About TechWrites
TechWrites is a year-long initiative designed to enhance the support for student writing across the Georgia Tech campus. In addition to constructing a picture of the university's writing culture, TechWrites also seeks to empower instructional faculty with tools and strategies to elevate student writing across Georgia Tech’s diverse learning environments. Funded by Provost’s Teaching and Learning Grant and with the support of the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Office of Undergraduate Education, TechWrites programming includes a series of workshops and speakers. The series also features the Techwrites Institute, two intensive one-day professional development experiences that assist with integrating advanced writing strategies into course planning across disciplines.
Events
TechWrites events include faculty workshops and lectures devoted to implementing writing in the Tech classroom. To attend, please sign up using the sign up link for the upcoming workshop.
Spring 2025 Calendar of Events
Guest Workshops
- WED, JAN 29: Workshop II - "Reading/Writing Connections," Speaker: Carolyne King
- TUE, MAR 4: Lecture, Neal Lerner
- WED, MAR 26: Workshop III: "Supporting High-Level Copyediting for Undergraduate Native and Non-Native Speakers of English"
Spring Institute Workshops
- WED, FEB 5: "Crafting Assignments that Get Good Writing", 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
- THU, FEB 13: "Crafting Assignments that Get Good Writing", 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
(March dates forthcoming!)
- TUE, APR 1: "Embedding Interventions: Creating Space for Assessment Before the Final Draft", 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
- WED, APR 2: "Embedding Interventions: Creating Space for Assessment Before the Final Draft", 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Scheduled Speakers
We are delighted to announce that our speakers for the 2024-25 program include:
- Dr. Carolyne M. King, Assistant Professor of Writing Studies, and Director of Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) and Writing in the Disciplines (WID) at Old Dominion University.
- Dr. Neal Lerner, Professor of English at Northeastern University and coauthor of Learning to Communicate in Science and Engineering: Case Studies from MIT
Upcoming
Workshop II - "Reading/Writing Connections," Speaker: Carolyne King
When: Wednesday, January 29, from 12:00 - 1:30 Where: NCC
TechWrites Course Enhancement Institute
The TechWrites Course Enhancement Institute is a professional development experience that supports integrating advanced writing strategies into course planning across disciplines. The institutes prepare forward-looking faculty to develop their next semester courses and substantially include writing within their designs. Our Fall Institute was a one-day intensive workshop, held in-person; to serve interested faculty and staff who need more flexibility, the Spring Institute will meet on-line in a series of three strategy-focused workshops. Details for spring are below. Dates for spring workshops may be found in Events.
About the Spring Institute
Join us for a series of hands-on workshops aimed at improving student writing by redesigning a major writing assignment you plan to include in a Fall 2025 course. These TechWrites Course Assignment workshops will guide you through best practices in assignment design for writing projects and offer time and support to develop or redesign one key writing assignment. Get a head start on fall teaching with support from Writing and Communication Faculty leaders! A copy of Engaging Ideas: The Professor’s Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning is included for each participant.
These workshops are open to all Georgia Tech Community members who include writing assignments in undergraduate classes, including TAs, postdocs, and faculty (tenure-track and non-tenure-track). However, to prepare and ensure that participants have the necessary materials, we ask that you register for each event. Upon registration, you will receive a link to your registered workshops.
Acknowledgements
This initiative is made possible through the support of the following Georgia Tech partners: the Office of Undergraduate Education (OUE), Georgia Tech's Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), and the Provost Teaching and Learning Initiative.