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Welcome to eng101ab, the discussion list for the
laptop lab English 101 classes taught by Andrea Beaudin.
PLEASE KEEP THESE INSTRUCTIONS!
This message is organized into the following sections:
 | Purposes of the List: Above all,
this list is to provide you with a forum for discussion of the assignments,
readings, and concepts covered in this class when we are not in class. You are
expected to contribute (not simply post, but exchange pertinent and
significant thoughts, suggestions, and concepts) at least once weekly for the
duration of the course. While the primary agenda for this list may be to
foster discussion, this listserv also serves to sharpen your technical skills
(working with the set syntax and semantics of electronic communication) and
your writing skills (email, although a less formal medium, is still a written
one; as such, you should come to grasp how to write clearly and efficiently
for an online audience). |
| Using the List
 | How a listserv works: A
listserv is an email discussion list. Once you've subscribed to the list,
any email that you send to the listserv address propagates to all of the
other email addresses subscribed to that list. |
| Subscribing to the List: To
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| Posting to the List: After you've
successfully subscribed, to post to the list, simply send your email (from the
address with which you subscribed, of course) to
eng101ab@lists.southernct.edu
| Message Format: Because email is a
"quick" medium, your emails should be user friendly. This means...
 | Turn off the html in your
posts. Not all mail readers use html, and not all recipients can
view it. This means your posts will look something like:
"<p>This <i>list</i> that <i>serves</i> those who sign up<a href="#How to
Join"> for it."
(If you tend to have a
purple script
signature, for instance, you should know your email is set to html. If you
have Outlook Express, you can change this by going to
Tools-->Options-->Send and selecting "Plain text" under mail options.)
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| Have a clear and
relevant subject line. The list is for this English class. No need
to put "English 101" in the subject. It also will tell very little about
the subject of the post. Be precise; if you want people to respond to
questions for your grammar presentation, the subject for your post might
be "SMH 16 Presentation: Complete the Survey!" If you want to discuss
using Freire's methods in the classroom, entitle the post "Freire's
Concepts and A Typical High School Math Class." You want your reader to
know what the post is going to be about, and perhaps pique the reader's
interest. |
| When Responding to
Others' Messages: If you are responding to another person's post,
try to refer to him or her by name (it's a courtesy). To keep the
discussion focused, if you are working with specific parts of that
person's post, delete any irrelevant information (usually by deleting and
noting by typing <snip>) and respond beneath the quoted information (make
sure it's clear which is the original post and which is the response).
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| Use proper grammar, spelling,
and other similar pesky conventions intrinsic to the English language.
Yes, I am saying this in part because I am a teacher of English and tend
to be fanatical about such things, but only in part. When grammar and
spelling aren't checked, readers can often become confused as to your
meaning, and your credibility suffers (if you couldn't take the
time to review your post, then why should any reader?). In a text medium,
you are your words. |
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| Reviewing earlier posts: An
archive will be established so that you can review previous posts. The
address for the archive will be posted to the list and in class. |
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