Darian Reed is a student at the College of Charleston studying English with a focus in Writing, Rhetoric, and Publication, as well as a minor in Studio Art. We conducted our interview over e-mail, as Reed was struggling with some of her camera/microphone equipment. It is interesting that an interview meant to delve into concepts…Continue Reading Keeping Up with Technology: The Millennial Experience
e-Learning in the COVID Age: Uncovering one student’s journey to a positive attitude about online learning
If you’re living in 2020, you may find these truths to be self-evident: that all people have been staying in, that they are endowed by the US government with unalienable general confusion, and that amidst this, they can do nothing but float through life with a distorted sense of time, banana bread recipe in hand…Continue Reading e-Learning in the COVID Age: Uncovering one student’s journey to a positive attitude about online learning
Digital Literacy Practices Test ‘Positive’ for COVID-19
The Coronavirus has been quite a far reaching disease; its infected millions, put people out of jobs, cost people their healthcare, and cancelled celebrations. It’s also changed the way that we’re doing schooling possibly forever. I can recall thinking, when I was much younger than I am now, that school might become a virtual affair….Continue Reading Digital Literacy Practices Test ‘Positive’ for COVID-19
Zoom University: More Harm Than Good?
It’s March 2020 and thousands of students are already scattered across the country enjoying their much needed spring break while College of Charleston students are packing their bags getting ready to embark on their own spring break trips. First, it’s an email from the school extending spring break an extra week. Students are overjoyed. An…Continue Reading Zoom University: More Harm Than Good?
Conflicts Between Personal and School Literacy
Introduction Through the interview I realized just how much conflict opposing digital literacy practices such as personal and school/work can be. This was brought to my attention via. the answers to my questions about contrasting and comparing Jo Fletcher’s literacy practices. The answers helped me to gauge what may help bridge the gap between these…Continue Reading Conflicts Between Personal and School Literacy
What Professors Don’t Know – The Social Reading Lives of Students
Introduction Over the past few weeks the students of Writing and Literacy have been interviewing each other about our literacy practices in hopes of gaining some insight into common themes between students at College of Charleston. In the interview below I have a discussion with Reagan, a senior at the College. Reagan is majoring in…Continue Reading What Professors Don’t Know – The Social Reading Lives of Students
Adapting to Digital Learning Coming From a Tech-Heavy Background (draft)
Chances are, if you’ve taken any upper level English course at a four year university, you’ve heard of the term “literacy,” or maybe even, “digital literacy.” Both of these terms cover a wide range of possible definitions, tools, etc. For the sake of this article, however, we’ll focus on the latter. Digital literacy has become…Continue Reading Adapting to Digital Learning Coming From a Tech-Heavy Background (draft)