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Fall 2010 IWR Forum

IWR Forum is a forum in which Institute faculty and teaching partners contemplate publicly the issues surrounding teaching writing and speech that occupy their minds and energies. We publish the forum with the hope that our faculty will be encouraged to contribute their own thoughts to future editions.

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Fall 2009 IWR Forum

• College Writing and Speaking: Where in the World Are We? by Christiane Donahue, Director, Institute for Writing and Rhetoric
• Assessment, Then & Now by Karen Gocsik, Executive Director, Writing and Rhetoric
• Responsive Audiences, Responsive Speakers: Engaging Student Audiences in the Speech Classroom by Josh Compton, Lecturer of Speech
• Readings on Writing: A Review of Wiki Writing: Collaborative Learning in the College Classroom by Laura Braunstein, English Language and Literature Librarian

Newsletter Archive

Below are archived issues of the Institute for Writing and Rhetoric's Newsletter. In our Newsletter, we explore writing at Dartmouth, discuss program issues, spotlight faculty and staff, and hear from our students. Enjoy!

Spring 2008 · Volume 3 · Number 2 (New online format!)

• The Institute Welcomes Its New Chair, Tiane Donahue
• Final Thoughts from Tom Cormen
• Digital Discourse: Composing with Media in the Writing Classroom
• Multimedia Composition: Examples from the Classroom
• Speech is Back at Dartmouth: Welcome Josh Compton!
• Faculty Spotlight: Aden Evens
• Professional Development News
• Faculty News
• What's New at RWIT?
• ESL News
• Student Perspectives: "PowerPoint Counterpoint," "Convergence Culture," "Multimedia and the 2008 SA Elections"

Fall 2007 · Volume 3 · Number 1 (2.77MB PDF)

• Thoughts from the Chair
• Dickerson Prize Winners
• Active Learning
• On-line Faculty Resources
• Active Learning Bibliography
• Adopting Peer Assessment
• Faculty Spotlight
• Professional Development
• Winter 2008 PD Workshops
• Faculty News
• Writers on Strike
• ESL News
• What's New at RWIT?
• Student Perspective

Spring 2007 · Volume 2 · Number 2 (4MB PDF)

• Thoughts from the Chair
• Spotlight on Writing 2, 3
• Readings on Writing
• Writing Program at CCCC
• Dickerson Prize Nominations
• Summer Hours
• A Closer Look at Faculty
• Professional Development
• Faculty News
• What's New at RWIT?
• ESL News
• NE Faculty Development Consortium
• FYS Workshop
• Dealing with the Fear of Writing

Fall 2006 · Volume 2 · Number 1 (1MB PDF)

• Chair's Column: Writing in the Disciplines
• What's New Under the Tower?
• A Visual Timeline of Writing at Dartmouth
• A History of Composition at Dartmouth
• RWIT: Looking Back, Looking Forward
• Readings on Writing: The New Media, Then and Now
• Faculty Spotlight: Not Your Father's Writing 5
• Professional Development News
• Faculty News
• ESL Update: A Mingling of Cultures
• Teaching Writing Telecollaboratively
• Winning the Battle: A Student's Perspective
• Dickerson Prize Winners, 2005-2006

Spring 2006 · Volume 1 · Number 2 (8MB PDF)

• Chair's Column
• Faculty Spotlight on Karen Gocsik
• Faculty Contribution from Terry Osborne
• Professional Development News
• Student Contribution from Kacy Gordon, Head Writing Assistant
• Faculty News
• A Review of the Writing Program Kick-Off, by Susan Lord, Administrative Assistant

Fall 2005 · Volume 1 · Number 1 (7MB PDF)

• Chair's Column
• Faculty Spotlight on Doug Moody
• Faculty Contribution from John Donaghy
• Professional Development News
• Student Contribution from Kiara Vigil, Writing 2-3 TA
• Writing Program Collaborations: Working with the Library