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Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Writers, hasten slowly!


The poetry in the snapshot[s] below represent... sage advice from Nicolas Boileau to writers that derived from an ancient Greek adage by way of Latin, "festina lente" (Wikipedia, Festina lente), meaning hasten slowly.

"Hasten slowly..." (Boileau, 1674, & Beaufait, 2015), ver. 1
"Hasten slowly..." (Boileau, 1674, & Beaufait, 2015), ver. 2

The snapshot[s] above comes from a presentation in preparation by Edwards, Beaufait, and Lucovich ([n.p.], [n.d.], except as otherwise noted some rights reserved). The French text comes from the Wikipedia article (Festina lente, History, ¶5, similar rights reserved).

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Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Don't Study Hard; Study Smart!

Tough Guy
Photo by pabeaufait
February 24, 2008, © All rights reserved
Used with permission
"Students need to understand that learning happens not only during reading and studying, but in all sorts of ways, so that they can examine their own habits to know which ones may be helping or not, and [then] make adjustments" (Chen, 2014, Experimenting with Learning Tactics, ¶4).
In a KQED Mind/Shift post, Ingfei Chen introduced a book written by a former colleague and science reporter, Benedict Carey (2014), entitled How We Learn: The Surprising Truth .... Then Chen went on to highlight and give examples of three key take-aways from the book that she['d] gleaned from an interview with the author.

The post included some wonderful tips for self-aware and self-directed learners. Moreover, the voice recording that accompanied the article was of the highest quality imaginable ("Press Play to Listen ..."). Kudos to the unnamed voice artist who made the recording!

References

Carey, Benedict. (2014). How We Learn: The Surprising Truth about When, Where, and Why It Happens. New York, NY: Random House.

Chen, Ingfei. (2014, August 25). How does the brain learn best? Smart studying strategies [web log post]. Retrieved from http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/08/how-does-the-brain-learn-best-smart-studying-strategies/

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Sunday, May 5, 2013

Tech tips from David Pogue

Here are a few tips to make working with technology easier and quicker.
   
Which tips do you find memorable and useful? What others do you suggest? You can let us know in comments.

If you find Pogue's delivery speed a bit challenging, subtitles and a complete transcript are available on the TED site: David Pogue: 10 top time-saving tech tips (Filmed Feb. 2013, Posted April 2013).

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Saturday, May 21, 2011

"When you're in space the weather's fine" (Stormy Mondays).

Here's a bit of upbeat music, Sunrise Number 1 by Stormy Mondays, to help get you through day one of next week, and maybe even pick you up again off and on when the rainy season arrives.  A Jamendo listing for this song says it's a "...[f]inalist for the 'Wake up song' contest - NASA Space Rock ..., two [of which] will be played in the very last space shuttle mission" (Album description, retrieved 2011.05.21).

  Royalty free music for professional licensing
In fact, this is the top place finisher in NASA's Original Composition contest. Another music player with all ten finalist songs (voting closed) is available here.[107 words]

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Portfolio for Writing IV (2009-10)

It is the beginning of a new calendar year, and almost the end of the current academic year. I hope you've enjoyed your winter break, 
Now it's time to collect, showcase, select, and reflect upon your writing the past semester. This portfolio template is for you to:
  • Copy with permission, under license from the Writing Studio Blog (License, below);
  • Paste into a new post on your own blog, entitled Portfolio for Writing IV (2009-10) [in Compose mode];
  • Complete with data from, and reflections upon, the body of your writing on your blog for Writing IV; and
  • Publish with the label "portfolios" (plural, without quotation marks).
Your complete portfolio for this semester is due – published and labeled on your blog – by Friday, January 15, 2010 (10:30 a.m. for 1A, and 12:10 p.m. for 1C, JST).


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Student ID: vwxyz
[Please replace "vwxyz" (above) with
the last five digits of your student number
(without quotation marks). Then delete these remarks.]


Portfolio for Writing IV, Section 1A OR 1C
[Please delete the unsuitable class section and the word "OR" (above), along with this line of remarks.]
(See: Note 1, below)

0.0. OVERVIEW

Reviews, Posts, Words, and More

(See: Note 2, below.)
[Please embed your proto-portfolios here {in HMTL editing mode}; then remove this line of remarks, including the square brackets.]

1.0. ESSAYS

(See: Note 3, below.)
Please complete this table with data gathered from essays on your blog. See the Key (below) for definitions of the symbols in row one, and complete columns four through nine with numerical values (0, 1, 2, 3, ...).
1.1. Showcase
Short titles with links to blog posts
Dates
yyyy.mm.dd

W
C
L
P
M
2-01a (2009.10.07)
















2-01b (2009.10.21)
















(2-01c)
















2-02a (2009.11.04)
















2-02b (2009.11.18)
















(2-02c)
















2-03a (2009.12.02)
















2-03b (2009.12.18/22)
















(2-03c)
















Totals
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Key:
¶: number of paragraphs five (5) or more sentences in length
W: number of words
C: number of comments
L: number of links
P: number of photos or other graphics
M: number of other media included in post


1.2. Most Improved Essay

(See: Note 4, below.)


