Archive for August, 2008

Aug 12 2008

On Turnitin –A voice from the trenches

Published by Admin under News, Online publications

Check the bottom of this WSJ online piece for the credit tag — wonder who Mr. Becker is working for … ?

His argument that Turnitin is not a gotcha service but a means of engendering community in the classroom is a novel one.

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/prevent-plagiarism-classroom/story.aspx?guid=%7B59791173-5804-4BA9-BBBA-8C485D71E154%7D&dist=hppr

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Aug 11 2008

Critic issues challenge on assessment

Published by Admin under News, Print media

He cuts a broad swath, but see his reference to first-year composition in the 8th para.  Doesn’t the rhet/comp community have data supporting smaller classes as producing better writing among students?

 

http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2008/08/08/carey

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Aug 02 2008

Can new media be taught in schools?

Published by Glenn under Blog

This is an interesting blog piece at ReadWriteWeb, asking a “can” question (with some “how” information) instead of the too-often asked “if” question.  The piece points to some useful resources, too.

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