Academic Writing vs. Technical Communication Infographic via WordPress https://www.tengrrl.com/blog/2026/08/22/academic-writing-vs-technical-communication-infographic/ August 22, 2026 at 07:56AM
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Academic Writing vs. Technical Communication Infographic I’ve created an infographic to accompany the course objectives idea in my previous post. The goal is to help students understand the differences between academic writing and the writing they will do in the workplace. The working copy is…
Academic Writing vs. Technical Communication Infographic
I’ve created an infographic to accompany the course objectives idea in my previous post. The goal is to help students understand the differences between academic writing and the writing they will do in the workplace. The working copy is coded in HTML/CSS and is clean in terms of its accessibility score. I’ve added a preview image below.
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Academic v. Technical Writing Activity via WordPress https://www.tengrrl.com/blog/2026/08/14/academic-v-technical-writing-activity/ August 14, 2026 at 05:46PM
Academic v. Technical Writing Activity If you’ve taught technical writing, you know that students are endlessly confused by the differences between academic writing expectations and technical writing expectations. It’s not especially surprising. Teachers pound margins and labeling and long…
Academic v. Technical Writing Activity
If you’ve taught technical writing, you know that students are endlessly confused by the differences between academic writing expectations and technical writing expectations. It’s not especially surprising. Teachers pound margins and labeling and long paragraphs and essay standards into their brains for years, and then all of a sudden, none of that is the priority. They are supposed to write in completely new (and uncomfortable, as a result) ways.
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Rethinking Technical Writing Discussions in Online Asynchronous Classes It’s that point in class planning where I have great, big, giant goals—but I’m not at all sure that I can design a course to meet them. Zoomed out, the big targets are better discussion posts/student interaction, solutions for…
Rethinking Technical Writing Discussions in Online Asynchronous Classes
It’s that point in class planning where I have great, big, giant goals—but I’m not at all sure that I can design a course to meet them. Zoomed out, the big targets are better discussion posts/student interaction, solutions for group writing that don’t torpedo my teaching evaluations, and assessment and feedback tweaks. None is particularly easy, but I’m giving it a try.
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Be sure to check out Bad Ideas about AI and Writing: Generative Practices for Teaching, Learning, and Communication, from the WAC Clearinghouse. I had the privilege of writing the Afterword! wacclearinghouse.org/books/perspe...
Bad Ideas about AI and Writing: Generative Practices for Teaching, Learning, and Communication - The WAC Clearinghouse
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"What in the Holiday Inn Express is this?" Has to be one of my favorite @jonathancapehart.bsky.social statements 💯💯💯
Here's my IWAC presentation: Role-Playing with AI: Simulating Real-World Writing Challenges Across the Disciplines. Everything is available from hoki.es/iwac2025. There are slides! a handout! a transcript! a video! B.8 at 5:30 PM Eastern/3:30 PM Mountain. Lory Student Center, Room 322. #iwac25
IWAC 2025: Role-Playing with AI: Simulating Real-World Writing Challenges Across the Disciplines
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Here are the slides and transcript for my #CWPA25 presentation (E session, Room 5): “Resist! Persist! Exist! Finding WPA Spaces Outside the Hierarchies of Academia” » hoki.es/cwpa2025
CWPA 2025: Resist! Persist! Exist! Finding WPA Spaces Outside the Hierarchies of Academia
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For my new career as an editorial cartoonist open.substack.com/pub/tengrrl/...
Why Bother with Constitutional Rights?
After all, why not throw out the Third Amendment next?
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The Dogs of War Signal Attack during WWII. Midjourney prompt: a still from a 1940s hollywood black & white movie, with a group of rough-housing stray dogs messaging on their cell phones. In the background, U.S. planes are bombing a German city. The war-weary dogs are controlling the U.S. attack.
Here are the slides and transcript (in the speaker notes) from my presentation, Crafting a Lasting Impact: Active Learning and Ethical AI Integration in Technical Communication at Southern Regional Composition Conference: tracigardner.github.io/conferences/...
