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Link to James Paul Gee Video and Writings on Education Reform

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Preparing for the Final Exam

To prepare for the final exam, which is next Tuesday, please review your notes from today’s class, this blog post on complete sentences, and the following handouts: Introduction to Summary Writing What Is a Thesis Statement? Some Thesis Statement Tips What … Continue reading

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Some Interesting Sources On the Topic of Literacy and Technology

http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~djleu/Handbook.html http://futureofchildren.org/futureofchildren/publications/journals/journal_details/index.xml?journalid=78 http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/is-technology-producing-a-decline-79127 Thank you, Eddie, for these great sources!  We will all look forward to seeing your Annotated Bibliography listing and explaining them.

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Prof. Rodgers’ Office Hours 12/2 and 12/3

Dear Students, Please feel free to set up a time to meet with me to discuss your draft Overview of Sources Essay and/or your Course Portfolio.  I will be in my office at the following times this week: Wednesday 12/2: … Continue reading

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$199 HP Stream: 11 inch netbook

Dear Students, I recently found out about a newly released netbook computer from HP that is currently priced at $199 and I thought you might be interested in this, particularly since it is integrated with Office 365, which, as far as … Continue reading

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Understanding and Recognizing Complete Sentences in SWE

Dear Students,   In reviewing the sentences that were submitted with the reverse outline of the midterm exam, I noticed that there continued to be some confusion regarding what a clause is, what an incomplete sentence is, what a compound sentence … Continue reading

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Extra Credit WJ Assignment: xkcd on “The Simple Answers to the Questions That Get Asked About Every New Technology”

Dear Students, For anyone interested in doing a bit of extra credit or in learning more about a fairly famous webcomic, please click the following link: https://sites.google.com/site/citytechcollegewriting/simple-answers-readingwriting-questions If you are interested in completing the EXTRA CREDIT WJ assignment, please choose … Continue reading

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NYTimes.com Pass for CUNY Students

The New York Times online edition is now available to all CUNY students, faculty and staff FREE OF CHARGE! The CUNY account now entitles all people with a cuny.edu email domain to acquire a subscription to the digital NYTimes. Once … Continue reading

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GA11: One Paragraph Post Comparing and Contrasting Your Three Sources

The purpose of this  is two-fold:  First, you will introduce your sources to your audience (title, author, source).  Second, you will compare and contrast the purpose, tone and style of the three sources. Here is one sample from Nicole Waite, … Continue reading

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Link to “Communicating in the Information Age” Article from today’s library session

Ursula C. Schwerin Library – New York City College of Technology Record: 1 Title: Communicating in the Information Age. Authors: Anderson, Rebecca J. Source: Applied Clinical Trials. Apr2002, Vol. 11 Issue 4, p66. 5p. 3 Color Photographs. Document Type: Article … Continue reading

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