Portofolios

Thank you to everyone who gave me portfolios, and congratulations on making it this far.  I am now busy grading these portfolios.  Grading will be completed by next Tuesday, but many portfolios are already done.  You will be able to access your final grade online sometime next week, but if you would like you grade before then, feel free to email me to request that information; I will reply once I have finished grading your portfolio.  Enjoy your break, and my best to you in all you do.

Digital Learners

Here are some more ways for you to earn make up hours for class.  Read or view any of the following and write a one-paragraph response to it.  You can respond to any or all of these, and each response will count as one hour of additional attendance.  Email your response(s) to me by 8:00 pm today. I will reply to confirm receipt of your work later today.

• A Learning Theory for 21st-Century Students
• A Vision of Students Today
• 21st Century Learning Part 1
• 21st Century Learning Part 2
• 21st Century Learning Part 3
• 21st Century Learning Part 4
• 21st Century Learning Part 5
• Academia 2.0

Attendance Deadline

One of the requirements to be eligible to submit a portfolio and pass the class is to earn at least 65 hours of attendance and participation. If you need to make up hours, please have this done by the end of class on Monday, December 7.

Week 14 Participation Credit

For this week’s participation credit, read this article on 10 Technology Must-Haves for College. Then write a response to the article. What do you think of this list? Is there anything here tat you think is not necessary? What have the authors left off this list that you think is vital to your success in college? Post your response here as a comment by 5pm Friday, December 4, to earn this week’s one-hour participation credit.

Skills You Need for a Career

Here’s another option for earning additional attendance hours.  Read this post at the Professors’ Guide blog on 11 Skills You’ll Need for a Career.  Then write a one-paragraph response and post it here as a comment.  What do you think of this list?  Is anything missing?  Is there anything here that you think is not especially important for your future career?  This will earn you two extra hours of attendance.

How to Improve Your Writing Skills

Here is another option to make up some attendance hours.  Read this article on How to Improve Your Writing Skills and write your own set of instructions geared to help an incoming English 0950 student learn to be a better writer.  Post your instructions here as a comment to earn two additional hours of attendance credit.

Workshops to Make Up Hours

If you need to make up hours, you can join my English 0750 classes for their workshops.  We meet Monday/Wednesday according to the following schedule:

• 8:30-10:20, ST 14A
• 1:00-2:50, MS 308

Workshops will be held on Monday, 11/30; Wednesday, 12/2; and Monday, 12/7.

Week 13 Participation Credit

To earn this week’s participation credit, please read this blog entry list of 10 Technology Must-Haves for College and post a comment here with an addition or alteration to that list.  Is there something you could not live without that the authors have left off the list?  Is there something they include that you think is frivolous?  Post your comment by noon this Friday, November 27, to receive the one-hour participation credit for this week.