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Post your 4th Analysis Letter below. It will need to be posted on Thursday by midnight for you to receive credit for your work. Remember, this part is worth 20% of your grade, so make sure that you check and recheck your work before submitting. But before we get to the nitty-gritty of this, here's some of the best advice I've received from the author Neil Gaiman about revising your draft:

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Now we're at the home stretch. Make sure you're ready for Wednesday's class! Remember, if you don't have the following (or if you're LATE FOR CLASS), you will receive a FAILING GRADE for this class. It is imperative that you come on time and you come prepared...You will need two manila envelopes for tomorrow's class.In the first manila envelope, you will have all the stuff for your third paper

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Today we are going to figure out your researching question and your main points, research for all of your sources, outline your ideas, and write an annotated outline for Wednesday's class.And I'm also going to teach you why everyone likes a long tail.Alternative Resources:The Top of the Tail:Organizations for Future StudiesWikipediaThe Middle of the Tail:Google ScholarWired MagazineThe SlateSalon

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Consider the scenario below: There lived a woman named Abigail who was in love with a man she met through Facebook named Gregory. Gregory lived in Gainesville. Abigail lived in Tampa. What brought them together was a mutual love for 80s Smiths songs and the Second Life VR space. Abigail wanted to get Greg a rare item from Second Life. Unfortunately, the seller on Second Life wanted over 1,000

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Today we are going to outline our papers, so you won't have to struggle through it this weekend. Your goal by this Monday is to have a complete and finished paper for peer review next week...But first, let us work with an example: Cyberspace is a term coined by William Gibson for his book Neuromancer.Avatar is coined by another author talking about virtual representations and hindu deities.As a

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Founded in 1883, the Modern Language Association of America provides opportunities for its members to share their scholarly findings and teaching experiences with colleagues and to discuss trends in the academy. MLA members host an annual convention and other meetings, work with related organizations, and sustain one of the finest publishing programs in the humanities. For over a hundred years,

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Today we'll move on to our next paper: The Definition Paper. We will try to understand the concept of defining something and move towards an understanding of our next paper. And we will have an assignment that will, if it works properly, upset you enough to think differently about how technology affects you today.In-Class assignment for today: TBA in class. Bring your...- Towel or Mat- A

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Today, our mission, if you choose to accept it, is to reacquaint/introduce everyone to MLA formatting, rewrite our memoirs again, and peer review! peer review! peer review!But first, a word from our sponsor:Group Project for Today: Take this Excerpt from the Douglas Coupland's Life After God and format it correctly, using MLA. Use your book or other resources to help you in your goal. Make a

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Today we begin our class with Marshall McLuhan..."Medium is the Message""A wheel is an extension of our feet..."...and we end with stories about This American Life."Cameras""Faulty Memory"(and possibly one more story from Pulp Fiction called "The Gold Watch")But in the middle, we'll talk about the following...Take out everything that isn't your MemoirWriting is Re-writing...and we'll practice

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Memoir Writing and Brainstorming have a lot in common. When we Brainstorm, we try to delve into our own heads and create a visual representation of what is going on in our own thought process. When we write memoirs, we try to delve into our own heads and create a written explaination of something important to us.Both work hand in hand in developing good writers...Examples of Mind Mapping:Time

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Thank you for signing up for this class. We will use this blog for current updates, out of class writings, and various projects. Please make sure you come to visit this page as much as possible throughout the semester...In addition, I know that English I (because it’s required) is a course that some students are taking to “test the waters” of the higher educational environment to decide if

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