poodle wrangler, card maker, lister, teacher, writer, designer, disabled, pedagogical troublemaker (she/her)https://bsky.app/profile/tengrrl.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/tengrrl.com/post/3muugog34dj2vTeaching Redundant Writing OR Digital Accessibility Example: You Decide! via WordPress https://www.tengrrl.com/blog/2026/09/06/teaching-redundant-writing-tips-or-digital-accessibility-example-you-decide/ September 6, 2026 at 12:30PM06 Sep 2026 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:4py442fhxpqnsregmlxejlt5/app.bsky.feed.post/3muugog34dj2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/tengrrl.com/post/3muug6lk36j2oTeaching Redundant Writing OR Digital Accessibility Example: You Decide! The writing tips below are mostly reasonable. I’m contesting the advice that turning means the same thing as turning around. I loved helping students with application essays come to understand that they didn’t need “I think.”… https://www.tengrrl.com/blog/2026/09/06/teaching-redundant-writing-tips-or-digital-accessibility-example-you-decide/06 Sep 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:4py442fhxpqnsregmlxejlt5/app.bsky.feed.post/3muug6lk36j2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/tengrrl.com/post/3musqr7saez2oWhat Writing Stage Are You Working On? via WordPress https://www.tengrrl.com/blog/2026/09/05/what-writing-stage-are-you-working-on/ September 5, 2026 at 08:34PM06 Sep 2026 00:35 +0000at://did:plc:4py442fhxpqnsregmlxejlt5/app.bsky.feed.post/3musqr7saez2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/tengrrl.com/post/3musqojsgrb2oWhat Writing Stage Are You Working On? This is a cool idea. Would be fun in faculty writing retreats as well. If you could be sure writers consistently and accurately changed the markers, it would be an interesting way to study writing workflows. https://www.tengrrl.com/blog/2026/09/05/what-writing-stage-are-you-working-on/06 Sep 2026 00:34 +0000at://did:plc:4py442fhxpqnsregmlxejlt5/app.bsky.feed.post/3musqojsgrb2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/tengrrl.com/post/3muibr6mgnq2bTengrrl’s Do’s and Don’t for Workplace Writing via WordPress https://www.tengrrl.com/blog/2026/09/01/tengrrls-dos-and-dont-for-workplace-writing/ September 1, 2026 at 04:39PM01 Sep 2026 20:40 +0000at://did:plc:4py442fhxpqnsregmlxejlt5/app.bsky.feed.post/3muibr6mgnq2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/tengrrl.com/post/3muibookpwz2oTengrrl’s Do’s and Don’t for Workplace Writing I’m busy making fancy resources for my Technical Writing course this term—but I haven’t gotten them posted and we’re already on Week 2! So here’s a list of Do’s and Don’ts for Workplace Writing. Or more accurately perhaps, a list of things students do… https://www.tengrrl.com/blog/2026/09/01/tengrrls-dos-and-dont-for-workplace-writing/01 Sep 2026 20:39 +0000at://did:plc:4py442fhxpqnsregmlxejlt5/app.bsky.feed.post/3muibookpwz2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/tengrrl.com/post/3mtoa2cl5fe2zAcademic Writing vs. Technical Communication Infographic via WordPress https://www.tengrrl.com/blog/2026/08/22/academic-writing-vs-technical-communication-infographic/ August 22, 2026 at 07:56AM22 Aug 2026 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:4py442fhxpqnsregmlxejlt5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtoa2cl5fe2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/tengrrl.com/post/3mto7sjseiy2iAcademic Writing vs. Technical Communication Infographic I’ve created an infographic to accompany the course objectives idea in my previous post. The goal is to help students understand the differences between academic writing and the writing they will do in the workplace. The working copy is… https://www.tengrrl.com/blog/2026/08/22/academic-writing-vs-technical-communication-infographic/22 Aug 2026 11:56 +0000at://did:plc:4py442fhxpqnsregmlxejlt5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mto7sjseiy2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/tengrrl.com/post/3mt35tw2jhi2vAcademic v. Technical Writing Activity via WordPress https://www.tengrrl.com/blog/2026/08/14/academic-v-technical-writing-activity/ August 14, 2026 at 05:46PM14 Aug 2026 