Richard Johnson-Sheehan, one of the authors of Writing Today, our newly adopted textbook for ENG 111 will hold two identical workshops on Wednesday, 25 August, in the Gallery. There will be two identical sessions, one starting at 2:00 PM and one starting at 5:00 PM. The workshops promise to address how best to use the text, how best to use genre in teaching rhet and comp, using the text with portfolios, etc.
Rick is a professor of Rhetoric and Composition at Purdue University. At Purdue, he directed the Intro. to Comp program. He is a 2008 Fellow of the Assoc. of Teachers of Technical Writing and a past officer of the Council of Writing Program Administrators. ("Preface," Writing Today, xiii)
Food will be provided. If you want food, please RSVP using:
Monday, August 23, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010
Back to School Haiku
Haiku U.: Short Takes on the New Semester
By Gina Barreca
I asked a number of friends to help me with this 17-syllable exercise, and since more people responded than I imagined might, I'm happy to throw everybody into one batch. I hope you'll consider adding your own.
Wake with teeth grinding
Broken printers in my dreams
Is it fall term yet?
...
Wonderfully does
The cheating kid sit beside
The foreign student.
...
Capture my fresh thought
Embrace the joy of learning
Oops! There is no place to park.
...
Why teach before dawn?
The schedule I have now
Might kill me outright.
...
Happy instructor!
Brilliant students come to learn!
Brooklyn Bridge for Sale!
...
Cynical teachers
Make empty nests of classrooms
No one fills the blanks.
...
See the patient desk
Where no writer sits today.
Teaching interferes.
...
My boyfriend is back
But my new colleague is cute.
Fulbright time again?
...
Yesterday’s lessons
Drawn from your grad school notebooks
Will not work today.
...
How can we have lunch?
I teach five classes a day.
Remember? Adjunct!
...
Anybody here?
A fly buzzes in reply.
Wrong room once again.
...
Professor X smells
Of Axe spray and baby poop.
Contradictory.
...
Canadian schools
Give faculty more support.
Count your blessings, eh?
...
No, you can’t get in.
The class is already full.
Yeah, well, tell it to the Dean.
...
Library closes
When you most need to go in.
You buy a Kindle.
...
Fine colleague retires.
Her absence makes you wonder:
Have you allies left?
...
See the pretty girl!
She is way too young for you.
Better believe it.
...
Twenty years teaching
And still no health insurance.
Too late for law school?
...
Submit the novel
Wait for the agent’s reply.
Is this a way out?
...
Turn your laptop off
And watch the sun cross the sky
Time has no cursor.
..............
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
NEW! Submitting Syllabi and Office Hours
New and improved, easy and fun! Well, maybe that depends on your definition of "fun" but definitely much more efficient for everyone than our old system! Steve Brandon and Joseph Vallejo have worked hard to create this technological masterpiece which makes submitting your syllabi and office hours a snap....
........simply go to http://hssfaculty.weebly.com/ (password: hssfaculty) and click on the links to submit syllabi and office hours. Just follow the easy directions for submission--it's as easy as entering your name, uploading your files, and clicking "submit"! You will get an email confirmation that your submission have been received! Best of all, it saves our office staff from drowning in even more emails at this busy time!
This site also has information on yearly MOAT training and Attendance Submission Dates. It's a one-stop shop! Thanks to Steve and Joseph!
........simply go to http://hssfaculty.weebly.com/ (password: hssfaculty) and click on the links to submit syllabi and office hours. Just follow the easy directions for submission--it's as easy as entering your name, uploading your files, and clicking "submit"! You will get an email confirmation that your submission have been received! Best of all, it saves our office staff from drowning in even more emails at this busy time!
This site also has information on yearly MOAT training and Attendance Submission Dates. It's a one-stop shop! Thanks to Steve and Joseph!
FYI
FYI postings will handle specific questions about procedure, policy, and departmental information. Have an FYI? Submit a question to abourne@reynolds.edu, wziegler@reynolds.edu, or sbrandon@reynolds.edu with the subject line: FOCUS FYI and we'll post the answer!
To get us rolling, this week's FYI is: Fall Attendance Submission Deadlines. Remember these dates should appear in your syllabus!! Here's the chart:
FALL 2010
16 Week Courses: DROP date Sept 10
WITHDRAWAL date Nov. 2
1st 8 Week courses: DROP date Sept. 1
1st 8 Week courses: DROP date Sept. 1
WITHDRAWAL date Sept. 28
2nd 8 week courses: DROP date Oct. 29
WITHDRAWAL date Nov. 24
Weekly Discussion August 18
Looking ahead to the first week of school, FOCUS wants to know: What are examples of your most successful, interesting topics for a first week writing diagnostic? What topics have gotten your students writing with enthusiasm? On the flip side, which topics have gone down in flames? Post your thoughts here, share your ideas and cautionary tales....
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