Can you believe we’ve made it this far? Wow, what a ride. I went over some important reminders today in class, so here is a recap.

Wednesday, November 28th: Last day to submit any late assignments from Assn. #6 on up to Assn. #10.
Wednesday, November 28th: Last day to take Quiz #4. You’ll find the quiz [...]

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If you didn’t notice the mentioning of the Bedford Bibliographer in the Week 2 folder this week, then you missed out on a very valuable tool that you will need this semester. BB is not required, but will be very helpful in helping you maintain a list of all of your sources during the research [...]

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I created a screencast that goes over the formatting of your final paper. I used the student example of a final paper that I just posted in Blackboard for you. I don’t like to post examples too early because I feel it steals your thunder, especially if you have a similar topic. But now that [...]

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Days 7 & 8 for module 2 are for getting the second half of your position paper in order. Module 2 ends tomorrow at midnight. Remember, paper 2 is only a partial position paper. It should not include any defining the issue unless you are submitting a rewrite. Paper 2 should begin with your position [...]

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I’m back from a short vacation. Sorry to have abandoned you for a few days, but it was a much needed break from work and the heat of the valley. We’re getting a little bit of a late start on our Day 4-6 activities, but these are fairly easy activities:

Assignment #6: Odyssey III
Discussion II

We will [...]

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Assignment #5: Odyssey 2 is an assignment designed to teach you how to use the library card catalog. Yes, even though we are in an online course it doesn’t mean that using the library isn’t important and required. For serious research papers, student should plan to use the library quite a bit. In that case [...]

Posted in Assn.#5, Module II, Screencast

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 [...]

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