I wonder what it would be like to be a student in my own class. Back when I first started teaching, I imagined I knew what it was like because I was only a few years removed from my own freshman year in college. I thought I knew how students would respond to different activities or assignments because I knew […]
Since 2011, I’ve been privileged to work with, meet, and learn from dedicated and forward-thinking writing teachers from throughout Mississippi. Regardless of their particular designation or teaching location, they want to engage their students in learning how to become better writers and effective communicators. They are excited by opportunities to expand their awareness of how they can best support students […]
Victoria Bryan, an online instructor for the Center for Writing and Rhetoric, submitted this video about student engagement and building community in the online college classroom.
For this year’s Transitioning to College Writing Symposium, we interviewed writing teachers and writing students about what it means to move between high school, college, and university writing. We heard from a variety if perspectives, and it helped us understand the diversity and richness of teaching and learning writing here in Mississippi. You can watch both videos below. To turn […]
On behalf of all of us in the Center for Writing and Rhetoric at the University of Mississippi, welcome to everyone attending this year’s Transitioning to College Writing Symposium! As the coordinator of the Symposium, I am privileged to have been working for the past six months or more with fellow writing teachers here in Mississippi to develop a program […]