Basic Writing: Technological Literacies for Text-Messagers, Contemporary Mythmakers, and Students from Working Class Backgrounds
Type of Presentation
Panel (1 hour and 15 minutes presentation total for two or more presenters)
Target Audience
Higher Education
Location
Scarbrough 4
Abstract
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Presentation Description
Identify existing skill sets in learners; assess learners’ information and technological literacy development in a sixteen week semester; and postulate effective means of developing and furthering skill levels through a pre-composition course that stresses multiple literacies: Easy, right? By defining, examining, and assessing the Basic Writing Program at University of Southern Indiana, the Coordinator and Basic Writing Task Force members demystify Basic Writing Instruction pedagogical best-practices in the face of pre-college-level college students’ information literacy preparedness (or potential).
Keywords
Learner demographics, Technological literacy, Basic writing program, Pre-composition course, Information literacy
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Wangler, Sarah and Horn, Jenn, "Basic Writing: Technological Literacies for Text-Messagers, Contemporary Mythmakers, and Students from Working Class Backgrounds" (2013). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 79.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2013/2013/79
Basic Writing: Technological Literacies for Text-Messagers, Contemporary Mythmakers, and Students from Working Class Backgrounds
Scarbrough 4
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