Celebrating 30 Years! Bits Flashback for April 10
April 11, 2011
Thanks for helping us celebrate our 30th anniversary publishing books and media for the composition classroom. We had a great time in Atlanta and enjoyed seeing so many of you at our party at Turner Field.
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Read on for details on all of the new entries posted on Bedford Bits last week:
- Holly Pappas took a critical look at diagnostic grammar tests and asked What Can Be Automated?
- Andrea Lunsford requests help from all students and instructors who use The Everyday Writer in Calling All Students.
- Why is the study of popular culture as a profoundly serious matter? Jack Solomon explains in Populists vs. Pessimists.
- Nancy Sommers talks about Writing in the Margins: Teachers’ Comments through Students’ Eyes.
- Barclay Barrios has some suggestions for helping students think about what’s happening in Japan and how it affects us all in Teaching the Disaster in Japan.
- Steve Bernhardt discusses how timing and team review increase the success of checklists in the writing classroom in Following a List
- Traci Gardner explains why one question derails nearly every writing assignment in Does Length Matter?
- Jay Dolmage points to resources that explore how to accommodate students with disabilities in the classroom in Disability and the Teaching of Writing.
A Few Extra Links
- Check out our #CCCC11 roundups to find links and resources shared in Atlanta:
- What’s On Your Plate at CCCC? The virtual convention & other resources
- The First Day at CCCC 2011: Session materials on IP rights and basic writing
- The Second Day at CCCC 2011: Almost live blogging, presentations updates, and photos
- The Third Day at CCCC 2011: Full body Twitter, coding, the ongoing hashtag debate, and blogs
- The Last Day at CCCC 2011: Some final thoughts on Atlanta, and info on next year’s convention
- For those of you who didn’t attend CCCC in Atlanta this year, we missed you at our party at Turner Field, but we invite you to browse our latest offerings online, and request your exam copies today!
- Picked up an exam copy you’ve realized you don’t need? Download pre-paid mailing labels and return items free of charge.
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