REFRAMING THE RHETORICAL

SITUATIONSocial Networking in the

Composition Classroom

GOOD NEWS!Our students are already writers.

BAD NEWSThere is an ever-widening gap between the writing students do in school and the writing they do outside of school.

One Possible Solution:

Writing in school

Writing outside of school

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I argue that one way we can achieve this goal is

by meaningfully and efficiently using social

networking sites in teaching writing.

WHY SOCIAL NETWORKING? It helps students see all of their writing

as connected. It creates a more well-defined rhetorical

situation.AudiencePurposeDialogue

THE LIMITATIONS OF SOCIAL NETWORKING Social networks are primarily useful as a

means of invention. Proper planning is necessary. Standard English isn’t so standard on

social networks. Access is an issue.

94% of teens use the Internet or E-mail.86% of families whose income is less than

$30k a year have Internet access.

A BRIEF ANECDOTE

My fling with Ning

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