Hey everyone. I really enjoyed the presentations these past few weeks. Nice work. This is just a final reminder, and request, to please complete teacher evaluations. Tomorrow is the last day to do this. It's a fast and straightforward process. All you need to do is:
1. Login to UVLink using your UV ID and pin.
2. Go to the "Student" tab.
3. Go to the "Teacher/Course Evaluations" channel in the upper-left portion of the page.
4. Click on "Complete your Fall 2008 Teacher Evaluations."
5. Click on English 1010.
6. Click on the "Evaluate" link.
7. Answer the survey questions and make comments about the instructor and/or the course.
8. Make sure to click on "Submit Evaluation" at the bottom of the page.
I was in Europe when evaluations began, so we got a bit of a late start, but evaluations are important and helpful to me, and I appreciate your willingness to participate.
Have a fabulous holiday season, and thanks once again for a great semester.
-Daniel
Friday, December 19, 2008
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
It's Finally Time to Relax
I will take my last final tomorrow at 11:00 am for which I feel very ready for. I have been so stressed lately, as have most every student I am sure! I can't wait to be done with this health test tomorrow! At about 12:00pm tomorrow I will be so relaxed and ready for Christmas and New Years. All that I have left after my final tomorrow is to show up to English class on Thursday to watch all of the awesome presentations! Thursday will be a great way to end this semester. I have already given my presentation, so I will not show up to class stressed out, or with butterflies in my stomach. All I will have to do is go and watch, which will be quite a treat if they are anything like those that have already presented. This has been such a stressful semester for me with school, work, and my family duties. I am happy that school is finally coming to an end, well, the semester anyway. I am looking forward to the break between semesters and work. I am ready to relax!!
Monday, December 15, 2008
Confused
I was just looking at our class schedule and realized that there is nothing noted for Tuesday (tomorrow) the 16th... Is this correct? Do we not have class tomorrow? Or is it a mistake? It says our final and genre presentations are on Thursday the 18th. Tuesday is just missing off the calender completely so I'm not sure what to think of it. Are our thursday dates supposed to be for tuesday? tomorrow? If anyone can let me know... it would help me out alot cuz I am so lost over here. lol. THANKS!!!
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Christmas Shopping at the Mall is Crazy!
I went to the mall tonight to do some Christmas shopping, and it was insane!! I got there around 8:30pm, thinking it would be less crowded an hour and a half before closing time. I was most certainly wrong!! I have never seen the mall more busy and crowded in my life. I'm not sure if everybody there thought the same as I had, or if this was considered the "slow time" but it was not a fun experience. This did however, help me to realize how much money is spent this time of year.
I witnessed some people spending over $500 worth of merchandise in a single store! I was in line behind a gentleman who spent $1053.88 in a clothing store. I felt that everywhere I went there was someone waiting to rip me off! Everything seemed way over priced: even the so called "sales" seemed to be over priced. I am going to do my best to avoid the mall until the middle of January at the earliest!!
I witnessed some people spending over $500 worth of merchandise in a single store! I was in line behind a gentleman who spent $1053.88 in a clothing store. I felt that everywhere I went there was someone waiting to rip me off! Everything seemed way over priced: even the so called "sales" seemed to be over priced. I am going to do my best to avoid the mall until the middle of January at the earliest!!
Friday, December 12, 2008
I'm Done.
Well unfortunately i will not be making it to next weeks class session because i will be in puerto penasco mexico vacationing. I will say i enjoyed this class and my first semester as a college student thanks to all you people and Dan. It's been good times and i learned a lot. Good luck to everyone here on out and for the last time here on this blog, Im done.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
December sucks...now
Is it necessary for the end of semester, finals, and Christmas to be within two weeks of each other? Maybe it's just me, but I feel like school is ruining my holiday season. By the time all of my finals are finished/failed, I will have about 2 weeks to do Christmas shopping, look at Christmas lights, make a gingerbread house, watch Christmas movies, drink eggnog, and build a snowman. Why do they do this do us? (Not you, Daniel. I'm talking about other, ridiculous professors who are identical twins with Scrooge.)
