by Jenae Cohn | Feb 20, 2013 | Personal
Every six months, I go through this cycle where I wonder if I’m a sham. I’ve identified myself as a “writer” for most of my (young) adult life, but I frequently find myself in a self-loathing moment where I wonder, “If I don’t...
by Jenae Cohn | Mar 24, 2012 | Digital Literacy, Pedagogy
Have I mentioned here before that I work an additional job as a freelance (ghost) editor for a college and career counselor? Well, I’m mentioning it now and for one reason in particular: the ubiquitous “newspaper rhetoric” assignment. You know the...
by Jenae Cohn | Feb 23, 2012 | Web Culture Musings
I did a pretty good job of wallowing in misery in that last post, didn’t I? Let’s just say that developing functional literacy ain’t easy. Shall I even mention the fact that I’m incredibly behind on my coding? No! Because I have something...
by Jenae Cohn | Feb 15, 2012 | UWP 270
I have a confession to make: computers scare me. Admittedly, this is not ideal. I’m working towards graduate work in digital literacy/media studies. Yet if something goes wrong, I’m the first to call tech support, panicked. What am I thinking? And yes, I...
by Jenae Cohn | Feb 4, 2012 | Literature, Web Culture Musings
Around essay-grading time, there’s a beast that rears its ugly head. This beast goes by the terrifying name of: “So what?” The “so what?” beast is a simple creature, certainly not a many-headed hydra or a serpentine monster. Yet the beast...