Selection and Assessment: Which of the three essays that you've written and revised this semester shows the most improvement? What did you do to improve it? Remember that complete answers are better than short answers, focus on your writing (accuracy, appropriacy, content and organization, rather than graphics or other media), and explain at least two major improvements.
  • [Please remove these remarks, including the square brackets, then identify your most improved essay, and explain ways that you improved it here.]

2.0. COMMENTS

Showcase
Short titles of posts with links
Dates of comments yyyy.mm.dd
Numbers of words in comments
Qualities of comments**
2.1. Your first comment on your instructor's blog*








2.2. Your best comment on a classmate's blog*








2.3. Best comment by a classmate on your blog*








2.4. Most comments on:
Short titles of posts with link
Dates of posts yyyy.mm.dd
Total number of words in comments
Qualities of comments**
2.4.1. Any one of your essays*








2.4.1.1. When did you respond to those comments?
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2.4.1.2. How did you respond to those comments?
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2.4.2. Any of your other posts*








2.4.2.1. When did you respond to those comments?
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2.4.2.2. How did you respond to those comments?
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Current semester comments on essays and other posts
** Please list the most important qualities of comments on each type of blog post. That is, explain briefly what makes comments good.


2.5. Recent comments display

Does your blog display recent comments from blog visitors in a prominent location, for example, in a sidebar, header, or footer widget? Where, or why not? Please explain.
  • ...

2.6. Additional reflections on comments

  • [Please remove these remarks, including the square brackets; then write out your reflections on both giving and receiving comments here.]
  • ....

3.0. BOOK REVIEWS

3.1. Showcase
Short titles with links
Dates: yyyy.mm.dd
Words
Comments
Example:
2007.05.16
39
1
BR 2-01




BR 2-02




BR 2-03




BR 2-04




BR 2-05




BR 2-06




BR 2-07




BR 2-08




BR 2-09




BR 2-10




BR 2-11




BR 2-12




BR 2-13




BR 2-14




BR 2-15




BR 2-16




BR 2-17




BR 2-18














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Totals:


Note: Please calculate and list book review Totals for words and comments without including those from the example (above).


3.2. Best Book Review

Selection and Assessment: Which of those book reviews do you feel is the best that you've written this semester, and why? Remember that a complete answer is better than a short answer, focus on your writing, and give at least two reasons to support your assessment.
  • [Please remove these remarks, including the square brackets; then identify your best book review, and write out reasons for selecting it here.] 

4.0. BLOG LAYOUT, LABELING, LINKING, and MEDIA



Showcase
Yes
No
4.1. Does your blog display an archive?




4.1.1. Does the archive display the titles of posts?




4.1.2. Is the archive organized by month?




4.1.3. Is the archive at or near the top of the sidebar?




4.2. Does your blog display a cloud or list of labels in the sidebar?




4.2.1. Do your labels include these required labels (typed accurately):
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  • "books" (plural) AND "reviews" (plural)


  • "essays" (plural) AND "portfolios" (plural, without "proto-")


  • "quickposts" (plural, with no space between quick and posts)


  • "links" (plural) AND "media" (plural)




  • "movies" (plural) AND "websites" (plural)




  • "brainstorms" (or "brainstorming"), "essay prep.," AND "free-writing" (or "free-writes")




4.2.2. Does your sidebar display other labels?




  • How many other labels have you attached to three (3) or more posts?


    • ___ other labels attached to three or more posts

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    • Which labels, and to how many posts each? Please list those labels instead of www, xxx, yyy..., and list numbers of posts instead of n, m, o... (in parentheses), below.

      • www (n)
      • xxx (m)
      • yyy (o)
      • zzz (p)
      • ...
---
---
4.3. Links and media
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4.3.1. Do your blog posts this semester include photos or other graphics?




  • Does your blog profile include a photo or graphic representation?




  • How many of your blog posts this semester include photos or other graphics?


    • ___ posts including photos or other graphics

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4.3.2. Does your blog include posts with multiple links?




  • How many of your posts this semester include three (3) or more links?


    • ___ posts including three or more links (including this portfolio!)

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4.3.3. Does your blog include other media?




  • How many of your blog posts this semester include other media?


    • ___ posts including other media

---
---
  • What kind(-s) of media have you included in posts this semester? Please list the kinds here:


    1. ...
    2. ...
    3. ...



