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= Welcome to Gina, Rich, and Michele's Wiki! =

In this wiki we compare //A Writer's Reference// by Diana Hacker and Nancy Sommers, //Pocket Keys for Writers// by Ann Raimes, and the Purdue OWL.

====As writing guides, the three texts we critiqued would be ineffectual on their own; collaboratively, however, they offer strengths that encompass writing pedagogy as a whole. //Pocket Keys for Writers// presents a primarily formalist approach, which is ineffectual for intricacies of style and voice but beneficial in such areas as documentation, avoidance of plagiarism, and mechanics. //A Writer's Reference// and the Purdue OWL provide a much more rounded view of writing instruction that focuses on the writer as a growing, developing student in need of a prod in the right direction. The OWL specifically provides resources for students, tutors, teachers, and experienced writers; catering to the entire range of writers from novice to professional gives the OWL, as an online writing center, an extremely broad audience that even includes English Language Learners. Below is a Venn diagram depicting each source's strengths and the overall collaborative benefits of each. Click to open in PowerPoint.====



Collaborator's Comments:

Hey guys!
Rich - I actually scanned in the pieces from the book beforehand. I think if you just google screenshot or screenprint it should give you directions for how to take like a picture of the screen, you know? I know I have a button for it on my lapto (Dell) but i always forget how to find it lol. The way I did the pictures was that I looked on the help section, right next to the sign out option and I'm pretty sure it did give me the steps. I can show you guys tomorrow too lol.

Good call Gina with focusing on analyzing, my section definitely needs that now haha. :) Michele

Hey guys,
====I'm taking a break for a few hours. If you guys could just read over what I have so far and see if it makes sense. I have three more sections I have notes for I just have to put it all together so it makes sense when others read it but I am literally drained right now. The format is not at all what I want it to be so I will need help with that and I also have pictures for a lot of the sections I am working with.==== Thanks! Gina

Good idea Gina I was thinking about taking each section of mine describing it, then talking about how it relates to one of the authors we read, then stating advantages and disadvantages
Let me know what you think in a little. Ill be doing this all night. Rich

Guys,
My Wiki portion is all over the place and I still have a lot more sections to add but I need to organize it so dont judge it yet lol I just want to let you know the direction I was going which is basically incorporating the ideas of every theorist we have discussed in class into the handbook--either how they work with it or against it. Dr.Roggenbuck kept emphasising the idea that we are evaluating the text not describing it, that we have to look at its weaknesses and strengths and apply the ideas we have learned in class to the text. So basically, thats what my whole Wiki is doing... am I wrong because mine seems so much different than the other pages on this wiki :( Gina ====Rich, try to see where the theorists we discussed in class come in to play with the website. For example if it uses a strict and ridgid plan, write, revise type of thing or if it offers a variety of ways to begin writing such as those that a process writer might use. I'll put up what I have so far but I basically scratched mine and started over because I didnt like it. Maybe it will help you a little.==== -Gina =Hey girls Im just getting started. My question was for Michelle how did you take pictures of the pocket guide and put them up here? Also how in depth should I get with the OWL because it is huge and has a ton of Information? Let me know please I wil be working on this periodically throughout the day.= Thanks Rich =**hey guys,**= =I have been playing around on this thing and honestly I cannot figure out to format any of my information. I know you will be able to help me with that tomorrow so right now please excuse the appearance of my page :(= Also, keep in mind that this is a review of the handbooks and website not an explanation of it so we might need to focus more on actual exercises and explain how they work or why they don't work while integrating the ideas from the theorists we have discussed in class. -Gina

Hey guys, I was playing around with stuff last night and found this formatting thinger that changed the color of the wiki itself. Feel free to veto it lol it's under the 'Manage Wiki' tab to the right and then 'Look and Feel'. :)

I tried using Google Docs for the venn diagram but for some reason the drawing option doesn't work with the campus computers...maybe it'd work with laptops, I'm not sure. I can check it out tonight. In the meantime, I found the PowerPoint version on the Google Docs, which we can use if you guys want. It's like the wiki where we can all edit it from different computers at different times, which seems to work well with our schedules haha. I had an account from when we used it in ed computing, but you guys should be able to edit it if you just click on this link: [] Let me know if it works and if it doesn't I'll mess around with it while I'm bored out of my mind in Haas at dance rehearsals lol. See you guys tomorrow! :)

Hey guys, let me know if you can see this/edit this. I hate technology... :) =Welcome to Your New Wiki!=

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