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True and Notso
Alright, wise guys. How well do you know me? One of these is true, and the other is notso. Since I’m visually impaired, the U.S. Military wouldn’t take me. I was born in Canada, however, giving me dual citizenship, so after high school I was able to join the Royal Canadian Airforce and fulfill my... more »
Sabbatical Notes From Underground: Pedagogy of the Oppressed
I first read Paulo Freire 17 years ago in graduate school. What I remember was that Pedagogy was challenging and difficult to apply to an American context, but it also transformed how I saw my relationship to students and clarified the real purpose of literacy education for me. I didn’t think of... more »
Barry’s “The Ugly Truth about Beauty”
I have some experience with what Dave grapples with in this piece. I’m a man. I have a wife, Sherry. Sherry asks me regularly about her hair. Writes Barry, “If you’re a man, and a woman asks you how she looks, you’re in big trouble. Back in 1987, there was one perm Sherry got that I... more »
FYE Blog Assignment 2 – First FYE Blog
Remember those goals that were due Week 4? Rewrite them, or copy and paste them, into a blog entry. Update them if they need updating. To write something, from your Dashboard, choose Write. Under Write, choose Write Post Title your post (in this case Goals) Remember to choose your category (in this case FYE 1000) from the category... more »
FYE Blog Assignment 1 – Creating Categories
From your Dashboard, choose Manage. Under Manage, choose Categories. There, choose Create New Category. Create a category called FYE 1000. Create other categories that you might see yourself using. For example, if you’re into music and you can see yourself writing about music, create a Music category. more »
If you’re my student…
I’ve asked my Comp 1 and Intro to College students to start blogs this week. I didn’t really explain why very well. If you’re a Comp 1 student, your blog is primarily a place to do some journalling, but in a fairly public setting. Starting next week, you’ll be required to post at least once a week. The post should... more »