Movie and Presentation Rubric for Final

Hi All,

Here is the link for the rubric

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzAQCX_ntyV1SU5XcjFyTkl5UlU/view?usp=sharing

If you plan to do a movie please use the following Subject Header

Class #, Name, ID, FInal YouTube URL

Then send me the URL link (as a link) by 23:59 Sat Dec. 12, 2015--
If you plan to do a presentation, show up to class a little early to get your file onto the computer-

thanks,

g

Useful Websites Document from the Syllabus

Hi All,

Here is the document that shows the list of useful websites from the syllabus:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hO-hyME1c2l5ocWzCPyvI99OH9_E_4UGBgS_27p4-1w/edit?usp=sharing

Opinion Paragraph Rubric

Hi All-
Here's the Rubric for the Opinion Paragraph:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzAQCX_ntyV1WDNNZ2sxcF82YjA/view?usp=sharing

Topic Ideas

Hi All,

This is a list of possible topic ideas for opinion writing.
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/05/301-prompts-for-argumentative-writing/
Feel free to cruise though here and have a look. Hope it helps.

Here are some other topics. These might be more specific:
http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/writing/persuasive-essay-topics/

Best wishes,

g

Blog Post #5

Production and Ownership of Knowledge

This semester we have focused a lot on not only producing knowledge, through blog posts and comments, but also knowledge ownership, by using proper citation. 

Has your own experience from the blog writing changed your understanding of knowledge production and/or knowledge ownership? Please briefly explain.

Please submit blog post by 23:59 Sat. Nov. 14.

Please email me your comments by 23:59 Mon. Nov. 16.

Please add this in the subject of your email:

Class #, Student Name, Student ID, Comments- Blog Post #5

Thanks,

g

Articles- a/an/the

Hi all,

Please make a copy of this and bring it to class on Thursday and Friday-

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nH828AmhyLIaHxpBg__krMI_rCK4G_KzskS4mEIm-Ok/edit?usp=sharing

Thanks,

g

Speaking of Sources

Speaking of Sources

Here is a good example of source reliability. 

Remember I told you, "ICN is a world class airport."

That is a fact. 

If you were to quote this in a paragraph, you could write it like this:

My English Composition teacher Gary said, "ICN is a world class airport."

However, to give more credibility to the statement, you could also write:

My English Composition teacher Gary, who has visited over thirty countries, said, "ICN is a world class airport." 

Now, because you let the reader know that Gary is well traveled, his opinion becomes more important. 

If you then add some backing from a written source, it becomes even more credible.

2. Incheon International Airport (ICN)

Flickr/Richard, enjoy my life

Yearly passengers: 41.7 million

Previous rank: 2

Why it's awesome: Once again, Incheon is the world's second best airport. Located on an island just outside of the South Korean capital, Incheon is home base to Korean Air and is the 24th-busiest airport in the world. It opened in 2001.

Incheon's highly regarded facilities feature an array of shopping and dining options, in addition to a bevy of cultural performances. The airport even has a Korean culture museum.

Source: Skytrax World Airport Awards. Yearly passenger figure is for 2013, provided by Airports Council International.

Remember- a spoken source is better than no source, and a written source is even better.

Hence, you could write something similar to this:

ICN: A World Class Airport

        Incheon International Airport (ICN) has been considered one of the world's best airports for a number of reasons. First off, it has excellent facilities which provide passengers a comfortable and relaxing atmosphere at the very beginning, middle, or end of a journey. My English composition teacher Gary, who has visited more than thirty countries, said, "ICN is a world class airport. The clean facilities, great shopping, and ubiquitous WiFi make it much more pleasant than walking into an airport for a six hour wait that has nothing, not even a coffee shop, and those airports do exist." Benjamin Zhang, a business and transportation reporter for Business Insider filed a report in March of this year that stated ICN was the world's number 2 airport for the second year in a row, only behind Singapore's Changi International. Mr. Zhang goes on to write, "Incheon's highly regarded facilities feature an array of shopping and dining options, in addition to a bevy of cultural performances. The airport even has a Korean culture museum."

Aldridge, Gary. (2015, October 15). Outline Writing. Lecture presented at EW2 Class in Sejong Unversity, Seoul, Korea

Zhang, Benjamin. (2015, March 23). The 10 best airports in the world. Retrieved November 4, 2015 from http://www.businessinsider.com/the-10-best-airports-in-the-world-for-2015-according-to-skytrax-2015-3?op=1.

