Storify Curated Social Media Conversations in Albert's Writing Class

June 11, 2015

PWR Instructor Michelle Albert Michelle Albert, a Senior Instructor in the Program for Writing and Rhetoric, implemented Storify into her First-Year Writing and Rhetoric Class. Albert hoped that when students tracked the threads of their social media conversations using Storify, they would be able to visualize the developments of their...

Lonnie Pearce's Students Map their Thinking with Prezi

May 29, 2015

Lonni Pearce, PhD is the Associate Director for First Year Writing at the Program for Writing and Rhetoric. Pearce implemented Prezi as a tool for students to visualize how their writing progresses. Listen to description of project (MP3) Teaching and Learning Challenge Information Travels: Students Mapping Research in a First‐Year...

Students Create Public Service Announcements in Kunce's Writing Class

April 2, 2015

Catherine Kunce’s first year writing students create their own Public Service Announcement videos. Kunce, a CU Boulder Program for Writing and Rhetoric Senior Instructor, planned this feature of her course with the support of the Fall 2014 ASSETT Teaching with Technology Seminar. Watch Kunce discuss her project here: Teaching and...

Albert Nominated for ASSETT Outstanding Teaching with Tech Award

Aug. 14, 2014

CU Boulder Program for Writing and Rhetoric (PWR) instructor Michelle Albert believes in preparing students to write, "... in the 21st Century! ... This is what I like best about teaching." Last year, students nominated Albert for an ASSETT Outstanding Teaching with Technology Award for her teaching of Writing 1100...