Fostering Connections August 2nd, 2024 Schedule
9:00am - Welcome & Check in
9:30am-10:30am - Morning Workshops (Link to Descriptions)
Room 1203: "Leveling Up: Using the Thesis Pyramid to Design an Argument Structure and Discover a Level 3 Conclusion" (Michelle Baptiste and Chisako Cole)
Room 1206: "Reading to Write and Writing to Read: A Metacognitive Interconnection of Reading and Writing Skills (David Skolnick)
Room 1208: "Supporting Student Agency" (Amanda Smith, Chelsea Criez, Kristin FitzPatrick Ezell, Alesya Petty, and Anne F. Walker)
Room 1217: "Helping Students Prepare Their Personal Essay for College Admissions" (Christina Olivares)
10:30am - Break
10:45am - Panel Discussions
Room 1104: Helping Students Write (Link to Descriptions)
"Lateral Reading: A Modern Tool to Help Students deduce which Online Sources are Reliable" (Sarah Prasad)
"Insights for Instructors from Students' Views of Their Own Writing" (Katherina Sibbald)
"Let me Show You Around: Leveraging Student Knowledge and Expertise in Location Research Essays" (Heather Parker Devrick)
Room 1102: Understanding Writing Programs (Link to Description)
College Writing Programs at University of California, Berkeley (Maggie Sokolik)
Department of English Language and Literature, San Francisco State University (Robert Kohls)
English Department, Diablo Valley College (Ian Thomas-Bignami)
Moderator: Hillary Walker
Room 1203: What about Assessment? (Link to Descriptions)
"Humanizing the Assessment Process in the Composition Classroom" (Beth Trudell)
"Cultivating a Self-Assessment Mindset in Student Writers" (Nanda Warren)
"The Problem with Grading: Practices to Soften the Learning Process" (Marlise Ajanae Edwards)
Room 1217: Community and Language Awareness (Link to Descriptions)
"A Lesson For Fostering Critical Language Awareness in First-Year Composition" (Sophia Minnillo)
"Discourse Community Manual and Infographic Assignment" (Andrew Yim)
Moderator: Shalle Leeming
12:00pm - Lunch
12:45pm - Room 1104 - Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Christina Saidy, Associate Professor of English and Director of English Education, Arizona State University, "Resisting a Pedagogy of Getting Them Ready: Teaching Writing on the Secondary-University Writing Continuum."
1:45pm - Break
2:00pm - Afternoon Workshops (Link to Descriptions)
Room 1203: "Connecting Speaking and Writing: Using Scaffolded Discussion Drills to Enhance Student Discussion Skills and Build Complexity in Written Expression" (Sarah Press, Dagny Dingman, Christy VanBeek)
Room 1206: "Ignite, Express, Connect: Launching the School Year with Identity Writing Projects" (Liz Bennett)
Room 1208: "Intrapersonal Narratives and Inclusion: Mind the Map" (Susan Varnot)
Room 1217: "Developing Student Voice Through Found Poetry and Having Fun in the Process" (Kate Moore)
3:00pm - Break
3:15pm- Panel Discussions
Room 1104: What about AI? (Link to Descriptions)
"Toward Critical AI Literacy in the Writing Classroom" (Loring Pfeiffer)
"AI Feedback Combined with Peer Review: A Human-Centered Approach to AI Tools" (Lisa Sperber, Marit MacArthur, Carl Whithaus)
Room 1203: Voice, Audience, and Stories in Student Writing (Link to Descriptions)
"Reconsidering Audience and Purpose for Authentic Student Writing" (Jonny Maiullo)
"Offering a Real-World Audience for Student Writers: Fostering the Dissemination of Student Voices" (Kara Mac Donald, Michelle (Soonhyang) Kim, and Amy Sleep)
"Making Student Stories Come to Life: Stop Motion Animation as a Writing Tool" (Lindsey Lanfersieck)
4:30pm- Cookies and Feedback