After taking a listening quiz and scoring a 9, I find what I really knew to begin with: I need to be more patient and focused when speaking with others. One problem that I have that speaks volumes about my attention is that I usually do not remember people’s names even a minute after being [...]
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LitWiki; Or, Something Must Be Done
Ever since I constructed my first web site back in 1996, I have been fascinated and drawn to the Internet’s potential to bring people together into learning communities that share similar interests. My first site was constructed for my composition courses when I was a graduate student at the University of South Florida. Since then, [...]
Online Literature?
With the growing notion that college is just another business, a place where education should be as quick and painless as possible, many administrators are pushing the for more distance education classes. Part of the popularity of these courses ó at least as far as I can make out at Macon State — stems from [...]
Technical Writing: In Search of…
I haven’t taught technical writing in a number of years, so I figured a cool way to begin the class would be to try to figure out just what we mean by “technical writing.” Most definitions I have found, like this one at docsymmerty, suggests that technical writing makes varying degrees of technical information accessible [...]
Kafka’s Challenge
I think we ought to read the kind of books that wound and stab us. If the book we’re reading doesn’t wake us with a blow in the head, what are we reading it for? So that it will make us happy? Good Lord, we would be happy precisely if we had no books, and [...]
Teaching
I have been very introspective about my chosen career as of late. Many factors have influenced my decision to become an educator, and just as many now have me questioning that choice. I don’t mean this fact to sound negative: if I teach anything to my students, I try to instill a healthy skepticism even [...]
Professional Communication Portfolios
Once again, I assigned HTML portfolios to my professional communication course. Many of these students experienced HTML for the first time this semester, so most of the sites are pretty remarkable. Lisa Bessman Renota Dennard Crystal Jones Amy Lindsey Nychie Quinton Natalie Roberts Everett Searcy John Van Buskirk Jakie Wade Wendy Williams Trish Williamson