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Have been preoccupied w/ getting program evaluation and teacher evaluation 4 writing program working well....We are getting some error messages but it seems to be user errors....On Monday I'm sending out an email to our students, about 2500, asking them to remember to do the program and teacher evaluations. I still want to put feedback webparts on ...

I've been putzing around w/ the design of collegewriting, http://collegewriting.us/default.aspx and drafting new survey questions for a student assessment of the writing program. We still have a ways to go but are making progress w/ rss feeds and input of YouTube stuff for the YouTube generation....Have also been finalizing the design for our ...

The ''positive messages'' below were written by faculty in a writing workshop I offered last year....I'm presenting them here as a reminder to current workshop participants: Pre-planning and planning always help. Setting deadlines and fulfilling work alloted-I did that week. Jot down to do tasks for the next day before going to bed. I found ...

Finally submited a new draft of ''Technological Dramas, Jackson Pollock, and the Wisdom of Teachers.'' Yesterday, while I know I could have done more w/ the piece, I just submitted it. I surprised myself and I think I was inspired by my students in a course for faculty at USF.....I was telling them to get the docs out, etc....Well, now I've ...

This summer I have been experimenting with SharePoint 07 and two courses, and undergraduate course undergraduate course:   Communication for Engineers, Summer 07   Practicum, Teaching Technical Writing, Summer B, 07 I absolutely love the increased functionality over the 03 version.Thanks to the tremendousAnd ...

Finally the Datagogies piece has been accepted for publication at Computers and Composition.  I just checked the elsevere submission tool and solve the brief comments from the editors: http://ees.elsevier.com/cocomp/default.asp.... The editors suggest a few minor changes.  The essay that Ryan and I recently completed pass also ...

Extremely busy summer... Starting to teach a new course, http://waw.taa.usf.edu/sites/waw/techwriting/default.aspx, a practicum on tech writing. Have been busy teaching http://waw.taa.usf.edu/sites/waw/engineers/default.aspx one of the lessons I've relearned in this course is the weaknesses of relying on e-mail for document sharing.  I ...

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The Florida Center for Literary Arts is conducting a series of writing workshops starting tomorrow. As listed on the site, the courses areMemoir I: Write Your Life Story with Jeannie DeQuine Memoir II with Melissa Burley Jumpstart Your Writing with Roberta Cruger Writing For Children ...

I've got to admit it: datagogies became stronger w/ revisions. I was able to correct a logical problem and connect w/ a variety of essays...I especially found Y. Benler's work helpful on commons-based peer production networks and viture. Anyway, at last have completed 3 essays and submitted:  Moxley, Joe. ''Technological Dramas, Writing ...