Rachel Winn Archives

Sep 08, 2023
  • Rachel Winn

Linguistic Justice Canvas Module

              The University’s Writing Center is an inclusive writing environment for our campus community. Through a consultant-led, semester-long professional development activity, these amazing students developed a Canvas-based module to...

Sep 08, 2023
  • Rachel Winn

Artificial Intelligence and the Writing Center 

  ChatGPT quickly became part of higher education in late 2022. While other artificial intelligence (AI) programs have entered the conversation, ChatGPT continues to be framed as a threat to...

Sep 08, 2023
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What makes a Writing Center Unique

  Writing Centers operate on a peer-to-peer feedback model. The UWC is staffed by undergraduate and graduate students from various majors on campus. Consultants hired do not know everything about...

Jul 19, 2021
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Evaluating Research

Evaluating Research Okay, you’ve got your writing assignment pulled up on your class website page, your outline for the assignment next to you, the library's database on another tab, and...

Jul 19, 2021
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Writing Genres

Writing Genres Writing is a given in college; however, I am sure we are all amazed at some point at the number of differences writing can have. These differences can...

Jul 19, 2021
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Strategies for Reading Critically

How to Read Critically  There is a difference between reading for fun and reading for a class. When you’re reading for school, you have a due date that you have to...

Jul 14, 2021
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Revision Strategies

Revision Strategies  Why is Revising Important? What is Revision?  Now what? You’ve done your research, written your paper, but the big question now is: what do you do next? Answer:...

Apr 21, 2021
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Integrating Sources

Integrating Sources   Many assignments of varying types require a minimum number of sources to be included to back up claims being made. While having to use sources isn’t uncommon,...

Feb 24, 2021
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Technologies for Writing

Technologies for Writing Writing assignments are often intimidating and can seem very challenging for many students. There is good news though, many tools exist to ease the writing process. Whether...

Feb 16, 2021
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Citation Systems

  A Guide to APA 7th Edition    What is APA?  APA (American Psychological Association) is a common writing style in social science subjects. The stylistic choices range from formatting...