by Jenae Cohn | Jun 24, 2019 | Digital Literacy, Higher Education, Pedagogy
The Computers & Writing 2019 program: hand-drawn and festive! Starting my conference recap post on this year’s Computers and Writing 2019 conference, I’m struck by my struggle to articulate a starting point. I think that’s in part because this...
by Jenae Cohn | Jun 20, 2019 | Digital Literacy, Higher Education, Web Culture Musings, Writing
What does it mean to “center ethical challenges” in the work of teaching writing to college students? This is part of the provocation at this year’s Computers and Writing Conference, where the theme is “Mission Critical: Centering Ethical Challenges in...
by Jenae Cohn | Apr 24, 2019 | Digital Literacy, information literacy, Web Culture Musings
A rock face from Petroglyph National Monument in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Markings upon rocks often served as warnings between indigenous peoples on New Mexican lands. I speak to warnings and otherwise in this post (Photo taken by me). Over the past 24 hours,...
by Jenae Cohn | Mar 14, 2019 | Digital Literacy, information literacy, Pedagogy, Personal
Our digital footprints may last a bit longer than these footprints in the sand, which may require us to be ever more mindful of what traces of ourselves we make visible. I Googled myself yesterday. This is not unusual; I “Google” myself with regularity, seeing what...
by Jenae Cohn | Feb 16, 2019 | Digital Literacy, information literacy, Pedagogy, Web Culture Musings
Starting a digital literacy initiative can be a real gift… but it can also be an unwanted one if we don’t properly frame or scaffold it in ways that don’t make sense to our students. My heart froze as I saw the woman in the audience’s neutral...
by Jenae Cohn | Dec 6, 2018 | Digital Literacy, Functional Literacy, Pedagogy
It’s the last week of classes here at Stanford, so students are lingering in the hallways outside their instructors’ offices. Almost every student I see here has a smartphone out, perusing, scanning, skimming, and waiting until they can wrap up their...
