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Finding Truth in Learning, Art and Digital Literacy...
this is a course where you are invited to explore and argue self-generated issues that address your most important concerns about finding truth in the things that matter most to you! You will gain skill with academic discourse and think about the ways language can best express your ideas and feelings, and you will be challenged to write, read and research constantly. Though not an easy class, most students find the learning worthwhile (see Ratemyprofessor.com) because the instruction is useful and the professor is dedicated to helping you really improve.
Remember to check monthly plans and the resources on this page often.
You are strongly encouraged to use the links below to support your writing growth,and you are invited to suggest useful links to be added.
This page is organized according to course guidelines, writing resources, and learning modules.
Course Guidlines
(English 112 Syllabus and Plans, Guidelines and Tips to DoWell, Goals,Rubrics and Assignments)
English 112 Syllabus & Plans
Syllabus In Class Technology Guidelines September Plans
Goals
SCSU English Department Goals and
Objectives for English Composition:
English
110 English 111 English 112
Elements of Rhetorical Analysis and Argumentation in Composition
What are ongoing goals of writing in the real world?
Writing is a gift of self! Will's Teaching Ethos
Guidelines and Tips to Do Well
What to do when absent Tips on doing well in this class In Class Tech Guidelines
Understanding Feedback from Will Article on email between Professors and Students
A Bloggers Advice on "How to email a professor" Why I Write (Email) by Valentine Smith
Extra Credit Readings Grammar? Key Adivice on Integrating Sources
Accessing Readings From Our Library's Electronic Reserve
Arguing Advice Understanding Campus Computing
Rubrics and General Writing Assignments
Engfish Freewriting Idea Structuring
General rubric Class rubric (suggested changes are always welcome!)
Essay 1 (Education) Essay 2 (Art) Essay 3 (Cyberspace)
Final Letter to Will
Writing Resources
(Plaigiarism, Reading, Reasearching, Student and Teacher Models, Writing, and Writing Center)
The Everyday Writer Online
Plagiarism
Talking About Plagiarism by Nick Carbone
Everything You Need to Learn about Plagiarism
Avoiding Plagiarism Universal Plagiarism Plagiarism & Computers
Useful Plagiarism Links Students v Turnitin.com
How Teachers Can Stop Cheaters Dear Plagiarists
Slate Review of Online Paper Mills
Turnitin Tech Turned Around
The Ecstasy of Influence--A Mind Blowing Essay about Plagiarism and Writing
Reading
Reading Advice Needed Homemade Education by Malxolm X Our First Words
Ways of Reading Required Elements of College Reading
Analyze Your Critical Thinking Ability
Will's Review of A Writer's Reference for SCSU Teachers
Reading at Risk: A Survey of Literary Reading in America
Read Great Litearature Via Email
Researching
Tutorial on developing a resesarch question What kind of search engine do you need?
Article on Google Teach Yourself to Use Google more effectively Wikipedia? Wikipedia vs Britanica
Online Research Resources Evaluation Guidelines Intergrating Sources
Using MLA Documentation MLA Formatting Instruction Concise MLA Instruction
Teach Yourself about Information Literacy Librarians' Index to the Internet
Buley's library resources The Library of Congress Search Better with Librarians
New York Times The Internet Public Library List of lists Doug Hesse's Email Research
St.Martin's English Research Room surveys New Research Resources www.Alltheweb.com
Chat with a live college librarian online who will email you a list of sources
Google/Library? Web Searching Like a Libraian Web Survey Tool
Can we do more to learn about online searching and learning? Librarian's Manifesto
Intelligent, Youtube-like sources for any and all class writing
Student & Teacher Models
Looking Composition in the Eye
Flash Fiction from Will after meeting you in class last week!
Student Essay #1 Will's Essay #1 Student Essay #1 (from another University)
Student Essay #2 Will's Essay #2 Idea Structure #2
Will's Published Version of #2 Poem responding to Dennis Baron
Will's Draft of Essay #3
Jenny Jerolmon's reflection and essay on teaching, writing and learning in our class
Strong Bad Writing Fema Memo College Entrance Essay
Using Visual Literacy
Period Chart of Visual Literacy
Writing
20 Common Errors Error and "Non-Error" Pseudonym and Gender
Peer Review Reasoning Peer Review Nuts & Bolts Peer Review Worksheet
Story of a Comma Does Spelling Count? Spelling and Grammar Checkers--Use with Caution!
Beyond Exception: The Writer's Life by Will Hochman The Writer Revised by Will Hochman
Waging War & Peace: Words from Soldiers Louis Menand on Lynn Truss and Writing
Ben Yagoda on Style Instructions for online responding PeerReview Onion Style
Whitesmoke Writing Promo Anti-Grammar Reasoning The Elements of Style
Key Advice from On Writing Well by William Zinsser Truthiness
Video Clips of Princeton's Harry G. Frankfurt's On Bullshit
Writing Center SCSU Computing Resources Writing, Word Count, & Real Writing is not a skill!Thinking?
