Dr. Cheryl E. Ball » Workshops http://www.ceball.com/tenure Associate Professor of New Media Studies Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:43:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 “New media in the writing classroom” http://www.ceball.com/tenure/2010/08/17/new-media-in-the-writing-classroom/ http://www.ceball.com/tenure/2010/08/17/new-media-in-the-writing-classroom/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:12:42 +0000 cball http://www.ceball.com/tenure/?p=1158 Keynote Speaker/Workshop Leader. (2010, August 17). Strengthening student writing@TSU: New media in the writing classroom. Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN.

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A one-day workshop to lead 30 faculty in the Languages, Literature, and Philosophy department in creating multimodal assignments for their writing classes.

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Participating with VP of Research for Illinois State University, I spoke to new faculty members (in a morning and afternoon session) about personal and professional strategies for being a successful researcher at Illinois State.

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Ball, Cheryl E., & Ellison, Katherine. (2009, April 29). Editing online journals. Publications Unit Professional Speaker Series, Illinois State University.

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For interns in the Publications Unit at ISU, Ellison and I spoke about our respective online journals (Kairos and Digital Defoe). We outlined the peer-review and editorial processes and how they might differ from print publications (which is what the interns focus on).

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]]> http://www.ceball.com/tenure/2009/10/30/editing-online-journals/feed/ 0 “A Brief History of Computers and Composition” http://www.ceball.com/tenure/2009/10/30/a-brief-history-of-computers-and-composition/ http://www.ceball.com/tenure/2009/10/30/a-brief-history-of-computers-and-composition/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:01:09 +0000 cball http://www.ceball.com/tenure/?p=757 citation
Ball, Cheryl E. (2008, October 22). A brief history of computers and composition. Teaching Composition (Dr. Bob Broad’s graduate seminar), Illinois State University.

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In this guest lecture for a graduate class, I provided a historical look at computers and composition studies since the early 1980s, showing the trajectory of its research and praxis interests including the introduction of multiple media in the last decade.

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]]> http://www.ceball.com/tenure/2009/10/30/a-brief-history-of-computers-and-composition/feed/ 0 “‘Dr. Design’: On Résumés and Job Negotiations” http://www.ceball.com/tenure/2009/10/30/%e2%80%98dr-design%e2%80%99-on-resumes-and-job-negotiations/ http://www.ceball.com/tenure/2009/10/30/%e2%80%98dr-design%e2%80%99-on-resumes-and-job-negotiations/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:58:36 +0000 cball http://www.ceball.com/tenure/?p=754 citation
Ball, Cheryl E. (2008, February 5). ‘Dr. Design’: On résumés and job negotiations. English Studies Capstone (Dr. Amy Robillard’s undergraduate seminar), Illiinois State University.

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A two-hour guest lecture/workshop for one section of graduating seniors on how to prepare their résumés for the job market, including tips on designing the résumé and negotiating a job offer.

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