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New Nat Narrative

Posted on: January 31, 2019 Last updated on: February 1, 2019 Written by: gdixon3
I’m going to introduce a new natural narrative based on my experience 9/21/99.  Here’s where I drafted a story for use with an EAP reading class.  I’m going to include a reference based on a movie I was watching at the time…
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Who can be dyslexic?

Posted on: October 31, 2018 Last updated on: October 31, 2018 Written by: gdixon3
According to Mother Nature Network, yes.  This interests me.  I’ve read that Chinese readers are less likely to be dyslexic, and reasoned that it had to do with a character based text rather than a phonetic or quasi-phonetic text.  I…
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Late April, Guns and Schools

Posted on: April 24, 2018 Last updated on: April 24, 2018 Written by: gdixon3
We play a game in some classes where we list historical dates and others guess what happened.  We often learn that revolutions tend to happen in the summer, and that school shootings cluster around the 3rd week in April.  A…
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Facebook and Student Writing

Posted on: October 23, 2013 Last updated on: October 23, 2013 Written by: gdixon3
Former colleagues used to tell me if you share content from a presentation or class before the event, it would negatively impact attendance.  That assumption ought to be tested, but posting content the day of an event won’t be a…
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Annotation Graphics

Posted on: August 27, 2013 Last updated on: August 27, 2013 Written by: gdixon3
and reddit/r/ELATeachers just now.
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Movie night: The World of Suzie Wong

Posted on: April 11, 2013 Last updated on: April 11, 2013 Written by: gdixon3
The ferries in Hong Kong hadn’t changed much from 1960 when this movie was made, until I visited in the mid-to-late 90’s.  I remember picking up the book in a hotel lobby, or got from a fellow expatriate. I’ve been…
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what to work on with Comp 1 next year: FA2012

Posted on: January 9, 2013 Last updated on: January 9, 2013 Written by: gdixon3
data bases are not  sources, they list sources.  Sometimes they link to full text, but if you read an article from the Greenr database you cite the journal it came from. When you search you should specify full text only…
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How My Classes are Unlike High School Classes.

Posted on: August 20, 2012 Last updated on: August 20, 2012 Written by: gdixon3
Re: expectations – how college is different from high school – links. from College Misery. From SMU, with less snark  
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Rough Drafts: it’s not about the bike

Posted on: February 29, 2012 Last updated on: February 29, 2012 Written by: gdixon3
Remember learning how to ride a bike?  Did you start with training wheels or a hobby horse?  When the training wheels came off did you start on grass or go straight to the pavement?  Did anyone go straight into traffic?…
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When Red is Black: Inspector Chen Mystery

Posted on: January 6, 2012 Last updated on: January 6, 2012 Written by: gdixon3
This book has interesting information on architecture, as well as traditional Chinese literature and language.  Evidently shikumen  – or traditional Chinese dwellings developed initially for one family – when adapted for mulit-family use converted a tiny room on a landing…
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