Great Assignment Idea
I am a member of the WPA listserv, which is always a great source of ideas and information.
Recently on the list, one member shared an assignment idea that I thought was worth noting. It is something I’d be interested in using in the future.
Lynn Reid, an adjunct at City College of New York and Brookdale Community College, noted she asks students to create a blog in advocacy for an issue they are reading or writing about. The students are allowed to select their audience, content and format. She requires the students write a formal paper explaining why the student decided to create the blog the way they did as well as discuss how the contributions from the blog informed the larger conversation about the issue.
Reid lets students decide whether to create a real blog or to write a blog-style document.
