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Sage Publications, Inc (2009), Edition: 1st, Paperback, 376 pages
O'Reilly Media (2009), Paperback, 240 pages
Jossey-Bass (2009), Hardcover, 480 pages
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Penguin (Non-Classics) (2009), Edition: Reprint, Paperback, 352 pages
Open University Press (2009), Edition: 1, Spiral-bound, 272 pages
Sage Publications, Inc (1990), Edition: illustrated edition, Paperback, 96 pages
Oxford University Press, USA (2002), Edition: 1, Hardcover, 370 pages
Harvard Business School Press (2007), Edition: 1, Hardcover, 303 pages
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You [still] need to include references and links to five classmates blogs from which you gathered advice.
(October 7, 2009 16:31:33 JST)
Where are your [quotations and] references with links to suggestions [that] you gleaned from classmates' [1st semester] portfolios (§6.0, July 2009)? Those are a necessary part of this week's blogging assignment.Book Reviews
Please make sure that your buddies' posts include references and cross-links to classmates portfolios, too.
(September 30, 2009 14:19:07 JST)
After rereading this review, I'm still wondering:Would you mind making your book review(s) a bit more communicative in those regards?
- why you chose to read ... [short title in italics was here],
- whether you'd recommend it to your classmates or peers, and
- why or why not.
(June 25, 2008 17:18:00 JST)
I'm glad to see you got the book review numbering system going right for first semester. However, in order to encourage the readership of, and comments from classmates and peers with similar interests, it would be better to shorten the prefix (or key string) for all of your book review post titles to "BR", and add part of the actual title, for example:Display LanguageThen, if someone sees the word bear in your blog archive, they might want to read (and comment on) what you've written. For example, I love bears, but don't want to have any more close encounters with bears in the wild. How about you?(May 28, 2008 15:47:53 JST)
- BR 1-05: Barney Bear...
... Your blog is still set to display a Japanese interface. I suggest that you set it for English right away!Essays
(July 21, 2009 17:41:18 JST)
... Perhaps a catchier and more descriptive title than the one you've given it would attract readers' interest, and give them some idea what you've written about.
You seem to have left out all of the paragraph divisions ... marked on the paper copy of your initial draft. In electronic documents, such as blog posts, you should insert two line returns between paragraphs. Those create horizontal white spaces to mark topic changes, and lead readers' eyes to topic sentences.
You also have forgotten to include a word count, in square brackets, at the lower left corner of your post (for examples, see posts on the Writing Studio Blog). You need to include a word count on every post for class this year. The sooner you get in the habit, the better!
Please advise your classmates and peers to do the same, always:(April 9, 2009 10:19:28 JST)
- Use catchy, descriptive titles;
- Define paragraph boundaries; and
- Include word counts.
This post isn't one of your essays, or mainly about essays, is it?
Would you please reserve the label "essays" for essays proper (2-01a, 2-01b, 2-02a, ...)?
(October 20, 2009 17:15:52 JST)
This quick post isn't about "health," is it? Why have you used that label on it?
(June 2, 2009 21:20:21 JST)
... I'd like you to reserve the label, "essays," for actual essays (complete drafts and major revisions).Wording
(July 21, 2009 17:41:18 JST)
Would you please give additional examples of what you mean by "and so on," and "and so on" (2009/07/09 11:56)? It usually takes at least three examples to sketch a category or group.[698 words]
(July 9, 2009 12:29:51 JST)
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Oxford University Press (2003), Paperback, 24 pages
Usborne Books (2008), Hardcover, 47 pages
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Usborne Publishing Ltd (2008), Hardcover, 32 pages
Usborne Books (2007), Hardcover, 48 pages
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Anchor (2008), Edition: Reprint, Paperback, 640 pages
I neglected to mention this when it came out, but here's a link to Education for a Digital World, the book from Commonwealth of Learning that I was involved with, coauthoring 3 chapters and acting as a contributing editor.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here. And here is my (still very short) list of edutech-related books.
Information Age Publishing (2000), Paperback, 356 pages
There are prompts for three essay items in the slideshow presentation below. Please view the entire presentation, and read and follow all directions carefully.
You will need to post an individual response to each item, in a single comment each, on the three reflecting pool posts earmarked for your section (§1A or §1C, below), not on this post. I suggest that you compose and then grammar- and spell-check your responses in a word-processing application before posting them, because you will be unable to edit your responses after you post them.
Section 1A | Section 1C |
|---|---|
Reflecting Pool 1 (§1A, only) Developing Language Awareness | Developing Language Awareness |
Reflecting Pool 2 (§1A, only) Facing Technological Challenges | Facing Technological Challenges |
Reflecting Pool 3 (§1A, only) Achieving Personal Satisfaction | Achieving Personal Satisfaction |
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Reflecting Pool 4 (§1C, only)
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Reflecting Pool 6 (§1C, only)
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There are prompts for three essay items in the slideshow presentation below. Please view the entire presentation, and read and follow all directions carefully.
