Fallow ground, a theoretical perspective In “Regenerating Once Fallow Ground:Theorizing Process and Product in 21st-Century Technical Communication Ecologies,” Adrienne Lamberti and David M. Grant write, We ultimately found ourselves needing to repeatedly return to this argument: pointedly theorizing both pedagogy and the purposes of technical communication does not have to squeeze out application in the classroom, but … Continue reading The Practical, the Theoretical
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Social Justice Advocacy in the Classroom
In her chapter for the book Citizenship & Advocacy in Technical Communication, Sarah Warren-Riley argues for the use of social media in the classroom as a way to teach students how to critique the messaging they see and how to advocate for themselves and others. While Warren-Riley is focused on the technical/professional communication classroom, her ideas are … Continue reading Social Justice Advocacy in the Classroom
queering participation
Artwork from Target.com/Pillowfort Embedded in “queer” is the notion of disruption, so what does this mean for participation and our relationship to it as instructors? -Matthew Cox What does it mean to be “queer”? In “Queering Student Participation: Whispers, Echoes, Rants, and Memory,” Matthew Cox defines queer in two main ways: first, as a catch-all term for anyone who’s … Continue reading queering participation
Barbara Shaddix 