http://engl516.stevendkrause.com/2010/03/16/discussing-moberlys-composition-computer-games-and-the-absence-of-writing/ Prof. Steven D. Krause | Eastern Michigan University Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:49:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://engl516.stevendkrause.com/2010/03/16/discussing-moberlys-composition-computer-games-and-the-absence-of-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-2650 Brian R. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:14:34 +0000 http://engl516.stevendkrause.com/?p=755#comment-2650 Dave, I'm actually not sure yet how much time we need to spend teaching actual writing to get students to write better. I know that sounds odd, but there seems to be evidence to support the idea that the more time we give students to think about writing on their own the better they write. I'm kind of hooked on the WWV approach we talked about last week. I think something like that could really work in a FYC class too, if balanced the correct way. There are a lot of things to work out of course, but I would definitely be persuaded to try something similar for a semester to see how it works. A lot of what I wrote here is really vague and needs to really be thought through more specifically, but in general I think there is a learning connection between writing and working with other modes that might be really powerful in FYC. Dave, I’m actually not sure yet how much time we need to spend teaching actual writing to get students to write better. I know that sounds odd, but there seems to be evidence to support the idea that the more time we give students to think about writing on their own the better they write. I’m kind of hooked on the WWV approach we talked about last week. I think something like that could really work in a FYC class too, if balanced the correct way. There are a lot of things to work out of course, but I would definitely be persuaded to try something similar for a semester to see how it works. A lot of what I wrote here is really vague and needs to really be thought through more specifically, but in general I think there is a learning connection between writing and working with other modes that might be really powerful in FYC.

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