You will need to post an individual response to each item, in a single comment each, on the three reflecting pool posts earmarked for your section (§1A or §1C, below), not on this post. I suggest that you compose and then grammar- and spell-check your responses in a word-processing application before posting them, because you will be unable to edit your responses after you post them.
| Section 1A | Section 1C |
|---|---|
| Developing Language Awareness | Reflecting Pool 4 (§1C, only) Developing Language Awareness |
| Facing Technological Challenges | Reflecting Pool 5 (§1C, only) Facing Technological Challenges |
| Achieving Personal Satisfaction | Reflecting Pool 6 (§1C, only) Achieving Personal Satisfaction |
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Reflecting Pool 2 (§1A, only)
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Reflecting Pool 3 (§1A, only)
Please post an individual response to item three, Achieving Personal Satisfaction (Writing III: Exam Items (2009), slide 6), in a single comment on this post.
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Routledge (2008), Edition: 1, Paperback, 260 pages
Vancouver : Commonwealth of Learning, c2008.
I've just been checking out the DSpace introductory video. It looks like a great way to make an institution's research searchable at low cost. It's popular worldwide, with many sites in Japan, including Kyushu University and Nagasaki University. For open access content, note that the DSpace foundation recommends that it should also be listed in the ROAR registry.
I notice that I wrote about Open Access repositories before.
Student ID: vwxyz
[Please replace "vwxyz" (above) with
the last five digits of your student number
(without quotation marks). Then delete these remarks.]
Portfolio for Writing III, Section 1A OR 1C
[Please delete the unsuitable class section and "OR" (above), along with this line of remarks.]
(See: Note 1, below)
(See: Note 2, below.)
[Please embed your proto-portfolios here {in HMTL editing mode}; then remove this line of remarks, including the square brackets.]
(See: Note 3, below.)
Please complete this table with data gathered from essays on your blog. See the Key (below) for definitions of the symbols in row one, and complete columns four through nine with numerical values (0, 1, 2, 3, ...).
| 1.1. Showcase | Short titles with links to blog posts | Dates | ¶ | W | C | L | P | M |
| 1-01a (2009.04.08) | | | | | | | | |
| 1-01b (2009.04.20) | | | | | | | | |
| (1-01c) | | | | | | | | |
| 1-02a (2009.06.01) | | | | | | | | |
| 1-02b (2009.07.06) | | | | | | | | |
| (1-02c) | | | | | | | | |
| 1-03a (2009.06.29) | | | | | | | | |
| 1-03b (2009.07.13) | | | | | | | | |
| Totals | --- | --- | | | | | | |
Key:
¶: number of paragraphs five (5) or more sentences in length
W: number of words
C: number of comments
L: number of links
P: number of photos or other graphics
M: number of other media included in post
1.2. Best EssaySelection and Assessment: Which of those six assigned essays do you feel is the best that you've written this semester, and why? Remember that a complete answer is better than a short answer, focus on your writing, and give at least two reasons to support your assessment.
[Please remove these remarks, including the square brackets, then identify your best essay, and write out your reasons for selecting it here.]
| Showcase | Titles of posts with links | Dates of comments yyyy.mm.dd | Numbers of words in comments | Qualities of comments** |
| 2.1. Your first comment on your instructor's blog* | | | | |
| 2.2. Your best comment on a classmate's blog* | | | | |
| 2.3. Best comment by a classmate on your blog* | | | | |
| 2.4. Most comments on: | Titles of posts with link | Dates of posts yyyy.mm.dd | Total number of words in comments | Qualities of comments** |
| 2.4.1. Any one of your essays* | | | | |
| 2.4.1.1. When did you respond to those comments? | --- | | --- | --- |
| 2.4.1.2. How did you respond to those comments? | --- | --- | | |
| 2.4.2. Any of your other posts* | | | | |
| 2.4.2.1. When did you respond to those comments? | --- | | --- | --- |
| 2.4.2.2. How did you respond to those comments? | --- | --- | | |
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* Current semester comments on essays and other posts
** Please list the most important qualities of comments on each type of blog post. That is, explain briefly what makes them good comments.
Does your blog display recent comments from blog visitors in a prominent location, for example, in a sidebar, header, or footer widget? Where, or why not? Please explain.
...
[Please remove these remarks, including the square brackets; then write out your reflections on both giving and receiving comments here.]
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| 3.1. Showcase | Short titles | Dates: yyyy.mm.dd | Words | Comments |
| Example: | 2007.05.16 | 39 | 1 | |
| BR 1-01 | | | | |
| BR 1-02 | | | | |
| BR 1-03 | | | | |
| BR 1-04 | | | | |
| BR 1-05 | | | | |
| BR 1-06 | | | | |
| BR 1-07 | | | | |
| BR 1-08 | | | | |
| BR 1-09 | | | | |
| BR 1-10 | | | | |
| BR 1-11 | | | | |
| BR 1-12 | | | | |
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| --- | --- | Totals: | | |
Note: Please calculate and list book review Totals for words and comments without including those from the example (above).
Selection and Assessment: Which of those book reviews do you feel is the best that you've written this semester, and why? Remember that a complete answer is better than a short answer, focus on your writing, and give at least two reasons to support your assessment.
