Writing to the Moment Revisited
Last summer I posted about Writing to the Moment, the official blog for Dr. Chuck Tryon’s English 1101 course at Georgia Tech. I have been following along with interest and have really been impressed with the students’ writing. His use of weblogs in the freshman composition classroom was featured in Georgia Tech’s student newspaper, The Technique. There is so much to spotlight that Dr. Tryon is doing but I’ll give it a go.
You can view student blogs on his links on his blogroll. It is really interesting to view their thoughts on weblogs and the course. He also has group weblogs listed. Some samples:
One of Dr. Tryon’s assignments was to read and analyze a blog. One of the blogs was Rachel Lucas’ weblog. Her response to this assignment was “I’m intrigued by the professor’s assignment. I mean, they’re studying blogs , people! Blogs! Color me delighted.” Read her entire response - it’s delightful. She closed with “So. I want to thank Dr. Tryon and his students for teaching me something about myself and my blog. I read all of the posts about myself, and of course you all get A’s from Professor Lucas. Gracias. And if any of you ever decide to jump into the vicious yet endlessly fun shark pool that is the blogosphere, let me know. I’d love to read you.”
Dr. Tryon is front and center with making writing the focus on weblogs. I look forward to seeing what he does this semester!
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