IAP 2014 Activities by Sponsor - Writing and Humanistic Studies

Suzanne Lane, Senior Lecturer, CMS/W and Director of WAC

Jan/28

Tue

10:00AM-12:00PM

12-134

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

What kind of instruction and feedback will help students understand how to write and revise their assignments, to hone and develop their ideas, or to understand central concepts about effective communication? This workshop will draw on composition research to explore the range of instruction and responding practices, from rubrics to peer review to individual conferences, and when each is effective. By considering feedback in relation to other forms of instruction, participants will learn to provide the kinds of comments and strategies that will help students understand how to improve both their specific texts and their abilities as writers.

All Writing Across the Curriculum workshops are open to faculty and teaching assistants who are interested in integrating writing and speaking into their subjects.

Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Writing and Humanistic Studies, Writing and Communication Center
Contact: Alexandra Sear, 12-117, 617-253-0650, sear@mit.edu

Edward Schiappa, Professor and Interim Head of CMS/W

Jan/30

Thu

10:00AM-12:00PM

12-134

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

This workshop will cover the basics of putting together assignments involving in-class debates.  Specific issues covered include the mechanics of how to word good debate topics, set time limits, and structure debate formats, as well as how to teach the basic skills that students will need to acquire in order to participate in debates.

All Writing Across the Curriculum workshops are open to faculty and teaching assistants who are interested in integrating writing and speaking into their subjects.

Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Writing and Humanistic Studies, Writing and Communication Center
Contact: Alexandra Sear, 12-117, 617-253-0650, sear@mit.edu

Steven Strang

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: none

The Writing Center will continue to offer free consultation and advice on oral presentations and on any writing problem, including finding a topic, generating ideas, overcoming writer's block, improving grammar, crafting effective sentences and paragraphs, organizing ideas, using of evidence, analyzing audiences, and writing strategically. We can help with technical writing; theses in all departments; job, graduate and med school application essays; research and teaching statements; resumes; conference talks; articles for publication; book proposals and chapters; and papers for any course. We also offer help on pronunciation. The Center is open throughout IAP. Go to https://mit.mywconline.com/index.php to schedule appointments.

Sponsor(s): Writing and Communication Center, Writing and Humanistic Studies, Comparative Media Studies
Contact: Steven Strang, 12-120, 617 253-4459, SMSTRANG@MIT.EDU

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Consultations at Writing Center

Jan/06	Mon	10:00AM-04:00PM	12-132
Jan/07	Tue	10:00AM-04:00PM	12-132
Jan/08	Wed	10:00AM-04:00PM	12-132
Jan/09	Thu	10:00AM-04:00PM	12-132
Jan/10	Fri	10:00AM-04:00PM	12-132
Jan/13	Mon	10:00AM-04:00PM	12-132
Jan/14	Tue	10:00AM-04:00PM	12-132
Jan/15	Wed	10:00AM-04:00PM	12-132
Jan/16	Thu	10:00AM-04:00PM	12-132
Jan/17	Fri	10:00AM-04:00PM	12-132
Jan/21	Tue	10:00AM-04:00PM	12-132
Jan/22	Wed	10:00AM-04:00PM	12-132
Jan/23	Thu	10:00AM-04:00PM	12-132
Jan/24	Fri	10:00AM-04:00PM	12-132
Jan/27	Mon	10:00AM-04:00PM	12-132
Jan/28	Tue	10:00AM-04:00PM	12-132
Jan/29	Wed	10:00AM-04:00PM	12-132
Jan/30	Thu	10:00AM-04:00PM	12-132

Individual consultations last up to 50 minutes. Please sign up at https://mit.mywconline.com/index.php for each sesion. Please bring hard copy of any document you wish to discuss.

Steven Strang

Andreas Karatsolis, Lecturer, CMS/W and Associate Director of WAC

Jan/29

Wed

10:00AM-12:00PM

12-134

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

This workshop will examine the rich variety of forms that classroom oral presentations can take, both as a way to scaffold thinking and as a way to assess students’ conceptual understanding. Workshop participants will be able to work on (re)designing assignments for their current or future courses by developing (i) a deeper understanding of fundamental oral communication concepts, (ii) strategies to integrate oral communication assignments into a class, and (iii) techniques and tools to provide feedback on student presentations.

All Writing Across the Curriculum workshops are open to faculty and teaching assistants who are interested in integrating writing and speaking into their subjects.

Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Writing and Humanistic Studies, Writing and Communication Center
Contact: Alexandra Sear, 12-117, 617-253-0650, sear@mit.edu

Felice Frankel, Research Scientist, Ctr. for Materials Science & Engineering

Jan/27

Mon

10:00AM-12:00PM

12-134

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

This workshop will include a presentation and hands-on exercises addressing the too often ignored component of communication: the visual expression of data and concepts. Just as in writing text, creating visual representations is not only a means of communication but also a process that itself advances and clarifies thinking.

All Writing Across the Curriculum workshops are open to faculty and teaching assistants who are interested in integrating writing and speaking into their subjects.

Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Writing and Humanistic Studies, Writing and Communication Center
Contact: Alexandra Sear, 12-117, 617-253-0650, sear@mit.edu