Category: What’s New in Basic Writing

• 01/21/2019

  Updated Schedule for the CBW Workshop at CCCC 2019 (3/13/2019)

  Please join us for an exciting day discussing Basic Writing and composition. We look forward to this annual gathering to network, share ideas, and explore Basic Writing pedagogy & theory. This year, CBW is featured as a strand in the all-day TYCA conference. So, if you have registered for the TYCA conference (or just for…
• 01/19/2019

  CBW 2019 Is On The Way!

  

  As we get ready for CBW 2019, CBW Board Members share what they are most excited about this year! Marisa Klages, our co-chair is looking forward to connecting with colleagues. Jason Evans says, “I’m looking forward to a chance to think constructively about basic writing with colleagues from across the country, the first-ever TYCA national…
• 03/10/2017

  Basic Writing at CCCC 2017

  Here’s the 2017 quick guide to CCCC sessions on basic writing, developmental writing, and ALP. The following sessions are full panels devoted to these topics  or have a presentation on a panel. Wednesday, 15 March 2017 W.07 Implementing Long-Term Changes to Basic Writing Programs in Local Contexts All day pre-conference workshop hosted by the Council…
• 04/07/2016

  Open Business Meeting

  Michael Hill, CBW Co-Chair, opened the business meeting by welcoming everyone! The open business meeting is focused on making sure that we get lots of input from our basic writing community! Agenda:  1. WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS We had the opportunity to hear from colleagues around the country and hear some of the exciting research and scholarship faculty…
• 09/01/2014

  New Resources for a Fresh Start to Your New Semester!

  Check out the ever evolving CBW Resource Share Site for new ideas for a new semester! Thanks Elizabeth Baldridge!
• 05/19/2013

  Call for Papers: BWe Special Issue

  2014 BWe Special Issue: Call for Submissions Basic Writing, Community Engagement, and Interdisciplinarity Guest Editor: Tom Peele, Long Island University, Brooklyn Click here for the on-line version of the CFP:  http://bwe.ccny.cuny.edu/cfp_bw_community_engagement.html Click here for the PDF of the CFP: CFP Basic Writing and Community Engagement
• 05/19/2013

  Check Out the Beautifully Redesigned BWe!

  BWe has moved! And, there’s a brand new double issue of BWe, Multimodal Composing: Opportunities and Challenges in Basic Writing Contexts, now available. Kudos to BWe editor Barbara Gleason for such fantastic work! You’ll enjoy the fascinating articles in this issue. Also, you’ll love the new site design. CBW executive board member, the amazing  Lynn Reid (who also served…
• 03/15/2013

  K.02: Revising the WPA Outcomes Statement for a Multimodal, Digitally Composed World

  Although this session is not explicitly about basic writing, I think it’s important to add to the conversation. As we think about basic writing, its many forms, and its many different curricular definitions & iterations across the country, the WPA Outcomes for First Year Writing have become a national touchstone for what first year comp…
• 03/15/2013

  Materials From A17, There’s Nothing Basic About Basic Writing:

  Hi Folks, Here’s the presentation for those of you who were asking. A17 Nothing Basic About Basic Writing 2013 It should be downloadable as a PDF file.
• 03/15/2013

  On “We are Borg: Composing Processes and Identities”

  The session “We are Borg: Composing Processes and Identities” dealt with using multimodal composing to break students out of “genre knowledge” that might not be serving them in composition classrooms. The first talk was by Angela Laflen. Her talk was entitled “Charting the New World between Whiteboards and Slides: Composing Online with Prezi.” She demonstrated…