---


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  • What media content that you originally produced, if any, do your blog posts for this semester contain? Please list and explain each item briefly, and add short links and dates (yyyy.mm.dd) for reference.


    1. ... (short link, date)
    2. ... (short link, date)
    3. ... (short link, date)



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4.4. Overall presentation

What have you done to enhance the overall presentation and readability of your blog? List and explain the three most important content, display, formatting, layout, or other presentation changes that you have made on your blog this semester.
  1. ...
  2. ...
  3. ...


5.0. ADDITIONAL REFLECTIONS ON YOUR BLOG AND YOUR WRITING FOR IT

Please feel free to include reflections on both class work and homework, as well as on the content of this portfolio (proto-portfolios, showcases, selections, and reflections).
  • ...
  • ...
  • ...


6.0. ADVICE AND SUGGESTIONS FOR YOURSELF, YOUR PEERS, AND YOUR SUCCESSORS

  • ...
  • ...
  • ...


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Notes:
  1. This portfolio template derives from Writing Studio Blog templates for Writing IIIc and Writing IVc (2007-08), Writing III, §§1a & 1c,  Writing IV: Portfolio, §§1a & 1c (2008-09), and the July 7, 2009, Portfolio for Writing III.
  2. Please use the same code in section 0.0 that you used to embed your proto-portfolios (PPFs) in the footer of your blog, which you should already have revised to display your 2nd (fall) semester PPF first.
  3. The essays section (1.0. Essays, above) derived from Proto-Portfolio 2-02 (2008).
  4. The essay selection and explanation item (§1.2, above) differs from that in the July 7, 2009, Portfolio for Writing III. Please read the new item carefully before making a selection.
____________________
License:
This portfolio template is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
Please attribute to "the Writing Studio Blog, 2010.01.05" (with link, but without quotation marks).

Creative Commons License


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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Portfolio for Writing III (template)

This portfolio template is for you to:
  • Copy with permission, under license from the Writing Studio Blog (License, below);
  • Paste into a new post on your own blog, entitled Portfolio for Writing III [in Compose mode];
  • Complete with data from, and reflections upon, the body of your writing on your blog for Writing III, section 1a or 1c; and
  • Publish with the label "portfolios" (plural, without quotation marks).
Your complete portfolio for this semester is due – published and labeled on your blog – by Monday, July 20, 2009 (17:15, JST).

///// Beginning of template: Copy from "End ..." (below) to here. /////

Student ID: vwxyz
[Please replace "vwxyz" (above) with
the last five digits of your student number
(without quotation marks). Then delete these remarks.]

Portfolio for Writing III, Section 1A OR 1C

[Please delete the unsuitable class section and "OR" (above), along with this line of remarks.]

(See: Note 1, below)

0.0. Overview

Reviews, Posts, Words, and More

(See: Note 2, below.)

[Please embed your proto-portfolios here {in HMTL editing mode}; then remove this line of remarks, including the square brackets.]

1.0. Essays

(See: Note 3, below.)

Please complete this table with data gathered from essays on your blog. See the Key (below) for definitions of the symbols in row one, and complete columns four through nine with numerical values (0, 1, 2, 3, ...).


1.1. Showcase

Short titles with links to blog posts

Dates
yyyy.mm.dd

W

C

L

P

M

1-01a (2009.04.08)









1-01b (2009.04.20)









(1-01c)









1-02a (2009.06.01)









1-02b (2009.07.06)









(1-02c)









1-03a (2009.06.29)









1-03b (2009.07.13)









Totals

---

---








Key:

¶: number of paragraphs five (5) or more sentences in length

W: number of words

C: number of comments

L: number of links

P: number of photos or other graphics

M: number of other media included in post

1.2. Best Essay

Selection and Assessment: Which of those six assigned essays do you feel is the best that you've written this semester, and why? Remember that a complete answer is better than a short answer, focus on your writing, and give at least two reasons to support your assessment.

  • [Please remove these remarks, including the square brackets, then identify your best essay, and write out your reasons for selecting it here.]



2.0. Comments

Showcase

Titles of posts with links

Dates of comments yyyy.mm.dd

Numbers of words in comments

Qualities of comments**

2.1. Your first comment on your instructor's blog*





2.2. Your best comment on a classmate's blog*





2.3. Best comment by a classmate on your blog*





2.4. Most comments on:

Titles of posts with link

Dates of posts yyyy.mm.dd

Total number of words in comments

Qualities of comments**

2.4.1. Any one of your essays*





2.4.1.1. When did you respond to those comments?

---


---

---

2.4.1.2. How did you respond to those comments?

---

---



2.4.2. Any of your other posts*





2.4.2.1. When did you respond to those comments?

---


---

---

2.4.2.2. How did you respond to those comments?

---

---








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* Current semester comments on essays and other posts
** Please list the most important qualities of comments on each type of blog post. That is, explain briefly what makes them good comments.

