On January 22nd, the spring semester starts at Keene State, and I’ll be teaching three sections of my ITW 101 (Thinking and Writing) class for the new Integrative Studies program at Keene State College. The course, “A Blog of One’s Own: Women and Authorship in the Digital Revolution,” is also new–this is just the second semester it’s been offered, so it’s still very exciting and instructive for me as a teacher.
And just to add one more level of newness to the course, I’m using a new (to me) blogging platform, WordPress. Blogs are of course an integral part of this course–they serve as a central repository and means of communication for me and my students as we explore the world of social computing as a means of empowerment for marginalized groups. Since this is a course to teach academic writing, critical thinking and reading, as well as research skills, students do a lot of writing in the course, and much of it is done on individual blogs that students will create and maintain.
I’d like to welcome the 53 new students registered for the course. This course is a lot of work, but often fun and interesting, too. By the time you complete it, you’ll know a lot about writing, research, social computing, and popular culture.
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