tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55885282114578659442024-03-13T13:39:59.312-07:00First Year Composition Chat - #FYCchatThe sister-site to the #FYCchat that takes place on Twitter every Wednesday evening.Lee Skallerup Bessette, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12243750156552824701noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588528211457865944.post-49977216283523772372013-10-10T12:26:00.000-07:002013-10-10T12:26:33.087-07:00Archives! Get Your Archives! <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I've been negligent to getting the archives posted here in the blog, so here are a whole festival of links to archives. By the way, <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QZhVuBzXCaLITXJBQiM05TgpZRKo9BRFObnpjmUrio4/pub" target="_blank">here is the schedule for the year</a>.</span><br />
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Lee Skallerup Bessette, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12243750156552824701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588528211457865944.post-58148789004715650102013-08-26T12:46:00.003-07:002013-08-26T12:46:58.362-07:00We're BACK!Join us this Wednesday, 9pm Eastern, for the first #FYCchat of the 2013-2014 academic year.<br />
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Like in January, this first chat of the semester will be devoted to brainstorming chat topics for the upcoming 15-16 weeks. Join us and share what you'd like us to talk about this semester.<br />
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See you Wednesday night!Lee Skallerup Bessette, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12243750156552824701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588528211457865944.post-30894246956532388492013-05-01T07:51:00.001-07:002013-05-01T07:51:35.128-07:00Archive from the April 24th ChatHere it is, <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AhdwSTa5E_bgdHltcTZuWXVGZGFVZEtrV0IzVG95VkE&single=true&gid=82&output=html" target="_blank">our chat on grading</a>. <div>
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Join us tonight were we're going to be talking about self-evaluation. 9pm Eastern. Be there! </div>
Lee Skallerup Bessette, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12243750156552824701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588528211457865944.post-31892297257688881222013-04-24T10:51:00.001-07:002013-04-24T10:51:40.071-07:00April 17 ArchiveOn <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AhdwSTa5E_bgdFFaMVRCNHNPQ0x3M1dJUFNVbC1ackE&single=true&gid=82&output=html" target="_blank">writing across the curriculum/campus</a> and beyond. Sorry I missed this one! <br />
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Tonight, at 9pm Eastern, we're chatting about grading/marking/evaluating/etc. It is that time of the year, after all.<br />
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See you tonight! Lee Skallerup Bessette, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12243750156552824701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588528211457865944.post-76324896540429165142013-04-16T12:49:00.002-07:002013-04-16T12:49:58.130-07:00Archive from the April 10th ChatWe talked about research and the research "paper." Here is<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AhdwSTa5E_bgdGI0LTVQLTJVaUVsdDBZa0VLa0dSalE&single=true&gid=82&output=html" target="_blank"> the archive</a>. <br />
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See you on Wednesday at 9pm Eastern where the topic will be Writing Across the Curriculum and transferring writing skills. <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"></span></span>Lee Skallerup Bessette, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12243750156552824701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588528211457865944.post-76538246967461417772013-04-08T09:55:00.000-07:002013-04-08T09:55:41.406-07:00Archive of the April 3 chatHere it is, as always, as<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AhdwSTa5E_bgdDNadDNhQjJnWDQ2aXkxXzVDVWhwLWc&single=true&gid=82&output=html" target="_blank"> a wonderful google spreadsheet</a>, for our chat about our identities as writers and how we incorporate that into our classroom and teaching.<br />
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This Wednesday, we'll be discussing teaching research skills and the "research paper." Hope to see you on Wednesday night, 9pm Eastern time.<br />
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Also, I haven't forgotten about getting a google doc started for a 4Cs panel proposal. It will be done by Wednesday's chat. Lee Skallerup Bessette, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12243750156552824701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588528211457865944.post-19840305822621735412013-03-31T06:45:00.003-07:002013-03-31T06:45:44.798-07:00Archive for the March 27th Chat<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AhdwSTa5E_bgdFFGeDBKTHNJR2pQNEVfbmVlZHRCZVE&single=true&gid=82&output=html" target="_blank">Here they are</a>. We had a great discussion on creating/using local professional development opportunities, then moved on to a discussion of the upcoming deadline for <a href="http://www.ncte.org/cccc" target="_blank">next year's CCCC</a> in Indianapolis. <br />
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We're currently brainstorming possible panel ideas on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/fycchat" target="_blank">facebook</a>, so give us a like over there and join in the extended conversation! Lee Skallerup Bessette, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12243750156552824701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588528211457865944.post-21375512562893922512013-03-23T13:34:00.001-07:002013-03-23T13:34:10.341-07:00March 20th ArchiveHere is <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AhdwSTa5E_bgdEFWNmxDRkFMcDdFWmQtZ1RPbXRoMFE&single=true&gid=82&output=html" target="_blank">the spreadsheet archive</a> of Wednesday's chat about disability in the Composition classroom. There was also <a href="http://storify.com/ahhitt/fycchat-on-disability-and-course-design-3-20-2013" target="_blank">a Storify</a> of the chat. <div>