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:4py442fhxpqnsregmlxejlt5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt35tw2jhi2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/tengrrl.com/post/3mt353c2kgo2rAcademic v. Technical Writing Activity If you’ve taught technical writing, you know that students are endlessly confused by the differences between academic writing expectations and technical writing expectations. It’s not especially surprising. Teachers pound margins and labeling and long… https://www.tengrrl.com/blog/2026/08/14/academic-v-technical-writing-activity/14 Aug 2026 21:46 +0000at://did:plc:4py442fhxpqnsregmlxejlt5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt353c2kgo2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/tengrrl.com/post/3mquwwko6me2cRethinking Technical Writing Discussions in Online Asynchronous Classes It’s that point in class planning where I have great, big, giant goals—but I’m not at all sure that I can design a course to meet them. Zoomed out, the big targets are better discussion posts/student interaction, solutions for… https://www.tengrrl.com/blog/2026/07/17/rethinking-technical-writing-discussions-in-online-asynchronous-classes/17 Jul 2026 23:50 +0000at://did:plc:4py442fhxpqnsregmlxejlt5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mquwwko6me2chttps://bsky.app/profile/tengrrl.com/post/3mmtg6ptc622eBe sure to check out Bad Ideas about AI and Writing: Generative Practices for Teaching, Learning, and Communication, from the WAC Clearinghouse. I had the privilege of writing the Afterword! https://wacclearinghouse.org/books/perspectives/bad/27 May 2026 11:37 +0000at://did:plc:4py442fhxpqnsregmlxejlt5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmtg6ptc622ehttps://bsky.app/profile/tengrrl.com/post/3lvx6ivsixk2i"What in the Holiday Inn Express is this?" Has to be one of my favorite @jonathancapehart.bsky.social statements 💯💯💯09 Aug 2025 06:51 +0000at://did:plc:4py442fhxpqnsregmlxejlt5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvx6ivsixk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/tengrrl.com/post/3lvt2zx3nrs2vEveryone can enjoy an angry taco07 Aug 2025 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:4py442fhxpqnsregmlxejlt5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvt2zx3nrs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/tengrrl.com/post/3lu5sip6ink2dHere's my IWAC presentation: Role-Playing with AI: Simulating Real-World Writing Challenges Across the Disciplines. Everything is available from hoki.es/iwac2025. There are slides! a handout! a transcript! a video! B.8 at 5:30 PM Eastern/3:30 PM Mountain. Lory Student Center, Room 322. #iwac25 https://hoki.es/iwac202517 Jul 2025 11:14 +0000at://did:plc:4py442fhxpqnsregmlxejlt5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu5sip6ink2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/tengrrl.com/post/3ltowss4q6k2xHere are the slides and transcript for my #CWPA25 presentation (E session, Room 5): “Resist! Persist! Exist! Finding WPA Spaces Outside the Hierarchies of Academia” » hoki.es/cwpa2025 https://hoki.es/cwpa202511 Jul 2025 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:4py442fhxpqnsregmlxejlt5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltowss4q6k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/tengrrl.com/post/3lrlrf2xjss22My very, unpolished #ATTW25 presentation: bit.ly/4jNc6sl https://bit.ly/4jNc6sl14 Jun 2025 20:16 +0000at://did:plc:4py442fhxpqnsregmlxejlt5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrlrf2xjss22https://bsky.app/profile/tengrrl.com/post/3lri3jtyys22kFor my new career as an editorial cartoonist https://open.substack.com/pub/tengrrl/p/why-bother-with-constitutional-rights?r=19pjhm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true13 Jun 2025 09:07 +0000at://did:plc:4py442fhxpqnsregmlxejlt5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lri3jtyys22khttps://bsky.app/profile/tengrrl.com/post/3lm7mtc3k322fI slept all weekend again. Did anything happen?07 Apr 2025 09:16 +0000at://did:plc:4py442fhxpqnsregmlxejlt5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm7mtc3k322fhttps://bsky.app/profile/tengrrl.com/post/3llijp7luw22rThe Dogs of War Signal Attack during WWII. Midjourney prompt: a still from a 1940s hollywood black & white movie, with a group of