Archive for August, 2009

We Are All Writers Today…

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

Today people write as never before—texting, on blogs, with video cameras and cell phones, and, yes, even with traditional pen and paper.  People write at home, at work, inside and out of school… — This is a direct quote from the NCTE’s (National Council of Teachers of English) promotion of Kathleen Blake Yancey’s Writing in the 21st Century.

Yes: In different ways, we are all writers today, and writing has become a major part of our lives.

On October 20, 2009, we will celebrate the National Day on Writing with the unveiling of the all-new National Gallery on Writing, an online collection of our writing. I am curator of the Writers on Twitter gallery and I invite you to submit your writing to be included in our gallery.

Until next time, write on! ;-)

Kathy Magrino

Anticipating a great semester…

Monday, August 10th, 2009

I am always excited as a new semester approaches. However, this semester promises to be especially exciting because, for the first time, my students in COM341 Publicity Methods and I will be working with non-profit “clients” from all over the country — even though we’re based at Rider University in Lawrenceville, NJ!

Social media and the Internet have made this possible. E-mail… Twitter… and more!

I’m working on our syllabus now and we’ll be using Joan Stewart’s e-book “How to be a Kick-Butt Publicity Hound” as our textbook. September 9 is our start date, and we’ll be kicking off the semester by forming project teams and selecting our clients.

More info to follow soon… stay tuned!

Kathy