B = Belonging
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There is a dissertation online called Sequential rhetoric: Teaching comics as visual rhetoric. The first chapter talks about visual literacy barriers and writing about comics. The literature review...
View ArticleAfter Listing Relevant Posts
After composing a list of posts relevant to teaching visual rhetoric and comics, I decided I must have more notes that I did not actually post on the topic of comics and visual rhetoric. I’ve found a...
View ArticleBlack Widow and the Marvel Girls quantitative study
In 2015 I attended a talk by Heather M. Porter, whose real job is/was producing reality shows in LA. The talk she gave looked at 9 of 10 movies, not Hulk, which featured Black Widow. Black Widow...
View Article2 Ways FYC Does Not Match Student Expectations
Increasing difficulty: In most courses the assignments are level. The information across assignments is different, but the level of difficulty stays somewhat consistent. Unless there is a clear jump...
View ArticleESL Teacher Orientation
I am teaching an ESL class this semester and had a meeting this morning with the entire faculty of the program. There are four instructors and two staff/faculty positions involved. I have met three of...
View ArticleUpdate on Teaching and Certification
Once again I will not be teaching ESL as scheduled. An entire Chinese cohort decided not to participate in the program this fall and therefore the number of classes needed dropped. I am sad about that....
View ArticleTell me why…
When I was a girl, my mother would sing a song that started with those words. “Tell me why the stars do shine. Tell me why the ivy twines. Tell me why the ocean’s blue–and I will tell you just why I...
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