Posts Tagged "communication"

Facebook Between Students & Profs: Necessary for Online Classes?

Posted by on Mar 29, 2012 in Communicating with Professors, General | 9 comments

(Check out my first week on my new site! Can you believe? This is my third post! I haven’t responded to a news item in a while, and I see that the continued discussion regarding Facebook, students and profs is not going anywhere. I covered this, myself, in this post called School Business on Facebook: Time for Some New Communication Rules. Here’s my response to a different idea on the subject… fresh from the Huffington Post.) I’ll just say up front. I don’t. And I won’t. Friend current students on Facebook, that is. I’m out of the classroom for a year working on the grant project I talked about earlier this week, and I’m...

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Word. Wednesday. Say It Now. (Even on Tuesday!): "Everybody"

Posted by on Mar 20, 2012 in Communicating with Professors, General | 2 comments

(I’m learning that amazing things take time! So, guess what? We’re staying in the old space a little longer as I work through some technical adjustments. I want everything to be perfect as I roll out my new space. As a bonus, I figured even if I can’t share the aesthetic changes just yet, at least I can preview some of my new content. So, here’s my new Wednesday feature–but you can use it any day. How about today? I’ll be giving you a word or phrase to say or not say in college… and the rationale behind it.  One other quick note: Remember last week’s post? Of course, you do! It was… just last week. Well, the house...

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