I'll stop complaining now and get back to studying, but do any of you feel this way or am I being a baby?
I'll stop complaining now and get back to studying, but do any of you feel this way or am I being a baby?
Self-Reflective Letter
For some reason, Blackboard isn't letting me upload content today, so I am posting here the information that is contained on the Self-Reflection handout:
Self-Reflective/Assessment Letter
This letter doesn’t have rigid design or content requirements. This is intentional as I want you to see the letter as your opportunity to say what may not be apparent in your Classical Argument and Genre Translation assignments. That is, I want you to feel comfortable discussing issues about your writing and your progress that you feel will help build the rhetorical appeal (logos, pathos, ethos) of your final project. It is, in the end, what the title indicates: a self assessment of your final assignments and, more generally, your progress in the course.
Again, there are no content requirements for this letter, but you might consider the following:
What issues have you wrestled with in your writing? How did you work to clarify them through peer review, reading the text, class discussion/lectures and your own writing process?
Would you now define “good” writing in the same way that you did at the beginning of the course? How have the writing assignments, peer reviews, and discussions of the text impacted your view of good writing?
How has the concept of visual rhetoric impacted your research and/or your writing?
How have you worked through the peer feedback you have received? Have you received contradictory advice? If so how did you handle it?
How has research impacted the way you write? How have the ideas of others impacted how you have made your argument in your Classical Argument and your Genre Translation?
What else do you want me (your reader and the person assigning you a grade) to know about you as a writer? You might think about this in terms of logos, ethos, and pathos; that is what do you want me to know in order to strengthen the logos, pathos, and ethos of your final project and your performance this semester? Note that merely asserting that you are a much better writer will NOT build your ethos or credibility or grade. I do NOT want a bunch of empty statements like “I’ve learned so much about writing this semester” and “I’ve really improved my writing” and “you are the best English teacher in the universe” (actually, this last one is okay :P). In all seriousness, though, as with the claims in your essays you will need to demonstrate/prove what you have learned. Also, note that it is not required that you have made massive improvements—one can write well for this class and engage with the process and text without necessarily making huge improvements as a writer.
Thanks.
Self-Reflective/Assessment Letter
This letter doesn’t have rigid design or content requirements. This is intentional as I want you to see the letter as your opportunity to say what may not be apparent in your Classical Argument and Genre Translation assignments. That is, I want you to feel comfortable discussing issues about your writing and your progress that you feel will help build the rhetorical appeal (logos, pathos, ethos) of your final project. It is, in the end, what the title indicates: a self assessment of your final assignments and, more generally, your progress in the course.
Again, there are no content requirements for this letter, but you might consider the following:
What issues have you wrestled with in your writing? How did you work to clarify them through peer review, reading the text, class discussion/lectures and your own writing process?
Would you now define “good” writing in the same way that you did at the beginning of the course? How have the writing assignments, peer reviews, and discussions of the text impacted your view of good writing?
How has the concept of visual rhetoric impacted your research and/or your writing?
How have you worked through the peer feedback you have received? Have you received contradictory advice? If so how did you handle it?
How has research impacted the way you write? How have the ideas of others impacted how you have made your argument in your Classical Argument and your Genre Translation?
What else do you want me (your reader and the person assigning you a grade) to know about you as a writer? You might think about this in terms of logos, ethos, and pathos; that is what do you want me to know in order to strengthen the logos, pathos, and ethos of your final project and your performance this semester? Note that merely asserting that you are a much better writer will NOT build your ethos or credibility or grade. I do NOT want a bunch of empty statements like “I’ve learned so much about writing this semester” and “I’ve really improved my writing” and “you are the best English teacher in the universe” (actually, this last one is okay :P). In all seriousness, though, as with the claims in your essays you will need to demonstrate/prove what you have learned. Also, note that it is not required that you have made massive improvements—one can write well for this class and engage with the process and text without necessarily making huge improvements as a writer.
Thanks.
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