Just like that, your 1st reason has 2 outside sources.

I hope that helps,

g

Next Blog Post

Hi Everyone,

Here is the next question for our blog post.
It's a 2 part question.

1) What has the comments others have posted on my blog taught me about my own writing?

2) What have the comments I have posted on other blogs taught me about writing?

Please post on your blog by 23:59 Sat. Oct. 31st.

Please email me your comments to three other students by 23:59 Mon. Nov. 2nd.

Thank you very much and Happy Halloween,

g

Audio Unit

Assignment/Rubric

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzAQCX_ntyV1VXdOME52ZXYxREE/view?usp=sharing

Kali the Creator

            My cat, Kali the Destroyer, is actually a creator. She got her name, Kali the Destroyer, because the first day she came to our home, as just a little bitty kitten no bigger than the palm of my hand, she jumped up onto the sofa and scratched the noses of my seven year old cat, Dima, and my five year old dog, Uju. Everyone knew, from that first moment, that she was a tough little kitty. After that, she definitely left her mark on the arm of the sofa scratching it to smithereens. As the weather got warmer, Kali began venturing outside, and soon enough she was bringing little ‘presents’ back to the house: dead mice and dead insects were her favorite gifts to bring home. However, she is not just a ‘killing machine’. She also fancies herself as quite the little artist. Every morning she sits in front of her, and her sisters, two water bowls and waits for me to come add some water to them from my tea kettle. As I pour the water from the kettle, she rubs against my legs and sits down to contemplate her canvas. While I am boiling water for my morning coffee, she takes the little green bowl, which sits in front of my stove, and tips it just right so that the water spills out onto my kitchen floor. She then walks around with her front paw and moves the water in little directed puddles creating very interesting abstract paintings. Afterwards, she sits and stares at the reflection of the kitchen light into her water paintings as they evaporate upon the kitchen floor. While some might feel my cat Kali is a fearsome creature with an appetite for destruction, I know that deep down inside, she is just a cute little artist looking for new ways to express herself. 

Audio Unit for Mid-Term Exam

Hi Everyone,
Here is the Rubric for the Audio portion of the Mid-Term-

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzAQCX_ntyV1VXdOME52ZXYxREE/view?usp=sharing

Here is an easy program to use to upload your recording.
https://soundcloud.com/
Please include the recorded version when you send me your URL by 23:59 Sat. 17 Oct.

To submit, once again-
1) Post your final draft onto your blog.
2) Add an audio recording of you reading your final draft above or beneath the written version, so we can listen to your recording and read it at the same time.
3) send me an email with the subject heading:
Class #, Name, Student ID, MXM Final Draft/Recording
Add your blog URL in the email.
ex.> garyaldridge@blogspot.com

We will listen to the recordings during our either 21 Oct. or 22. Oct.

That's it.
Have fun,

g

Hangeul Day

Hi all,
Happy Hangeul Day- What an awesome holiday. Here we are in a writing class enjoying a day off dedicated to writing. What could be better?
For those of you in my Wednesday-Friday classes- first off, I did not record a video of my lecture because quite honestly, we did not really go over much more than what I had talked with you about in Wednesday's class.

However, I did make two very important points that I would like to share with you.

1) Remember, the job of the supporting sentences is 'to prove the controlling idea.' With that said, be very clear and specific with your controlling idea. Do not offer any abstract ideas here.

Seoul is a great city to live in. (define great and prove to me that your definition and my definition are the same- as you know- I love to play the devil's advocate)

Seoul provides three key elements which improve a person's quality of life.
1) education 2) medical facilities 3) cultural facilities 4) restaurants 5) public transportation 6) Han River Park 7) shopping 8) do you see the difference?

2) Part of my rubric states, "The vocabulary used is rich and interesting." One thing I told my students in my Thursday classes was, "I can think of no more boring word than the word interesting."
Then I showed them the thesaurus section of the Merriam Webster dictionary site which offers alternative words for 'interesting.' http://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interesting

I encourage you all to make use of the thesaurus. It can help make your writing riveting.

