The presenters of this session will give a performance in superhero costumes of a comic book-styl... more The presenters of this session will give a performance in superhero costumes of a comic book-style adventure that examines the complexities of using graphic novels
The deadening effect the separate-subject approach has on the lives of young people cannot be ove... more The deadening effect the separate-subject approach has on the lives of young people cannot be overestimated. (Beane 2000, p. 229)
This article explores the nature of gender in cyberspace by reporting a case study of two classes... more This article explores the nature of gender in cyberspace by reporting a case study of two classes that used online posting of student papers to facilitate peer response critiquing. When posting their papers, students could use their real identities or pseudonyms. In the study, we track ...
This volume is an exploration of the future of narrative discourse. The authors have identified s... more This volume is an exploration of the future of narrative discourse. The authors have identified six potential paths, drawing patterns of narrative and visual, pedagogy and possibility. The volume begins with Tales of the Digital Self. By telling stories we define ourselves. This struggle to understand who and what we are is even more amplified on the Web where identity is almost liquid. The authors in the second section picture how stories will be told in the future. In Pixels of Heroes and Heroines, we reconnect the future of narrative discourse to its literary roots. Although it is important to consider the forms narratives will take in the future, it is equally important to consider how these stories will be taught. This is the issue authors take up in Stories from Wired Desktops. Chapters move into the realm of the political in Views of Techno-Identity and Virtual Spaces. The volume concludes with the chapters in Critical Reflections on Project UNLOC.
Two writing teachers designed a graduate-level seminar where other writing teachers could share w... more Two writing teachers designed a graduate-level seminar where other writing teachers could share writing with the global electronic community. They expected these seminar students to embrace this new technology because the benefits of Internet writing seemed to provide a practical way to promote audience, voice, and collaboration, three of the basic tenets of the process movement in writing instruction. What the instructors found instead was resistance, fear, and uncertainty. The graduate seminar was designed around the basic idea that students would write a series of papers for publication on the Internet. What actually happened was that the students (seasoned writing instructors who had little experience with computer classrooms and even less experience with the Internet) distrusted the notion of writing for an unknown audience and resisted sharing their own personal work with the world. There was no establishment of an on-line community and the instructors' desire for a global...
Ever since the first appearances of Superman and Batman in comic books of the late 1930s, superhe... more Ever since the first appearances of Superman and Batman in comic books of the late 1930s, superheroes have been a staple of the popular culture landscape. Though initially created for younger audiences, superhero characters have evolved over the years, becoming complex figures that appeal to more sophisticated readers. In Enter the Superheroes: American Values, Culture, and the Canon of Superhero Literature, Alex S. Romagnoli and Gian S. Pagnucci argue that superheroes merit serious study, both within the academy and beyond. Structured around key themes within superhero literature, the book delves into the features that make superhero stories a unique genre. The book also draws upon examples in comics and other diverse media to illustrate the socio-historical importance of superheroes, from the interplay of fans and creators to unique narrative elements that are brought to their richest fulfillment within the world of superheroes. Additionally, the authors provide a list of notewort...
The introduction of hypertext markup language (HTML) into the composition classroom often complic... more The introduction of hypertext markup language (HTML) into the composition classroom often complicates traditional text-bound assignments. The process of incorporating HTML codes into writing can be frustrating because HTML is difficult to learn. More time spent learning coding skills may mean less time spent learning other writing skills. In many ways, learning HTML is like learning a second language. Unlike other pedagogical tools, though, HTML seems to blur the lines of our discipline. It turns the traditional composition course into a hybrid language/ writing/computer course. This reshaping displaces traditional writing activities with technology-based instruction, thus challenging the notion of what constitutes appropriate curricular content within the composition classroom. This curricular change necessitates political action on the part of technology-focused teachers, for instance the establishment of new types of teaching collaboratives and the rethinking of departmental policies. collaboration composition HTML authoring Internet/World Wide Web student publishing technology "That's a nice Web page." "That was back when they had to learn how to code." "Then that's really impressive." "That was pre-WINDOWS 95. There was no HTML conversion. There was no FRONTPAGE. You had to code everything by hand." "Yeah but they write more now that they don't have to code." "I think they don't have ownership now because they don't learn how to manipulate the code. .. they can't edit their own writing when they don't know the codes." "Teaching the code is just a waste of time. What's important is the public display of the writing." "The codes are part of the writing" "But we teach English, not computer science!"
The introduction of hypertext markup language (HTML) into the composition classroom often complic... more The introduction of hypertext markup language (HTML) into the composition classroom often complicates traditional text-bound assignments. The process of incorporating HTML codes into writing can be frustrating because HTML is difficult to learn. More time spent learning coding skills may mean less time spent learning other writing skills. In many ways, learning HTML is like learning a second language. Unlike other pedagogical tools, though, HTML seems to blur the lines of our discipline. It turns the traditional composition course into a hybrid language/ writing/computer course. This reshaping displaces traditional writing activities with technol-ogy-based instruction, thus challenging the notion of what constitutes appropriate curricular content within the composition classroom. This curricular change necessitates political action on the part of technology-focused teachers, for instance the establishment of new types of teaching collaboratives and the rethinking of departmental pol...
"Okay men, any volunteers?" asked the captain. After a few seconds, a young man by the ... more "Okay men, any volunteers?" asked the captain. After a few seconds, a young man by the name of Daring Devon stepped forward. He had obviously taken so long to volunteer because he wanted to see who had the guts in his group. Not too surprisingly the rookie from Puerto Rico had ...
