Teaching Rhetoric and Composition
Kairos
This online journal of "rhetoric, technology, and
pedagogy" features articles by instructors and scholars who
ask, "What is rhetoric?" and "How can we teach
it?"
RhetNet: A Cyberjournal for Rhetoric and
Writing
Describing itself as an "organic repository" of
material of interest to the rhetoric and writing community, RhetNet
not only posts scholarly articles on rhetoric and pedagogy but also
archives online discussions on the subject from across the
internet.
Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric
The creator of this site, housed at Brigham Young University,
writes, "Like a forest, rhetoric provides tremendous
resources for many purposes. However, one can easily become lost in
a large, complex habitat." While heavy on terms from
classical rhetoric, Silva Rhetoricae offers much background
information, as well as pedagogical suggestions, for
instructors.
WAC
Clearinghouse
The Clearinghouse brings together four online journals, an
electronic book series, and numerous teaching resources for
composition and rhetoric instructors and for others working in
writing-intensive programs.
Rutgers
Writing Program
The various pages on this site are directed at both students and
teachers of first-year composition courses. Although some of the
information is Rutgers specific, the explanations offered to
students and the strategies offered to instructors apply to almost
any writing course.
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Writing Centers and Online Writing Labs
Purdue University Online Writing Lab
The model and inspiration for Writing Centers around the country,
Purdue takes its center online. The Purdue OWL offers extensive
suggestions, including helpful downloadable handouts, for any
writing task you might assign and any writing problem your students
might encounter.
Colorado State University Writing Center
CSU makes good use of online capabilities by offering dozens of
interactive demonstrations (such as step-by-step research skills)
and lengthy guides to all stages of writing (such as considering
rhetorical context).
University of Kansas Writing Center
The instructor's section of the KU Writing Center's
easily navigable site provides tips on integrating writing into
your courses and on confronting plagiarism, while students can
consult style guides and the Grammar Guru.
El Paso Community College Writing
Center
This small school hosts a large Web site, with a vast supply of
writing skills handouts and links to other online resources.
The Writing Lab Newsletter
While the audience of WLN is composed of writing center
directors and tutors, any writing instructor will find helpful the
discussion of the challenges and rewards of teaching writing.
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Centers for Teaching and Learning
Centers dedicated to enhancing teaching and learning have online
sites that offer pedagogy workshop handouts, teaching with
technology tips, advice on classroom dynamics and discipline,
academic resources and more. Here are just five of the hundreds of
comprehensive CTL sites :
University of Michigan Center for Research on Teaching
and Learning
Harvard University's Derek Bok Center for
Teaching and Learning
Stanford
University Center for Teaching and Learning
University of Kansas Center for Teaching
Excellence
St.
Lawrence University Center for Teaching and Learning
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The Scholarly Community
The
Chronicle of Higher Education
Describing itself as the academic world's leading source of
news and information, the Chronicle provides weekly
coverage of ongoing conversations about issues, innovations, and
controversies at colleges and universities in the United States and
throughout the world.
National
Council of Teachers of English
The online home of teachers of writing and literature from K-12 to
the college level.
Rhetoric Society of America
RSA promotes the study and teaching of rhetoric throughout the
academic disciplines.
Academic.Writing
Subtitled "Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Communication
across the Curriculum," this online journal can help
composition and rhetoric instructors see how their work intersects
with that of colleagues who emphasize writing in disciplinary
courses.
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