Check the Calendar for 6th Essay Spec's

Please check the course calendar for specification of the requirements for the sixth essay.

WSB-09: Next/Final Typing Trial Topic for 2007

I've posted the next and final typing speed trial topic for 2007 in the usual place on the Writing Studio Wiki. If you haven't visited the wiki recently, you should. If you haven't reviewed the wiki completely, you should - starting with News & Updates.

If you have yet to surpass the typing speed target for fall semester, you should practice:

1. on topic, &
   
2. with the tools in the wiki sidebar.

I hope everyone will pass this time around.

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More Christmas Iconography

Here is a slick commercial video clip that I gleaned from Dr. Macenstein's representation (Dec. 13, 2007). It puts a techno-twist on a classic Christmas animation series by Rankin/Bass.

If you like it, check out the Rankin/Bass site, and look for the videos in the library, or at your neighborhood rental outlet.

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WSB Bulletin 2-08: Let's Do the Math!

Posts on this blog passed the century mark (100 posts) in November. How about on yours?

100+ posts (more like 120+, starting in April) is a good benchmark for the total number of your blog posts to date. How many have you made? If you entered the Writing Studio fall semester, you already should be in the neighborhood of 75 posts out of 90 required for this semester.

90+ posts was the projection for Writing IVc (September 27, 2007); it is 150% of the requirements for Writing IIIc.

We're just a few weeks away from the end of the semester. So your current post count, and proto-portfolio, should include six essays (as of Dec. 21, 2007) of the required length (or longer), and should soon include:

1. 18+ book reviews - longer than quick posts; &, do the math -
   
2. 66+ other posts!

[Proto-] Portfolios comprising all of the above will be due 7 January, 2008.

Learning with Computers: 2nd Mindmap

This is the mindmap generated during second period on December 12, 2007. Please review it to make sure that the outlines you've prepared for your essays on Learning with Computers cover all of the main points (main branches of the bird map, and attached nodes):




If you have questions about this mindmap, how to use it to develop your outline, or how to cover all of the main points in your essay, please post your questions in comments on this post.

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