The presenters of this session will give a performance in superhero costumes of a comic book-styl... more The presenters of this session will give a performance in superhero costumes of a comic book-style adventure that examines the complexities of using graphic novels
The deadening effect the separate-subject approach has on the lives of young people cannot be ove... more The deadening effect the separate-subject approach has on the lives of young people cannot be overestimated. (Beane 2000, p. 229)
This article explores the nature of gender in cyberspace by reporting a case study of two classes... more This article explores the nature of gender in cyberspace by reporting a case study of two classes that used online posting of student papers to facilitate peer response critiquing. When posting their papers, students could use their real identities or pseudonyms. In the study, we track ...
This volume is an exploration of the future of narrative discourse. The authors have identified s... more This volume is an exploration of the future of narrative discourse. The authors have identified six potential paths, drawing patterns of narrative and visual, pedagogy and possibility. The volume begins with Tales of the Digital Self. By telling stories we define ourselves. This struggle to understand who and what we are is even more amplified on the Web where identity is almost liquid. The authors in the second section picture how stories will be told in the future. In Pixels of Heroes and Heroines, we reconnect the future of narrative discourse to its literary roots. Although it is important to consider the forms narratives will take in the future, it is equally important to consider how these stories will be taught. This is the issue authors take up in Stories from Wired Desktops. Chapters move into the realm of the political in Views of Techno-Identity and Virtual Spaces. The volume concludes with the chapters in Critical Reflections on Project UNLOC.
Two writing teachers designed a graduate-level seminar where other writing teachers could share w... more Two writing teachers designed a graduate-level seminar where other writing teachers could share writing with the global electronic community. They expected these seminar students to embrace this new technology because the benefits of Internet writing seemed to provide a practical way to promote audience, voice, and collaboration, three of the basic tenets of the process movement in writing instruction. What the instructors found instead was resistance, fear, and uncertainty. The graduate seminar was designed around the basic idea that students would write a series of papers for publication on the Internet. What actually happened was that the students (seasoned writing instructors who had little experience with computer classrooms and even less experience with the Internet) distrusted the notion of writing for an unknown audience and resisted sharing their own personal work with the world. There was no establishment of an on-line community and the instructors' desire for a global...
Ever since the first appearances of Superman and Batman in comic books of the late 1930s, superhe... more Ever since the first appearances of Superman and Batman in comic books of the late 1930s, superheroes have been a staple of the popular culture landscape. Though initially created for younger audiences, superhero characters have evolved over the years, becoming complex figures that appeal to more sophisticated readers. In Enter the Superheroes: American Values, Culture, and the Canon of Superhero Literature, Alex S. Romagnoli and Gian S. Pagnucci argue that superheroes merit serious study, both within the academy and beyond. Structured around key themes within superhero literature, the book delves into the features that make superhero stories a unique genre. The book also draws upon examples in comics and other diverse media to illustrate the socio-historical importance of superheroes, from the interplay of fans and creators to unique narrative elements that are brought to their richest fulfillment within the world of superheroes. Additionally, the authors provide a list of notewort...
The introduction of hypertext markup language (HTML) into the composition classroom often complic... more The introduction of hypertext markup language (HTML) into the composition classroom often complicates traditional text-bound assignments. The process of incorporating HTML codes into writing can be frustrating because HTML is difficult to learn. More time spent learning coding skills may mean less time spent learning other writing skills. In many ways, learning HTML is like learning a second language. Unlike other pedagogical tools, though, HTML seems to blur the lines of our discipline. It turns the traditional composition course into a hybrid language/ writing/computer course. This reshaping displaces traditional writing activities with technology-based instruction, thus challenging the notion of what constitutes appropriate curricular content within the composition classroom. This curricular change necessitates political action on the part of technology-focused teachers, for instance the establishment of new types of teaching collaboratives and the rethinking of departmental policies. collaboration composition HTML authoring Internet/World Wide Web student publishing technology "That's a nice Web page." "That was back when they had to learn how to code." "Then that's really impressive." "That was pre-WINDOWS 95. There was no HTML conversion. There was no FRONTPAGE. You had to code everything by hand." "Yeah but they write more now that they don't have to code." "I think they don't have ownership now because they don't learn how to manipulate the code. .. they can't edit their own writing when they don't know the codes." "Teaching the code is just a waste of time. What's important is the public display of the writing." "The codes are part of the writing" "But we teach English, not computer science!"
The introduction of hypertext markup language (HTML) into the composition classroom often complic... more The introduction of hypertext markup language (HTML) into the composition classroom often complicates traditional text-bound assignments. The process of incorporating HTML codes into writing can be frustrating because HTML is difficult to learn. More time spent learning coding skills may mean less time spent learning other writing skills. In many ways, learning HTML is like learning a second language. Unlike other pedagogical tools, though, HTML seems to blur the lines of our discipline. It turns the traditional composition course into a hybrid language/ writing/computer course. This reshaping displaces traditional writing activities with technol-ogy-based instruction, thus challenging the notion of what constitutes appropriate curricular content within the composition classroom. This curricular change necessitates political action on the part of technology-focused teachers, for instance the establishment of new types of teaching collaboratives and the rethinking of departmental pol...
"Okay men, any volunteers?" asked the captain. After a few seconds, a young man by the ... more "Okay men, any volunteers?" asked the captain. After a few seconds, a young man by the name of Daring Devon stepped forward. He had obviously taken so long to volunteer because he wanted to see who had the guts in his group. Not too surprisingly the rookie from Puerto Rico had ...
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