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1

th-9.3.09

Introductions & What is Literacy?

 

 

 

2

th-9.10.09

Further Definitions of Literacy

  • Buy textbooks
  • Respond to instructor's introductory email
  • Read Ong "Writing is a Technology..." [Literacy]
  • Read Olsen "Writing and the Mind" [Literacy]
  • Scribner and Cole "Unpackaging Literacy" [Literacy]
  • Read Wysocki and Johnson-Eilola "Blinded by the Letter" [BB]
3

th-9.17.09

Histories of Literacy Education

  • Read Graff "Nineteenth Century Origins..." [Literacy]
  • Read Brereton "The First Composition Program" [BB]
  • Read Fox "From Freedom to Manners" [BB]
  • Submit Proposal to the instructor as an email attachment <lastname.doc> by the beginning of class
4

th-9.24.09

Dewey's Pedagogical Philosophy

  • Read Dewey from Democracy and Education [BB]
5

th-10.1.09

Modern Literacy Education

  • Read Gee "Literacy, Discourse, and Linguistics" [Literacy]
  • Read Bartholomae "Inventing the University" [Literacy]
  • Read Haas "Learning to Read Biology" [Literacy]
  • Read Tardy and Matsuda "The Construction of Author Voice by Editorial Board Members" [Written Communication, 26.1]
  • Submit PedagogyWiki Concept Entry on WetPaint
  • Pedagogical Tool Review: Erin & Laura
6

th-10.8.09

The Politics of Literacy Education

  • Read Delpit "The Politics of Teaching Literate Discourse" [Literacy]
  • Read Heath "Protean Shapes in Literacy Events" [Literacy]
  • Read Gutierrez "'Sameness as Fairness'" [BB]
  • Read Lo Bianco "Multiliteracies and Multilingualism" [ML]
  • Submit WikiComp Revision #1 on WetPaint
  • Pedagogical Tool Review: Carmen & Beth
7

th-10.15.09

The New Technologies of Literacy

  • Read Baron, "From Pixels to Pencils" [Literacy]
  • Read Luke, "Cyber-Schooling and Technological Change" [ML]
  • Read Kress, "Multimodality" [ML]
  • Read Selfe "The Movement of Air, the Breath of Meaning" [BB]
  • Submit WikiComp Revision #2 on WetPaint
  • Pedagogical Tool Review: Rachel, Diane & Sam
8

th-10.22.09

Defining Multiliteracies

  • Read Cope and Kalantzis "Introduction" [ML]
  • Read The New London Group "The Pedagogy of Multiliteracies" [ML]
  • Read Cope and Kalantzis "Designs for Social Futures" [ML]
  • Read Selber "Reimagining Computer Literacy" [BB]
  • Read Unsworth "Introduction" & "Changing Dimensions of School Literacies" [BB]
  • Submit WikiComp Revision #3 on WetPaint
  • Pedagogical Tool Review: Robin, Angela & Mel
9

th-10.29.09

Multiliteracies as Pedagogy

  • Read Cope and Kalantzis "A Multiliteracies Pedagogy" [ML]
  • Read Cazden "Taking Cultural Difference into Account" [ML]
  • Read Micheals and Sohmner "Narratives and Inscriptions" [ML]
  • Submit WikiComp Revision #4 on WetPaint
  • Pedagogical Tool Review: Tiffani, Kelly & Szuszanna
10

th-11.05.09

Distance Education
  • Read Cook "An Argument for..." [BB]
  • Read Rude "Strategic Planning for Online Education" [BB]
  • Read Neff and Whithaus "History Lessons" [BB]
  • Read DePew & Lettner-Rust "Mediating Power" [Computers and Composition, 26.3]
  • Submit Pedagogy Project to the instructor as a hard copy (or appropriate media) by the beginning of class
11

th-11.12.09

Professional Writing Pedagogy (Guest Speaker: Dr. Julia Romberger)

  • Read Allen & Benninghoff "TPC Program Snapshots" [BB]
  • Read DeVoss et al. "Teaching Intracultural and Intercultural Commuication" [BB]
  • Read Wentley et al. "The Future of e-Learning" [pdf]
  • Submit WikiComp Revision #5 on WetPaint
  • Note  Last Day to Drop Classes is November 10, 2009
12

th-11.19.09

WAC and WPA Mentoring (Guest Speakers: Dr. Joyce Neff & Dr. Louise Wetherbee Phelps)

  • Read Russell. “Where do the Naturalistic Studies of WAC/WID Point?" [BB]
  • Read Thaiss, “Theory in WAC" [BB]
  • Read Strenski, "Recruiting and Retraining..." [BB]
  • Read Ward & Perry "A Selection of Strategies..." [BB]
  • Hansen "Face-to-face with Part Timers" (pp.23-35) [BB]
  • Letterell "Training the Workforce" [excerpt] [BB]
  • Phelps "Proposal for Defining Roles..." [BB]
13

th-11.26.09

Thanksgiving Break: No Class

 
14

th-12.3.09

Poetics & Pedagogy (Guest Speakers: Dr. Seibles & Dr. Richards)

  • Read Yancey "Teaching Literature as Reflective Practices" [BB]
  • Read Richards "Early American Drama and Theater" [BB]
  • Read Grimes "Workshop and the Writing Life" [BB]
  • Read Kearns "Voice of Authority" [BB]
15

th-12.10.09

e-Poster Session

Finals

th-12.17.08

  • Finals: No Exam; contact the instructor (kdepew@odu.edu or 757.863.4019) if you have any questions or concerns