Hey guys,
I am not going to be in class today (which is obvious if you are there right now.) I am not feeling good and I haven’t been absent yet.
Could you let me know what we did/talked about in class? I did all my work and stuff and I am on top of things, but [...]
Archive for October, 2007
Please Read
Posted in Uncategorized on October 31, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Porter, DeVoss, and Howard
Posted in Uncategorized on October 31, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Hey Guys,
I enjoyed both of these readings because they seemed to be looking beyond the current hysteria concerning internet plagiarism. In Porter and DeVoss’s Computers and Composition 23 they talk about the idea of writing and ownership. On page 200 they say: “the purpose of writing in not to reward the author, or for the [...]
File-Sharing
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged collaboration, fair use, files, literature, Napster, plagiarism, resources, sharing on October 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
There’s no question the internet makes plagiarism enticing to even the most unintentional observer. With resources right at your fingertips in endless amounts, it’s effortless to view someone else ideas or thoughts –but is this plagiarism? At this point in my life I know the difference between stealing someone words and generating ideas from someone [...]
You Tube vs Boob Tube…
Posted in Uncategorized on October 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The competition the internet provides for other entertainment sources are exciting. By putting videos on television that do a better job of cornering the market advertising becomes easier. With the popularity of internet sites like youtube.com the advertising landscape changes dramatically. The marketing now must compete with the speed and the availability on websites.
Within these [...]
Current Events
Posted in Uncategorized on October 30, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I would like to apologize for my absence from class and blogging. My slight eye infection did a good job of getting into the other eye. It is not as bad as is sounds. I just sleep more I guess because I had trouble opening my eyes.
On a more serious note the recent events at [...]
Why?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged blog, family, killings, senseless actions, society, tragedies on October 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It’s hard to write a blog this week about something fun and exciting in my life when there’s so much sadness hovering over our campus right now. As a mother myself, I can’t imagine the anger and despair this family must be feeling over their son’s senseless death. Your whole being as a parent is [...]
Tuesday Night @ Rowan
Posted in Darfur, rowan, tagged Darfur, genocide on October 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Hey guys,
Is anyone going to the Darfur Awareness thing tomorrow night at Rowan? I unfortunately can’t but I wish I could. I did a presentation last semester for a class project on Darfur and the unfortunate genocide that is going on there.
I don’t want to say I am a spokesperson for the awareness of the [...]
Napster and Worries for Teachers
Posted in education, plagiarism, teachers on October 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Devoss and Porter article on Napster talks about the controversies with file sharing. On the bottom of the second page, it states:
“Napster should matter to writing teachers because it represents a paradigm shift: from an older view of writing as alphabetic text on paper, intended for print distribution, to an emergent and ill-understood view [...]
Rowan Tragedy
Posted in education, rowan on October 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It is with deepest regret I am writing to inform my fellow Rowan classmates that one of our own has died this weekend. Donald Farrell was brutally beaten Saturday night a little after 9:00pm. He was approached by a group of people asking where the homecoming parties were and they preceded to assault him taking [...]
Scary movie poll
Posted in Halloween, movies on October 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Hey guys,
Just thought I’d ask this question in the spirit of Halloween… Do you prefer the old scary movies like Psycho and The Exorist or do you like the new gore fest films? Or how about a movie like the Ring? I think the old movies are good and have a creepy vibe to them [...]
