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Research Round Up: When Content Becomes Tutoring

A collaborative blog post written by Jennifer Fu. and Maggie J. Imagine this: you, the tutor, just received a draft to give written feedback on a writer’s…

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Face to Screen: The Future of Face to Face Appointments?

Technology is steadily increasing in prevalence in our everyday lives, which is reflected in our UCWbL appointments. Laptops are an essential part of work in the UCWbL.…

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Why is spelling so difficult in English? A Brief History of English

Why is spelling so difficult in English? A brief history of English.  The short answer to this question is because English is really old, thus it has had the…

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Google and You: BFFs 4eva

Conversation partner appointments are easily one of my favorite types of appointments at the UCWbL because of how open and flexible they are. Being free to just…

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Digication 101: Choosing Your Theme & Basic CSS

Have you ever found yourself looking at a friend’s/professor’s/classmate’s/stranger’s Digication ePorfolio, wondering how on earth they could possibly make theirs look like that? If so, then this…

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How to Find Sources Past the First Page of Google

Google is, by far, one of the most helpful tools on the internet. From its ease of usage to its quick response time with millions of items…

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What a writer wants ft. Xtina

What a writer wants is, I would assume, akin to what Christina Aguilara posits in what a girl wants: fulfillment or whatever. The education research done by…

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Safe Space For Whom: Tutor Dignity and Writer Freedom

I’ll preface this post by saying that it’s really difficult to offend me personally. There are things people say and do that I understand are generally offensive…

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Our So-Called Problem with Modern Academia Culture

Recently, my advanced creative writing workshop professor emailed our class—a feisty group of 15 who really enjoy challenging him—an article from that week’s New York Times and…

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Women in the Workforce! Scrawl Sneak Peek S12 E8

Hello audience! On this week’s episode of the splendid Scrawl Radio show, we will be discussing women in the work force, since DePaul University’s very own graduating…