WinK Core: Weblogging in Kumamoto

"We might be tempted to suggest Grammarly for students or learners of English, but the fact that Grammarly has nothing to say about so many of our intentionally incorrect sentences leads us to the sad conclusion that Grammarly is useless for everyone. Grammarly might improve, but as of early 2012, we can't in good conscience keep advertising it on our site." (Conclusion, ¶2)

Quick summary of practices for consumers

"Book reviews typically evaluate recently-written works. They offer a brief description of the text's key points and often provide a short appraisal of the strengths and weaknesses of the work" (¶1, last edited 2011.09.27).

This study guide comprises "an interactive online tutorial designed to help ... [students] to understand what plagiarism is and how to avoid it. There are different versions of the tutorial available tailored to the needs of different subjects" (Don't cheat yourself, ¶1). It sports a Creative Commons License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 UK: England & Wales. Ready-made subject areas range from bio-science to psychology (2011.08.01).

Check out the tailor-made tutorial for English (and American studies)!

This journal article provides an example of tailor-made writing samples, and explains their use to teach students "the boundaries between acceptable and unacceptable [writing] practices" (Abstract).

"In this interview, Tara shares her experiences as a public speaker, and her approach to creating impactful, memorable presentations" (deck, ¶1). This blog post incorporates a presentation loaded with tips for improving public speaking gigs (Tips for taking public speaking to the next level, ¶1).

This excerpt (Israel, 2012, Ch. 5) mentions abuses and tedium of slide presentations, as well as advantages of, and strategies for supplementing talks with slide shows.

Chelsea Lee explains, "The formatting of the titles of sources you use in your paper depends on two factors: (a) the independence of the source (stands alone vs. part of a greater whole) and (b) the location of the title (in the text of the paper vs. in the reference list entry)" (¶2), then charts and exemplifies the variants.

A menu of 15 posts in "a series of essays, articles and tutorials on the topic of understanding the theory behind great website designs" (retrieved 2012.03.08).

"The F-Layout relies upon various eyetracking studies for it's foundational concept. These scientific studies show that web surfers read the screen in an 'F' pattern" (Introducing the F-Layout, ¶1).

"LitReactor has three goals. To become: * A destination for writers to improve their craft. * A haven for readers to geek out about books. * And a platform to kickstart your writing goals." (http://litreactor.com/about) The site showcases essays in nearly two dozen categories (2012.03.01): Abstracts (1) Character (15) Cliche (2) Dialogue (9) Grammar (10) Literary Devices (8) Live Reading (3) Narrator (7) Objects (4) POV (3) Phrases (3) Plot (18) Poetry (1) Research (9) Rewriting (2) Setting (1) Similies (1) Structure (14) Theme (8) Verbs (1) Vocabulary (5) Voice (16) Word Play (2) Workshop (2) (http://litreactor.com/essays/categories) 

Menu of videos showing features of Google Voice

Novak, J. D., & Cañas, A. J. (2006, rev. 2008). The Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct Them, Technical Report IHMC CmapTools 2006-01 Rev 01-2008, Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition. Available at: http://cmap.ihmc.us/Publications/ResearchPapers/TheoryUnderlyingConceptMaps.pdf.

NYU Prof Vows Never to Probe Cheating Again-and Faces a Backlash; July 21, 2011, 6:13 pm [no overt time zone]; by Marc Parry

One of many spelling, vocabulary, and writing resources on the Vocabulary and Spelling City site, this page explains, "Asking a child to write about something that matters to him [sic] right now is a powerful motivator. This is where writing prompts come in. Writing prompts are simply ideas or subjects offered as a foundation for students to build a writing assignment on" (¶3, 2011.07.25). It includes tips for preparing writing prompts as well as examples for elementary, middle school, and high school students.

Eyercise on-line training videos.

Catalog of links to online reading collections including Rob Waring's extensive reading links and the Project Gutenberg libraray

Resources in this directory include: + How to use graphic organizers,  + How to write an essay, and  + How to summarize.

" ... [T]en things I've learned and wished all bloggers knew about blogging" (Carla Arena, 2011.01.16, retrieved 2011.04.10).

List of sites, some still in beta, for use by students and teachers.