San Francisco State University Writing Program

10/31/2017

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/10/31/559571970/learning-to-spot-fake-news-start-with-a-gut-check?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social

A new approach seeks to equip university students with the tools of fact-checkers.

10/17/2017

https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/james-baldwins-lesson-for-teachers-in-a-time-of-turmoil/amp

Rigorous lessons are not mutually exclusive from culturally and politically relevant ones.

10/16/2017

https://www.poynter.org/news/want-be-better-online-sleuth-learn-read-webpages-fact-checker

Read less, learn more.

10/12/2017

http://www.gettingsmart.com/2017/10/how-writing-teachers-can-help-revolutionize-higher-education/amp/

By Denise Wydra - We’re drowning students in content at the expense of the thinking skills they need for success outside the classroom. Writing can help.

10/09/2017

https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/how-smartphones-hijack-our-minds-1507307811

Research suggests that as the brain grows dependent on phone technology, the intellect weakens.

09/05/2017

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/09/05/twitter-thread-social-media-trend-215539

The compelling, incendiary literary form of the Trump era.

08/24/2017

Some great teaching ideas here: http://sheg.stanford.edu/intro-materials

The Reading Like a Historian curriculum engages students in historical inquiry. Each lesson revolves around a central historical question and features sets of primary documents modified for groups of students with diverse reading skills and abilities. This curriculum teaches students how to investig...

08/24/2017

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/24/fashion/fear-of-failure.html?emc=eta1&_r=0

A Smith College initiative called “Failing Well” is one of a crop of university programs that aim to help high achievers cope with basic setbacks.

03/24/2017

https://medium.com//why-are-citations-important-in-research-writing-97fb6d854b47 #.3jn3qhg21

It’s not just about distributing credit where it’s due

01/23/2017

It's not too late to submit a proposal for this!
http://www.sjsu.edu/cccc/

01/20/2017

http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/17/magazine/what-americans-wrote-to-obama.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share

Over eight years, through millions of letters, the staff of the White House mailroom read the unfiltered story of a nation.

11/11/2016

https://accessiblesyllabus.tulane.edu/