Rhetorical Analysis and Creation of Charity (.org) Websites: Mina Thompson
Students learn how to use rhetorical appeals when evaluating established charity websites and creating their own websites. Students first...
Teaching "Grit" and Persistence Through Revision: Shewanda Riley
One of my best practices for teaching the writing process, specifically revision, in my English Composition 1 class is to create...
Getting Students into the Advisor's Office: Eric Devlin
This assignment was designed in response to a Director of Advising and Counseling’s expression of frustration about trying to get...
Promoting Student Reflection and Critical Thinking Using Popular Music Videos: Cindy Baw
I ask students to write in a journal during the first few minutes of class. Sometimes they watch a short music video, and most of the...
Tapping the Narrative Zeitgeist: Using Popular Television Shows as Pedagogical Tools for Understandi
For English 1302, Composition II, I have utilized visual narratives as a means of engaging students in analytical and critical thinking....
Video Talks and a Flipped Classroom: Rebecca Balcarcel
I have 8000 subscribers now and over one million views of my youtube channel with six-minute video lectures. These are short, casual...
Encouraging the Development of Students' Voices through Blogging and ePortfolios: Stacy Stuewe
I believe it's important to have a web-writing component in my Composition and Technical Writing Classes. We live in a digital age in...
Theme-Based Courses, such as "The Power of a False Perception": Debra Sikes
I consider one of my best practices to be the development of theme based courses. Currently, I have two running and am planning to revamp...
Speculative Fiction Writer Brings Writer Expo to TCC Students: Urania Fung
The DFW Metroplex has many organizations available to support writers, but never before have the organizations appeared in one place....
Hyperindividualized Learning: Lisette Blanco-Cerda
In my own classroom, I try to hyperindividualize learning as much as possible. Using the Throwing DICE project, I've encouraged students...
