Comments for Exciting! Secret! Thoughts! http://comp.missouri.edu/blogs/rroma or; what everyone didn't want to know about me. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:25:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.3-2.2.1 Comment on How now, Band-Aids? by nclark http://comp.missouri.edu/blogs/rroma/2008/04/18/how-now-band-aids/#comment-44 nclark Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:10:53 +0000 http://comp.missouri.edu/blogs/rroma/2008/04/18/how-now-band-aids/#comment-44 Hmmm. I hadn't noticed the band-aids, but I do notice all the puddles of spit on the concrete. Ugh. Get a Kleenex, people! It's enough to make me lift up my chin and make eye-contact with people. :) Not sure about the teaching moment, though. Maybe it's that if conditions are bad enough, we'll choose the (formerly unappealing) alternative? When your students groan about a three-page assignment, you offer them an alternative like a 10-page assignment? Hmmm. I hadn’t noticed the band-aids, but I do notice all the puddles of spit on the concrete. Ugh. Get a Kleenex, people! It’s enough to make me lift up my chin and make eye-contact with people. :)

Not sure about the teaching moment, though. Maybe it’s that if conditions are bad enough, we’ll choose the (formerly unappealing) alternative? When your students groan about a three-page assignment, you offer them an alternative like a 10-page assignment?

]]> Comment on in reference to assignment developed in class by nclark http://comp.missouri.edu/blogs/rroma/2008/04/09/in-reference-to-assignment-developed-in-class/#comment-42 nclark Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:10:33 +0000 http://comp.missouri.edu/blogs/rroma/2008/04/09/in-reference-to-assignment-developed-in-class/#comment-42 Love it! It's a way to launch out toward Mystory without totally loosing sight of the familiar, comfortable shore. Love it! It’s a way to launch out toward Mystory without totally loosing sight of the familiar, comfortable shore.

]]> Comment on in reference to assignment developed in class by admin http://comp.missouri.edu/blogs/rroma/2008/04/09/in-reference-to-assignment-developed-in-class/#comment-41 admin Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:16:32 +0000 http://comp.missouri.edu/blogs/rroma/2008/04/09/in-reference-to-assignment-developed-in-class/#comment-41 I say: Go for it. Develop that into a semester project. I say: Go for it. Develop that into a semester project.

]]> Comment on Roma’s internet resistance is wearing thin by bpvpnb http://comp.missouri.edu/blogs/rroma/2008/03/13/romas-internet-resistance-is-wearing-thin/#comment-39 bpvpnb Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:52:36 +0000 http://comp.missouri.edu/blogs/rroma/2008/03/13/romas-internet-resistance-is-wearing-thin/#comment-39 this is an interesting thread i can totally respect someone who only wishes to assign papers. i guess such a person might be accused of "teaching to the university," but even so, this might be a legitimate practice. i think that giving a paper option on new media assignments is "dangerous," however, because a lot of people are going to take advantage of this option, not because of chronic shyness or poorness, but sheer laziness/unwillingness to learn something new. as far as the world being slanted, it is. not much we can do about that except direct people to the balancing tools and teach their use. this is an interesting thread

i can totally respect someone who only wishes to assign papers. i guess such a person might be accused of “teaching to the university,” but even so, this might be a legitimate practice.

i think that giving a paper option on new media assignments is “dangerous,” however, because a lot of people are going to take advantage of this option, not because of chronic shyness or poorness, but sheer laziness/unwillingness to learn something new.

as far as the world being slanted, it is. not much we can do about that except direct people to the balancing tools and teach their use.

]]> Comment on Roma’s internet resistance is wearing thin by admin http://comp.missouri.edu/blogs/rroma/2008/03/13/romas-internet-resistance-is-wearing-thin/#comment-33 admin Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:38:00 +0000 http://comp.missouri.edu/blogs/rroma/2008/03/13/romas-internet-resistance-is-wearing-thin/#comment-33 It's a wealthy campus because it provides services. You should not be afraid of taking advantage of those services - which students pay for in fees - nor should the students. Remember, if "responsibility" to a student's future is such a big concern for you all, are you sure you are being completely responsible if technology is ignored? It’s a wealthy campus because it provides services. You should not be afraid of taking advantage of those services - which students pay for in fees - nor should the students. Remember, if “responsibility” to a student’s future is such a big concern for you all, are you sure you are being completely responsible if technology is ignored?

]]> Comment on Roma’s internet resistance is wearing thin by ally http://comp.missouri.edu/blogs/rroma/2008/03/13/romas-internet-resistance-is-wearing-thin/#comment-32 ally Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:10:18 +0000 http://comp.missouri.edu/blogs/rroma/2008/03/13/romas-internet-resistance-is-wearing-thin/#comment-32 I've been thinking about this too, not just because of access to technology, though it is something I worry about, but also b/c I know how incredibly shy I was when I was a freshman and how I probably wouldn't have written my heart out (about all those corny things that freshman write about, the political "dilemmas" of the day) if I knew that my audience was larger than the instructor, who, for some reason, I felt like I knew in a way that I never knew the strangers around me that didn't occupy the stage all through the semester. So, I think in order to take both issues into account, I'll offer a paper option for the chronically shy or the chronically poor, since I can identify with both positions. I do know that Mizzou is a pretty wealthy campus. But then when I was a kid I lived in a rich-ass suburb and went a whole winter w/o heat or electricity. It's not that I think that courses should be centered around the minority, but I guess I just want to make sure they're not slanted against them. I’ve been thinking about this too, not just because of access to technology, though it is something I worry about, but also b/c I know how incredibly shy I was when I was a freshman and how I probably wouldn’t have written my heart out (about all those corny things that freshman write about, the political “dilemmas” of the day) if I knew that my audience was larger than the instructor, who, for some reason, I felt like I knew in a way that I never knew the strangers around me that didn’t occupy the stage all through the semester. So, I think in order to take both issues into account, I’ll offer a paper option for the chronically shy or the chronically poor, since I can identify with both positions.

