Jun 28
tengrrlUncategorized
ok. so that was a waste. all i can write is crap:
Writing assignments that work is the key to success in any class. Students can survive a lot of missteps, but if the assignments that we send students off to complete do not provide them with the details that they need, their success is more likely to be the result of chance than accomplishment.
what hogwash. i feel like i don’t know how to write anything anymore. how do i start? can i just dive into the middle? should i be writing a list of ten? figuring out how i want to reformat them? geesh. i feel so lost, and i’ve only been trying to write for a few minutes now.
Jun 28
tengrrlUncategorized
so here i spent all this time trying to figure out how to do index cards online. looking for special software, avery labels, something. anything.
in desperation last week, as i was packing for my yearly trip to houghton, i needed to decide whether or not to pack the index cards. had to give it one more try, and as my last try i thought i’d see if i could configure something in Word that would work. go to Word, and find that there’s a 8×5 card layout already there, built in. even on my old copy of word on my poor old ibook.
silly me. i think i got derailed by the idea of trying to find a technology solution, some new way to do what i used to do. really, what i should have been doing was spending my time doing what i knew worked. i would have gotten to the same place much more quickly.
i think that i’ll still use endnote for the bib citations, because i have to do something. they need to be written, and why not let software do it for me since i know how to use it and don’t need anything too complex. and after all, mla has changed, so i’d have to look up the rules if i wrote it all out by hand.
so now i’m sitting here in houghton, needing to get started on my writing. much reading and notetaking and writing and rewriting to do. unfortunately, i don’t think i have anything that i need with me right now. on the other hand, i don’t really feel like wandering off to find something. by the time i chose something and came back, it would be time to leave again.
i guess that it’s that point in the writing process when i have to look at my collected notes that are online and figure out what i have that i can keep. maybe it’s time for some freewriting. or something of that sort.