rough-housing stray dogs messaging on their cell phones. In the background, U.S. planes are bombing a German city. The war-weary dogs are controlling the U.S. attack.29 Mar 2025 04:49 +0000at://did:plc:4py442fhxpqnsregmlxejlt5/app.bsky.feed.post/3llijp7luw22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/tengrrl.com/post/3llhbvo3j7k2rHere are the slides and transcript (in the speaker notes) from my presentation, Crafting a Lasting Impact: Active Learning and Ethical AI Integration in Technical Communication at Southern Regional Composition Conference: https://tracigardner.github.io/conferences/srcc2528 Mar 2025 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:4py442fhxpqnsregmlxejlt5/app.bsky.feed.post/3llhbvo3j7k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/tengrrl.com/post/3lkmwjrtczc2uOn the Virginia Tech BOV agenda, Mar 24-25 (pg 125): BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the university's Office for Inclusive Strategy and Excellence is hereby dissolved . . . . https://bov.vt.edu/assets/Materials-March%2024-25,%202025-36.pdf#page=12518 Mar 2025 05:24 +0000at://did:plc:4py442fhxpqnsregmlxejlt5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkmwjrtczc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/tengrrl.com/post/3ljt2u77xrc2kFound a DEI news article I liked, and then I noticed the author: Elaine Maimon, no wonder. https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/were-under-attack/07 Mar 2025 22:32 +0000at://did:plc:4py442fhxpqnsregmlxejlt5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljt2u77xrc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/tengrrl.com/post/3ljsfrx2hrc2xSaw this NPR article on 'ghost employees': https://www.npr.org/2025/03/06/g-s1-52233/elon-musk-doge-twitter-dead-employees my mind combined it with employers trying to convince employees that they are making bad choices. RESULT: ghostlighting: when you try to convince your employees you think they are ghosting. [etymology: gaslighting + ghosting]07 Mar 2025 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:4py442fhxpqnsregmlxejlt5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljsfrx2hrc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/tengrrl.com/post/3lfsikh4nxc2dI have just sent off my proposal for the Southern Regional Composition Conference: Crafting a Lasting Impact: Active Learning and Ethical AI Integration in Technical Communication. They're due today: https://docs.google.com/document/d/114-fUs82bctha5iq7mOSnvdvlzo3vysL/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=114155742961212015084&rtpof=true&sd=true Conference is virtual and free this year!15 Jan 2025 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:4py442fhxpqnsregmlxejlt5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfsikh4nxc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/tengrrl.com/post/3lfs3qeugkc2dWould you like a winter/spring card? It may be Valentine's, St. Pat's, Mushroom Appreciation Day, or any other random day, but I need your information to get one to you. Share your mailing address in the form: https://forms.gle/rnscaUuwnm73UfjdA I have to actually know you. Not sending cards to randoms.15 Jan 2025 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:4py442fhxpqnsregmlxejlt5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfs3qeugkc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/tengrrl.com/post/3lbwn5sjlss2wThis excited me as a stairs-challenged person: Google Maps now does a better job of highlighting stairs (2 minute read): https://9to5google.com/2024/11/26/google-maps-stairs/ Good starting place for a writing assignment on recommending ways to increase accessibility on campus/in local communities, etc. #a11y27 Nov 2024 13:16 +0000at://did:plc:4py442fhxpqnsregmlxejlt5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbwn5sjlss2whttps://bsky.app/profile/tengrrl.com/post/3lbwbuxp3o22wImportant questions: How can I convince websites that I do not live in Richmond or Charlottesville? How can I block this annoying "Would you like local results?" popup? What the devil is a lash appointment? Why won't the damn kids get out of my yard?27 Nov 2024 09:55 +0000at://did:plc:4py442fhxpqnsregmlxejlt5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbwbuxp3o22w