At the start of class Dr. Geller announced that Dr. Aja Martinez would join us on November 30th, from 5pm to 5:30/5:45pm. Please try to be on time on the 30th! Dr. Martinez has a 6pm event, so she can not be with us for longer than scheduled. Our By the Week for the 30th… Read More In Class | Thursday, November 16th

Following up on last week’s discussion, we decided to spend the first part of class in small group workshops devoted to peer feedback on preliminary final project ideas. Dr. Geller suggested peer response should include imagining formats, genres, evidence, etc. different from, or in addition to, what was described for the imagined project and helping… Read More In Class | Thursday, November 9th

Dr. Geller reminded everyone that in addition to talking about Counterstory we had also said we’d re-look at the course schedule, consider how we wanted to use our last three classes, and talk (per requests) about final projects. We started class with discussion of what we wanted our plan to be for the next two… Read More In Class | Thursday, November 2nd

CFP: Continuing Experiments in Teaching with Text Generation Technologies From the start of the CFP:In August 2023, WAC Clearinghouse published our co-edited collection TextGenEd: Teaching with Text Generation Technologies (Eds. Vee, Laquintano, Schnitzler),a collection of early experiments in pedagogy with generative text technology, including but not limited to AI. The fully open access and peer-reviewed collection features 34 undergraduate-level… Read More Call for Proposals – Text Gen Ed

We decided we had so much writing to read and talk about we would begin with everyone’s writing and end by talking about the first part of Martinez’s Counterstory: The Rhetoric and Writing of Critical Race Theory. We started by individually reading the reflections on the week’s collaborative meetings and collaborative work and leaving feedback… Read More In Class | Thursday, October 19th

Sigh, never good when Dr. Geller waits this long to write the class recap! Sorry — I’ll try to remember, and please add anything I’ve missed in the comments below. We were a smaller group than usual, so we decided to finish talking about Brandt’s The Rise of Writing: Redefining Mass Literacy as a large… Read More In Class | Thursday, October 5th

This struck me in relation to our later in the semester but upcoming AI conversations. Grammerly.

Dr. Geller opened class by asking whether there any reflections from last week, questions, or requests for the evening’s class. She reminded everyone there is no in-person class on October 12th but also reminded everyone that week will have mid-term reflections, required small group meetings (synchronous or asynchronous, online or in-person) and a brief reflection… Read More In Class | Thursday, September 28th

Dr. Geller forgot to say/remind everyone at the start of class that she added a folder to the Google Drive folders if anyone wants to upload their in class co-composed writing from September 14th. Thursday’s class was devoted to discussion of Alexander and Weems’ Collaborative Spirit Writiing and Performance in Everyday Black Lives. Dr. Geller… Read More In Class | Thursday, September 21st

Dr. Geller asked if there was anything we needed to talk about at the start of class. One question — Should we have read the entire Alexander and Weems book for tonight? — led to the possibility we might adjust the semester’s reading schedule. Leah offered a reflection on the relationship of this week’s reading… Read More In Class | Thursday, September 14th

We began class with an invitation for syllabus and schedule questions. Jess asked whether the expectation would be that the texts we read during the semester are cited in final projects. Dr. Geller said this is an option but is in no way required. No other questions or revisions, so the English 170 syllabus and… Read More In Class | Thursday, September 7th

For the first class, Dr. Geller asked if everyone would be willing to move right to work with one another and save the last 30 minutes of class to go over some of the logistics of the semester and the course syllabus. She did ask if everyone would stand up and do a few first… Read More In Class | Thursday, August 31st