The UCWbL Workshops Team is off to a busy start in the 2014 Autumn Quarter! We have already facilitated several in-class workshops on the topics of Digication,…
Category: Peer Writing Tutoring
Reflections on tutor’s professional experiences and poignant advice about the role itself; challenges they faced and/or victories with their important teachings; the divergent writerly genres one might encounter; and the scope of such position beyond the Writing Center
Agenda Share: what blogs do you read? Discuss: why does the UCWbL have a blog? Brainstorm blog topics in groups Read & Reflect: “How to Write an…
“Learning…is life’s greatest adventure” – Taylor Caldwell, novelist This is something I’ve always believed in, and something I continue to discover and internalize during my first weeks…
As students, teachers, and writers, we know many things. We know about events. We know information and data and facts. Most likely, we are familiar with this…
The Writing Fellows program at the UCWbL is a direct example of our writing-across-curriculum (WAC) approach to academic writing here at DePaul. It can be wonderful to…
I’m the first to admit I’ve been on a temporary hiatus from the UCWbLog sphere. While everyone at DePaul was suffering from finals, I was scrambling to…
5 Digication Resources for Creating Awesome e-Portfolios 1. Pixlr.com There are a lot of great websites out there to help you make a great and personalized banner for…
I was starting to feel like I would soon be leaving work with a pounding headache, rather than the feeling of gratification I should have after doing what…
The writers we work with at the UCWbL are much like snowflakes, in that no two are alike and they both can be seen covering the sidewalks…
When the CMWR facilitated the workshop, “Out and About: A Short Guide to City Living” on February 24, I was devastated that I could not be there,…