Sorry I was not able to be with you on the first day. I look forward being with you all next week on Wednesday, our next class day.
Please JOIN OPEN LAB! Many students have not yet followed through on this important FIRST STEP. Remember to use a name that matches your name on my roster. Otherwise I will not know to whom to give HW credit! If I do not know who you are; I cannot mark your HW on my roster!
- 1. Here is HW#1 Introduction. (Note: HW#2 will be announced here on Announcements soon. HWs are also on the Weekly Schedule.)
Due Sunday 9/1 HW#1 by midnight: Introduction on Open Lab.
- Aim for TWO full paragraphs plus picture/visual.
- You can look at my example post on the Student Works page, Intro – Lisa. (At times, I will write student example posts as Lisa on the Student Works page.)
- Write about anything you would like the class to know about you. You can write about your name or tell us which name you prefer to be called. You can write about your cultural heritage or your identity or your family’s influence on your education, your goals, your belief in yourself, your attitude toward the world. You can write about your interests or hobbies or major at City Tech, or your college goals. You can add a surprising fact, as I did in my Intro.
- Please add a visual element (photo). If your photo is not self-explanatory, then give a sentence to explain your photo.
- Remember — make yourself the interesting person that everyone wants to get to know at the party!
HOW TO POST: (You can always find these instructions on the Student Resources page under “Open Lab Support”)
- Go to the top menu bar.
- Click on the plus sign, then on post. You will land on a writing page.
- Write in the Title: Intro – your first name.
- Type in your writing where it says “Type.”
- Use the Plus sign in the space to add a picture.
- When finished, go to right hand sidebar and check on Category: Introductions. (please always choose only ONE category).
- Then scroll up and click on Publish.
- If you need to edit, you can go to the Student Works page and find your post; then click on the edit option next to your post.
NOTE: You will be writing your own post. Some students confusedly posted as a reply to my example post; this is NOT correct.
Again I encourage you to start by writing on your own MS Word or your own GDrive and to keep a master copy of all your HWs. Then to copy and paste into the Open Lab.
By Monday 9/2 you should also — COMMENT ON YOUR PEERS WORK: Let’s get to know each other! Read TWO classmates’ (not the professor’s) introductions and respond. Write one FULL paragraph for each classmate. Suggestions: You can choose a student who has a similarity with you. You can ask questions. You can share an observation.
2. HERE is an email assignment HW.
I have received a few emails from students who have not carefully read about “Email Etiquette” which you will find on the Syllabus in Ground Rules and Best Practices. Learning how to write a proper email is important for your future professional life, so please practice now.
HW before Wednesday’s class: Please read the syllabus. Then, to practice proper email etiquette (you should have read about this in the syllabus, so I will be looking for the proper email format!) send me an email to inform me that you have successfully read through the entire syllabus.