2.5. Recent comments display

Does your blog display recent comments from blog visitors in a prominent location, for example, in a sidebar, header, or footer widget? Where, or why not? Please explain.

  • ...

2.6. Additional reflections on comments

  • [Please remove these remarks, including the square brackets; then write out your reflections on both giving and receiving comments here.]

  • ....



3.0. Book Reviews

3.1. Showcase

Short titles
with links

Dates: yyyy.mm.dd

Words

Comments

Example:

Vampire Killer

2007.05.16

39

1

BR 1-01





BR 1-02





BR 1-03





BR 1-04





BR 1-05





BR 1-06





BR 1-07





BR 1-08





BR 1-09





BR 1-10





BR 1-11





BR 1-12













































---

---

Totals:




Note
: Please calculate and list book review Totals for words and comments without including those from the example (above).

3.2. Best Book Review

Selection and Assessment: Which of those book reviews do you feel is the best that you've written this semester, and why? Remember that a complete answer is better than a short answer, focus on your writing, and give at least two reasons to support your assessment.

  • [Please remove these remarks, including the square brackets; then identify your best book review, and write out reasons for selecting it here.]



4.0. Blog Layout, Labeling, Linking, & Media


Showcase

Yes

No

4.1. Does your blog display an archive?



4.1.1. Does the archive display the titles of posts?



4.1.2. Is the archive organized by month?



4.1.3. Is the archive at or near the top of the sidebar?



4.2. Does your blog have labels displayed in sidebar?



[4].2.1. Do your labels include these required labels (typed accurately):

---

---

  • "books" (plural) AND "reviews" (plural)



  • "essays" (plural) AND "portfolios" (plural, without "proto-")



  • "quickposts" (plural, with no space between quick and posts)



  • "links" (plural) AND "media" (plural)



  • "movies" (plural) AND "websites" (plural)



  • "brainstorms" (or "brainstorming"), "essay prep.," AND "free-writing" (or "free-writes")



4.2.2. Does your sidebar display other labels?



  • How many other labels have you attached to three (3) or more posts?

    • ___ other labels attached to three or more posts

---

---

    • Which labels, and to how many posts each? Please list those labels instead of www, xxx, yyy..., and list numbers of posts instead of n, m, o... (in parentheses), below.

      • www (n)

      • xxx (m)

      • yyy (o)

      • zzz (p)

      • ...

---

---

4.3. Links & media

---

---

4.3.1. Does your blog include photos or other graphics?



  • Does your blog profile include a photo or graphic representation?



  • How many of your blog posts this semester include photos or other graphics?

    • ___ posts including photos or other graphics

---

---

4.3.2. Does your blog include posts with multiple links?



  • How many of your posts this semester include three (3) or more links?

    • ___ posts including three or more links (including this portfolio!)

---

---

4.3.3. Does your blog include other media?



  • How many of your blog posts this semester include other media?

    • ___ posts including other media

---

---

  • What kind(-s) of media have you included in posts this semester? Please list the kinds here:

    1. ...

    2. ...

    3. ...


---


---

  • What media content that you originally produced, if any, do your blog posts for this semester contain? Please list and explain each item briefly, and add short links and dates (yyyy.mm.dd) for reference.

    1. ... (short link, date)

    2. ... (short link, date)

    3. ... (short link, date)


---


---



4.4. Overall presentation

What have you done to enhance the overall presentation of your blog? List and explain the three most important content, display, formatting, layout, or other presentation changes that you have made on your blog this semester.

  1. ...

  2. ...

  3. ...



5.0. Additional reflections on your blog and your writing for it

Please feel free to include reflections on both class work and homework, as well as on the content of this portfolio (proto-portfolios, showcases, and reflections).

  • ...

  • ...

  • ...



6.0. Advice and suggestions for yourself, your peers, and your successors

  • ...

  • ...

  • ...


____________________
Notes:

  1. This portfolio template derives from the templates for Writing IIIc and Writing IVc portfolios (2007-08), and Writing III, §§1a & 1c and Writing IV: Portfolio, §§1a & 1c portfolios (2008-09).

  2. Please use the same code in section 0.0 that you used to embed your proto-portfolios (PPFs) in the footer of your blog, which you should already have revised to display your 1st (spring) semester PPF first.

  3. The essays section (1.0. Essays, above) derived from Proto-Portfolio 2-02 (2008).

____________________
License:

This portfolio template is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Please attribute to "the Writing Studio Blog" (without quotation marks).

Creative Commons License

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