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Intellectual Creativity in First-Year Composition Classes: Building a Case for the Multigenre Resear About the Authors:

Heidi Wall Burns earned a double B.A.

in English and Spanish from Dickinson State University and an M.A. in English from Iowa State University. She has taught introductory courses in first year composition, literature, and speech at a variety of intuitions, including a large research institution, a rural-based community college, an inner-city community college, an e-campus for a large urban community college, and a mid-sized tradition

al four-year institution. Each of these experiences has reinforced her belief that writing pedagogy needs to continually evolve to meet the unprecedented writing needs of today’s students. Heidi’s belief that the current methodology used in first year composition classrooms is inadequate is what led her to create the study on which this book is founded. In addition, she has published several articles on teaching as well as presented at regional and national conferences. Her goal is to encourage other instructors to take risks in their classrooms and to continue offering more effective learning opportunities for students. In Spring 2016, she was awarded the contingent faculty award from her current institution for her innovation in the classroom. When she’s not busy grading or dreaming up new ideas to use in the classroom, Heidi also works as an independent editor. She has worked on over a hundred titles, from juvenile literature to doctoral dissertations, in all phases from concept to final proofing. She can be reached at [email protected], via LinkedIn at Heidi Burns or on Twitter

Michael MacBride received his Ph.D. in English from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, in 2014, his M.A. in Literature from Minnesota State University, Mankato, and his B.S. in Creative Writing from Eastern Michigan University. Since 2005, he has taught a variety of English, Literature, and Humanities courses at six different institutions. Although his primary area of research is nineteenth-century American literature, he has additional expertise in contemporary American literature, Latin American literature, Rhetoric and Composition, and Comic Studies. This balance of course work and scholarship allows him to help students make connections across centuries, cultures, and genres, and become better critical readers and thinkers of the world around them. Regardless if students are in a face-to-face, online, or hybrid setting, Michael believes it is essential that students find a personal connection to their writing. In addition to his teaching, Michael also regularly presents at professional conferences. Two of his favorites are: NCTE and the Comics Arts Conference at the San Diego Comic Con. He can be reached via email at [email protected], on Twitter .

06/13/2023

Our little Thompson Twins Books made the news in Arizona

If a couple of the characters in Michael David MacBride’s new Thompson Twins mystery look like South Chandler kids, there’s a reason.

02/05/2023

10/04/2022

We had a lot of fun celebrating some fiction work by Michael recently at the 410 Project in Mankato, MN. Heidi moderated an author chat with Rob Jung, author of The Chimera Chronicles, and Michael, highlighting his two recent books Lies from Beechwood Drive and The Life and Times of Skaborough Fair. If you're interested in some good writing from local MN writers, please check their work out on Amazon.com.

02/01/2022

A classroom door celebrating "I Love to Read Month." What an honor that our Thompson Twin detectives are helping kids learn to be curious and to read! ❤

03/01/2021

MNWE 2021
REINVENT, REINVEST, REINVIGORATE: TEACHING AFTER 2020
THURSDAY & FRIDAY, MARCH 25 & 26, 2021
FULLY ONLINE THROUGH ZOOM (just $30 for two days!)

2020–and January 2021–have imposed an involuntary reset on academe: an opportunity to take stock of our pedagogy, adapt what needs a refresh, and create new techniques and tools for teaching and tutoring in Composition, Literature, and Creative Writing. Our MnWE theme invites you to share your experiences in keeping English education vital for students during a pandemic, economic and political disruptions, and demands for law enforcement reform.

Our theme also encourages you to look to the future. Social justice, health, political, and economic crises have illuminated our nation’s disparities in both higher education and high schools. Health and safety concerns and financial uncertainties threaten our students, our colleagues and coworkers, and us. How will the lessons and experiences of the past thirteen months transform our teaching?

2020–and January 2021–have imposed an involuntary reset on academe: an opportunity to take stock of our pedagogy, adapt what needs a refresh, and create new techniques and tools for teaching and...

02/19/2021

Today's clues about the next Thompson Twins mystery are:
--Captain America and his buddy Bucky Barnes debuted in March 1941.
--Iron Man debuted in March 1963.
--Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch debuted in March 1964.
--Carol Danvers and Green Lantern debuted in March 1968.
--Havok (my favorite X-Man) debuted in March 1969.
--Jason Todd's Robin debuted in March 1983.
Stay tuned for more clues and the cover-release.
And, if your kids still need book 1, you can find it here: https://www.amazon.com/Thompson-Twins-Missing-Beaver-Teeth-ebook/dp/B08JMC59HP

02/05/2021

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12/03/2020

Congrats to Michael on the recent release of his second book of fiction Voyager, which has been nominated for the MN Book Awards!

Current Submissions The following books have been submitted for the 33rd annual Minnesota Book Awards. List last updated 11/19/2020. Children’s Picture Book: Bee Love (Can Be Hard) by Alan Page and Kamie Page (Page Education Foundation) Big Papa and the Time Machine by Daniel Bernstrom, illustrati...

11/13/2020

A Pedagogy of Kindness. What is that?
"A pedagogy of kindness asks us to apply compassion in every situation we can, and not to default to suspicion or anger. When suspicion or anger is our first response, a pedagogy of kindness asks us to step back and do the reflective work of asking why we’re reacting in that manner and what other instances of disappointment or mistrust are coming to bear on a particular moment in a particular student-teacher interaction. This can transform the student-teacher relationship — but it’s not only on an individual-to-individual level that it can alter our working world. To extend kindness means recognizing that our students possess innate humanity, which directly undermines the transactional educational model to which too many of our institutions lean, if not cleave. "

Kindness is something most of us aspire toward as people, but not something we necessarily think of as central to teaching.

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