I attended the New York City Writing Center’s Association at Pace University recently. We had about ten people show up from writing centers around the city. The snacks were shockingly delicious.
We talked mostly about using web tools to increase learning opportunities and student access. We had a long conversation about tutoring sessions occurring through internet [...]
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Reporting in from NYC’s Writing Center Association meeting at Pace
Posted in Teaching Resources, Tutoring practice, technology, tagged chat, collaboration, NYC, Pace, WCOnline on August 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The Challenging Tutee – Racially Sensitive Writing
Posted in Race, Tutoring practice, tagged Race, student writing, tutee, tutoring, tutors on September 24, 2007 | 6 Comments »
A consistent topic of professional development here at Capital Community College is the challenging student. Challenging can refer to many things: lack of motivation, poor academic skills, poor social skills, lack of knowledge of the assignment, desire for the tutor to do most if not all the work, emotional problems, anxiety, etc. [...]
