by Andi | Jun 8, 2010 | Teaching Triumphs and Travails
Yesterday, a friend and I had a conversation about social media and it’s affect on our students. Unfortunately, we can’t say that it has been necessarily a good thing for students. It has decreased attention span, encouraged students to think they can get... by Andi | Jun 6, 2010 | Teaching Triumphs and Travails
Yesterday, I started my summer Freshman Composition class. We will meet every Saturday (except 4th of July weekend) for the next two months. Our meetings will run from 8am-12:45pm. This schedule seems really daunting for me. Keeping students interested for five hours... by Andi | Jun 4, 2010 | Teaching Triumphs and Travails, Written and Wrought
Boy, did I make you think I had an answer to this question? Sorry to disappoint you. I have no clear answer, Dave asked me to write about this because he was wondering why the plural of mouse is mice when the plural of house is houses. You might ask the same thing... by Andi | Jun 2, 2010 | Teaching Triumphs and Travails, Written and Wrought
Today, I joined the Freelancer’s Union. It’s an organization that helps freelancers – writers, actors, etc – to pool their voices for change in certain policies like the cost of health insurance. In fact, that’s why I signed up –... by Andi | May 28, 2010 | Teaching Triumphs and Travails, Written and Wrought
No punctuation mark seems to give people so much trouble as this little squiggle that dangles below a line of text (as opposed to an apostrophe, which some of my students have called “the comma in the air”). The comma just seems to stump folks, and for...