How can composition instructors use video in the classroom? Even if they're scared? Plugs, Play, Pedagogy Episode 12: Video Didn't Kill the Composition Student Transcript available as a Google Doc here; check it out for more links, and feel free to comment on anything that needs comments. Produced and recorded by Kyle Stedman (plugsplaypedagogy@wri…

What are the intersections between composition pedagogy and creative writing? Plugs, Play, Pedagogy Episode 11: Composing Creatively Transcript available as a Google Doc here; check it out for more links, and feel free to comment on anything that needs comments. Part 1: Why this book? First, you'll hear me talk to Danita Berg, one of the co-editors…

What kinds of relationships do we have to the places we inhabit? And what do those relationships have to do with our teaching? Plugs, Play, Pedagogy Episode 10: Exploring the Past Transcript available here as a Google Doc full of links. If you see edits I should make or links I should add, go ahead and leave a comment. Part 1: Researching My House …

How can I use podcasting in my composition classes? Plugs, Play, Pedagogy Episode 9: Podcasting with Students Produced and recorded by Kyle Stedman (plugsplaypedagogy@writingcommons.org; @kstedman), assistant professor of English at Rockford University, in cooperation with KairosCast and Writing Commons. If you have ideas for future episodes, pleas…

What do writing and rhetoric scholars care about? Plugs, Play, Pedagogy Episode 8: Looking into the Fish Tank: Tiny Encounters at CCCC Produced and recorded by Kyle Stedman (plugsplaypedagogy@writingcommons.org; @kstedman), assistant professor of English at Rockford University, in cooperation with KairosCast and Writing Commons. If you have ideas f…

What is the DALN? And how can I use it in my classes? Plugs, Play, Pedagogy Episode 7: Teaching with the Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives Produced and recorded by Kyle Stedman (plugsplaypedagogy@writingcommons.org; @kstedman), assistant professor of English at Rockford University, in cooperation with KairosCast and Writing Commons. If you hav…

How is our composing and teaching affected by the places we inhabit? Plugs, Play, Pedagogy Episode 6: Locations of Writing Produced and recorded by Kyle Stedman (plugsplaypedagogy@writingcommons.org; @kstedman), assistant professor of English at Rockford University, in cooperation with KairosCast and Writing Commons. If you have ideas for future ep…

What complications can we expect when we teach with games? And why are we so afraid of play? Plugs, Play, Pedagogy Episode 5: Grumble, Grumble: The Pitfalls of Gaming Pedagogy Produced and recorded by Kyle Stedman (plugsplaypedagogy@writingcommons.org; @kstedman), assistant professor of English at Rockford University, in cooperation with KairosCast…

Learn creative ways that teachers of writing and rhetoric are using games and play in their classrooms. Plugs, Play, Pedagogy Episode 4: A New Hope for Games in the Classroom Produced and recorded by Kyle Stedman (plugsplaypedagogy@writingcommons.org; @kstedman), assistant professor of English at Rockford University, in cooperation with KairosCast …

How does copyright law affect the stuff I make--and that my students make? Plugs, Play, Pedagogy Episode 3: Using Creative Commons to Make Stuff Produced and recorded by Kyle Stedman (plugsplaypedagogy@writingcommons.org; @kstedman), assistant professor of English at Rockford University, in cooperation with KairosCast and Writing Commons. Transcrip…

Why are teaching philosophy statements so bad? And how can they be better? Plugs, Play, Pedagogy Episode 2: Attack of the Cloned Teaching Statements Produced and recorded by Kyle Stedman (plugsplaypedagogy@writingcommons.org; @kstedman), assistant professor of English at Rockford University, in cooperation with KairosCast and Writing Commons. Trans…

How do teachers today prepare for a new semester? Plugs, Play, Pedagogy Episode 1: Setting Up Class Produced and recorded by Kyle Stedman (plugsplaypedagogy@writingcommons.org; @kstedman), assistant professor of English at Rockford University, in cooperation with KairosCast and Writing Commons. Today's episode is focused on how instructors set up f…