Mission Statement:

 
  Composition as a discipline is constantly evolving, changing its teaching practices along with innovations in theory and technology. Therefore, Theory into Practice strives to illuminate these evolving connections between theories, computer technologies, and pedagogical practices.

Section Editor -- Meredith Graupner

 
 


 
Fall 2009, Special Issue: Composition
in the Freeware Age
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Putting 2.0 and Two Together: What Web 2.0 Can Teach Composition About Collaborative Learning Chris Gerben (University of Michigan)
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Remediating Democracy: Irreverent Composition and the Vernacular Rhetorics of Web 2.0 Erin Dietel-McLaughlin (Bowling Green State University)
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Hacker Ethics and Firefox Extensions: Writing and Teaching the 'Grey' Areas of Web 2.0 Brian Ballentine (West Virginia University)
   
 
Spring 2009
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New Media Rhetorics in the Attention Economy Anthony Ellerston (University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point)
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Editing Out Obscenity: Wikipedia and Writing Pedagogy Carra Hood (Richard Stockton College of New Jersey)
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aut(hored)ism Melanie Yergeau (Ohio State University)
   
 
Fall 2008, Special Issue: Reading Games
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Thinking through Persuasive Play: Encouraging a Reflective Gaming Experience Shawn Apostel (Michigan Technological University)
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Gaming as Writing, or, World of Warcraft as World of Wordcraft Edmond Y. Chang (University of Washington)
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Enter the Game Factor: Putting Theory into Practice in the Design of Peer Factor Ryan Moeller & Kim White (Utah State University and Bedford/ St. Martin's Press)
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Starter Cities: Simulation, Game Design, and the Writing Classroom Mark Mullen (The George Washington University)
   
 
Spring 2008
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Where Ideas Are Garbage and All Writing is Free: Doubting and Believing in Freewriting
Michele Eodice (University of Oklahoma),

Elizabeth Boquet (Fairfield University)
Garrick Brown (Fairfield University),
Sean Ringley (Northern Kentucky University
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Digital Mirrors: Multimodal Reflection
in the Composition Classroom
Debra Journet, Tabetha Adkins, Chris Alexander, Patrick Corbett, Ryan Trauman
(University of Louisville)
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In Their Own Voices: Online Writing Instructors Speak Out on Issues of Preparation, Development, & Support Laura McGrath (Kennesaw State University)

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Understanding DIGITAL GENRES as semiotic artefacts: Meaning and cognition beyond standardised genres Luisa Villanueva Alfonso (Universitat Jaume I), Mª José Luzón Marco (Univeridad de Zaragoza), Mª
Noelia Ruiz Madrid (Universitat Jaume I)

   
 
Fall 2007, Special Issue: Online Research
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This Was (NOT!!) an Easy Assignment Jody Shipka (University of Maryland, Baltimore County)
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Looking in by Looking Out Randall McClure & Lisa Baures (Cleveland State University & Minnesota State University, Mankato)

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Research Instruction at the Point of Need: Information Literacy and Online Tutorials
Tom Peele and Glenda Phipps (Boise State University & Miami Dade College)
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The 'I' of the Storm Daisy Pignetti (University of South Florida)
   
 
Spring 2007
English Studies and the University Experience as Intellectual Property: Commodification and the Spellings Report Dickie Selfe (The Ohio State University) Also in .pdf
What Does it Mean To Embody Learning? Chidsey Dickson (Lynchburg College)
Exploring Computer-Mediated Oral Composing and Its Mediation Sara Pace (Lamar University)
   
 
Fall 2006, Special Issue: Sound

What's Going On? Listening to Music, Composing Videos
Kevin Brooks, Michael Tomanek, Rachel Wald, Matthew Warner, and Brianne Wilkening (North Dakota State University)
A Sound(Career)Track: Toward a Modal-Fusion of Music/Composition
Geoffrey Carter (Purdue University)

Voice in the Cultural Soundscape: Sonic Literacy in Composition Studies
Michelle Comstock (University of Denver) and Mary E. Hocks (Georgia State University)
Towers Open Fire: From Knowing to Doing
Robert Leston (University of Texas, Arlington)

"...And They Had Pro Tools"
Thomas Rickert and Michael Salvo (Purdue University)

   
 
Spring 06

(Re)Wiring Ourselves: The Electrical and Pedagogical Evolution of a Writing Center
Andrea Ascuena (University of Louisville) and Michael Mattison (Boise State University)

The Rhetoric and Discourse of Instant Messaging
Christine Hult and Ryan Richins (Utah State University)
 

Fall 2005

Weblogs as Deictic Systems: Centripetal, Centrifugal, and Small-World Blogging
Collin Brooke (Syracuse University)

Comments on Collin Brooke's "Weblogs as Deictic Systems"
Stephen D. Krause (Eastern Michigan University)
Making Online Spaces More Native to American Indians: A Digital Diversity Recommendation
Angela M. Haas (Michigan State University)
 

Spring 2005

First Phase Information Literacy on a Fourth Generation Website: An Argument for a New Approach to Website Evaluation Criteria
Shawn Apostel and Moe Folk (Michigan Technological University)

Self-Analysis: A Call for Multimodality in Personal Narrative Composition
Sonya Borton (University of Louisville)
 

Fall 2004

"'Boy? Girl? You Decide': Multimodal Web Composition and a Mythography of Identity"
Brian R. Houle, Alex P. Kimball, and Heidi A. McKee (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
 

Spring 2004

#FFFFFF, #000000, & #808080: Hypertext Theory and WebDev in the Composition Classroom
Michael J. Cripps, York College (City University of New York)
 

Literacy Practices and Literacy Events of a 21st Century American Child (QuickTime Movie)
Kara Poe Alexander (University of Louisville)
 

Toward a Rhetoric of New Media: Composing (me)dia (temporarily hosted at MSU; requires Shockwave and QuickTime Players) 
Ellen Cushman (Michigan State University)
 
Fall 2003

In the Cyberhood: Using Global Technologies For Local Purposes
Anthony Ellerston and Margaret E. Baker Graham (Iowa State University)
 
Spring 2003
Teaching Writing in the Space of Blackboard
Evan Davis and Sarah Hardy (Hampden-Sydney College)
   

 

 
     


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