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See you for the next chat, where the topic will be seeking and creating local professional development activities. It will be at 9pm Eastern time, Wednesday night, on Twitter. Use the #FYCchat hashtag. </div>
Lee Skallerup Bessette, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12243750156552824701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588528211457865944.post-11649622740950695052013-03-07T08:54:00.001-08:002013-03-07T08:54:41.569-08:00Recent ArchivesHere are the recent archives of the past few #FYCchat.<div>
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<li><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AhdwSTa5E_bgdGhzSWQ1ZFFKbjZNcUFSaEFMM1o4bnc&single=true&gid=82&output=html" target="_blank">February 27th on Performance</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AhdwSTa5E_bgdHdOTnloZGs3U1pnZ0RVNDBhdzljMkE&single=true&gid=82&output=html" target="_blank">February 20th on Community and Collaboration</a></li>
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We're taking next week off because most of our participants will be in Vegas for the CCCCs conference. On Wednesday, March 20th, we will be discussing course design and disability. See you there, 9pm Eastern, on Twitter! </div>
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Lee Skallerup Bessette, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12243750156552824701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588528211457865944.post-10062532969644492882013-02-13T06:24:00.001-08:002013-02-13T06:24:29.849-08:00Archive for February 6 chatHere is <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhdwSTa5E_bgdFZUV2ozVjhYM2p2S2RqdjBTU21SOFE#gid=82" target="_blank">the archive</a> from the February 6th chat about the Online Learners' Bill of Rights document. <div>
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See you tonight for building community and facilitating collaboration. 9pm EST. </div>
Lee Skallerup Bessette, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12243750156552824701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588528211457865944.post-90151919785863857702013-02-06T10:56:00.002-08:002013-02-06T10:56:50.237-08:00Archive for January 30 Chat and ScheduleSo many great technology suggestions. <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AhdwSTa5E_bgdDIxbGpJcFpuQy1RT2xGRGtuRFJvcWc&output=html" target="_blank">Here is the archive</a>. Remember, you can find the chat in reverse chronological order. Links aren't live, but you can copy and paste them.<br />
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Hope to see everyone tonight when the topic is the Learning Rights document that has been making the rounds.<br />
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The schedule for the chats can be found on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/fycchat" target="_blank">facebook page</a> and right here:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Jan 30 -- Teaching with Technology (Face-to-face, Online, Hyb</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">rid, & MOOCs)<br /><br />Feb 6 -- Learning Bill of Rights<a href="http://www.hybridpedagogy.com/Journal/files/Online_Learning_Bill_of_Rights.html" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.hybridpedagogy.com/Journal/files/Online_Learning_Bill_of_Rights.html</a><br /><br />Feb 13 -- Encouraging Collaboration and Community<br /><br />Feb 20 -- Writing as Performance<br /><br />Feb 27 -- Play in the Classroom<br /><br />March 6 -- How Course Designs Change (or Don’t) to Meet the Needs of Disabled Students<br /><br />March 13 -- Local Professional Development Ideas (in keeping with 4Cs national professional develoment that week)<br /><br />March 20 -- Writing Teachers as Writers & Taking Our Experiences into the Classroom<br /><br />March 27 -- Teaching Research Skills & the Research Paper<br /><br />April 3 -- Writing Across the Curriculum & Transferable Skills<br /><br />April 10 -- Grading/Assessment/Feedback<br /><br />April 17 -- Portfolios/ePortfolios<br /><br />April 24 -- Self-Assessment (assessing ourselves as educators and researchers)<br /><br />May 1 -- Incorporating the Writing Center</span></span>Lee Skallerup Bessette, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12243750156552824701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588528211457865944.post-49707589071007138112013-01-24T17:02:00.002-08:002013-01-24T17:02:34.524-08:00Archive of the January 23 ChatSome really cool stuff going on. Our first chat of 2013 and we set up our topics for the upcoming semester.<br />
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First, the <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_GB&hl=en_GB&key=0AhdwSTa5E_bgdEY5Sy1pQkNUeGJwNTUzZWxUMjh3cnc&output=html" target="_blank">raw archive of the chat</a>. And, <a href="http://hawksey.info/tagsexplorer/?key=0AhdwSTa5E_bgdEY5Sy1pQkNUeGJwNTUzZWxUMjh3cnc&sheet=oaw" target="_blank">a really cool visualization</a> of the conversation.<br />
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We will have a list of topics coming up soon!Lee Skallerup Bessette, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12243750156552824701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588528211457865944.post-50543825113629664192012-12-08T12:43:00.000-08:002012-12-08T12:43:01.954-08:00Dec 3 ArchiveMy apologies; grading overwhelmed me and I missed archiving the November 28th chat. I was hoping that, like in the past, the tweets would get collected when I did the December 3rd archive, but it didn't work.<br />
