Entries from July 2007

Module II Start

Date July 10, 2007

Welcome to Module 2, and congratulations to the 15 of you who finished Module 1. I feel like this will be the core group that will do very well in this course. Now if any of the others plan to step up their game, I’m all for that as well. Remember I’m here to help [...]

Finishing up Module I/Quiz Time

Date July 9, 2007

Today is the last day to complete Module 1 work for full credit. Remember if your work is not submitted by midnight tonight, you will not receive full credit and you will not be eligible for any rewrites. Late assignments are docked 10% for each day they are late and will only be accepted up [...]

Writing Paper 1

Date July 8, 2007

Papers 1 and 2 make up a full position paper, so in order to write paper 1, we have to understand the big picture. What is a position paper? Position papers are 1 of four different types of argumentative papers you can write. Many group position papers in with proposal arguments, but I like to [...]

Grading Del.icio.us Assn. #2

Date July 7, 2007

I’ve started looking at your assignment #2 del.icio.us bookmarks. Most of you are doing a fine job of saving your bookmarks and tagging and adding comments, but a few of you are making some mistakes here and there. I created a short screencast to show you a few of the mistakes students are making. Please [...]

Making a Commitment; Choosing a Topic

Date July 5, 2007

I know. Making a commitment is tough, but don’t worry, it’s just for five weeks. It’s not like it’s a marriage or anything, something that’s suppose to last a lifetime. We’ll be through this in no time. With that said, it’s time to choose a topic for our project. We’ve had a little discussion in [...]

Moving On to Day 2

Date July 3, 2007

I’m a little late posting today for two reasons. There’s not much to do for today, and I was finishing up grades from the first summer session. Oh what fun that was. I had a great GCC online class, but my face-to-face class at SMC was not fun. Anyway, for today there are several things [...]

First Day Blues

Date July 2, 2007

Hello Everyone,
It’s not really the first day blues. This will be a little fun. I promise. First, let’s get you started with your assignments for today. Please have this completed by Monday night.

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