ONLINE COURSE RESOURCES
I created this web page to help us transition to our asynchronous online course and complete our course assignments by 11:59 pm on Monday, May 11. Before you navigate this web page, please watch the following video and read the final portfolio assignment sheet:
Coronavirus Information (check back for updates to this list...email me links to helpful resources not provided here)
- DCCC Coronavirus Information Web Page
- Coronavirus Updates Government Page | Coronavirus PA Government Benefits
- Delaware County Coronavirus Website | Delaware County Food Assistance Pickups
- Chester County Coronavirus Website
- Bucks County Coronavirus Website
- Montgomery County Coronavirus Website
- Philadelphia Coronavirus Website | Philadelphia Free Food Pickups
Online Course Resources (check back for updates to this list)
- Frequently Asked Questions (Google Doc)
- Dates and Deadlines (Google Doc)
- What is an Asynchronous Online Course? (website article)
- Course Tutorials
- How do I publish a Google Doc on my web page? (6-minute course video)
- What is a Vlog? (website article)
- Upload a Video to YouTube (website article with video tutorial)
- Upload a Video to YouTube From your Phone (5-minute video with info about public, unlisted, and private settings)
- Embed a YouTube Video on Weebly Blog (website article)
- YouTube Video Editor (website article)
- Course Talks (and supporting documents)
- Writing instructions for final blog assignment (10-minute course video)
- Writing instructions for Formal Assignment #3: Research Project (24-minute course video)
- Genre differences: MLA research paper vs. op-ed (20-minute course video)
- What is Rhetoric? (13-minute course video)
- Aristotle's Rhetorical Triangle (12-minute course video)
- Argument structure: MLA research paper and op-ed (11-minute course video)
- Inverted Pyramid Introduction: MLA Research Paper (7-minute course video)
- Inverted Pyramid Introduction: MLA Research Paper (PDF document)
- Pyramid Introduction: Op-ed (3-minute course video) *I used the phrase "cheeky" because my kids love that term*
- Body of Argument: MLA research paper and op-ed (10-minute course video)
- Body of Argument: MLA research paper and op-ed (PDF document)
- Pyramid Conclusion (9-minute course video)
- Pyramid Conclusion (PDF document)
- Switch research question into a thesis statement (11-minute course video)
- Read-aloud: MLA Research Paper (22-minute course video)
- Read-aloud: Op-ed (23-minute course video)
- Argument structure: Stripped to the bones (13-minute course video)
- Format Google Doc (7-minute course video)
Writing Process Resources (even more important now when you must be a self-driven writer without built-in class-time)
- Teach Writing as a Process Not a Product (Don Murray)
- Why I Write: George Orwell's Four Universal Motives [...]
- Why I Write (Joan Didion)
- How Can You Create Fiction When Reality Comes to Call (Carolyn Chute)
- Hemingway's Advice on Writing [...] (Maria Popova)
- 6 Ways to be a Hemingway-Level Productive Badass (Drake Baer)
- The Daily Writing Routines of Great Writers (Maria Popova)
- Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life | pp. 28 -34 | Short Assignments & Shitty First Drafts (Anne Lamott)
- Zen in the Art of Writing (Ray Bradbury)
- Against Vanity: In Praise of Revision (Mary Karr)
- The Myth of Creative Inspiration
- Glen Gould in Rapture (The 'Flow State') / Punch the Keys! (Finding Forrester)
- 12 Essential Ted Talks for College Writers
- Why You Need to Fail (Derek Sivers, TED Talk)
- The Power of Believing You Can Improve (Carol Dweck, TED Talk)
- The Power of Belief -- Mindset and Success (Eduardo Briceno, TED Talk)
- When Students Feel They Belong, They Thrive
- Fixed Mindset vs. Growth Mindset
- Neuroplasticity
- A Guided Meditation
- What is WOOP?
- WOOP Steps
- WOOP App