Write well my scribes and have a great weekend,

g

Mid-Term Exam Paragraph Rubric

Hi All,

 The following link will take you to the Rubric for the paragraph section of the Mid-Term Exam.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzAQCX_ntyV1ZlI5R0RHOXd1dms/view?usp=sharing

I will be posting the Rubric for the Audio Section sometime in the near future.

Thanks a lot and do good work,

g

Lecture after Chuseok

Hi All,
I'm hoping this will work for you to view. It is the lecture after Chuseok. I talk quickly about the value of feedback. Also, I give some pages for you to review about greetings and endings (especially comma errors). There is also a brief talk about the upcoming assignment. One student says she had trouble finding the Master Blog List- Please remember this is on your class Blackboard.
The video is super big- 1.3 GB, so I'm not sure how well it will play on here. I hope it works. Best wishes,
g
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzAQCX_ntyV1ZTc1b2VtOC1zUTQ/view?usp=sharing

100 Korean Adjectives with English Equivalents

Hi All,
When writing descriptive paragraphs, using adjectives is an easy and effective way to enrichen your descriptions. See Part 2 Grammar in our book (2nd Edition) pgs. 104-111 (3rd Edition) pgs. 120-126.
This very useful information will greatly help your writing. The attached handout provides 100 Korean adjectives with their English equivalents.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzAQCX_ntyV1Wloyb2lHcHh5dUE/view?usp=sharing

Also, be sure to have a look at the section on prepositions (2nd Edition) pgs. 112-118 (3rd Edition) pges. 126-132. This will really help you with space-order.
Good luck and Happy Chusok,

g

Descriptive Paragraph Rubric

Hi All,
Here is a brief description of the assignment and rubric for our descriptive paragraph.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hwV9cUhkUAyuwoiP62pL8LZMJtsetusiNN_Jqgck5JU/edit?usp=sharing
Have fun and happy Chusok,

g

Sejong Writing Test Rubric

Hi all-
Here is the Rubric for the Sejong Writing Test-
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r2mEX-2h0t7sxjY5TyzoOPTzfwvHQjpzJlYR88b_53k/edit?usp=sharing

Blog Post Comments Rubric

Blog Post Rubric

Hi all-

Please see our class Blackboard regarding Blog Post questions-

Here is the rubric for your comments-

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WUL4H5TI90mQ2MgBfZgr3DXDGdAauU1Bk4TxV47fNhQ/edit?usp=sharing

Good luck and write well my scribes-

g

Calendar-
Hi Everyone- I just noticed there was an issue with the calendar. First off, thanks for alerting me to this. I will resolve this ASAP on Saturday.
Have a great weekend.
g
Seems like it's fixed-

Fall 2015 Writing Class Syllabus

Hi All-
Here is the Syllabus for my EW2 Classes
Hi everyone- this is a new link that everyone should be able to view-
sorry about the 1st link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzAQCX_ntyV1cU8tZVMxNF9kZEE/view?usp=sharing

Alphabetizer

Alphabetizer

Hi all,

Here is an alphabetizer to help with references.

http://alphabetizer.flap.tv/

Submission Guidelines for Collaborative Writing Project

Submission Guidelines for Collaborative Writing Project

Hi all,

Here are the submission requirements for the CWP.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzAQCX_ntyV1cThKM01BcjVFdlk/view?usp=sharing

I llok forward to seeing the final results. 

Best wishes,

g

Dong-Eun's Review

Dong-eun and Tae-hee's Review

Hi, this is their review, this is a test.

Doogi's Review

Requirements and Rubrics for Collaborative Writing Project

Requirements and Rubrics for Collaborative Writing Project

Hi all,
Please have a look at the requirements and rubrics for the upcoming, 'Collaborative Writing Project'. Be certain to look it over carefully and discuss it with your team members. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me or drop by my office to have a visit.

Thanks a ton and have some fun,

g

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzAQCX_ntyV1R2Y1LUltb1EtcmM/view?usp=sharing

Collaborative Writing Project Mind Maps

Hi all,
I've put together a small slide show of some ideas ya'll came up with in different classes.
Hope it helps.
Happy collaboration,
g

A Brief Introduction to the Final Project

Hi everyone,
I hope you are enjoying your weekend. I am kind of busy. I'll try to get your graded paragraphs back to you as soon as I can. In the meantime, you can have a look at my presentation (remember- the 2nd to last slide has the very helpful video, Wiki's explained in plain English. 

