Integrating the Writing Center Into Your Course Michael

Integrating the Writing Center Into Your Course Michael Turner Writing Center Coordinator

Writing Center and Writing Across the Institution Produces information about writing and the instruction of writing Decrease students’ sense that writing assessment is subjective Make the Writing Center feel like a space that extends into and out of the classroom

Writing Centers and Writers During sessions students: Describe processes Reflect on choices made and choices to come Summarize past feedback and anticipate future directions Collaborate

Contexts With Which We Work Student Instructor Assignment Writing

Scenario 1 min. : assignment 2 mins. : draft

Kind of like Top Chef or Chopped (but no one has to clean the kitchen afterwards!) Expertise under time and information constraints Can have an orientation, but not a plan Use activities and questions that provide feedback Scaffolded approaches

Integrate the Writing Center Into Your Course Assignment

Have students write about their experiences/their feedback/their process Low-stakes

Workshop Responsive to your assignment and where students are at in the process of thinking/writing

Research Learning transfer Artifacts and activities that students draw upon from class when working with a Writing Center consultant Can help with determining effectiveness of out-of-class and in-class activities

Let’s share anonymized information Feedback on assignments Feedback on experiences

Happy to talk! michael. turner@cortland. edu Brockway Hall 216