Category: Language

Digital Storytelling, Education, History, Language, New York, Oral Histories, Rhetoric and Composition, Writing

Oral Histories of Teaching at CUNY: 1960’s SEEK Program at City College

From YouTube and The Graduate Center CUNY’s Composition Community (CompComm): “SEEK founder Allen Ballard and 1970 City College graduates Francee Covington and Marvina White remember SEEK’s English classes and teachers. (Produced, directed and edited by Sean Molloy).” If you want to use this video on VOCAT, simply copy & paste the following link into your “Manage Media” Tab, minus the quotation marks: “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fwUBQc14ZI” Continue reading Oral Histories of Teaching at CUNY: 1960’s SEEK Program at City College

Lindsey Albracht
Education, Language, Poetry, Rhetoric and Composition, Ted Talks, Writing

Jamila Lyiscott: 3 Ways To Speak English

From Ted Talks: “Jamila Lyiscott is a ‘tri-tongued orator,’ and this powerful spoken-word essay celebrates — and challenges — the three distinct flavors of English she speaks with her friends, in the classroom and with her parents. As she explores the complicated history and present-day identity that each language represents, she unpacks what it means to be ‘articulate.’ If you want to use this video … Continue reading Jamila Lyiscott: 3 Ways To Speak English

Lindsey Albracht