For many, playing with the topography of writing was productively related to seeing narrative form differently. Whether they explicitly said it or not, many saw connections between new ways of reading and new ways of writing. Lessons learned for revision 1. As the semester progresses, the limited days in a traditional classroom leaves little time for traditional modes of discussion and analysis. Increasingly then, I am inclined toward teacher-centered, presentation style teaching.
Collaborative pedagogies take time.
I believe, which I'll elaborate below. But, this is a basic tension to be negotiated if both goals are maintained. Students need to be eased into writing in hypertext , through small assignments that begin with traditional rhetorical forms and branching out. In this course I believe that is the most productive way to go. I started them off with too extensive an assignment .