Tag: writing
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Collaboration Doesn’t Always Work.
I agree that Ingalls offers great strategies for dealing with group projects and collaborations, but they might not always work.
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Does Teamwork Always Make the Dream Work?
A reflection of personal, collaborative experiences inspired by Rebecca Ingalls’s piece, Writing “Eyeball to Eyeball.”
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All We Have To Fear Is Giant Man-Eating Spiders
Have you failed before? Did it suck? Of course it did. Congratulations! You now have fuel to make something better!
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No support for meaningful collaboration
Rebecca Ingalls’ advice for improving the group project experience crumbles without the cooperation of both students and teachers.
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Revision in Writing
Where planning and revision aren’t separate stages but interwoven steps, challenges the myth that writing should be straightforward.
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Revision is Essential.
If you take away a writer’s writing process and give them a topic to write about in one hour, both the writer and paper are in trouble.
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Objectively Correct
Objectivity is sort of a buzz word in education. Teachers often criticize pieces for lacking it. See why I don’t agree here.
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Writing a Shitty First Draft to Break Free
I used to think the phrase “shitty first draft” was a little crass. Maybe even unnecessary. Why not just write a decent first draft, something…
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Revision in Writing
Both authors contribute for our understanding of writing as both a skill and an art that intertwined with decision making and choices.
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First Draft
Having a bad rough draft is okay because in order to get a writing piece to full potential you will need to put all of your ideas on paper.