Category Archives: blogging

Expository Writing as Digital Citizenship

Posted on January 6, 2009 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Its a new semester, and I am teaching two sections of upper-division expository writing. I am excited to return to a previous approach: blogging as composition. Last time I tried this with freshman we and we were quite pleased with … Continue reading →

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Year in Review

Posted on December 29, 2008 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Here’s the “first line of every month” post January: Since I’m another of the mad scientists who birthed this approach, I’ll throw in some quick reflections February: To everyone who asked… yes I am still alive March: I wanted to … Continue reading →

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Calling for Five Minutes of Your Time

Posted on November 14, 2008 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

I just read a disturbing story on how libraries are being pressured away from cooperating with open source project: a concise post, written by Aaron Swartz over at Raw Thought. If you don’t have the time to read the article, … Continue reading →

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106: Week Two Computer Lab

Posted on August 29, 2007 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s class will seek to introduce you to your blog, some of the features of Blogger, and to the basics of HTML that you will need to compose your posts. Creating Your Blogger Account All of you should have received … Continue reading →

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106: Week One

Posted on August 22, 2007 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

If you are looking for baby photos, then you should scroll down to the previous post. If you are looking to pass English 106, then you should scroll down to the baby photos, sufficiently oooh and aaah, and then scoll … Continue reading →

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