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a high school AP level description of a textual analysis paper--with my comparative comments In following this format, you could create a fairly decent paper.

This is true--the item must be identified, whether it is text or visual.

PBS always delivers interesting resources!

Good book review about tattooing

Ok, this is mostly just for fun. It's also an article that's more of a rhetorical analysis (analyzing a recent trend for writer-audience issues) than a contextual analysis. To make it a contextual analysis, I think one would have to go more into memes generally, what they are and why they are significant.

I personally like the memes. They offer quick humor and when in the context of a specific university, they are easy to relate to. They're usually pretty creative and the different variations can be used to convey different messages.

Recent, notable journal and magazine articles arranged by category--so you could find something that relates to your topic possibly. Also notes bloggers at the end.

Personal narration of experiences with gaming as an adult

Reading assignment for first week...please comment! Look at the evidence, arguments, and misunderstandings. Comment on what interests you and what you are reacting to as you read.

First off, the title of this article intrigued me because I do not usually think of art majors "powering" the United States. Through reading further, I can agree with Postrel that everyone has their special talents and are not equipped to major in one of the STEMs. Furthermore, if everyone went into one field, that would decrease the field's efficiency and productivity. However, I do think that there are some less useful majors. Even though the economy needs to be balanced out in jobs does anyone really want to be that person with the impractical major searing for a job? I, for instance, would love to major in history, but this job market is practically obsolete. Accounting is my next major under these circumstances. Postrel also points out one huge problem with higher education and that is the cost. Rising tuition prices cause for people to major in lucrative fields of concentration as to pay back student loans and make more in the future. Though I agree with Postrel's claims that there has to be a diversity of jobs and an evenness in the economy, I have some personal contentions about her assertions. Caitlin Bauman

As an art major, I understand the worry of job security, but if I were put into a science or math field I would fail miserably. Art is my niche, it is the place that I thrive and grow in. I do not see the art field, or any other field that is not condoned by STEM, as worthless; art finds the beauty in the world, history helps us learn from the past, and english voices the concerns of the people. The decreasing availability for non-STEM professions is a worry for some, but it encourages me to find my full potential and be the person that companies are asking to hire.

I think the iPad is perfect for browsing the internet, playing games, reading, watching movies, and any other leisurely purpose a normal computer would do. I do not think, however, that it is sufficient when working with work or school related things. The use of any Microsoft Office program on the iPad is very dysfunctional when trying to get things done.

I personally believe the iPad to be more of a fun electronic toy. Using the iPad as a functioning tool for completing internet tasks or writing a paper seems like a difficult task considering the the keyboard you're given. I can only imagine that it would be similar to having to type on the iphone, which is hard enough as it is. There are plenty of other options that would function better in a work environment than the iPad. Also, the worst part about the apple products is that the flash player is not installed.

a possible article if you are looking at social networking tools as a cultural "object"

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He needs to reorganize his thoughts. It seems like a jumbled mess of words. His ideas seem logical for someone who is trying to brainstorm, but for college students who tend to be short on time, it works best to write a well written first draft and build off of that. Writing as fast as you can seems to lead people off on random tangents.

sample mindmap

an example of a professional policy brief, this one explaining a law

Follow this template--your sections on current policies may be generalized, based on general research

sample policy brief

Think about the power of "student voice" in your policy paper...and let's think about wikipedia as well!

Use this site for concept mapping