"Reading, writing topic of next President's Colloquium"

Abstract

"Alice Horning's goal as speaker at the next President's Colloquium is to make people rethink a basic life skill - reading and writing. Horning, professor of rhetoric and linguistics will speak Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 11:30 a.m. in the Oakland Center Gold Rooms. Her discussion, 'Reading, Writing and Digitizing: Critical Literacy in the Internet Age,' will focus on her current research about literacy development in the age of computers."