Writer. Teacher. Eater. Nerd.
I've just wrapped the second week of the Fall 2017 teaching semester, and I'm still in the warm glow of new students, new classes, new ideas. My Writing for Digital Media students had to complete and hand in questionnaires about their digital media habits, and I thought it was only fair I play along and … Continue reading Digital Personality
At #AWP2016 today, I'm serving on the panel "Pedagogy's Next Wave: Alternatives to the Whole-Class Workshop." Specifically, I'll be talking about guided workshops, collaborative workshops, and multimedia workshops. Below, I've included links to the handout I made for the panel, and a few additional pieces of information (lesson plans, readings, etc.) that other teachers may … Continue reading Alternative Workshop Methods
I. LOVE. research. It's by far my favorite part of the writing process, the time when I just get to look and learn and soak up and scribble and wonder and wander around and around and around... And it doesn't matter if it feels like it's getting anywhere.
I finally got myself an iPad last week, and I've been having a great time exploring how to integrate it into my life. So far, my favorite uses have been creative (big surprise, I know). For fun: I've been playing around with Keri Smith's "This is Not an App." For day-to-day idea generation and noodling: … Continue reading What We Carry
The Fall 2014 semester is officially off the ground, so I thought I'd post a few links here to my professorial life, in case anyone's curious. I'm teaching Writing for Digital Media for the second time ever this year (both my second time, and the university's second-ever such offering), and I've created a separate website … Continue reading Teaching Updates
This semester at UPJ, I'm teaching a class on Writing for Digital Media. It's my first time teaching the course -- a course I developed along with my department's director for UPJ -- and the first writing class of its kind being offered in the Pitt university system. My colleague, Dr. Jeremy Justus, is in … Continue reading Learning Digital Narratives
MARISSA LANDRIGAN 