Also, I have added a video of me giving the presentation, so that students who were not present can see what my lecture was about.

Your Final Draft

Your Final Draft 

As always, when sending me your final draft, add the following to the subject heading in your e-mail.

Class #, Name, Student ID, Name of Assignment 

Your final draft should look similar to this.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jHIqaMZwQyAHzLubObq5cbj3rUbz-l0o9pA5iDELmms/edit?usp=sharing

Comments on a blog rubric

Comments on a Blog Rubric

Hi,

Here are the directions and rubric for posting on others' blogs.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzAQCX_ntyV1WUdEbjlLaDAxY1k/view?usp=sharing

Rubric How to Do or Use Something on a Smart Phone or iPhone

How to Paragraph Rubric

Hi, 

Here is the rubric for the Smart Phone/iPhone 'How to Paragraph'.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzAQCX_ntyV1a0dHSDNGZjFfQ3c/view?usp=sharing

Thanks,

g

How to Embed a PPT onto Your Blog

How to Embed Your PowerPoints onto Your Blog

            Part of the beauty of hosting an academic blog is showing off all of the hard work you do for your classes to more than just your classmates and teacher. A lot of that work is done via PowerPoint. By following these few simple steps, you can quickly and easily embed you PowerPoint presentations onto your blog and grow your audience to everyone in the world who can get onto the web. If you do not happen to have access to Microsoft’s OneDrive (where you can simply embed the PPT through the share feature), an easy way to embed your PPTs onto your blog is to upload them through a website called SlideServe. First, go to www.slideserve.com, and after you open an account (which only takes a few seconds) click onto either of the easy to find upload buttons which will take you to a new page where you will see yet another ‘Upload’ button. Click onto that as well. It will then ask you to find and open the PPT you would like to upload.  This will take you to a ‘Form’ where you need to fill in some fields (see top screenshot). After you do all of this, it will convert your file. Once it has finished converting, go to your dashboard and select the presentation you would like to embed. Next, copy the ‘Embed Code’ (see middle screenshot). Following this, go to your blog page. Once you are there, begin to write a new post, as usual. To finish publishing your presentation to your blog, type in a brief introduction to your presentation, then hit the link button, paste the link into the edit link box (see bottom screenshot), and finally hit the publish button. At last, if you follow these steps, you can proudly present your presentations to the world.

SlideServer form

SlideServer Embed Code

Where to insert the Embed code on Blogspot

Strong Parts of a Paragraph

Strong Parts of a Paragraph

Hi, I'm going to be loading two things here. One is a Slidebean Presentation showing some examples of strong parts of a paragraph from the mid-term exams.


The other is a short video showing me giving a brief lecture of this presentation, so that you can view it at home (especially for those of you from my Tuesday classes who will be in the library studying on Children's Day)

Take it easy and see you in class,

g

Screencast of how to create a reading list for your classmate's blogs in Feedly

Hi,
Here is a quick Screencast which shows you how to create a reading list of your classmate's blog postings on Feedly.
Enjoy,

g

Paragraph Scoring Rubric

Paragraph Scoring Rubric

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzAQCX_ntyV1cUlEU1lmVk1MVHc/view?usp=sharing

Slidebean of Presentation about Outlines

Outlines for Supporting Sentences

Hi,
Here is the presentation I showed you in class about how to make an outline for your supporting sentences.
Please look at the paragraph titled, 'Flight Attendants' on pg. 37 to get a better idea of how an outline looks like when written as a paragraph.
Hope it helps,
g

SCREENCAST: To help you get started with citations.

Citations

Here is a site that should help you get started with citations. http://citationmachine.net

This site shows how to cite using APA style (which is what we will mainly be using in this class). http://libguides.unitec.ac.nz/content.php?pid=58156&sid=3092651

On the bottom left column is the information you need to cite an image from the internet.

Here is a SCREENCAST showing you how it is done.

