Podcasts about writing in and out of the university http://writing.wisc.edu/podcasts/feed 2009, University of Wisconsin-Madison http://writing.wisc.edu en-us Weds, 28 May 2008 11:00:00 -0500 In this nine-minute podcast, Neal Lerner discusses some of his history as a writing instructor--in writing centers, in composition classrooms, in the WAC program at MIT (where his students are multi-talented: one of his current students combines studying mechanical engineering with playing the cello and performing as a circus aerialist), and as a consultant with the Masdar institute of Science and Technology in the United Arab Emirates. http://writing.wisc.edu/podcasts/feed/lerner_neal-part1.mp3 http://writing.wisc.edu/podcasts/feed/lerner_neal-part1.mp3 The Writing Center Wed, 28 July 2010 11:00:00 -0500 In this 31-minute podcast, Neal Lerner talks in depth about his new book, The Idea of a Writing Laboratory. Based on extensive archival research, this book tells the history of writing instruction and science instruction in American higher education from the 1890s through the present, and how writing and science instruction come together over the idea of laboratory methods of instruction. Among the many topics covered in this podcast: Lerner’s search for the first formal, organized writing laboratory; what writing educators can learn from constructivist theories in science education and scientific rhetoric; case studies Neal did of writing within science education at Mt. Holyoke, MIT, Yale, and the University of Kansas; the histories of the Writing Laboratory in the General College at the University of Minnesota and the Writing Clinic at Dartmouth College; "Project English" in the 1960s, a federally funded effort to reform English teaching and whose curricular materials were rolled out at the Dartmouth Conference in 1966; and why this history is important for contemporary writing center, composition, and WAC scholars and practitioners. http://writing.wisc.edu/podcasts/feed/lerner_neal-part2.mp3 http://writing.wisc.edu/podcasts/feed/lerner_neal-part2.mp3 The Writing Center Wed, 28 July 2010 11:00:00 -0500 In this 19-minute podcast, Neal Lerner explains his passion for archival research and for pursuing the origins of educational reforms; explains the process involved in writing and publishing his new book, The Idea of a Writing Laboratory; previews his next book project, which interweaves the story of Preston W. Search, an educational reformer in Holyoke, Massachusetts, who advocated laboratory approaches to schooling, with the story of an innovative contemporary high-school English teacher in Holyoke, and with the story of Neal’s own journey learning to be a teacher in writing centers and classrooms; offers his perspective on current writing center scholarship; and argues for writing center scholars to reach broader audiences. http://writing.wisc.edu/podcasts/feed/lerner_neal-part3.mp3 http://writing.wisc.edu/podcasts/feed/lerner_neal-part3.mp3 The Writing Center Wed, 28 July 2010 11:00:00 -0500 In this 14-minute discussion with Lori Salem, Harry Denny explains how to get assessment to grow organically out of writing consultants¿ experiences and how to involve faculty and students in focus groups, which are led by consultants themselves. Harry explains how collaborating with tutors in doing assessment galvanizes the community within a writing center. http://writing.wisc.edu/podcasts/feed/salem_denny-pt1.mp3 http://writing.wisc.edu/podcasts/feed/salem_denny-pt1.mp3 The Writing Center Tues, 17 November 2009 11:00:00 -0500 In this 16-minute discussion with Harry Denny, Lori Salem describes a new approach to overcome some of the common limitations of student-satisfaction surveys. Lori explains how she and her colleagues developed new attitudinal survey questions and used factor analysis and cluster analysis to uncover patterns in how students respond to sets of questions. http://writing.wisc.edu/podcasts/feed/salem_denny-pt2.mp3 http://writing.wisc.edu/podcasts/feed/salem_denny-pt2.mp3 The Writing Center Tues, 17 November 2009 11:00:00 -0500 In this 13-minute podcast, Lori Salem and Harry Denny offer advice for writing center directors thinking about doing assessment. Their first principle: good assessment needs to start with clear goals and an understanding of audience and purpose. http://writing.wisc.edu/podcasts/feed/salem_denny-pt3.mp3 http://writing.wisc.edu/podcasts/feed/salem_denny-pt3.mp3 The Writing Center Tues, 17 November 2009 11:00:00 -0500 If you're an undergraduate at UW-Madison applying for admission to the undergraduate program in the Wisconsin School of Business, you won't want to miss this podcast. In this 23-minute podcast, you'll hear Albert Muniz, the director of admissions for the undergraduate business program at UW-Madison, talk about the four short essays required as part of your application. Learn how the admissions process works, how to think about the audience for your essays, how to address the four different essay questions, how to reflect on your experiences within your essays, how to avoid common mistakes, and what makes for a great business student. http://writing.wisc.edu/podcasts/feed/bus_school_apps.mp3 http://writing.wisc.edu/podcasts/feed/bus_school_apps.mp3 The Writing Center Thurs, 1 October 2009 11:00:00 -0500 In this 14-minute podcast Michele Eodice discusses the origins of her interest in writing