Rice.+iRhetoric+Placeshifting

= iRhetoric Placeshifting: A New Media Approach to Teaching Classical Rhetoric = //Kairos.// 11.3 (20 07): n.pag. Web. 30 Oct. 2011.

Abstract
No Abstract.

Argument
Rice discusses his methods for teaching a graduate level course on classical rhetoric. The course takes place online, composed of new graduate students from around the country seeking a Ph.D. in technical communication and rhetoric. Using recently developed technologies such as blogs, MOOs, and video, Rice uses the metaphor of "placeshifting" as a teaching method to make the concepts of classical rhetoric personally meaningful. The author also emphasizes that "in our classrooms, we must facilitate self-directed learning rather than simple mind-stuffing." If students are allowed to collaborate and direct themselves to a certain degree, they will be able to use what they learn in real ways.

Key Passages
The ancients' values are rooted //so// deeply in technical communication and rhetoric that they're often rendered tacit.

Adult learners do not benefit from the same teaching styles that adolescents do.

Teachers can use the making of our tacit assumptions about core classical concepts, itself, as an example of knowledge-making that is essentially what classical rhetors were doing.

Teachers can highlight that classical rhetoric is central to who we are as teachers and citizens today. It is our home. It is our base.

Teachers should work to placeshift ideas to the commonplaces rooted in the lives of students.

The sign of a good writer is that every material included seems essential. Poor writers select and present work in seemingly arbitrary ways.

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Crowley, Sharon, & Debra Hawhee. (2004). //Ancient rhetorics for contemporary students// (3rd ed.). New York: Longman.

Rice, Jeff. (2000, Fall). Literary hypertext: The passing of the golden age: A review. //Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and// //Pedagogy, 5.2//. Retrieved January 10, 2007, from @http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/5.2/binder.html?reviews/rice.

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