Tips for Communicating with Students: FaceBook
As children, a lot of us watched The Jetson’s and fantasized about the future. Now, it is the Twenty-First Century, and while we may not have flying cars or robot maids, we do have...
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Writing an Effective Thesis Podcast
Writing a thesis is a key part of writing an academic essay, and it is a concept this is often elusive. Sometimes, the very word “thesis” is confusing as it defies a singular concrete definition. Students often...
New APA Video Guide! – Students & Research Writing
The Kaplan University Writing Center is proud to share this new video tutorial which provides a basic overview of APA. In just over five minutes, the video demonstrates following APA Style means adhering to both paper formatting and...
The Serial Comma– Why you need it (most of the time)
Why do we need the serial comma in academic writing? The serial comma is used for clarity. Clarity is needed in academic and scientific writing. APA 6th Edition Publication Manual requires the serial comma....
Learning to Adapt – Lessons from IWAC 2012
Learning to Adapt – Lessons from IWAC 2012 Last week, I posted about how driving in the City of Savannah, site of the 2012 IWAC Conference, reminded me of some of the challenges faculty...
Flags
Since yesterday was Flag Day, I thought I would talk about, well, flags. Flags whether big or small are flying icons connecting history and the present moment. Flags stand for something. Flags communicate. Flags...
IWAC 2012 – How driving in Savannah relates to WAC
Last week, I attended and presented at the 2012 International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference in Savannah, Georgia. I have many thoughts about the conference itself and about the presentation I gave with my...
Pay Up! Plagiarism Costs $500
This must see video records an incident in which a blogger kindly but firmly requests payment for his work from a newspaper who plagiarized an entire article from his blog . After discovering his...
Why WAC is Really About Collaboration and Touching Interests beyond Your Content Area.
Why WAC is Really About Collaboration and Touching Interests beyond Your Content Area. As Sheryl Bone and I put the final changes on our presentation for the International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference in...
Punctuation is Not Grammar. . .
The terms grammar and punctuation are often used interchangeably. While we use both grammar and punctuation to clearly explicate our ideas for our readers, they are not the same. Simplified Definitions Punctuation marks are...