I may dislike grades, but the university — and I — want to know what you think about the class. This is very important. I restructure my classes each semester based upon the feedback that you give me — and the university uses your feedback to evaluate me as a teacher.
I know it’s not your [...]

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Hey all:
I’m working on a joint project with Howard Rheingold, who is teaching at Stanford and Berkeley. We’re developing a Wiki source for educators who don’t know how social media works, but who might want to include the technology in their classrooms.
As part of this, we are working on three areas that could use a [...]

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Hey all:
I’m having a bit of a medical issue today. I have to go to the heart doctor (I promise that it’s not related to your writing), and the tests are going to take up a fair amount of my evening.
The bad news: no class. The good news: lots of sitting around, which means you [...]

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Hey all:
Most of you have your first game finished. On Tuesday, we’re going to do a debrief — which means I need everyone here. Please bring your paperwork for game one (if you haven’t turned it in) and your outline for game two (the same as game one, character sketch, map, ect).
Also, I’ll be posting [...]

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Hey kiddies:
We won’t meet today so that you can work directly on your games. We’re down to it – so you should be finishing game one (with all the related materials) and working on the outline for game two.
If you have questions, you can text me — or email me. We’ll get back together on [...]

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Please turn in the game and

Interactive story pitch
Character Sketch
Internal Conflict sketch
Map

The map should serve as my walk-through — although if you have additional instructions, that works as well.

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I have all your materials graded now. You will get everything back on Tuesday. If you’re interested in your grade at the moment — I can tell you that.
There are still 200 points (just less than half) left in the class, which means what you grade is still volatile.
The rough outline of what went wrong:

Exam [...]

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I’ll be out of town this Friday attending an event in San Francisco; however, the lab should be over. Please sign up for times here.

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Hey JOU’ers:
There’s no class this evening, but I’ll be online to check out your writing before I leave tomorrow. If you have a draft (remember, you only get 2), send it along. I’ll have Internet until 2 pm.
Also, no lab hours this evening, but the lab should be open all day tomorrow.

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