Best wishes,

g

SCREENCAST: How to Find Images for Presentations

Finding Images for Presentations

In the syllabus, it mentions that plagiarism will not be tolerated in any form. It also mentions that we will learn easy ways to avoid this issue. Throughout the semester, you will each be expected to give a presentation reviewing the previous class. When doing so, you might want to add images to make your presentation seem more visually appealing. However, you don't want to get into trouble while doing so. There is a site, http://creativecommons.org/, where people share images, music, videos, and other creative works that other individuals are allowed to use in a variety of mediums for non-profit purposes. To learn more about this, please click on this link http://creativecommons.org/about. In the following video, I will give you a brief introductory tutorial on how you can use these resources in a safe and proper manner. Please, though, try to learn more about this on your own. Here is a good place to get started http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_copyright_law. This site has some other options with an explanation in Korean as well. http://yoon-talk.tistory.com/m/post/352

Have fun and be creative.

Best wishes,

g

SCREENCAST: How to add a subject when you e-mail to me.

Hi,
Here is a short demonstration video of how to add a subject when you email to me.
Thanks,

g

My new website

http://garyaldridge.weebly.com/

Kali the Creator: the movie

Film Assignment Rubric

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzAQCX_ntyV1NXV4MlF4blJ3aWc/edit

Electronic Expectations

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzAQCX_ntyV1dkVoOFoyQjlVZjQ/edit

D.I.Y.

• What is a concept (not a tool) you learned in this class that you will be able to incorporate into your teaching?

I wouldn’t say it was a concept I learned, so much as re-discovered, but the concept of D.I.Y. has been really cool in this class, EDUC 932. Equally as cool, has been the spirit of collaboration which has made this concept possible.

For personal reasons, I had eschewed technology hoping to live in a world of ‘low-fi’ until my dying days. Sorry to bust on ya Ben, but this might give an idea of why. Try and toguess…

However, it’s been cats like Ben, and Igor, and Ryan, and Andrew, and Dirksey, and Todd, and Dru, and Gareth, and Liz, and Robyn, and Mathieu, and Natalie, and Stephanie, and LML who have really taken time out of their lives to help me help myself.

I honestly did not know how to hyperlink before this course began, now, with the help of others (mostly by Googling it themselves, and walking me through it, or just saying, ‘Dude, just Google it’) I have learned how to do that and so much more.

I’ve always had a D.I.Y. philosophy in regards to my classes, with the caveat of me trying to ‘lead’ the process. However, I liked how Steve put it in our final lecture, if I might paraphrase, ‘By the way you came together and worked out the technology, it’s how it should be. Had I tried to walk each and every one of you through it, (INSERT APPLE SNOB JOKE HERE) there would not have been enough time in the week.’

That’s the thing, it was a bouncing of ideas which really helped me take my ideas and explore things which I had disregarded, ignored, or even opposed. Steve, and others, have seen a few of the 1^st things I have done through this course, in regards to using technology.

I want to take that spirit of D.I.Y. and convince my students that it might seem like a lot of effort, but when you get to a point where you are wondering, ‘What is it we are doing, and why am I here doing it?’ that they, too, can wander through (enter your own physical dystopic analogy) to s point where they say, ‘I have an idea,’ and run with it.

Screencast Is a Blast

            So far, for me, I’d have to say screencast is my favorite tool that we’ve delved into so far. There are a couple of reasons for this. To begin with, it is just so simple to use. Even for me, an admittedly technologically challenged creature, it was almost intuitive to operate.

            Secondly, I can already envision the usefulness of this simple tool. Being in the process of trying to flip my classrooms, this will be the perfect tool for me to just tell my students to look at outside of the classroom. For example, the one I put on, how to do an advanced search in ScienceDirect will prove extremely valuable to my students when it comes to doing their final writing project for my class. Last semester, I spent half a class showing them how to search there, and on Google Scholar. Just by being able to place this onto an easily accessible location for them will save valuable class time, and thus I am really excited about exploring this ‘new’ tool in my life.

Going Somewhere New

            In his article, ‘World without Walls: Learning Well with Others’, Will Richardson speaks about learners engaging with the global online population, which has exceeded one billion, to find others out there with similar passions and interests to share information with. This, of course, has advantages (such as unlimited access to information) and disadvantages (such as the quality and reliability of that information).

            Honestly speaking, I have not really explored the concept of ‘virtualizing’ the classroom in any meaningful way. I am, admittedly, technically challenged. Actually, the first time I had ever experienced the concept was when Ben Steigner Skyped with Jeong-hee Kim, the author of For Whom the School Bell Tolls: Conflicting Voices Inside an Alternative High School for a presentation he was collaborating on with some other students for our EDUC 999 course, Research and Evaluation taught by Dr. Buckreis.

