A Memorable Fancy » class http://www.erikmarshall.net Erik Marshall's Blog Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:32:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Class blogs http://www.erikmarshall.net/blog/class-blogs/ http://www.erikmarshall.net/blog/class-blogs/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:16:12 +0000 erik http://www.erikmarshall.net/blog/?p=283 I am having my students maintain blogs this semester as part of Intermediate Composition (ENG3010). I have given them little direction on this except that they should post once a week on whatever we’re reading or doing (Presidential Nomination Speeches, Melville’s “Bartleby, the Scrivener, and DFW’s “Host” so far), and that they should keep in . . . → Read More: Class blogs]]> I am having my students maintain blogs this semester as part of Intermediate Composition (ENG3010). I have given them little direction on this except that they should post once a week on whatever we’re reading or doing (Presidential Nomination Speeches, Melville’s “Bartleby, the Scrivener, and DFW’s “Host” so far), and that they should keep in mind that the blog is public and meant for a general audience. I am hoping this gives them an opportunity to find their voices and that they make the blogs their own in a way I rarely see in student writing. We’ll see how that goes (althought the number of blogs called “ENG3010″ or something similar is disheartening). If you’re interested, I put a list of the blogs up in the sidebar at my blogger site. Student names appear only if the student has chosen to include it.

]]> http://www.erikmarshall.net/blog/class-blogs/feed/ 0 Hello class http://www.erikmarshall.net/blog/hello-class/ http://www.erikmarshall.net/blog/hello-class/#comments Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:38:26 +0000 erik http://www.erikmarshall.net/blog/?p=206 This post is for my American Studies class. I was getting frustrated trying to put links into blackboard, so I thought I’d just put this here. It also lets the general public participate, if you want.

Check out some of the blogs listed here. Start here, clicking on some the blogs in my . . . → Read More: Hello class]]> This post is for my American Studies class. I was getting frustrated trying to put links into blackboard, so I thought I’d just put this here. It also lets the general public participate, if you want.

Check out some of the blogs listed here. Start here, clicking on some the blogs in my blogroll on the bottom right of the main page, and move through the others. There is no specific way to do this. You may jump around from blog to blog, read thoroughly within one or more, or both. The idea is to get a broad sense of how blogs work, the range of material they cover, etc. Make sure to look at all of those listed below, though, so we will have a shared set of readings to discuss.

William Gibson’s Blog

Cory Doctorow’s blog

An interview with a blogger

How to blog (from Antonella Pavese)

Boingboing

Then go to technorati and search for a topic of your choice. If you find anything interesting, post it in the comments here.

For the general public: what other general blogs should people who are relatively unfamiliar with blogs read?

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