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August 2010

Fall 2011 Writing Intensive Courses → pcccwriting.blogspot.com

Today is Convocation at PCCC, so it’s the last day that classrooms will be empty before the semester begins tomorrow.

There are 18 Writing Intensive course sections this semester of the…
Aug 31, 2010
High School Connections 2 → pcccwriting.blogspot.com


Last week, the Writing Initiative held its second two-day High School Connections seminar. One component of the…

Aug 30, 2010
Bad News For Bloggers → serendipity35.net

A very unpleasant story out of Philadelphia for bloggers. The city wants to crack down on people who are running a
business without a license. Sounds reasonable - until I read that this includes…

Aug 30, 2010
Living Small → paradelle.wordpress.com

Readers of this blog know I have an interest in the DIY of cabins and treehouses and such. I see them as retreats from the regular Monday to Friday life. This past week I came across several articles…

Aug 30, 2010
Grandpa Has Changed His Profile Picture → paradelle.wordpress.com

Grandma and Grandpa are posting photos on Facebook and looking for former colleagues on LinkedIn. That’s what I’m reading and hearing from stories in the local paper, and on the news. An increasing…

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Happy New Year. It's September Again. → feedproxy.google.com




The back to school ads are all over the Net. Store aisles are crowded with things to buy.

I used to have have a rather nostalgic view of this time of late summer….

Aug 25, 2010
ECHO 360--Capturing WI Moments → pcccwriting.blogspot.com

In summer 2009, Passaic County Community College, in collaboration with the Title V Writing Initiative, purchased an ECHO360 system. Traditionally known as a “lecture capture” system, ECHO 360…

Aug 24, 2010
Jumping Off the Hedonic Treadmill → paradelle.wordpress.com

Feel like you’re stuck on a treadmill? We’ve all heard that metaphor used. The lousy economic situation the past year probably has caused a lot more of that feeling. Of course, it’s a purely…

Aug 23, 2010
Dog Days and a Full Moon → paradelle.wordpress.com

This month’s full Moon occurs on Tuesday, August 24. August, originally called Sextilis by the Romans, was later named Augustus in honor of Augustus Caesar. For many Roman territories, this was the…

Aug 23, 2010
A Poetry Newsletter → poetsonline.blogspot.com

In addition to her Blogalicious poetry blog, poet Diane Lockward

is now doing a free monthly poetry newsletter.

The first one offered a poem and a prompt, useful links (journals that…

Aug 22, 2010
The End of Summer Vacation → paradelle.wordpress.com

By the end of summer vacation, I don’t mean that late summer feeling that we get around this time of year. I mean the idea that made the cover of TIME magazine earlier this month and a cover story…

Aug 22, 2010
The Cost of Distraction: What Kurt Vonnegut Knew (via The Frailest Thing) → paradelle.wordpress.com

concerning Vonnegut’s short story “Harrison Bergeron” “The year was 2081, and everybody was finally equal.” So begins the late Kurt Vonnegut’s 1961 short story, “Harrison Bergeron.” In 2009, Chandler…

Aug 21, 2010
College Essentials → feedproxy.google.com

Apparently, college essentials now include Easy Mac

, Ramen noodles

and other assorted


microwave food products.



What happened to buying a few Mead…

Aug 21, 2010
Downloading Legalities → serendipity35.net

New federal regulations that took effect this summer requiring colleges to take steps to deal with illegal music and movie downloading on campus networks.

I listened to Heidi Wachs,…

Aug 20, 2010
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