Hi, everyone. I know you're busy getting your work done, and I'll be spending the next few days giving you lots of feedback, so I'll be busy, too:). It's time for course evaluations, and since our class is online, so are the evaluations. You can find the link to the evaluations through the Course Content page in Blackboard. They're the same questions you're used to answering, so when you have a spare moment, please feel free to pop over there and do them. I know that taking this course in the summer can be hard and taking it online can be even harder even though it's often more convenient, and there were certainly times when I wished I could see you all face to face (especially at this time of the semester because I always make cookies for students on the last day of class, and I'm really sorry I can't do that for you!). But, I hope that you've gained something valuable you can take with you and that you leave with a positive experience. I have enjoyed getting to know you the little bit I have; your research questions have been really heartening to me and I know that you will continue finding ways to make your reading, writing, and research experiences at UTPA as meaningful as you can and that you will ask lots of good questions of your teachers so you can do that.
If you have any difficulty with the course evaluations, let me know. This is my first time with online evaluations through Blackboard, but I think it should be a pretty straightforward process. If it's not, we'll work the problem together as we always do:). If you have any additional comments to make about the class, please don't hesitate to send them to me via email or to add them at the end of the evaluation process. I respect your comments very much.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Final week's work
I have posted your Portfolio reflective essay assignment in google docs in the "Portfolio Reflection" folder (I have also put a link to this assignment under course documents on the right side of the blog). At the bottom of that document are the instructions for turning in your portfolio (your "final" thing to do for our class). I'm pasting those here as well.
Portfolio Guidelines and Checklist:
You will create a document (First name_Portfolio) in your individual folder which contains the following (in this order):
1. Your portfolio reflective essay
2. Your final draft of your reflective essay for your researched project (including works cited)
3. Your final draft of your "thing" (if you have a link for your "thing," just include it there, and I'll follow it to your "thing")
This Portfolio document will be due by noon on Thursday, but you're welcome to turn it in earlier if you finish. I will give you feedback on the pieces of your portfolio up until Wednesday evening. If you have a draft of your portfolio reflective essay that you want feedback on, you can upload it to the portfolio reflection folder, and I'll get to it as soon as I can. If you have questions, just email me at jcharlton@utpa.edu, particularly if you are concerned that your document is not uploading properly. You can always send me your doc through email as a backup. I will not be able to accept late projects as I have very little time to get your portfolio graded and your final grades turned in on Friday.
I'm out of town until Monday night, and I'm having a little trouble inserting comments on your docs in the mobile version of google docs, but I think I have a workaround for that, though I'lll only be commenting in the late afternoon and evening tomorrow. Good luck with your revisions and the writing of your reflective essay for your portfolio. Remember, the most important part of writing your portfolio reflection is to be VERY specific, referring to specific revisions you've made in response to particular comments, particular blog posts, readings, etc. The worst thing you can do is be vague or too general in your claims.
Portfolio Guidelines and Checklist:
You will create a document (First name_Portfolio) in your individual folder which contains the following (in this order):
1. Your portfolio reflective essay
2. Your final draft of your reflective essay for your researched project (including works cited)
3. Your final draft of your "thing" (if you have a link for your "thing," just include it there, and I'll follow it to your "thing")
This Portfolio document will be due by noon on Thursday, but you're welcome to turn it in earlier if you finish. I will give you feedback on the pieces of your portfolio up until Wednesday evening. If you have a draft of your portfolio reflective essay that you want feedback on, you can upload it to the portfolio reflection folder, and I'll get to it as soon as I can. If you have questions, just email me at jcharlton@utpa.edu, particularly if you are concerned that your document is not uploading properly. You can always send me your doc through email as a backup. I will not be able to accept late projects as I have very little time to get your portfolio graded and your final grades turned in on Friday.
I'm out of town until Monday night, and I'm having a little trouble inserting comments on your docs in the mobile version of google docs, but I think I have a workaround for that, though I'lll only be commenting in the late afternoon and evening tomorrow. Good luck with your revisions and the writing of your reflective essay for your portfolio. Remember, the most important part of writing your portfolio reflection is to be VERY specific, referring to specific revisions you've made in response to particular comments, particular blog posts, readings, etc. The worst thing you can do is be vague or too general in your claims.
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