Multi-Modal Frameworks
Jody Shipka has agreed to talk to us about her article in CCC on multi-modal framework approaches to composition.
First, thanks to you, Jody, for saying yes, and on such short notice, and at this time in the semester!
Second, let me say--and everyone will echo--how very much we liked your article. It's likely that it sparked the best discussion we have had all term, and we've had some very good discussions.
Third, some questions for you.
One set of questions has to do with logistics: how do you set up this kind of approach for students? How do you manage it?
Another has to do with student reaction: how do students like it? Do any of them resist?
And a third has to do with the quality of work. We liked your examples, but we wondered whether students also created examples that were not as strong. And we wondered about the grading: how does that work?
Not least, we wondered about the words--they seem to be missing in some ways. Is that a problem? How much should composition be about words, in your view, and how much about something else, and what would that something else be?
I'm sure I'm missing some questions, but these were definitely some of the most popular.
kathleen yancey
posted by kathiyancey @ 2:48 PM
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