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Technology, social media and mental health

Posted on: August 11, 2018 Last updated on: August 12, 2018 Written by: gdixon3
I have found, or perhaps my family  has informed me, that heavy use of social media on my phone makes me short tempered and unhappy.  This is particularly true of my use of Twitter.  I had an account I rarely…
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Home Schooling?

Posted on: February 26, 2012 Last updated on: February 26, 2012 Written by: gdixon3
The majority of home-schooled students I’ve had have had exceptionally solid backgrounds in composition – but there has been some notable exceptions.  I overheard a student in the hall last fall telling a friend, “I was homeschooled all  through high…
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Texting in class

Posted on: November 14, 2011 Last updated on: November 14, 2011 Written by: gdixon3
Everyone does it; right?   Not as much in professional settings as you’d think. Sarcasm doesn’t work, despite the attempts of the sign to the right. Why do students think it’s acceptable? Sometimes it really looks bad. If you scroll down…
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Funny because it’s true…

Posted on: August 7, 2011 Last updated on: August 17, 2011 Written by: gdixon3
Got this from a post on the funniest facebook fails,but something very much like it has happened with one of my students.
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Facebook Perils: Article summary and comment

Posted on: January 17, 2011 Last updated on: September 13, 2011 Written by: gdixon3
Facebook relates to the specific composition objectives of developing the awareness and understanding of voice and audience. LaRoche and Flanigan (2009) note that students enter college and work discourse communities with unrealistic expectations regarding their rights to free speech, and…
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facebook ethics: JCCC in the news

Posted on: January 8, 2011 Last updated on: February 19, 2018 Written by: gdixon3
Last Nov. 10 (2010) a group of nursing students took a photograph of a human placenta while they were in class on a field trip/ clinical. You’ll have to read the summary yourself at KC Star and The Pitch. Long…
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