Instructor's Blog

Beginning the Service Learning Project

Submitted by Cat Shuler on Mon, 07/21/2008 - 01:47.
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As you've discovered through your research, People Called Women is a small, locally-owned, feminist bookstore. Your third project will be to take the information that you've gleaned in your white paper and create an informative brochure that encourages the support of independent bookstores. Our client wants to be able to distribute a brochiure at women's studies and feminist-oriented conferences and they want that brochure to explain the importance of supporting local bookstores. Each of you have created unique white papers addressing a variety of related issues. These can easily be transformed into a visually enticing informative brochure

Week Four Assignments and Due Dates

Submitted by Cat Shuler on Wed, 07/02/2008 - 13:11.
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The week is fully underway and as I've been reading through your peer reviews and drafts, I'm finding that many of your peers have provided you with useful feedback. At the same time, I would like to remind you that you are not obligated to make changes based on suggestions that you do not agree with. This is a time when your good judgment and diplomacy are key. Although your fellow students probably won't look back to see if you've made the changes that they've suggested, in the future your colleagues may provide you with feedback that you do not agree with.

Working through Week 4

Submitted by Cat Shuler on Tue, 06/24/2008 - 11:56.
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I hope that everyone is having a good week. My week is much better now that some of the calendar problems have been corrected. Everything through July 4th is now accurate. However, if you see an error that I missed, please send me a message and I will correct it.

Explanation of Comments and Reading Responses

Submitted by Cat Shuler on Wed, 06/18/2008 - 14:22.
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I've received a question regarding the difference between reading responses and comments as well as the number required. To clarify: Each week you will be asked to write a reading response. For the most part these will be due on Wednesdays. Your reading response should address the week's readings specifically (there will usually be a prompt to assist you). This reading response should be posted as a blog entry and should be 300 words in length. Please see the Principles of Reading Responses page for more information.

Comments and replies, on the other hand, should respond to the reading responses that other students have posted to their own blog. These should be about 100 words in length. These are posted as comments below the blog entry that you are responding to. You are required to submit five comments per week. The reading response does not count as one of your five comments. In addition, peer review assignments do not count towards the number of comments due during each week. For example, you have a peer review due today and while you will post these using the comment function, they are separate from the usual weekly required comments and replies. In other words, you will use the comment function for a multitude of activities but only comments to reading responses will be count towards your five comments. Please see the Principles for Comments and Replies page for more information.

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