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Here is the <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_GB&hl=en_GB&key=0AhdwSTa5E_bgdHA4N201Q0R1UW1tVWZVYjJIbzRXZUE&single=true&gid=82&output=html" target="_blank">December 3rd archive</a> for our chat on our holiday plans. This was our last chat of 2012. Hope to see you back in January! Remember, tweet out (or write in the comments) what you'd like to talk about in 2013!<br />
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Happy Holidays.Lee Skallerup Bessette, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12243750156552824701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588528211457865944.post-45314749435644958802012-11-17T17:11:00.001-08:002012-11-17T17:11:13.654-08:00Lee's #NCTE12 TalkHere is the transcript of my talk. I imagine once everyone else is back from Vegas, I will get a hold of their talks and putting them up here on the blog.<br />
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<b id="internal-source-marker_0.6517929991241544" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I started teaching various level of Freshman Composition in 2006 in the California State System. I was fortunate enough to have an excellent mentor and resources were made available to us (the contingent writing instructors) that were supportive, but never oppressive. This, as many of us know, is not always the case. I learned a lot “on the job” during those two years, and many of the lessons I still carry with me today; lessons that I won’t repeat here because they are lessons that now appear so obvious to me, but were not at the time because I had never taught a writing course.</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b><br />
<b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></b><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As an instructor off the tenure-track and without a formal background in rhet/comp (horrendous, I know!), I was looking for a meaningful way to connect with other people (potentially with more experience/expertise) to learn from in a collaborative way. Being a contingent faculty member and (as many of us do) teaching outside of my area can be an intimidating and marginalizing experience. With a heavy teaching load on top of it, I wanted a quicker way to filter the large amount of research and materials available. </span></b><br />
<b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></b><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One of the reasons I co-created #FYCchat was to address what I saw as a lack of professional development opportunities for writing instructors, particularly those with little time, formal training, and administrative support. I also created it to connect with like-minded English writing instructors who had embraced the digital; I have colleagues at my current institution who could help me with a traditional writing classroom (again, though, largely through experience and not through formal training), but I wanted to expand my knowledge and my pedagogical approach to include “new” and emergent (sorry, Trent!) forms of writing and communicating, not to mention new ways of engaging with my students. </span></b><br />
<b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></b><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While I know that organizations like NCTE provide a myriad of publications and support for teachers, as well as the existence of numerous journals and other books dealing with these very issues, it is indeed difficult and overwhelming for someone who is “new” to the field (or forced into it due to financial circumstances of needed a job) to know where or how to begin. Part of why I created #FYCchat was to connect with practitioners who would recommend what to read, as well as other resources and tips that could be quickly and perhaps more easily be integrated into my writing course. </span></b><br />
<b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></b><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I was particularly inspired by #engchat, where English teachers share best practices, resources, assignments, and provide support for one another. In fact, many of the #edchat ‘s have been developed to address the lack of meaningful professional development opportunities for k-12 faculty - meaningful, relevant, and practical. The testimonies of participants show that many of the participants get more from these weekly hour-long chats (interspersed with tagged tweets sharing resources and offering support during the rest of the week) than day-long or weekend-long PD offered by most schools and school districts. </span></b><br />
<b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></b><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I wanted to recreate that opportunity for Writing Instructors at the college level. Now, some reflections, if you will permit, that might appear to be off topic, but I think no less relevant to the larger discussion of social networks and social media in the classroom, as well as community formation. That it took a non-Rhet/Comp PhD and a graduate student to create #FYCchat I think shows how far academia still has to come in embracing social media as a tool for teaching and learning. It still feels, to me, like the #FYCchat community is a marginal one, compared to more established listserv communities. This is at once understandable, but also troubling as we have not collectively moved our communities to use and embrace the tools our students are using (or will need to be using).</span></b><br />
