What is WAC?
From the Lehman College Website: Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) is a pedagogical movement that has been evolving in higher education since the 1970s. It is based on the following ideas:
> writing is best learned when taught by the entire academic community in the context of each discipline;
> writing should be practiced at every level of education;
> writing can be used to promote critical thinking and learning. WAC strategies help students understand course content while expanding notions of themselves as thinkers and writers.
Writing and web tools that both Writing Fellows and Instructional Technology Fellows might use. Something to consider when exploring these tools: in what ways do the work that ITFs and WFs do overlap with each other?
Blogging for low stakes writing, using Blogs and Wikis – WordPress/Eportfolios, MediaWiki
Multimedia Projects using PowerPoint or Keynote
Annotating photos, movies or other visual media using VoiceThread, Flickr, Video Ant, Cozimo and YouTube
Discussion Boards
Annotating Articles by “writing in the margins” in an online environment using Digress It or Comment Press within a WordPress/Eportfolio blog
Creating Timelines within Dipity
Resources for WAC/WID within CUNY
On the CUNY Portal, there is the main WAC page within the Academic Affairs/Undergraduate Education subheading.
On it you can find a bibliography by scholars both at CUNY and from other Universities, campus coordinators and contact information, and writing fellow job descriptions per campus, so you can see how the programs function specifically at your campus.
Additionally, here are the links to the WAC/WID web pages on the Macaulay campuses:
Baruch: Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute’s WAC Resource Page and the Weblog on Communication Across the Curriculum
Brooklyn: The Brooklyn College Writing Across the Currculum Website
Hunter: The Hunter College Writing Across the Curriculum Website
Lehman: The Lehman College Writing Across the Curriculum Website
Queens: Queens College’s WAC Website and the Center for Teaching and Learning Contact Website
Staten Island: The CSI WAC Blog
