Category: Writing

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

Oral Histories of Teaching at CUNY: Eugenia Wiltshire, An Oral History of the CCNY 1960s SEEK Program

From YouTube and The Graduate Center CUNY’s Composition Community (CompComm): “Eugenia Wiltshire (nee Dorothy Robinson) remembers attending City College 1966-70 as one of the first SEEK students. 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=Q7rtnY79oAc” Continue reading Oral Histories of Teaching at CUNY: Eugenia Wiltshire, An Oral History of the CCNY 1960s SEEK Program

Lindsey Albracht
Digital Storytelling, Education, New York, Oral Histories, Rhetoric and Composition, Writing

Oral Histories of Teaching at CUNY: Sondra Perl: Oral History of Teaching Writing at City University in the 1970s

From YouTube and The Graduate Center CUNY’s Composition Community (CompComm): “Professor Sondra Perl looks back growing up in New Jersey, her graduate studies at NYU, on the early years of her teaching at Hostos Community College and her writing process research which led her to develop a deeper understanding of writing process and process based teaching. Produced, directed and edited by Sean Molloy.” If you … Continue reading Oral Histories of Teaching at CUNY: Sondra Perl: Oral History of Teaching Writing at City University in the 1970s

Lindsey Albracht
Digital Storytelling, History, New York, Oral Histories, Rhetoric and Composition, Writing

Oral Histories of Teaching at CUNY: Donald McQuade’s Oral History of Teaching at CUNY in the 1970s

From YouTube and The Graduate Center CUNY’s Composition Community (CompComm): “In this oral history, Donald McQuade remembers the Rutgers 1960s PhD Program, teaching writing at Queens College in the early days of Open Admissions, the CUNY Association of Writing Supervisors, and the founding of the WPA. Produced and edited by Sean Molloy.” If you want to use this video on VOCAT, simply copy & paste … Continue reading Oral Histories of Teaching at CUNY: Donald McQuade’s Oral History of Teaching at CUNY in the 1970s

Lindsey Albracht
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
Digital Storytelling, History, Oral Histories, Rhetoric and Composition, Writing

How To Do Oral History

This series of 5 short video podcasts from the Minnesota Historical Society provides a rationale and some guidelines for conducting oral histories. 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/playlist?list=PL1F2C83CBF809534B” Continue reading How To Do Oral History

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