Program

Last year’s schedule will give you an idea of the types of workshops and speakers we plan for the weekend. This year’s schedule should be up soon.

Friday, September 20, 2013

7:30 – 8:30

Union Ballroom

Buffet Style Breakfast

8:30 – 9:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks
Dr. Robert E. Cummings, Founding Director of the Center for Writing and Rhetoric
8:45 – 9:00 Video Vignettes and TCW Documentary Project
Introduced by Briana McCoy and Andrew Davis
9:00 – 10:00

404A and 404B

405A and 405B

Starting a Secondary School Writing Center
Facilitated by Pamela Childers, Writing Scholar
(Session 1 of 2) This workshop will focus on helping participants determine how a writing center might func-tion in their school. By pre-senting some models, then allowing teachers to consid-er what they see as the goal of a writing center at their institutions, attendees will then begin a strategic plan.
Introducing Evidence-Based Writing in the Composition Classroom
Facilitated by Mary Ann Parker
Discuss strategies that enable students to writing using text-based evidence while meeting the CCSS standards.
10:00 – 10:50

Union Ballroom

Keynote Session: Writing Across the Curriculum Partnerships
Pamela Childers
(Part 1) What is WAC? How does it impact what we teach and how we teach writing in our classes in secondary school, community college, and university classrooms? This session will focus on these questions and others related to helping our students make transitions vertically (from secondary to postsecondary to career) and horizontally (within classes across disciplines). The presentation will be followed by roundtable discussions with teachers of writing in various disciplines.
10:50 – 11:00 Break: Sponsored by Cengage
11:00 – Noon

Union Ballroom

404A and 404B

405A and 405B

Disciplinary Roundtables
With representatives of different disciplines, majors, and units at Ole Miss.
Using ePortfolios in the Writing Classroom (Workshop)
Facilitated by Andrew Davis and Ruth Mirtz
Teaching Analysis (Workshop)
Facilitated by Sheena Boran and Kerry Bowers
Noon – 1:00

Lunch: Sponsored by TYCAM
Participation Opportunity: TCW Documentary Project

1:00 – 2:00

Union Ballroom

Keynote Session: Reality vs. Mythology: Teaching English in the Two-Year College
Laura HammonsMuch confusion about the differences between teaching English on the high school, community college, and senior college levels exists within our profession. The myths and realities of being a community college teacher will be explored. The differences in the political structures of all three levels and their impact on teachers and students will lead into a discussion of possible remedies and a retelling of some war stories. Emphasis will be improving the learning experience for students.
2:00 – 3:00

Union Ballroom

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Developing a Secondary School Writing Center
Facilitated by Pamela Childers
Building on the morning workshop, participants will craft a strategic plan for developing a writing center with the assistance of nearby postsecondary writing centers.
Strategies for Engaging Student Writers
Facilitated by Laura Hammons and Kathi Griffin

404A

405B

Writing in Online Spaces and Technology in the Writing Classroom
Facilitated by Karen Leffler, Brittany Moore, and Andrew Davis
Developing Cross-Curriculuar Writing Assignments
Facilitated by Angela Green and Jo Fordham
3:00 – 3:30

Catalpa

404A and 404B

Peer Review Workshop
Facilitated by Paula Miller and Briana McCoy
Building a Community in the Writing Classroom
Facilitated by Keith Boran, Victoria Bryan, and Anna Britt-Begnaud

405A and 405B

Union Ballroom

Teaching Primary and Secondary Research Processes
Facilitated by Karla Lyles and Mike Schwartz
Deep Reading/Better Writing
Facilitated by Brittany Moore and Jason Jones
4:30 – 5:30

Union Ballroom

Welcome Reception: Sponsored by the Division of Outreach and the University of Mississippi Writing Project

5:30 – 7:00

Union Ballroom

404A and 404B

Library 106E

Writing Teachers Writing: Designing and Using Collaborative Writing Assignments
Facilitated by Alice Myatt and Karla Lyles
Re-Designing First-Year Writing Courses: Writing 100/101 at the University of Mississippi
Facilitated by Guy Krueger and Karen Forgette
Multimodality: What It Is and How to Teach It
Facilitated by Andrew Davis and Paula Miller

Saturday, September 21, 2013

7:30 – 8:30

Union Ballroom

Buffet Style Breakfast

8:30 – 9:00 Welcome
Alice Myatt, TCW Program CoordinatorOpening Remarks
Rosemary Oliphant-Ingham, School of Education, Univ. of Mississippi
Video Vignettes & TCW Documentary Project
Introduced by Briana McCoy and Andrew Davis
9:00 – 10:00

404A and 404B

405A and 405B

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Peer Review Workshop
Facilitated by Paula Miller and Briana McCoy
Introducing Evidence-Based Writing in the Composition Classroom
Facilitated by Mary Ann Parker
Science Writing Workshop
Facilitated by Jo Fordham
10:00 – 11:00

404A

405A

Landscape of Community College Writing
Facilitated by Anna Britt-Begnaud and Laura Hammons
Landscape of High School Writing
Facilitated by Kimber Woelfel and Jason Jones
11:00 – Noon

Union Ballroom

Keynote Session: Writing Across the Curriculum Partnerships
Pamela Childers
(Part Two)- How does WAC impact what we know and how we will teach writing in the future to meet the Common Core Standards? What kind of partnerships are already occurring? How can we prepare current and future teachers to work collaboratively with colleagues in other disciplines and at other academic levels? This plenary will build upon the Friday plenary and focus more on faculty development.
Noon – 1:30

Union Ballroom

Lunch
Writing Across the Curriculum Partnerships: Presenting and Sharing Collaborative Writing Assignments and Multimodal Assignments

Attendees, if you have multimodal or collaborative writing assignments, please bring them with you so that you may share or receive feedback on them.

 

The Transitioning to College Writing Symposium was made possible in part by a grant from The Mississippi Humanities Council. The Mississippi Humanities Council is an independent, nonpartisan, nonpolitical organization funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and private donations. The Council’s primary objective is to shed light, not heat, on the public policy issues of today by examining the larger value questions involved through the use of philosophy, literature, history, and other disciplines in the humanities.