Alberta Writes: Conversations about Writing in Secondary and Post-secondary Contexts

Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Bob Broad
Director of Illinois State University’s Writing Program and Author of ‘What We Really Value: Beyond Rubrics in Teaching and Assessing Writing’ (2003).

All academic professionals with an interest in writing skills development for youth at the secondary and post-secondary level are cordially invited to attend and actively participate in this one day event. Information about this event will be posted on the conference blog: http://www.artsrn.ualberta.ca/conversasions/

Thomas Huckin, Jennifer Andrus, and
Jennifer Clary-Lemon,
“Critical Discourse Analysis and Rhetoric and
Composition” in College Composition and Communication.

The Conference on College Composition and Communication is calling for nominees for its writing program certificates of excellence. Anyone in the program or outside the program can nominate it. For more information, here is the link to the web page for the award:
http://www.ncte.org/cccc/awards/writingprogramcert?roi=echo4-19788674120-16968845-e445df69ab568180a63b71b0cb30d208&

Roger Graves

Doug Brent’s article on co-op students learning to write argues that students draw on rhetorical knowledge they develop through their academic experiences when they write in workplace contexts.
“Crossing Boundaries: Co-op Students Relearning to Write.” CCC 63:4, June 2012.

Did you present a paper, panel, or workshop in 2012 at Waterloo, ON? Are you interested in sharing your materials? Please go here to find out how — https://casdwacr.wordpress.com/conferences/2012-conference-postings/