On the Virginia Tech BOV agenda, Mar 24-25 (pg 125): BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the university's Office for Inclusive Strategy and Excellence is hereby dissolved . . . . bov.vt.edu/assets/Mater...
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Found a DEI news article I liked, and then I noticed the author: Elaine Maimon, no wonder. thephiladelphiacitizen.org/were-under-a...
What You Can Do about Federal Funding Freezes at Universities
The Trump administration is enacting federal funding freezing that support the work of universities. dangerous — and what we can do about it
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Saw this NPR article on 'ghost employees': www.npr.org/2025/03/06/g... my mind combined it with employers trying to convince employees that they are making bad choices. RESULT: ghostlighting: when you try to convince your employees you think they are ghosting. [etymology: gaslighting + ghosting]
Why is Elon Musk so obsessed with 'ghost employees'?
When Musk took over Twitter, he launched a payroll audit to root out dead workers getting paid. Now, Musk is launching the same campaign across the federal government.
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I have just sent off my proposal for the Southern Regional Composition Conference: Crafting a Lasting Impact: Active Learning and Ethical AI Integration in Technical Communication. They're due today: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Conference is virtual and free this year!
2025 SRCC CFP Draft.docx
Call for Papers Southern Regional Composition Virtual Conference 28 March 2025 Theme: Leaving a Legacy in Composition We invite proposals for the fully virtual 2025 Southern Regional Conference o...
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Would you like a winter/spring card? It may be Valentine's, St. Pat's, Mushroom Appreciation Day, or any other random day, but I need your information to get one to you. Share your mailing address in the form: forms.gle/rnscaUuwnm73... I have to actually know you. Not sending cards to randoms.
This excited me as a stairs-challenged person: Google Maps now does a better job of highlighting stairs (2 minute read): 9to5google.com/2024/11/26/g... Good starting place for a writing assignment on recommending ways to increase accessibility on campus/in local communities, etc. #a11y
Google Maps now does a better job of highlighting stairs
A nice quality-of-life improvement for Google Maps on Android and iOS are new stair “callouts” when getting walking directions.
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Important questions: How can I convince websites that I do not live in Richmond or Charlottesville? How can I block this annoying "Would you like local results?" popup? What the devil is a lash appointment? Why won't the damn kids get out of my yard?
Remember when "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" tried to teach us about tariffs and no one was paying attention
Get to know me! 😍 I will post the question and answer in the thread for access.
My Bluesky Follow/FollowBack evaluation system: Who is this person? Do I know them? Do I know anyone who knows them? Wait, followed by @roxanegay.bsky.social? Say no more. Click. Follow.
If we can go back in time 11 years, I have a WWE & teaching piece for you all: What If We Treated Teachers Like Wrestlers? from Bedford Bits / Macmillan Higher Ed. www.tengrrl.com/blog/2013/03... Not quite was @tomsura.bsky.social asked for, but it's what I have.
What If We Treated Teachers Like Wrestlers?
Originally posted on Bedford Bits Website I confess that I’m a fan of professional wrestling. I watch Raw and SmackDown. I have WWE Magazines on my desk. There’s a WWE Calendar on the w…
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I need to learn Yiddish expressions. I am shpilkes sounds so much more interesting than I anxious.
It’s Okay to Use AI—and to run the dishwasher twice. Some thoughts this morning, especially pertinent for those of us who battle perfectionism. www.tengrrl.com/blog/2024/07...
It’s Okay to Use AI
I was just thinking about the “Run the dishwasher twice” advice this early morning. I take it to also mean “It’s okay to run the dishwasher twice” when you just don&rs…
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This assignment, by Paul Fyfe, is from the TextGenEd collection in the WAC Clearinghouse Repository: wac.colostate.edu/.../the-term... "This assignment asks students to use an accessible language model to write their term papers—with the goal of fooling the instructor."
