ProposalforIndependentStudy–Winter2012ENGL499:IndependentStudy:DigitalWritingPedagogy(HonorsThesis)

1.RationalefortheIndependentStudyThisindependentstudyfocusesonusesoftechnologyfortheteachingofwriting,examiningandextendingbeyondtraditionalnotionsofgenreandmediumforpedagogy.Thisstudywillserveasthebasisforanhonorsthesis.2.ObjectivesfortheIndependentStudy

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Tostudycontemporarydevelopmentsattheintersectionoftechnologyandtheteachingofwriting.

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Toidentifynew/emerginggenresandpracticesaffordedbytheInternet,andhowtheyareeffectivelytaughtandlearned.

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Toresearchtheoriesandscholarshiponmethodsinpedagogy.

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Towriteathesisonpedagogythatutilizesavailabletechnologyandnewmedia.3.Readings/Texts/OtherMaterials

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WritingNewMedia

.AnneWysocki,etal.,eds.Logan:UtahStateUP,2004.

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FromAto<A>:KeywordsofMarkup.

BradleyDilger,JeffRice.UnivOfMinnesotaPress,2010.

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4.NatureoftheStudyThisstudywillinvolvereading,writing,andconversationwiththeprofessoronaregularbasisthroughoutthesemester.IwillalsoattendathreesessionsofEnglish516,

ComputersandWriting:TheoryandPractice,

whichwillaugmenttheemergingshapeoftheindependentstudyandthethesis.Iwillalsoreachouttograduatestudentswhoareinnovatinginthisfield.Wewillworkthroughvarioustheoriesconcerningteachingwriting,anddiscusshowtheprofessoreffectivelyutilizestheseideasinhisclassroom.Finally,Iwillputtheresearchtogethertocreateathesisofmyownonthesubject.5.TopicalOutlineA.Whatarethecurrentapproachestoteachingwriting?B.Whatarethecurrenttheoriessurroundingtheuseoftechnologyandnewmediainthewritingclassroom?C.Whatistheproperbalanceoftechnologyandtraditionalteachingofwritingmethodologiestocreateaneffectiveclassroom?6.RoleofProfessorTheprofessorwillguidemethroughestablishedtheories,andwewillconverseonthestateofwritingpedagogytodayandwhattheoriesandmethodshehasfoundtobeespeciallyworthwhile.7.FrequencyofmeetingswithprofessorOnehour,weeklythroughouttheWinter2012semester.8.PapersWritten/Otherformsofevaluation