Submitted to the Faculty of the School of Information Technology Program in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Information Technology.
Submitted to the Faculty of the School of Information Technology Program in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Information Technology.
This session examines reading in the composition classroom building from a qualitative analysis of student annotations. Participants will explore social annotation tools that facilitate collaborative, strategic reading among students and instructor feedback on students’ reading strategies. Participants are encouraged to bring an electronic device to participate in this demonstration.
Brief, varied, and meaningful “linked” activities engage students by incorporating a variety of pedagogical methods and modes during a single class session.
This demonstration focuses on using free verse poetry to strengthen L2 writers’ interpretive and invention skills. Drawing on the recent “translingual” turn, it explores poetry as a bridge to academic writing for language learners. Participants will read a short contemporary poem and compose their own “connotative definition,” using brainstorming exercises.
The Multi-Genre Research Project: Teaching Students the Research Skills for Academic Writing will discuss ways to help students become more flexible writers by developing an awareness of how genre works. According to scholars who study students' ability to transfer knowledge from one context to another, genre knowledge, among other skills, helps students analyze and adapt to various writing situations.