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Slide 1:   "Convergence occurs . . . through . . . social interactions. . . . Each of us constructs our own personal mythology from bits and fragments of information extracted from the media flow and transformed into resources through which we make sense of our everyday lives." (Henry Jenkins, Convergence Culture, 2006)

Slide 2: The Converging Literacies Center (CLiC) an interdisciplinary site (virtual and physical) where educators work with students and scholars work with one another to reimagine literacy education in ways that embrace multiple, diverse literacy experiences and multiple modes of communication--from the written to the aural to the digital.

Slide 3: Celebration of Student Writing @ A&M-Commerce Come celebrate with us! Thursday, December 6, 2-3pm Where? American Ballroom, Memorial Student Center

Slide 4: Celebration of Student Writing, Summer 2007 Ethnographers from English 102, Summer II, 2007 (pictured here with President McFarland )

Slide 5: Spring 2007 Celebration of Student Writing (CSW): 240 first-year students participated Footage above from the much smaller (though no less impressive!) Summer 2007 CSW

Slide 6: Spring 2007 Celebration of Student Writing (CSW): 240 first-year students participated

Slide 33: The Converging Literacies Center (CLiC) an interdisciplinary site (virtual and physical) where educators work with students and scholars work with one another to reimagine literacy education in ways that embrace multiple, diverse literacy experiences and multiple modes of communication--from the written to the aural to the digital.

Slide 34: CLiC Project: A&M-Commerce to serve as host institution for the National Conversation on Writing The National Conversation on Writing is a collection of interviews, video projects, digital ethnographies, and audio essays that attempt to tell the real “Story About Writing” and writers in contemporary contexts.

Slide 35: The National Conversation on Writing answers these question: What's the Story About Writing? •What do people like and not like to write? •Who considers themselves a writer, who not, and why CLiC Project 1: A&M-Commerce to serve as host institution for the National Conversation on Writing CLiC Project 2: Professional Development Workshop for area high school and community college teachers