Thanks to the COM352 students for contributing a bunch of new pages! I'll be moving these pages into the main area of the wiki soon.

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[edit] Spring 2007

Blogposts for Section 71. Generally, the instructor considers her occasionally writing about teaching (you!) as a form of play: reflexivity].

[edit] too cool for school

I wrote about you being too cool for school. (Actually, I am already impressed with your potential as writers. This is good.) :-) steph (COM) 09:13, 7 February 2007 (EST)

[edit] laying groundwork for research

This post is specific to the Identity Narrative but the principle applies to each and every paper that you want to have taken seriously by its audience. steph (COM) 00:42, 2 March 2007 (EST)

[edit] the future...who? Doing what?

We are making progress with two distinct conversations: one about learning & teaching; and another about the meanings of identity. The skill of critical thinking is being developed through both these conversations. I wrote in my blog today about the relation of the future to/with

a) concepts about and

b) the construction of

[edit] Introducing...

The Wiki. Yep. I am poking a wee bit of fun at those of you who are shy of technology. We can learn this together. :-) Meanwhile, I don't think I ever posted a link to The Machine is Us/ing Us, which is a fancy sales pitch for Web 2.0 technology but ALSO seriously questions what all this online interaction is doing. Finally, I really want you to watch Did You Know, a video about projected trends. steph (COM) 22:09, 5 March 2007 (EST)

[edit] why belief evolved

As if you need another example! I wrote this for today's blogpost and thought it might serve as an example of how to read an article, research a few points, frame the larger conversation, and then position oneself (as author) through an explicit claim. steph (COM) 20:55, 6 March 2007 (EST)

[edit] when violence strikes

Several posts processing the mass killing at Virginia Tech:

1. This is not "play" (as I often intend with blogposts). I wrote a bit on Writing and Violence as a follow-up to our in-class conversation about what happened at Virginia Tech. Feel free to read and even post a comment. steph (COM) 17:27, 20 April 2007
   
2. We Are Virginia Tech (a follow-up)
3. a matter of language (concerning Writing Program Teacher's responses and processing of the events)

[edit] a roaring ruminant

I posted a brief description and link to the reflection letter I wrote for your consumption. steph (COM) 13:12, 28 April 2007 (EDT)