            It really left an impression on me, and I have been trying to come up with ways that I could get my own students to collaborate with others on writing projects of their own. Hopefully, I can take some of the knowledge from this course (for example, I finally learned how to hyperlink… baby steps, I know) and begin applying it to my own classroom with the intention of coercing my students into sharing their own works with others in the hopes of receiving feedback and/or extra-curricular information. For example, after reading this article for David Flynn’s EDUC 925- Curriculum and Theory class, I really pushed my students to read their classmates writings (a minimum of 6) to get an idea of not only what their friends were doing, but some ideas they might apply to their own papers. These blog posts, especially the part where we need to ‘comment’ on other posts, seems to have a similar concept. I saw what happened when I had students ‘look into’ the writings of others in the classroom, I’m excited to see what will happen when I apply this (via whatever medium I can comfortably work with my students next semester), and beyond.

            

Out of the Classroom

            Prakash Nair, in his article, “The Classroom Is Obsolete: It’s Time for Something New”, argues that, “The classroom is a relic, left over from the Industrial Revolution,” and that future learners would best be served by actively participating in, “interdisciplinary and real world projects.” Nair doesn’t argue for, ‘blowing up the buildings’ so much as re-designing them to create, ‘“learning studios” and “learning suites”” with an emphasis on providing students, and teachers alike, better access to daylight, fresh air, and nature.

            Of the many institutions which Nair mentions as being models for this, I looked up a few, but the Learning Gate Community School seemed to really be doing an outstanding job of  implementing some of the principles for future learners Nair mentions in his article, particularly the ones about being collaborative, environmentally conscious (they were one of 10 recipients for an award honoring green schools in the US), and building strong relationships with the community, as the above linked FaceBook page attests.

            Personally, I’m a big fan of the concept of moving the learning out of the classroom and into the world. One of the reasons I am taking these classes is that someday I would like to create an educational institution which is built with sustainable materials, featuring a year-round greenhouse/garden, but most importantly, is designed and built by the students themselves. One of the key criteria in the curriculum of this school would be that students spend a majority of their time working on ‘real world’ projects such as maintaining and improving the facility and/or community based volunteer activities, particularly working with the underprivileged and the elderly.

            As I was reading this article, it reminded me of an article I found while we were taking David Flynn’s EDUC 925- Curriculum and Theory class. I really liked the concept of trans-generational collaborative learning in a garden setting.

  
      -g

           

PDF file of my syllabus

Screencast

                                       Alien Tour Guide
 A lesson I really enjoy is called Alien Tour Guide. The first part is that I will place a photo onto the projector and ask my university level composition students to explain it to me, an Alien visitor who knows absolutely nothing about life on planet Earth. For example, if it is a photograph of me walking my dog in a park, they have to explain everything: ‘what is that line attached to the short creature’s neck?’ ‘what is a leash?’ ‘why does the dog have to be on a leash?’ This is a great conversation class activity. For the next class, I’ll have students bring in photographs of everyday scenes: a baseball game, in a shopping mall, on the subway, at a nightclub, wherever. Then, when they get to class, they pretend they are an alien, and walk around asking their ‘human friends’ to explain what is going on inside their photograph. (This can be quite chaotic as it’s a bit competitive to get to ask the 1st question thereby staking claim in the interview). They have to ask five different humans 3 questions trying to learn as much information as they can about their particular scenario. After class, they need to go home and file a report back to the Alien Leader explaining this strange Earthling activity. When asking my students to write, I tell them they should abide by three basic rules: • The reader has ZERO knowledge. • They should provide as much information that they can in as few words as possible. • Prove the credibility of their information source. The objective of the lesson is for them to clearly explain what is happening in an informative and interesting manner. The other objective is for them to learn to cite sources, and prove their reliability. The human told me, “Baseball is fun.” vs. Chul-su, who watches every home game at Jamshil Stadium, told me, “Baseball is the most important thing in my life.” The students really seem to enjoy the activity part of this lesson, but when it comes down to the actual writing, well. That’s another thing.

Prezi Review of Class

Review Rubric

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzAQCX_ntyV1cnRQWXg3M2tfX0U/view?usp=sharing

Presentation Handout

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzAQCX_ntyV1Y0dLSng5MUJFVXc/view?usp=sharing

Look into It

What are the challenges you find with following copyright laws?

