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Chalk Drawings: A Series, Sophia Marble
Chalk Drawings: A Series, Sophia Marble
WWU Honors College Senior Projects
Initially, over a year ago, I was talking to one of the Vital Climbing managers and expressing my curiosity about their artist space. Have there ever been writers who display here? At the time, I was a member of the climbing gym. Every month-or-so I stopped above the steps to view and appreciate the variety of visual artists and photographers who showcase at this location. The artist space is small, a section of brick wall at the entry of their gym. Lights above the posted art highlights the works as climbers walk up and down the stairs. It’s so fun …
The Reason: A Young Adult Novel Exploring Efficiency And Artificial Intelligence, Kira Stussy
The Reason: A Young Adult Novel Exploring Efficiency And Artificial Intelligence, Kira Stussy
WWU Honors College Senior Projects
The project presented was a novel written over the course of a year. It is a young adult science fiction book that takes place in a future ruled by an AI that separates everything (even people) into efficient and inefficient. The actual novel discussed in this presentation is in the process of being queried to agents for publication. Therefore, the actual content of the novel is not included. Instead, provided is the process and next steps for the book to give a general idea of the thought and work that went into this project and what hopefully awaits it in …
Peer Editing As Learning Tool, Warren Cornwall
Peer Editing As Learning Tool, Warren Cornwall
Backward by Design Mini-Studies
Structured peer editing of student writing provides a valuable tool for teaching writing concepts and skills. This write-up describes a detailed process for teaching and using peer editing in a journalism class. The goal of the peer editing is to help students understand and apply concepts and skills used to craft engaging and informative news stories, and to develop skills providing and receiving feedback about writing.
Using Reflective And Meta Writing Practices In English 101, Michelle Runyan
Using Reflective And Meta Writing Practices In English 101, Michelle Runyan
Backward by Design Mini-Studies
This study examines the ways in which a low-stakes meta, reflective, and reflexive writing assignment has the potential to help students better understand the writing that they do in the classroom. This assignment allows students to think through threshold concepts in the course, to question course concepts, and to think through the areas they are struggling with. Additionally, students are encouraged to think through their own writing process and how the skills they learn in the course might transfer to other courses. Finally, it allows the course instructor to examine their course curriculum and to adjust lesson plans based on …