Does using Facebook help students or hurt them? Research has been going back and forth. See links. The last school I worked at blocked campus access to the site – except for the police department who used it to check…
JCCC Writing Center resources
Located on the 3rd floor of the library in room 308, the Writing Center (or WC) holds a slew of resources. they have a copy of each textbook used by English and Journalism faculty – maybe each text book used…
AT-AT’s from Star Wars invade Overland Park
Kevin Burg, a local now living in New York and working in technology, created this using Photoshop. He explains that his mom: has been sending me pictures of wintry fog in Overland Park, Kansas — and to me it always…
Inspiration from Animation
The Venture Brothers series has long been a favorite because of its wit, deft skills with parody, and impressive ability to work on several levels at once. It decided the subject of this semester’s Natural Narrative. Episode 45 (?) entitled…
New Year/ New Semester resolutions
I will lose the 3 kilos I put on over winter break. I will get the coffee monkey off my back. Classes will grasp the meaning of deadlines – I will be firm in NOT accepting late work for credit.…
diversity
I wonder if the cartoon (from SMBC) has a point. If so, what bigotry will traditional (18-21ish) students reject? And what bigotry will they hold on to? Interestingly within a week or so of this cartoon the reputable Pew Research…
essay writing
Daily Writing tips, a writing instruction and learning blog, has a useful post on essay writing. The link also has links to instructions on writing student essays, literary essays and perhaps other types of essays. The problem most students have…
Facebook redux
Since so many of my students spend so much time on Facebook – I want to learn more. I’m collecting links to resources and research on Facebook at the Social Bookmarking site and will be adding links as I find…
The shape of student journals to come
We will be keeping journals (or working files) in Comp 1. Nothing has been shown to improve writing skill as much as daily writing. Some classes have used the $.09 spiral notebooks, some have used the 3 prong portfolio folders,…
Email – appropriate usage
What are the appropriate and inappropriate uses of email? A friend’s divorced dad told her about his remarriage over email. Didn’t sit well with my friend. Is this the currently accepted way to break up with a paramour? In a…