I do know that Mizzou is a pretty wealthy campus. But then when I was a kid I lived in a rich-ass suburb and went a whole winter w/o heat or electricity.

It’s not that I think that courses should be centered around the minority, but I guess I just want to make sure they’re not slanted against them.

]]> Comment on Roma’s internet resistance is wearing thin by admin http://comp.missouri.edu/blogs/rroma/2008/03/13/romas-internet-resistance-is-wearing-thin/#comment-31 admin Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:01:11 +0000 http://comp.missouri.edu/blogs/rroma/2008/03/13/romas-internet-resistance-is-wearing-thin/#comment-31 Still, no one has <b>no</b> access, right? The library has a nice collection of PCs and Macs, there are open lab hours all over campus, one can check out a laptop at the library, and on a wealthy campus like Mizzou, I wonder what the percentage of students who do not have a computer at home is? Even when I taught in downtown Detroit, most students had a computer. Even you, a "dinosaur" at the age of.....has a laptop, right? Still, no one has no access, right? The library has a nice collection of PCs and Macs, there are open lab hours all over campus, one can check out a laptop at the library, and on a wealthy campus like Mizzou, I wonder what the percentage of students who do not have a computer at home is? Even when I taught in downtown Detroit, most students had a computer. Even you, a “dinosaur” at the age of…..has a laptop, right?

]]> Comment on Blogfest 2008: The Power of Clothing by bpvpnb http://comp.missouri.edu/blogs/rroma/2008/03/01/blogfest-2008-the-power-of-clothing/#comment-30 bpvpnb Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:03:10 +0000 http://comp.missouri.edu/blogs/rroma/2008/03/01/blogfest-2008-the-power-of-clothing/#comment-30 I too laughed out loud, reading this. I too make little effort to inspire the uninspired. If they come for the sheet (and that vibe is none too hard to detect), I give it to them. If they come to try to learn how to write, I try to help. I (silently) curse instructors who make visits to the writing lab mandatory. Seems like a waste of time, more than a help. Thankfully, I've had no one as bad as stale-beer-boy. Sheesh. I too laughed out loud, reading this.

I too make little effort to inspire the uninspired. If they come for the sheet (and that vibe is none too hard to detect), I give it to them. If they come to try to learn how to write, I try to help. I (silently) curse instructors who make visits to the writing lab mandatory. Seems like a waste of time, more than a help. Thankfully, I’ve had no one as bad as stale-beer-boy. Sheesh.

]]> Comment on Blogfest 2008: The Power of Clothing by Derek http://comp.missouri.edu/blogs/rroma/2008/03/01/blogfest-2008-the-power-of-clothing/#comment-29 Derek Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:58:30 +0000 http://comp.missouri.edu/blogs/rroma/2008/03/01/blogfest-2008-the-power-of-clothing/#comment-29 Rebecca, forgive me for thinking this is hilarious. Not the encounter, that is, but your retelling of it. It sounds to me that this student would have given any one of us attitude regardless of what we were wearing or how we carried ourselves. If a student has a "required" visit and doesn't want to be there, I let him go. Each time I fill out one of those sheets I write down the length of the visit. If he feels he's done after ten minutes and wants to go, I write down what we did (or didn't do) in ten minutes and let him go. We are neither Attitude Adjusters nor Babysitters but, instead, Champions of Composition--neigh, Superheroes of Composition! Rebecca, forgive me for thinking this is hilarious. Not the encounter, that is, but your retelling of it. It sounds to me that this student would have given any one of us attitude regardless of what we were wearing or how we carried ourselves. If a student has a “required” visit and doesn’t want to be there, I let him go. Each time I fill out one of those sheets I write down the length of the visit. If he feels he’s done after ten minutes and wants to go, I write down what we did (or didn’t do) in ten minutes and let him go. We are neither Attitude Adjusters nor Babysitters but, instead, Champions of Composition–neigh, Superheroes of Composition!

]]> Comment on Blogfest 2008: The Power of Clothing by Patricia http://comp.missouri.edu/blogs/rroma/2008/03/01/blogfest-2008-the-power-of-clothing/#comment-28 Patricia Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:52:58 +0000 http://comp.missouri.edu/blogs/rroma/2008/03/01/blogfest-2008-the-power-of-clothing/#comment-28 You're far nicer than I am Rebbecca. That sort of attitude would have ended with the student on the curb looking for his Mommy's phone number. While I do not advocate the sort of gut wrenching violation of paper and ego whipping I was subjected to as a freshman, I will not abide by sort of behavior in any professional situation. You’re far nicer than I am Rebbecca. That sort of attitude would have ended with the student on the curb looking for his Mommy’s phone number. While I do not advocate the sort of gut wrenching violation of paper and ego whipping I was subjected to as a freshman, I will not abide by sort of behavior in any professional situation.

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