m2h blogs by Marcia Hansen

L.04 New Media, New Curricula
This was a great panel, although if I had to suffer through the entire conference before presenting on Saturday, I think I would have been miserable.
Four people from Ohio State talked about their experience going from a grad seminar taught by DeWitt on digital pedagogies to a first-year writing course where [...]

K.23 From Panel to Gallery: Twelve Digital Writings, One Installation.
Absolutely fantastic panel!! I loved being able to walk around and take it all in. I saw Jennifer Bay’s work on “Writing Marys,” and Byron Hawk’s presentation on “Music as Method.” Plus, I got to talk with Bradley, whom I had [...]

Friday afternoon
Low point in the conference — I remember being a little bumed at this point. I can’t remember why. Isn’t that odd. I remember feeling sad and that I was upset about something. I remember escaping the hotel and the cold air making my eyes water. Now, I can’t [...]

J.13 Bringing Techne Front and Center: Examining the Materials of the Art of Writing
I went to this presentation, but my notes are a little sketchy. I missed much of the first speaker’s talk.
Slattery used the phrase “Taloresque language,” which I guessed might refer to Todd Taylor, since he did the C&W [...]

I.35 Composing the Community’s College: Civic Engagement and the Two-Year College Writing Program
Two great panels in a row! This session was really great. Other than one presenter not being there, the presenters were all really engaging. How were they effective? Let me count the ways: (1) all of their presos [...]

H.15 Authentic Arguments: Information Literacy and Case Studies in FYC.
I thought Becky Howard gave one of the best talks of the conference. She spoke about information literacy and information illiteracy. Literacy Bib here. She said while students have problems with plagiarism and sloppy arguments, the issue is more complicated now. We [...]

G.44 Multimodal Discourse in Pedagogical Theory and Practice: Crossing the Boundaries between Visual, Oral, and Written Rhetoric.
I came in during the middle of the first speaker’s preso. The second speaker, Brande Nicole Martin argued that we need to make assignments that build digital literacies. She showed some work that she is doing to [...]

F.13 Framing Visual Rhetoric: Uncomfortable Questions and Uneasy Coalitions
This was a good session by 3 MA students and a prof at Clemson. The first speaker, Sean Williams argued that the reflective, behavioral, and visceral aspects need to be integrated into rhetorical practice. He quoted Collin and David Blakesley.
Susan Hilligoss argued that visual [...]

Thursday night I met K. from a CC here in Missouri. (Yes, wearing one of those perky yellow ribbons stating you’re a first time attendee really do work at generating conversations).
We had a great conversation on the bus and at the Field Museum. While there, I went up to Art Young [...]

Next up was Collin and Derek’s presentation on CCC Online: Mirror, Mirror on the Web: The Evolution of CCC Online.
I really admire and am fascinated by the work that they are doing. Go check out the site and see it for yourself. You are missing out on a great resource if [...]