Conference Schedule 2024

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