Entertaining Short story about Writing and Rejection Grammar Girl's Helpful Blog
Writing Center
Southern's writing center is located in Engleman A 012. You can call for an appointment (392 6824) or you can just walk in to get help with most of your writing challenges. You can be tutored by professional writing teachers for free! The Spring 2007 hours are:
Campus Writing Center
Spring 2007
MONDAY 9:30 8:00
TUESDAY 9:30 7:30
WEDNESDAY 9:30 8:00
THURSDAY 9:30 7:30
FRIDAY 10:00 12:30
All SCSU students are welcome.
Learning Modules 1,2 and 3 (Education, Art and Technology)
Education (First Learning Module) Essay #1
What twenty two teachers say about teaching writing
Rodriguez Net Catch Learning Beyond Measure Standardize College Literacy Testing?
Theme for English B by Langston Hughes "The Banking Concept of Education" by Paulo Freire
Wage Gap Between Men and Women Decreasing A Converging of Learning Litearcies by WillHochman
Learning Gee! Doctor Video Game Cyberspace Affecting Maturation?
Disabilities Resource Center Homework A Better SAT? My Pedagogical Creed by John Dewey
Why Heather Can Write Lyrics to "Another Brick in the Wall (part 2) by Roger Waters
What makes a great teacher great? Teaching despite technology Being Academic in Your Own Words
Greater Epectations Techno-Pedagogical Explorations A Re-Vision of Teaching; Portrait of a Teacher in Process
Educating Inequality? "Against School" by John Taylor Gatto The Myth of College Studying
Beyond PowerPoint: A Media Expert Speaks on Teaching with Technology
Art (Second Learning Module)
New
York Public Library's Collection of images New Insights about the Power of Imagery
Mother Poem by Will Helpful
essay about "Everyday Use"
Good page
for Alice Walker Links Jeanette Winterson's
Home Page
Winterson
Reviews and Links Brief
Langer Bio and Links Quick
Break Down of Langer's Theory
Surrealism
Digital Creativity The Power of Art in a Time
of War Video Game
Musicians
Music--Our
Oldest Technology More on Music Alternative museum
Who Owns Culture? News of a Graffiti Legend Street Lit--Is Prison Good for Writing?
Class Poem by English 101-24 Class Poem by English 101-28
Class Election
Poem by English 101.24 (Fall 04) Poetry
in Composition
Billy Collins Illustrated Poetry
Digital Literacy (Third Learning Module)
Automating Judgment
Web 2.0...The Machine is Us/ing Us TechnoMagic Did you know? Laptop Lesson
SCSU Computing Resources Laptop Lab Proposal Technoliteracy@SCSU Hypertext 101
Taming the Computer The Book, Then and Now Nu Shortcuts in School Humanizing Technology?
Early Computer Thinking The Computer Delusion Liberal Arts & Computers
"Hypertext: Of Mouse and Man" by Sven Birkerts Making Intelligence Less Artificial
"The DNA of Information: Bits and Atoms" by Nicholas Negronte Negroponte's Talk with TED
Wired, Yes, but Drawing the Line Apple's New Music Store Not All Web Information Is Free--Should It Be?
Deliberately Distorting the Digital Mechanism Teaching With Computers by Matt Mroz
Voting with Computers? Richard Rodriguez on Literacy and Technololgy
David Noble on Computers and Higher Education The Internet Isn't Disneyland
Professor Video Game Wired Libraries Robot vs. Robot Love Our Technology?
Texas Wireless School Wired student advice for parents Learn about Virus Myths & Hoaxes
Memes & the Web Memes: What is a mind virus? Media Literacy Baseball Webbing
Is Technology Political?--an NYTimes OpEd essay by Thomas Friedman Internet Changes U.S. Politics
Live Internet Help Searching Almost Anything Computer Haiku Google Books?
Advergames Online Teenage Life The Internet on the Internet Google's Effect on Advertising
From Napster to Grokster to Snocap The Internet Archive Learning Online Searching? MySpace Unprofessional?
Composition as a Video Game Blogging is good for your career Online Privacy at School?
Gaming Reality Into Cash Absolute PowerPoint Web3.0 Introducing the Book
Slate's History of Youtube Book, Blog, and Being Street Wise Social Computing?
GPS...in CONTEXT At The Point of The Pencil The Death of Email
Portfolios (The FINAL Learning Module)
Our class will use a portfolio system to produce your best writing of the term. Throughout the term you will be challenged to compose, research, reivse, and copy edit your three essays. In this final learning module of our class, you will finish these processes by presenting the best drafts of your three essays, some of the inclass and online writing you composed, and an introduction and self evaluation of your work.