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The Evidence

Way back in the day, as a young undergrad in the English dept, there was a common misconception that essays were really just opinions, and you couldn’t be graded on your opinion, now could you? Until one professor came out and reminded us that not all opinions are created equal: those backed up by some actual evidence, of course, are going to carry more weight than those that riff off “I like this poem because it reminds me of my dog…”

Fri, Dec 30, 2011 |Writing

Voices and Writing

Many years ago, while teaching, on one of those interminable Professional Development daze, the one inspiring presentation I saw was by a law professor, explaining how he was using the web in his courses on First Nations and Justice to build an academic journal. Every section of the class planned and wrote a peer-reviewed and edited issue, which built on previous years’ work, and would in turn be built on. He and his students used the web as a viable publishing platform in a way print never could be, economically or technically.

Thu, Aug 18, 2011 |Writing
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