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…
Teaching/Learning- cartoon screengrabs & links
On Taking Notes: And also on the subject of taking notes and keeping a calendar/ schedule – but not screen grab friendly. On Rhetoric/ Logic and Debate: http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20100102.gif
happy new year
image found at BoingBoing.net Big decade. In aught 1 bought a house, got married in aught 2, had a kid in aught 7 and hired on at JCCC in aught 9.
Awesome grammar lesson /find from “The Oatmeal”
Double click to see images larger. Find the complete interactive digital artwork at their website which includes common mechanical errors with fun, accessible, explanations. I embedded a few such as one of my pet peeves: and here’s another common error.
I’ve had a Facebook account for about a decade, but a couple years ago a fellow JCCC instructor, John Mack, convinced me there are educational applications. See his video on my youtube channel here. Like any tool – Facebook can…
advice to students
Attendance is necessary for success – and no matter how often I tell students ,about 3-7% don’t seem to “get” that; however, just showing up and doing the minimum required by the assignment won’t get you an “A.” About a…
Student evaluations of my teaching 2009
Because it has been my first semester at a new school, with new textbooks, a unique student population and new administrative systems and procedures for me to learn, I’ve erred on the side of flexibility, communication and student support. I’ve:…