<b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></b><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I also wonder how to grow our community moving forward. Perhaps we lack the legitimacy because both Nicole and I are “outsiders” - a PhD student and a Comparative Literature PhD teaching off the tenure-track. But this is the reality of who teaches the majority of composition courses today in academia: contingent faculty and PhD students. There is still a deep denial of this reality, in part because it is shameful to admit: these core courses, important for students in successfully transitioning into college, are taught by perhaps some of the “least” qualified faculty. The “T Middle Space” that Nicole mentions is so important, but at the same time, problematic insofar as that it is even necessary. The inequities that our system simultaneously reinforces and ignores (or at least attempts to minimize and marginalized) had made it necessary to create third spaces like #FYCchat so that we can learn on our own in ways that best fit with the demands of our jobs, our lives, and our schedules.</span></b><br />
<b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></b><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But I worry that even one hour a week is too much for many faculty and graduate students teaching FYC. I also worry that perhaps this chat is still seen as being “risky” by the majority of the faculty, in part because of who participates, but also because of where we are holding it, that people are “afraid” to participate. And while the testimonials of those here would attest to the fact that we have all greatly benefited from what we have learned from each other during these chats, perhaps the opportunity costs are seen as too great for what is actually gained. To these questions, I don’t know the answer. Perhaps I need to set up a survey and send it out to the various listservs. Our community may be small (as compared to #engchat) but we are a strong one, and an important one. It’s formation and evolution has forced me to reflect on the inequities within the system of teaching FYC. It also has put into sharp relief how far we have yet to go in higher education in embracing the openness of the web and the utility of social media. </span></b><br />
Lee Skallerup Bessette, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12243750156552824701noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588528211457865944.post-45682565180330851052012-11-16T19:53:00.001-08:002012-11-16T19:53:52.194-08:00November 14 ArchiveI was ill, so I didn't participate, but the chat went on, talking about "What is Rhet/Comp?"<br />
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Remember, we'll be presenting at NCTE this Saturday, November 17 at 1:15 PM Pacific time. We'll be live-tweeting the event using #FYCchat hashtag along with #ncte12.<br />
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Follow along. We will also be publishing all of our remarks here on the blog.Lee Skallerup Bessette, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12243750156552824701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588528211457865944.post-35442154470544666582012-10-25T06:56:00.001-07:002012-10-25T06:56:18.747-07:00Archive for October 24th ChatWe talked a bit about visual rhetoric. Here is <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_GB&hl=en_GB&key=0AhdwSTa5E_bgdG5NbnhCLXcwa1JXV2RWc1E2clFjZXc&single=true&gid=82&output=html" target="_blank">the archive</a>. <br />
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Next week, we'll be holding a special chat about our upcoming NCTE panel. <br />
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Lee Skallerup Bessette, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12243750156552824701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588528211457865944.post-20929720485503113682012-10-21T18:37:00.000-07:002012-10-21T18:37:37.313-07:00Archive and Next TopicAfter an unplanned, two-week hiatus, we finally had our chat about our classroom tech policies. You can read <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhdwSTa5E_bgdE1JZVZqNldRSkJEMmxsdWNmR21YVkE" target="_blank">the archive here</a>. <div>
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Next week (October 24), we're going to talking about visual rhetoric. Then (on November 1) we will be doing a chat to prepare for <a href="https://center.uoregon.edu/NCTE/2012AnnualConvention/program/program_search.php?text_search_value=Bessette&text_search_bool=AND&orderby=DATE&Search=Search..." target="_blank">our panel at NCTE</a>. </div>
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See you Wednesday night, 9pm Eastern. </div>
Lee Skallerup Bessette, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12243750156552824701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588528211457865944.post-51716207149324187732012-09-27T13:35:00.003-07:002012-09-27T13:35:33.092-07:00Archive for Past Two ChatsSorry I forgot last week, but <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_GB&hl=en_GB&key=0AhdwSTa5E_bgdDlpRlhsWWJmMmJzOS15MjhDZlVhTXc&single=true&gid=82&output=html" target="_blank">in the google doc</a>, you can find the archive (scroll down) from the past two weeks. <div>
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Next week, our policies and attitudes towards tech in the classroom. </div>
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See you then, Wednesday 9pm Eastern. </div>
Lee Skallerup Bessette, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12243750156552824701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588528211457865944.post-37368635260563459542012-09-13T09:59:00.000-07:002012-09-13T09:59:02.917-07:00Archives from Sept 12 and 5 ChatsSomething went very wrong last week when I was collecting the tweet from the Sept 5th chat on opening week activities; when I went back through them, there were some really big holes. <div>
