Written texts, YouTube videos, podcasts - these are all means of communicating ideas to others. Craig Crowder is a graduate student in the Department of English and teaches Composition & Communication classes, WRD 110 & 111. In this podcast, Crowder discusses ways to engage students via multimedia projects, and his research, which examines social movement rhetoric in a society that uses multiple modes of communication.
The Hive is the College of Arts & Sciences' newly unified team of both creative and technical services. This provides A&S with support for web and print media projects, public relations, and computing and informational services. This interview is with Jonathon Spalding, a writer for A&S within the Hive.
WHAT: Community Day of Writing at the Lexington Farmers Market
WHERE: Victorian Square
WHEN: Saturday, Feburary 11, 8:00a.m. - 1:00p.m.
Students in the UK College of Arts & Sciences will be recording oral histories and scanning photos, posters, and any other memorabilia from Lexington Farmers Market supporters. Drop by the atrium at Victorian Square between 8:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. to share your memories or your memoriabilia with student oral historians. Help preserve the community's memories of the Lexington Farmers Market. For more information contact Professor Jenny Rice at jenny.rice@uky.edu
Jenny Rice studies rhetoric: the art and science of effective persuasion and communication. In this podcast, Rice discusses rhetoric's past, its place in an institution like the University of Kentucky, and its importance in an age of text messages, e-mails, and widespread access to digital devices.
Craig Saper Associate Professor of Language, Literacy, and Culture, University of Maryland Baltimore County "A 'Top 20 Plan' For Writing, Part 5: Learn To Read Online Visually "
UK's Division of Writing, Rhetoric and Digital Media will host a strategist, futurist and technologist to discuss reading, writing, literacy and education this week.
Revision is one of the most challenging, exciting, and important parts of the writing process. Students in WRD 110 and 111 often learn new revision strategies, but they might not realize that their instructors are often going though the same revision processes! Wordcast #2 features two WRD instructors, Jason Helms and Craig Crowder, discussing their experiences with revision. This podcast features images from Dr. Helms dissertation, which he is currently revising into a book manuscript.