            In last night’s class, which by the way I have failed to mention is EDUC 932 Creative Teaching Techniques and Utilization of Multimedia taught by Steve Katz through Framingham State University, we discussed some general laws in regards to copyright materials. Practically speaking, I learned three things which I did not know:

·       Music- Students can use 10% or 30 seconds of a song, whichever is shorter.

·       Words- Students may use 10% or 1000 words of text, or whichever is shorter.

·       Illustrations/photos/graphics- Students may use no more than 5 images from one artist

or 10% or 15 works from a collection, whichever is smaller.

            Why I mention this is that in my 1^st post for this blog, I mentioned that in a composition course I teach, some of my students are either, unaware of how to give proper citation, or not realizing how important the issue was. It is similar to my neophyte attempts at making multi-media presentations. While aware of the importance of copyright law, it had not been an issue I have dealt with in the past because I just had not used things like PowerPoint or Prezi. However, in the class, I learned a few simple ways around this issue.

·       Create your own content or use content created by friends and/or collaborators.

·       Use a site like http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ which is rich with source material available to use (look into how available before you use it though).

·       Follow the three rules of respect:

·       Citation- give credit where credit is due.

·       Permission- ask for written permission (if you don’t hear back you don’t have it.

·       Compensation- determine how much you value what you want to use. You might join a licensed share site—(such as creative commons or www.shutterstock.com

When in doubt, be paranoid. Check http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html for more information.

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Put in the Time

• How can you become a more effective presenter?

Basically, I have two issues when it comes to giving presentations. First off, I have a terrible fear of public speaking. Secondly, I have an underwhelming grasp of technology. The first of these I’m not sure what I can ever do about, the second just requires a bit of effort on my behalf.

Ironically, given my chosen profession, I become very anxious when speaking in any group larger than two people. Even when I get together with my closest friends, if there are three or more people at the table, I am usually the quietest one. Those of you who witnessed my first presentation in Dr. Mike’s class probably recall my very brief question and answer section- the one where I said, “There will be no questions.” In front of my students, I have no difficulty because I approach the classroom as a stage, and do a fairly good job of transforming into an actor.

The second issue is just a matter of me not really ‘exploring’, as Andrew so succinctly added to my last presentation, the available technologies and systems out there to aid ‘would be presenters.’ I’m actually making efforts in that regards. Those of you who were in the, ‘Everything is Curriculum’ class saw me give my first ever PPT. I was in my office till about 1 a.m. putting that miserable piece of work together. Last semester, after that, I began putting together PPT’s for my composition classes with varying degrees of success. Tomorrow, I plan to take my first ever ride on Prezi. Hopefully, it will go well. I’m not sure if I can ever become a confident public speaker, but I believe I can learn more about the technology which can help me.

As I Posit this Post

            As I posit this post, the Post Intelligencier http://www.seattlepi.com/ must be positing- 'What the flop?'

I must say, it couldn’t have happened to a nicer team. HA-HA!

            As some of you know, I’m a huge Packers fan, and no, I did not self asphyxiate- Alabama style.

            Which of the ISTE Standards for Students is most important for you to address in your class?

            An issue that is near, and dear, to me is that of citing sources. I teach a composition course, and last semester asked my students to give me a paper with 3-5 body paragraphs and a minimum of 3 references. What I mostly got were some awesome results, but what I found were some awesome papers with some shoddy referencing.

            I found this was not an issue of students not willing to cite properly, but either, 1) not knowing how to, or 2) not realizing how important proper citation really was.

            While I had added a full ‘how to’ cite page attributed to my own dog à

Author(s), "Title," Publication Issue #, Vol. #, (Date): pgs.

Last, First, "Title of article" Name of Publication, Issue # vol. # (YEAR): pg. a-b

Aldridge, Uju, "Chasing Pigeons," A Dog's Life Issue 5, vol. 3, (2014): 14-23

to our university’s online portal, and went over this in class with the students, I still had a variety of issues related to faulty citations (or lack thereof).

            It’s a particular issue I plan to address during my spare time prior to our classes, and hopefully, it will even help me be on time.

            Other than that—

            Next year in---

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take 3

hello-
take 2 still sitting in my kitchen- trying to get this blog thing going
test run #2