[Please remove these remarks, including the square brackets; then identify your best book review, and write out reasons for selecting it here.]
| Showcase | Yes | No |
| 4.1. Does your blog display an archive? | | |
| 4.1.1. Does the archive display the titles of posts? | | |
| 4.1.2. Is the archive organized by month? | | |
| 4.1.3. Is the archive at or near the top of the sidebar? | | |
| 4.2. Does your blog have labels displayed in sidebar? | | |
| [4].2.1. Do your labels include these required labels (typed accurately): | --- | --- |
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| 4.2.2. Does your sidebar display other labels? | | |
| --- | --- |
| --- | --- |
| 4.3. Links & media | --- | --- |
| 4.3.1. Does your blog include photos or other graphics? | | |
| | |
| --- | --- |
| 4.3.2. Does your blog include posts with multiple links? | | |
| --- | --- |
| 4.3.3. Does your blog include other media? | | |
| --- | --- |
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| --- | --- |
What have you done to enhance the overall presentation of your blog? List and explain the three most important content, display, formatting, layout, or other presentation changes that you have made on your blog this semester.
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Please feel free to include reflections on both class work and homework, as well as on the content of this portfolio (proto-portfolios, showcases, and reflections).
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Notes:
This portfolio template derives from the templates for Writing IIIc and Writing IVc portfolios (2007-08), and Writing III, §§1a & 1c and Writing IV: Portfolio, §§1a & 1c portfolios (2008-09).
Please use the same code in section 0.0 that you used to embed your proto-portfolios (PPFs) in the footer of your blog, which you should already have revised to display your 1st (spring) semester PPF first.
The essays section (1.0. Essays, above) derived from Proto-Portfolio 2-02 (2008).
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Individual essay outlines
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Completed essays, approximately 300 words in length:If you have concerns or questions about this assignment [University Life essays], please share them via comments on the MindMaps post....
- Published on individual blogs;
- Reflecting on university life from personal, inter-personal, and extra-personal perspectives:
- Consisting of five (5) or more paragraphs (¶¶), each five (5) or more sentences in length;
- Including an overview of main points in the first ¶ (introduction), and a summary of main points in the final ¶ (conclusion);
- Developing main points separately in three (3) or more body ¶¶ reflecting main topics we brainstormed individually, and mapped together in class: MindMaps: Main Branches, §§1a and 1c (Writing Studio Blog, 2009.05.27).
Revised and extended versions of draft letters of introduction to host families are due in new posts on your blogs. They should include extra information that you've already posted in response to comments and questions from your classmates on your blogs. These revised versions should consist of at least five separate paragraphs, and be approximately 300 words in length.
Your revised essay posts should have catchy and descriptive titles, and appear with:
- accurate word counts in their lower left corners ("[n words]"), and
- at least these two labels (also shown in sidebar widgets):
Earlier versions of those letters, typed up from hand-written placement essays (March 25, 2009), were due on your blogs April 8, 2009, and _must_ also include the first label, "essays," in order for you to get credit for this assignment.
- essays
- revisions
If you have concerns or questions about this assignment, please spell them out in comments on the following post: Reminders of classwork and homework (Writing Studio Blog, April 15, 2009).
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"May I go to the Ball as well?" [Cinderella] asked, in a scared whisper.
"You? Go to the Ball?" said her stepmother. "You must be joking."
Everyone knows the story of Cinderella. In fact, there are hundreds of versions of this story told throughout the world. This version is in the Usborne Young Reading series. The pictures are very cute, and the Fairy Godmother is very interesting. I recommend this book.
Cinderella, UYR1, a traditional story retold by Susanna Davidson. YL:1.5 Words: 1600

Babe is a clever, polite little pig, but can Fly, the sheepdog, teach Babe his sheep-pig lessons?
Do you know the movie Babe? It was very popular more than 10 years ago. It's about a pig who is very clever and wants to be like a sheepdog, guiding the sheep on his farm. He succeeds because he respects the sheep and learns to speak their language.
This book is very nice; I recommend it and its sequel, Babe: Pig in the City.
The series is Penguin Readers, YL is 2.4, words 8100.

Key elements in the Writing Studio Blog sidebar that I encouraged all students to add to their own sidebars ASAP include:
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I like Fuji Fabric very much. I like this kind of music. I have known Fuji Fabric when I was high school student. Akaki iro no kinmokusei (red-yellow orange osmanthus) was my first listening. I liked it so much. Akaki iro no kinmokusei is in their major's first album and there are many good songs in the album. I have started to playing a guitar, I would like to play and practice those songs. So I am looking for the music score book, however it is already out of publish and I searched the chord of Akaki iro no kinmokusei on the Internet, but I never found it.In addition, it command premium, so the price is getting so high, may be I should cost almost 10000 yen. It is too much cost for me. The first one is Akaki iro no kinmokusei. The second one is Sakura no kisetu (The season for cherry blossom). I hope you like them.[162w]
Del Rey (2008), Paperback, 496 pages
Headline Book Publishing (2005), Edition: Re-issue, Paperback, 672 pages
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