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ENGL 250 – Multimodal Arguments To help students prepare for the Multimodal Arguments module, Jessi Brock has designed an activity that will help students understand the conventions and advantages of different genre forms. The purpose of this assignment is to introduce students to multiple genre forms through group work before they decide on their chosen … Continue reading UP NEXT IN ENGL 250
ENGL 150 – Multimodal Remix To help students prepare for the Multimodal Remix module, Allya Yourish has designed a lesson plan for the beginning of the module after students have been introduced to the module requirements in order to help them understand multimodality. Students will enter the lesson having read from the textbook for … Continue reading Up Next in ENGL 150
Iowa State University’s Applied Linguistics Program hosts the Technology for Second Language Learning Conference (TSLL) each fall. Each year the conference organizing committee creates a conference theme that reflects emerging areas of research-practice synergies. The 2023 conference will provide a forum for researchers, teachers, and course developers to explore the contributions of research in advancing … Continue reading Technology for Second Language Learning Conference — Advancing Technologies — Expanding Research
Gratitude with Dogs under Stars features selections from Debra Marquart’s three collections of lyric poetry (Small Buried Things, New Rivers Press 2015; From Sweetness, Pearl Editions 2001; and Everything’s a Verb, New Rivers Press 1995) and adds 21 new poems to round out the experience. Beginning with the new poems, the collection travels back through Marquart’s illustrious … Continue reading Debra Marquart has a new collection published this August
The RPC area group will host a colloquium event this semester. These events bring us together to showcase and/or discuss the scholarship and intellectual contributions we make. This year, the intent is to highlight graduate students’ scholarship. Two graduate students who are presenting at a conference this semester agreed to share their conference presentations with … Continue reading RPC Fall Colloquium
Dear all, As someone who lives by an academic calendar, I usually lose September completely in the rush of starting a new semester, meeting new students, and facing myriad summer-is-over demands on my time and attention. Poof! What happened to September? Where did it go? I’m guessing many of you can relate. This year, I … Continue reading Director’s Letter
In her 37-year tenure with Iowa State University, Deanna Stumbo has become the administrative magician of ISUComm Courses. As the ISUComm Foundation, Advanced, and Speech Communication Staff Assistant, Stumbo’s role deals with the behind-the-scenes work, including communicating with advisors and students, assisting students with adding or dropping courses, maintaining policies, receiving student transfer course evaluations … Continue reading Spotlight: Get to Know Deanna Stumbo – The Magic Behind ISUComm
ENGL 150: Modeling an interview To help students prepare for the profile assignment, Ginnia Kovach arranges guests to come to the classroom to be interviewed about their work. The activity’s purpose is to help students understand interview etiquette, craft solid interview questions, approach recording the interview, and take substantial notes. Kovach recommends focusing on … Continue reading UP NEXT IN ENGL 150
ENGL 250 – Research Project For the research project, Kelli Fitzpatrick, Shalini Singh, and Elizabeth Wenger recommend an activity focusing on the process of choosing a strong research topic. The purpose of this activity is to help students learn brainstorming techniques for exploring topics of … Continue reading UP NEXT IN ENGL 250