Professor Leontis incorporated a blog into her first year writing seminar on graffiti or street art so her students could experience the composition process in a variety of modalities.
Artemis Leontis, PhD
Classical Studies Professor and Current Chair
Summary
Professor Artemis Leontis added a blogging assignment to her course Classical Studies 121, “Writing on the Wall,” as a way to give students an opportunity to curate material objects, both in physical as well as online environments, and make rhetorical decisions, and compose in a variety of modalities.
Initial assignments included creating proper online citations, analyzing one’s path of inquiry, writing as performance, and developing a relationship with the audience. The final project of the term involved digitally curating a collection of five to ten graffiti pieces with a theme and embedding them in a text that explained the student’s methods and choices in the composition process.
Related Links
Read the Academic Technology Services Newsletter article featuring Professor Leontis.
Check out the course blog, Graffiti Through the Looking Glass.
Related Materials
Check out information related to Professor Leontis’ course blogging assignment, part of Classical Civilization 121 (fall 2016 semester), a freshman writing seminar.
