collaboration

Large Language Models and Chain Stories: An Exploration of Creativity and Artificial Intelligence

Activities, collaboration and group work, critical thought and analysis, digital literacy, genAI, narrative and storytelling, writing technologies /

Chris Mayer Assignments & Activities Archive Activity Description This lesson develops students’ awareness of the synergistic and disruptive potential of Large Language Models (LLMs) in storytelling. Designed for a first-year writing class, the lesson explores the interplay between creativity and AI by examining LLMs’ storytelling capabilities. Students will collaboratively create a chain story, then use […]

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Stronger Together: Collaborative Work in the Technical Writing Classroom

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Laurence José Volume 6 Chapter Description College classes often involve some level of collaborative work. Technical writing courses are no different. In fact, collaboration has long been identified as one of the key components of technical and professional writing courses (Allen and Benninghoff). Yet, many students and teachers have experienced times of anxiety and even

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Putting Ourselves in the Company of Writers: Overcoming Obstacles to Creating Successful Collaborations

Assignments, collaboration and group work, critical thought and analysis, identity, metacognition, reflection /

Samantha NeCamp & Connie Kendall Theado Assignments & Activities Archive Assignment Description “Don’t wait for the muse. As I’ve said, he’s a hardheaded guy who’s not susceptible to a lot of creative fluttering. This isn’t the Ouija board or the spirit-world we’re talking about here, but just another job like laying pipe or driving long-haul

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Deep Digital Reading with Google Docs

Activities, collaboration and group work, digital literacy, reading, reading strategies /

Ashley R. Ott Assignments & Activities Archive Activity Description “Books and screens are now bound up with one another whether we like it or not. Only in patiently working through this entanglement will we be able to understand how new technologies will, or will not, change how we read” (Piper ix). Digital reading offers new

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A Full Class Annotated Bibliography: In-Class Community Building & Applied Social Composing Practice

Activities, collaboration and group work, information literacy, Process, reading, research, secondary source research /

Zoe McDonald Assignments & Activities Archive Activity Description This activity transforms a familiar annotated bibliography into a full class activity to give students hands-on knowledge of two central components of composing: writing as a social process (Adler-Kassner and Wardle) and “authority is constructed and contextual” (ACRL). As Tressie McMillan Cottom observes , “writing is always

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Navigating Your Collaborative Project

collaboration and group work, professional writing, Volume 5, writing technologies /

Ellen Cecil-Lemkin and Tamara Gluck Volume 5 Chapter Description From school to the workplace, managing team projects isn’t always easy, but this chapter aims to prepare students for success. In this chapter, we guide students through different tools for working with others, maintaining project goals, and completing projects where technology is at the forefront. We

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Technologies of Trust: Creating Networks of Goodwill for Collaboration

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Lance Cummings, Rin Jackson, & Moriah Yancey Volume 4 Chapter Description Most students dread that fateful “group project,” often for good reasons. Our past experiences with group work sometimes don’t speak well to this kind of project.* But most writing in the 21st century is deeply collaborative and happens mostly in digital spaces. Observing the

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Introduction: Open Source Composition Texts Arrive for College Writers

collaboration and group work, Volume 1, writing technologies /

Robert Cummings Volume 1 Chapter Description An introduction to the first volume which explains the mission of Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing as an open textbook project.  Alternate Downloads:  You may also download this chapter from Parlor Press or WAC Clearinghouse. Writing Spaces is published in partnership with Parlor Press and WAC Clearinghouse.

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Collaborating Online: Digital Strategies for Group Work

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Anthony Atkins Volume 1 Chapter Description This chapter focuses on how to work collaboratively on group projects and on how technology can facilitate productive cooperation among group members. Users will learn how to assess a project, choose technologies conducive to review and document sharing, and prepare group projects for presentation. Group members should assess the

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