January 15, 2016
-When putting together your Final Portfolio, consider including subpages under your three main ones. Once a page is created, you can turn it into a “sub item” which will remove it from the main menu and make it accessible when you highlight its assigned “parent page.”
October 23, 2015
After students have selected a topic for their technical report but before they write the proposal memo, introduce the proposal assignment with an elevator pitch. Students imagine that they have 1-2 minutes to persuade their target audience to approve their research topic. The objective of this activity is to create a concise argument. My students work on the report in teams, so this is a team activity. However, it could be adapted easily for individual students; it would just take more time in class.
October 23, 2015
1. Put students into pairs. One student sits with her back to the board.
October 23, 2015
October 23, 2015
A quiz to use to get students working with each other. Start 5 minutes doing the quiz individually. Then last 5 minutes, let them talk to each other and work together.
April 30, 2015
“WordPress Essential Training” with Morten Rand-Hendriksen (Approximate Run Time 5 hours)
April 23, 2015
Preparation: Optional* As a homework assignment, you might ask students to come prepared with a photo and a short blurb about themselves for the lab day. Guiding questions for this: How do you identify yourself? What are examples of things you care about? What is your major or program of study? What are your club, fraternity, or sorority affiliations?
April 23, 2015
For the candied bacon
6 strips thick cut bacon
1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
1/2 teaspoon cocoa powder
April 23, 2015
A page in WP is like a typical webpage. It contains text, graphics, and other media that you can combine for various effects. In a typical eportfolio website, pages are usually linked to from a navigation menu and most of the content will appear as pages. Before you begin, use a browser to navigate to your WP site and login using your netID and password.
September 8, 2014
This presentation discusses the genre of technical descriptions, which your students should be working on in ENGL 316. Technical description is a complex genre that involves a detailed explanation of an object or process. This explanation is typically organized by the parts or functions of an object, or the stages of a process. The information contained in this presentation is derived from the textbooks of Richard Johnson-Sheehan and Mike Markel. Much of the presentation information is taken from Johnson-Sheehan’s Technical Communication Today.
