POST: Week 1, Day 3, Friday, August 29, 2008

This is how I post to the blog. AFTER a class, I use the word POST in the title. BEFORE a class, I will use the word PRE.

We've got a lot of stuff going on, so let's review.

1. You should have read the syllabus (which is on this blog) and paid careful attention to all three assignments -- since we are clearly working on all three at the same time.

2. With respect to PROJECT 1, you should spend some careful time with the freeplay website. I am going to give a short quiz on this website on Wednesday to be sure you've been looking at it carefully!

3. With respect to PROJECT 2, you should be drafting letters to people who might be good references for you. Please send me, using GOOGLE documents, a draft of a letter to one of the two people you have decided to write to. Please send it to me by Sunday at 9 p.m.

4. With respect to PROJECT 3, you should give serious thought to how you will develop your web building skills. English 300 is an excellent way to get skills fast. Finally, you should summarize the article on plastic bottles and send the paragraph to me using GOOGLE documents by Sunday night at 9 p.m.

5. A word about GOOGLE documents. There are a few things to remember when you work with GOOGLE documents.

A. You need to remember how to get into it! A lot of you had already forgotten your password! These are things you should write down somewhere.
B. You need to set up your document carefully. Always give it a title. Click on the word "Untitled" and give it a good title such as "Diagnostic" or "Draft of letter."
C. Always make me a collaborator on the document so I can have access to it. Click on "SHARE" and follow the links. My email is elizabethsiler@gmail.com.
D. When you finish your work RE-remind me that you have finished by clicking AGAIN on "Share" and then clicking on "email collaborators."

Welcome to the organized chaos that is English 403!