You're not going to believe what I'm about to tell you theoatmeal.com/comics/believe via The Oatmeal

“Demagoguery and Democracy” by @P_RobertsMiller is the most satisfying and useful book on rhetoric theory I have read in awhile. Her blog is great too—full of incredible short pieces on rhetoric and argumentation: patriciarobertsmiller.com

Getting ready to present and check out the sessions here at #4C18DU. Esp looking forward to Howard Tinberg’s keynote on ‘Teaching and Research in the Age of Fake News’

In an interesting session abt how writing faculty at an Airforce Prep Academy go about teaching argumentation in a post-truth America, where it is a punishable offense 4 these students to make "contemptuous" comments abt the president & other high ranking gov officials. #4C18DU

Psychologists are speaking out against tech companies that use psychology to lure kids in. vox.com/2018/8/8/17664… via Vox

Generous Giving Or Phony Philanthropy? A Critique Of Well-Meaning 'Winners' dlvr.it/QhQPmF

If You See Disinformation Ahead of the Midterms, NYT Want to Hear From You nyti.ms/2MFsVG5

Whoa. "Leave no dark corner": China and Social Credit System abc.net.au/news/2018-09-1… via ABC News

Student loans in the rear view!

Are you a student in ENGL 1300, 1305, 1310, or 1410? Come to tonight's Student Writing Symposium to hear presentations from these courses! 5-8:30 p.m. in Kettle Creek. There will be food! #UCCS

Awesome day at Adobe Creative Campus event at the headquarters in San Jose. Learned about how higher ed instructors all over the country are using Adobe Creative Cloud as “virtual and mobile makerspaces” to transform teaching and learning.

Co-authored a chapter in this book (now available) with my colleague Sohui Lee. The book is titled, "Multimodal Composing: Strategies for Twenty-First-Century Writing Consultations" amazon.com/Multimodal-Com…

The Danger of Teacher Nostalgia ow.ly/x4zw50qjPYU #teachers #buildrelationships #teachertips #teacherfriends #classroomclimate

just as the pursuit of total rationality produces irrationality, the current demand for convenience produces inconvenience reallifemag.com/the-easy-way-o…

Crisis Mode — Real Life: "Negative emotions are productive — perfectly suited to information-gathering, capital-accumulating platform corporations" reallifemag.com/crisis-mode/

People who are given correct information still misremember it to fit their own beliefs nie.mn/38ziMH5

From NPR's Radiolab, 60 Words: "How just 60 words of legal language have blurred the line between war and peace" wnycstudios.org/story/60-words/ via Radiolab

A Bit of Relief: Introducing ‘Sugar Calling’ nyti.ms/2xMDi98

Colorado Schools Could Soon Teach Kids How To Differentiate Between Fake News & Credible Media: 'We All Need To Be A Little Distrustful' cbsloc.al/3cXA5pM#.YCLba…

"We are sociologists who study the self and time. During the weeks of social distancing, we have examined online Corona memes." Read more at bit.ly/3ti3ZKK via Contexts Magazine