Despite a sizable and highly talented field, I walked away from the Shakespeare Poetry slam with 1st prize – and all the bragging rights and cash prizes. Speaking from memory probably had a lot to do with it. 119, where…
Applied integrity in the Community College classroom
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Comp 2: week 10 notes.
Check Angel: new lesson plan at a glance posted. Also 2o points for posting necessary bibliographic data and available links or other material (it’s behind a firewall – so it’s a protected environment). ALSO: Bring 3 copies of a 2…
MidTerm Class Assessment
In looking at the class feedback on how things are going, I am impressed with the overall maturity and reflection in the feedback. In response to the prompt What has been the most challenging/ what course objectives need furtherexploration/ what…
Why some Journal Dates get Parenthesis (and some dont’)
Someone asked why some periodicals (ie magazines or journals) put the year in parenthesis and some did not. Good question. I looked into that. Page 22 of the pdf notes: DATES: Abbreviate the names of months except for May, June,…
Research resources.
I now share research with students via JCCC library’s electronic course reserve. Just go to the Billington Library homepage, then click the “course reserve search” link indicated by the red arrow in the top image to the right (click either…
Native American day? metaphor and political correctness
Today is “columbus day” and I encourage you to go to the Edutopia poll and vote whether it should be renamed Native American day – whether that is excessive political correctness – or how we should regard iI. The whole…
Candlelight Vigil
A candle light vigil will be held tonight, Oct. 7, at 7:30 pm at Westside Family Church. The address is 8500 Woodsonia in Lenexa, KS (83rd and K&).Map from Mapquest; Church website.
Keighley found
Police have arrested 3 men: Joseph Mattox, Gerald Calbreck and Dustin Hilt. According to news coverage she dated Hilt in the past. Looks like last week’s domestic violence was not related to her disappearance. Hilt…
Student missing: worst feared
Overland Park police are asking for help locating a JCCC student: Keighley Alyea. Fox 4 News has video from their newscast here. She’s 18, 5 ft 1 inches tall, and approx. 113 lbs. Classmates note that her hair color may…