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Thankfully, when I ran the spreadsheet this week, it collected not only last night's fantastic chat on digital tools, it also picked up all of the tweets from the September 5th chat. If you scroll down, you will find them all. </div>
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Also, I've set up a poll so we can vote for next week's topic. <a href="http://twtpoll.com/07ga9r" target="_blank">Vote here</a>. </div>
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See you next Wednesday! </div>
Lee Skallerup Bessette, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12243750156552824701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588528211457865944.post-60933302950314025212012-09-06T10:11:00.001-07:002012-09-06T10:11:12.224-07:00September 5 ArchivesWe had a great conversation about dealing with sensitive topics in the classroom. You can <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_GB&hl=en_GB&key=0Ar41Rme7wIKXdGJBQVZKSGMxMF93OE96eUhfdkRlZEE&single=true&gid=82&output=html" target="_blank">read the archive here</a>. <div>
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Not sure yet what next week's topic is going to be. If you have any suggestions, please feel free to include them in the comments or tweet them out using #FYCchat and direct them to me, <a href="https://twitter.com/readywriting" target="_blank">@readywriting</a>. </div>
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Maybe digital tools? What do you think? </div>
Lee Skallerup Bessette, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12243750156552824701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588528211457865944.post-55556092400980415012012-08-30T08:43:00.001-07:002012-08-30T08:43:30.591-07:00August 19 Archives<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_GB&hl=en_GB&key=0AhdwSTa5E_bgdEc4TUtqMUI0SWVMcjJrTmswM1dzeGc&single=true&gid=82&output=html" target="_blank">Here are the archives</a> from our very productive chat on first-week activities, readings, and writing assignments.<br />
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Next week, we will be discussing how to deal with difficult topics in the classroom. With the political season in full swing, as well as the increasingly partisan nature of our society, how do we meaningfully and productively deal with issues such as race, gender, sexuality, religion, ageism, ableism, etc in our classroom? How do we address these concerns when they show up in our students' writing? How can we encourage and foster dialogue?<br />
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Looking forward to it. See you next Wednesday. Lee Skallerup Bessette, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12243750156552824701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588528211457865944.post-57290779362435554322012-08-23T08:39:00.004-07:002012-08-23T08:39:55.998-07:00Archives for the Aug 22 Chat<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_GB&hl=en_GB&key=0AhdwSTa5E_bgdEs3SEdKTUIwZjE3YzhSaTF2WkEtUkE&single=true&gid=82&output=html" target="_blank">Here they are</a>. They are in reverse chronological order, but they are all there. <br />
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Next week, we'll be talking about our favorite first week of school activities as ice-breakers and community-builders.<br />
Lee Skallerup Bessette, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12243750156552824701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588528211457865944.post-8411832647670842072012-08-21T09:16:00.002-07:002012-08-21T09:16:51.729-07:00First Chat of the 2012-2013 Academic YearI hope that everyone as had a great summer.<br />
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This Wednesday, August 22, marks the return on #FYCchat. We'll be talking about how to motivate ourselves to get back in front of the classroom.<br />
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Remember, it's at 9 PM eastern. Hope to see you there!<br />
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<br />Lee Skallerup Bessette, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12243750156552824701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588528211457865944.post-71726280894952207512012-05-05T10:25:00.005-07:002012-05-05T10:25:58.473-07:00Archive from the May 2 ChatHere is the archive about <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_GB&hl=en_GB&key=0AhdwSTa5E_bgdHE1OTlTZkQ0U1dVejRad3BzbFFxVHc&single=true&gid=82&output=html" target="_blank">what we learned this past academic year.</a><br />
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Next week, May 9th, will be the last chat of the 2011-2012 academic year. We will be talking about our summer plans.<br />
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See you on Wednesday at 9 PM Eastern!Lee Skallerup Bessette, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12243750156552824701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588528211457865944.post-25925408295648499252012-04-27T11:37:00.001-07:002012-04-27T11:37:17.974-07:00April 25 ArchiveWe talked about our favorite texts and textbooks. <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_GB&hl=en_GB&key=0AhdwSTa5E_bgdDBPQ1Z0Z1NMcTJHRnFVWmktdGpkdHc&single=true&gid=82&output=html" target="_blank">Here are the archives</a>.<div>
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Next week, May 2 (!), we will be discussing what we learned this past academic year, while May 9th will be our last chat before going on a summer hiatus. The topic will be what we plan to do (and what we should do) with our summer "vacations." </div>
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See you Wednesday night! </div>Lee Skallerup Bessette, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12243750156552824701noreply@blogger.com0