center work, her writing center genealogy, her work with the writing center and WAC at the University of Oklahoma, her model for developing WAC programs and for developing relationships with WAC faculty, and her views about the role of humor and fun in writing centers. http://writing.wisc.edu/podcasts/feed/eodice_podcast_bio_rev_aug3_09.mp3 http://writing.wisc.edu/podcasts/feed/eodice_podcast_bio_rev_aug3_09.mp3 The Writing Center Weds, 15 September 2009 11:00:00 -0500 In this 14-minute podcast Michele Eodice talks about the central ideas in The Everyday Writing Center (2007), which she co-authored with Anne Ellen Geller, Frankie Condon, Meg Carroll, and Elizabeth Boquet; about reactions to that book, including the chapter on "Everyday Racism"; about her chapter "Breathing Lessons" in The Center Will Hold (2003); about her work designing the program for the 2008 IWCA conference in Las Vegas; about books that have influenced her recently;and about what's on the horizon for her own research and scholarship. http://writing.wisc.edu/podcasts/feed/eodice_podcast_scholarship_rev_sept12_09.mp3 http://writing.wisc.edu/podcasts/feed/eodice_podcast_scholarship_rev_sept12_09.mp3 The Writing Center Weds, 15 September 2009 11:00:00 -0500 In this 19-minute podcast Michele Eodice offers provocative views about the International Writing Centers Association, including its work around the world; about the state of the writing center profession and about some of the challenges faced by the field; about ways doctoral programs in composition and rhetoric could better prepare graduate students not only to become future writing center directors but also to become future leaders for their campuses; about writing center accreditation, assessment, and certification; about the past and the future of the IWCA Summer Institute; and about wonderful opportunities for listeners to enter the writing center profession and to make their concerns known and to become active in IWCA. http://writing.wisc.edu/podcasts/feed/eodice_podcast_iwcaandprofession_rev_aug3_2009.mp3 http://writing.wisc.edu/podcasts/feed/eodice_podcast_iwcaandprofession_rev_aug3_2009.mp3 The Writing Center Weds, 15 September 2009 11:00:00 -0500 This short podcast (with images) will help you get the basics of APA documentation, and will be especially useful to students in social science classes. http://www.wisc.edu/writing/podcasts/feed/wc_apa.intro.mov http://www.wisc.edu/writing/podcasts/feed/wc_apa.intro.mov The Writing Center Sat, 21 February 2009 11:00:00 -0500 Jill Pennington, coordinator of the Writing Center at Lansing Community College in Michigan, interviews two experts on writing center assessment—Neal Lerner and Jason Mayland. http://www.wisc.edu/writing/podcasts/feed/wc_assessment.mp3 http://www.wisc.edu/writing/podcasts/feed/wc_assessment.mp3 The Writing Center Mon, 6 October 2008 11:00:00 -0500 The University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center provides a short introduction to the details of MLA citation, commonly used in literature classes. http://www.wisc.edu/writing/podcasts/feed/wc_mla.intro.mp4 http://www.wisc.edu/writing/podcasts/feed/wc_mla.intro.mp4 The Writing Center Mon, 9 Jun 2008 11:00:00 -0500 Weds, 28 May 2008 11:00:00 -0500 University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Deborah Brandt discusses her recent research on ghostwriting and what ghostwriting signals about shifting values in literacy. http://www.wisc.edu/writing/podcasts/wc_brandt1.mp3 http://www.wisc.edu/writing/podcasts/wc_brandt1.mp3 The Writing Center Weds, 28 May 2008 11:00:00 -0500 University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Deborah Brandt discusses her current research on the rise of writing as a mass skill in the United States and on the roles that the workplace plays in literacy in the new knowledge economy. http://www.wisc.edu/writing/podcasts/wc_brandt2.mp3 http://www.wisc.edu/writing/podcasts/wc_brandt2.mp3 The Writing Center Weds, 28 May 2008 11:00:00 -0500 University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Deborah Brandt reflects on her award-winning and influential 2001 book about the changing conditions for literacy learning for ordinary people in the United States and discusses literacy studies more generally, her teaching, and some of the values that guide her scholarly writing. http://www.wisc.edu/writing/podcasts/wc_brandt3.mp3 http://www.wisc.edu/writing/podcasts/wc_brandt3.mp3 The Writing Center Weds, 28 May 2008 11:00:00 -0500 University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Deborah Brandt discusses what an exciting time it is to do graduate study in composition and rhetoric. http://www.wisc.edu/writing/podcasts/wc_brandt4.mp3 http://www.wisc.edu/writing/podcasts/wc_brandt4.mp3 The Writing Center Weds, 28 May 2008 11:00:00 -0500 Interviews with two UW-Madison students who use chat conferencing and a description of how the service works http://www.wisc.edu/writing/podcasts/wc_chatinstruction.mp3 http://www.wisc.edu/writing/podcasts/wc_chatinstruction.mp3 The Writing Center Mon, 5 May 2008 11:00:00 -0500 An Interview with Robert Schwoch, an undergraduate adviser in the UW-Madison Undergraduate School of Journalism and Mass Communication http://www.wisc.edu/writing/podcasts/feed/wc_journalism.mp3 http://www.wisc.edu/writing/podcasts/feed/wc_journalism.mp3 The Writing Center Fri, 24 April 2008 11:00:00 -0500