Workshops
Workshops
Welcome to the Writing Workshop Series for gtPathways. This workshop series addresses topics of interest to GTAs and faculty who assign writing in their classes.
Upcoming Workshops
Spring 2011 gtPathways Workshop Schedule—Series Theme: “What GTAs Say About…”
All Workshops are Co-Presented by GTAs and Sue Doe, gtPathways Writing Coordinator
In this workshop series, which supports the gtPathways writing integration, recent graduates of E608, Integrating Writing Into the Core, will present with Sue Doe their strategies for assisting with student writing.
There are several new themes offered this year, including tested methods for staging assignments through a scaffolded sequence, conferencing techniques, strategies for teaching the in-class essay, encouragement for making disciplinary connections to writing through the example of music instruction, and a session on graphic organizing, which can help students not only improve their writing but can be used as a supplement to the in-class essay.
This series helps to meet the TILT Teaching Certificate. Faculty and graduate students are welcome to attend. Please register so that we know to expect you.
International Student Writers in the CSU Context
Date: February 21, 2012
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Location: Whitaker Conference Room 303 Eddy
Enrollment Limit: 25
Description: Led by Nancy Berry (IEP Faculty) and Jenny Levin (English Department Faculty) Description: As an administrator in the Intensive English Program, Nancy Berry has a great deal of experience with international student writers, and co-presenter Jenny Levin, a recent graduate of the TESL masters program has been teaching composition to international student cohorts for several years. Together they offer their insights gleaned from many semesters of work with international student writers in order to help faculty and GTAs who may be anticipating new challenges as international student numbers grow.
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Helping Students with the In-Class Essay by Teaching Thesis Statements and Paragraph Coherence
Date: February 23, 2012
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: History Conference Room Clark C374
Enrollment Limit: 20
Description: Led by Jenika Howe and Beth Austin (GTAs History) Description: This workshop provides GTAs and faculty in multiple disciplines with activities to improve student writing of in-class essays. This includes strategies for teaching essay organization, thesis statements, and ways that GTAs and faculty can structure a class session dedicated to preparing for these kinds of exams. Providing students with this instruction and experience in their first few years can give them valuable tools to transfer to all of their academic and future writing.
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Improving Student Writing Through Pre-Writing Strategies
Date: February 28, 2012
Time: 11:00 AM - Noon
Location: Whitaker Conference Room 303 Eddy
Enrollment Limit: 25
Description: Led by Jonathan Fisk and Morgann Means (GTAs Poli Sci) Description: Jonathan Fisk and Morgann Means believe that good writing begins with good thinking and their workshop offers several ideas for getting students thinking about their drafts long before the due date. By engaging students early in processes of invention, research, drafting, and revising, GTAs and faculty can look forward to seeing better final papers and students can learn the advantages of avoiding procrastination, which also helps discourage plagiarism.
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Using Writing Assignments to Engage Students and Enhance Their Critical Thinking
Date: March 1, 2012
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: TILT 104
Enrollment Limit: 25
Description: This workshop will explore the uses of writing to challenge students and engage them more deeply in the learning of disciplinary content and processes. It is led by Mike Palmquist, Associate Vice Provost for Learning and Teaching.
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Sometimes Bad, Occasionally Ugly, but Mostly Good—a Top 10 List of Discoveries about Writing in the Disciplines and Interdisciplinary Research on Writing
Date: March 30, 2012
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Whitaker Conference Room, 303 Eddy
Enrollment Limit: 15
Description: Led by Karla Gingerich (Psychology Department Faculty) and Sue Doe (English Department Faculty) Description: Drs. Gingerich and Doe will discuss their four-year teaching and research collaboration associated with the gtPathways writing integration. They will share their approaches to developing ongoing assessment practices and inquiry (research) projects. They will share their successes and failures and the differences in their disciplinary perspectives to writing and research. Finally, they will share a Top 10 List of WAC (Writing Across the Curriculum) discoveries they have made over the course of their collegial collaboration.
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Engaging Writers Through Multimedia (Please bring your LAPTOP for this workshop!)
Date: April 6, 2012
Time: 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Location: Whitaker Conference Room, 303 Eddy
Enrollment Limit: 15
Description: Led by Morgann Means and Jonathan Fisk (GTAs Political Science)this workshop will present strategies for using multimedia in the classroom as an opportunity to engage students and encourage reflective writing. They will discuss techniques for technology integration, as well as the benefits of using multimedia to elicit in-class written responses and to accompany traditional essay prompts.
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An International GTA Meets U.S. and International Undergraduate Writers: A Personal Story
Date: April 10, 2012
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Whitaker Conference Room, 303 Eddy
Enrollment Limit: 15
Description: This workshop will feature the first-person experience and perspective of GTA Aude Chesnais, Sociology, whose home of origin is France. Aude’s experience as both an international graduate student and a grader-responder to undergraduate writing at CSU makes her an invaluable resource as we seek to understand the opportunities and challenges of working with increasing numbers of international student writers. What are the priorities for assisting with international student writing? How might we use writing for responsible engagement and development of the international student who is in the U.S. academic setting?
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