by Jenae Cohn | Aug 27, 2018 | Digital Literacy, Pedagogy, Professionalization
For many years, I supported students in writing and editing their college application essays. I worked primarily with students transitioning immediately from high school to college, and when they would write about developing their “personal brand,” I often...
by Jenae Cohn | Jul 25, 2018 | AmWriting, Digital Literacy, Personal, Professionalization, Web Culture Musings, Writing
Every day, I tend to fill at least some of my time with reading the latest in education news. I’m a big fan of newsletter subscriptions in particular, so everyday, my e-mail inbox tends to include some message with the latest headlines from Educause, Inside...
by Jenae Cohn | Jul 18, 2018 | AmWriting, Pedagogy, Personal, Professionalization
I’m nearing the end of my first week back in my office after attending the NEH Institute in Salt Lake City, and, already, I feel myself sliding back into some bad writing habits. For one, I’ve had my browser window open all morning with the Dashboard of...
by Jenae Cohn | Jul 11, 2018 | National Endowment for the Humanities Institute
I have to admit that I almost shed tears at the thought of sewing pages together today. It’s the last full day for us here to complete the projects that we’ll be exhibiting at the Salt Lake City Public Library and I had only a few steps left for the project I had...
by Jenae Cohn | Jun 20, 2018 | National Endowment for the Humanities Institute
Yesterday, I sat at the desk, hunched over a piece of wax thread, and a stack of papers. I was supposed to be making a coptic book, a medieval style of book where the papers are woven together to create an organically coiled binding. The process is strenuous,...
