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Author Archives: Ryan Hoover
Remedial writers are better than Advanced writers?
Yeah, it’s a grabby title. But in at least one small example of mine this is true. And I’ll try to explain why. I teach in a Freshman Studies program here at St. Ed’s. My particular section is Science & … Continue reading
Organizing THATCamps and handling different skill levels
I’m just finishing up hosting the THATCamp LAC conference and I’ve had some issues with different skill levels in the participants. Specifically, we are dealing with both a wide number of participants who are very new to the field and … Continue reading
Prezi for Annotated Bibliographies
Like many of you, I’ve got a love-hate relationship with annotated bibliographies. Love the way that it gets students to really read the source and think about what it says. They just won’t do that if their first exposure to a … Continue reading
Correlation does not equal causation – Sexist media edition
A good friend shared Cracked Magazine’s online article, 5 Ways Modern Men Are Trained to Hate Women. It’s another of the continuing series of pop magazine articles that make the claim sexist media are warping our children into adopting sexist, … Continue reading
The psychology of audience-free freshman essays
Teaching writing to a specific audience is like learning karate (trust me – it makes sense) Disclaimer: This post is a thought-in progress. Hence, the ideas will be underdeveloped from where I eventually want them to land. And it will … Continue reading
Personality tests for group work
It’s an idea I’ve been batting around with – assigning groups based on personality tests. I first thought of doing a Myers-Briggs styled personality inventory. But that would give me FAR more information than I needed. I really don’t want … Continue reading
Badge-ifying the University, or why commodifying the esoteric could be a good thing
This post has been inspired by a handful of sources. The barrage of op-ed pieces of late attacking higher ed as flawed and/or irrelevant (e.g., here and here). Alex Reid’s posts on “reputation badges.” And a recent discussion group at … Continue reading
Install WordPress, just not at the root
Another random coding post I may have a fairly unique situation, but if not, here’s my problem & solution. I run several class blogs as subdomains on ryanhoover.net (2325.ryanhoover.net, 13o2.ryanhoover.net, etc.). Before this solution, I’ve been installing each class blog … Continue reading
Alternatives to the “research paper”
I’ll come right out and say it: I hate the “academic research paper” Not sure I can be any more blunt than that. I see the academic research paper as an entirely artificial genre, one that has no known equivalent outside … Continue reading
Posthumanizing Rhetorical Agency
This idea has been accepted for publication by a yet-to-be-announced journal, but I thought I’d post it here as well. Question for the day: What makes up the rhetorical agency of a posthuman author? Background definitions Rhetorical agency: The ability … Continue reading