writing Pedagogies on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoThese lesson plans and corresponding handouts introduce students to methods in digital humanities (distant reading, narrative mapping, and sentiment analysis). They are aligned with the K-12 Common Core State Standards and informed by university-level DH discourses. Developed in collaboration with high school English teachers, these materials are…[Read more]
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Joe Lockard started the topic CFP — Prison Pedagogy: Teaching and Learning with Imprisoned Writers in the discussion
The History and Theory of Rhetoric and Composition on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoThis edited collection will address educational practices and pedagogies for teaching writing in prisons. The collection’s framing concept argues for social and political consciousness within prison writing education that represents equal and shared learning between writers and teachers. The collection will offer material that advocates an e…[Read more]
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Joe Lockard started the topic CFP — Prison Pedagogy: Teaching and Learning from Imprisoned Writers in the discussion
The Teaching of Writing on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoCall for Papers
Prison Pedagogy: Teaching and Learning with Imprisoned WritersThis edited collection will address educational practices and pedagogies for teaching writing in prisons. The collection’s framing concept argues for social and political consciousness within prison writing education that represents equal and shared learning between w…[Read more]
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Suzanne Malley started the topic RCWS Literacy Studies Sessions at MLA 2016 in the discussion
Literacy Studies on MLA Commons 10 years, 4 months agoHi everyone,
We are very pleased to announce the two panels that the RCWS Literacy Studies Forum is sponsoring at MLA 2016. We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible there:
Thursday, 7 January, 1:45–3:00 p.m.
Transnational and Historical Perspectives: Literacy Studies’ Inaugural Forum Session
Presiding: Suzanne Blum Malley, Col…[Read more] -
Alan Lopez deposited "Pericles’ "rough and woeful music”' in the group
Literacy Studies on MLA Commons 10 years, 5 months agoIn this essay, I argue for the benefits of Suzanne Gossett’s reading of Pericles over the Oxford’s 1986 reconstructed Pericles, looking specifically at Act 3, Scenes 1 and 2. Gossett argues that Cerimon’s “rough and woeful music” is not a scribal error in the quarto, a doubling of Cerimon’s “rough” in 3.2.78-79, but perhaps intentional on…[Read more]
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Janet Ruth Heller posted an update in the group
RCWS Writing Pedagogies on MLA Commons 10 years, 6 months agoDear Colleagues,
Joyce Meier of Michigan State University and I are editing a collection of scholarly essays on the theme of Voice and Empowerment in English studies. Cambridge Scholars Publishing is interested in publishing this book.
As faculty members, we try to empower our students and to encourage them to develop their own voices. We also…[Read more]
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Nicky Agate started the topic Invitation to Comment on New MLA Volume on Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities in the discussion
The Teaching of Writing on MLA Commons 10 years, 6 months agoWe are excited to announce that Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities, edited by Rebecca Frost Davis, Matthew K. Gold, Katherine D. Harris, and Jentery Sayers, is now available for open peer review on MLA Commons. As the volume focuses on pedagogy, we would particularly value the input of members of this forum, so please do take a moment to read t…[Read more]
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Suzanne Malley started the topic Please Join the Official Forum in the discussion
RCWS Literacy Studies on MLA Commons 10 years, 10 months agoHi everyone,
Please head on over to the official MLA Commons site our RCWS Literacy Studies Forum at http://mla.hcommons-staging.org/groups/literacy-studies/
I’ll keep posting here every once in awhile until I see you all there!
Suzanne
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Stacey Lee Donohue started the topic Common Core and Writing by John Warner in the discussion
The Teaching of Writing on MLA Commons 10 years, 10 months agoWarner’s essay is concerned that students will continue to be ill prepared for college because of Common Core testing: https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/just-visiting/unfortunately-i-am-ready-common-core
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Suzanne Malley started the topic CFP MLA 2016: Literacies in Writing Studies in the discussion
RCWS Literacy Studies on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoWe invite paper proposals for the first RCWS Literacy Studies Forum sponsored panel at MLA 2016.
We welcome discussions of practices and processes of literacies situated in a wide range of political, social, economic, linguistic, educational, and cultural contexts. Please submit a 300-word abstract by March 15 to Suzanne Blum Malley (…[Read more]
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Suzanne Malley started the topic CFP MLA 2016: Literacies in Writing Studies in the discussion
Literacy Studies on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoWe invite paper proposals for the first RCWS Literacy Studies Forum sponsored panel at MLA 2016.
We welcome discussions of practices and processes of literacies situated in a wide range of political, social, economic, linguistic, educational, and cultural contexts. Please submit a 300-word abstract by March 15 to Suzanne Blum Malley (…[Read more]
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Charlotte Pressler started the topic "Florida Standards" (i.e. Common Core) and curricu7lum alignment in the discussion
The Teaching of Writing on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoWhen Diane Ravitch spoke to the MLA two years ago, she predicted that the push for Common Core standards would soon be extended to state colleges and universities. That moment has come.
The Florida State Board of Education now is offering grants to support collaboration between state colleges and K-12 systems. I have a copy of my college’s gr…[Read more]
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Cheryl E. Ball replied to the topic Literacy Studies Forum planning for 2016 in the discussion
Literacy Studies on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoSuzanne, do you want us to brainstorm for the CFP here? It’s unclear. Or are we introducing ourselves here?
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Suzanne Malley started the topic Official Literacy Studies Group Open in the discussion
RCWS Literacy Studies on MLA Commons 10 years, 12 months agoHi everyone,
My apologies for any confusion or inconvenience, but MLA notified me today that our official Literacy Studies group is up and running on MLA commons. We will continue our discussions there. Please join the group at:
http://mla.hcommons-staging.org/groups/literacy-studies/
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Suzanne Malley uploaded the file: Proposal for RCWS Literacy Studies Forum to
Literacy Studies on MLA Commons 10 years, 12 months agoThe proposal submitted to the MLA Program Committee for the creation of a RCWS Literacy Studies Forum.
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Anne W. Anderson replied to the topic RCWS Literacy Studies Forum planning for 2016 in the discussion
Literacy Studies on MLA Commons 10 years, 12 months agoI see many possibilities for this forum and am looking forward to its development. In response to your excellent suggestion, Peggy, my research is in the area of children’s literature (broadly construed), rhetoric of literacies beyond reading and writing (multimodal, multimedia, other-than-word-based semiotic systems, and non-semiotic p…[Read more]
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