m2h blogs by Marcia Hansen

in 8010 Theory and Practice
In “Approaches to Productive Peer Review,” Fiona Paton presents the approach she has perfected over years of teaching and suggests that peer reviews be framed appropriately, planned sufficiently, and maintained through reflection. These categories of different responsibilities that teachers and students share help me understand how I might handle peer reviews [...]

I can’t help it. I have to post just one more thing before I step away from the computer. Also in the post I linked to below, Cindy says,
And yes, re: writing process becoming a product in many textbooks. That’s it exactly. So many handbooks and rhetorics now teach the process almost [...]

(via Red Bird Rising)
In the comments on the above post, John Lovas says,
A lot of what we are teaching is how to consciously plan, how to ask productive questions, and then work out answers.
I love this. I am a great planner. I think realizing this will also help me be a good [...]

In Diffusion of Innovation, Everett Rogers states, “techniques like the personal interview do not work very well when the researcher is asking the respondent to recall his or her previous over a large period of time” (124). I don’t know at what period, it becomes too large; however, I wonder if the end-of-semester [...]

In Thought Contagion by Aaron Lynch, he states, “Anyone who feels that he or she is ‘losing’ could become more inclined to shift away from long-held beliefs” (32). This statement by Lynch makes me wonder if progressives were to reframe issues and put out the message what “hard times” these are and then show [...]

in 8010: Theory and Practice
Here at Mizzou the program requires that we read and respond to multiple drafts of students’ writing. In “Less Is More in Response to Student Writing,” Clyde Moneyhun presents what I think is an ordered way to make comments on students’ writing. I don’t know how well it would [...]

in 8010: Theory and Practice
I’m a little late posting my responses to the grammar readings. Over on Comp Teaching, I posted a response to Jeremy’s post. Like I said over there, I really think Hodges, in her essay, “And the Question is This–’What Lessons Can We, as Writers, Take from This Reading for [...]

I went to hear bell hooks (texts at Amazon, allaboutbell)speak last night. This was my first time hearing her speak and I really enjoyed her talk. Below are my notes from last evening.
She brought up Paulo Freire’s work, Pedagogy of the Oppressed in the context of the struggle for hope. Donna has [...]

in 8010 or CCR 711…
Online Adjunct Instructor – Composition
Lines in the add particular to being an online instructor:
*Assists students through online discussions and by telephone in achieving completion objectives.
* Exercises and insures students’ proper online decorum to effect a positive learning environment.
Interdiscplinary Requirements:
*Subject matter competency in physics
Woah…I think this requirement should have been in their [...]

Carla’s post about Instant Messaging with Students has some good information about IMing with students. Also, check out the web site for her First Year Writing Seminar.
I’ve been thinking about offering my IM as another contact option and also using IM in my classes next fall. It’s good to know that Carla and [...]