Content in Writing Studies
Lauer and Brumberger’s (2019) article, “Redefining Writing for the Responsive Workplace” has been a game changer for me across different parts...
Author: Jacob Craig
Digital Scrap 5: Promoting Writing for the Web & WRP
In Fall 2018, the English Department is rolling out a new concentration in Writing, Rhetoric, and Publication. The program has three signatures which I’ll...
Digital Scrap 4: Promoting Technical Writing
I like a good flyer. These aren’t particularly good by any stretch, but they’re better than most–at least among those I’ve seen. This sp...
Practitioner Stories
I’ve always been a fan of Jim Ridolfo’s article on rhetorical delivery via the practitioner story of Maggie, a feminist activist who was working on ...
Digital Scrap 3: Tinkering with Mobile Devices
As a kind of experiment, I wanted to see what kinds of texts I could make with my phone, an iPhone 6 whatever, using the iMovie mobile app and the Vimeo app. Be...
Digital Scrap 2: Videomaking as Layered Literacy
I’ve been a fan of Daniel Anderson‘s videos for years. They’re really interesting examples of multiple issues coming together: layered literac...
WAC and TFT: Does Theory Need Verification?
In a couple of earlier posts (intro here and follow-up here), I introduced and discussed a version of a TFT course I’m developing keyed to introducing stu...
Digital Scrap 1: Newhive
I was introduced to NewHive by Jason Luther in his introduction as a DRC Fellow. It’s an interesting platform with many more possibilities than I’ve...
The Social Web During Hurricane Matthew
Now that everyone has stopped talking about Hurricane Matthew in Charleston, I feel like I can make this observation. But first, a little background: I’m ...