That? Which? Or What?

That? Which? Or What?

By Philip B. Corbett

After Deadline examines questions of grammar, usage and style encountered by writers and editors of The Times.

It is adapted from a weekly newsroom critique overseen by Philip B. Corbett, the deputy news editor who is also in charge of The Times’s style manual. The goal is not to chastise, but to point out recurring problems and suggest solutions.

Since most writers are likely to encounter similar troubles, we think these observations might interest general readers, too.

Cool New Image Tools: Mind 42 and Jing

Being a web application, mind42 enables another interesting feature realizable on the web: collaboration. Brainstorming is no longer a single user activity

Simply select an area of your screen, capture it as an image or record it as a video, and then click Share. Jing conveniently places a URL to your content that you can paste into any of your conversations.

Here's a cool video about Jing.

DEPARTMENTAL NOTE--We should use these tools to help build the Cyberia Activity Guide.

Headlines from Around the World

A War on Words

"Verbage: The Republican War on Words"

In this election, it has increasingly been “words.” Barack Obama has been denounced again and again as a privileged wordsmith, a man of mere words who has “authored” two books (to use Sarah Palin’s verb), and done little else. Read more words by James Wood . . .

Politics Lately

Have you read the new David Sedaris piece in The New Yorker? Speaking about undecided voters, Sedaris says, "I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. 'Can I interest you in the chicken?' she asks. 'Or would you prefer the platter of . . . '"

Hey, do you need a fashionable bumper sticker?
Perhaps you need
a Daily Show recap...Care for a little Air America?

Greenblatt and Colbert: Shakespearean Campaign Analysis

NY Times Interactive Video-Transcript of the VP Debate

Analyzing the VP debate?
Counting the winks and "mavericks"?
Counting the "nuculars"?
Check out the NY Times interactive version.

Improved CompClass Page

They seem to be working out the bugs in a big way . . .

David Foster Wallace (1962-2008)

What happened?

"In Defense of Reading Badly . . ."

From Jim Sauve . . .

Let's discuss.

To download the PDF, click the image to your right or this link:
http://www.driveway.com/x2k1h1h7a8

9am-2pm on 9/9: Cyberia Workshops w/ Nick Carbone--CompClass and more

Nick Carbone of Bedford/St.Martin's loves Cyberia and will be back--with food--to help us with CompClass. He will be in Cyberia from 9am-2pm on Tuesday, 9/9. Plus, he will also help us make smarter use of the brand new (and free) Exercise Central and Teaching Central sites. I should also say that you do not have to be an experienced user of any of these resources. Come for an intro . . . and a nosh.

In fact, Nick is interested in extending the conversation into Tuesday evening. If a CompClass dinner interests you, let me know. (We're working on co-hosting a CCSF-Bedford CompClass session in Cyberia for users attending 4C's in SF this spring. Bedford would provide shuttles and food.)

Well, please let me know if you will be stopping by Cyberia, even if for just 30-40 minutes.

For more, jump to . . .

http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/exercisecentral/default.asp

http://bedfordstmartins.com/newcatalog.aspx?disc=English&course=TeachingCentral&show=yes

http://bedfordstmartins.com/newcatalog.aspx?search=compclass&isbn=0312540701&detail=Take+a+Tour

KLEINMAN
http://fog.ccsf.edu/~ckleinma

The Horror: 2004 . . . 2008 . . .

2004 TV Funhouse Cartoon with Real Audio

It's getting scarier. From Air America--
http://www.therandirhodesshow.com/index.php

And here's A Daily Show Update:

WEAK SPECIES: Former English 40 Student's New Film

Daniel Faltz, one of my former English 40 (1C) students, has been quite successful as a Hass scholar at Berkeley and as a filmmaker at USC. In fact his transfer and grad work has in many ways been a continuation of what he began in 40. He's looking for more support in order to complete his latest project, WEAK SPECIES.

--Kleinman

Lit Mag Par-tay

Dear Colleagues,

Please come to a fundraiser party for the newly relaunched literary magazine (Forum) and class. The party will be held Saturday, September 13 from 5 to 9 p.m. at Louise Nayer's house.
1165 Bosworth Street The cross street is Congo.
It's near BART and the 44 bus line
Phone # 415 587-4475

You don't have to bring any beverages or a dish -- food and drink will be provided. There will also be an open mike in Louise's garden for anyone who would like to read for about five minutes, and you will have a chance to meet some of the students behind the magazine, and hear them read their work as well.

The current estimate for printing the magazine is about one dollar per copy, so any donation helps. We have also partnered with the Graphic Design department, which is doing the layout of the magazine as a class project, and we are working with the Dean's office to target alumni for funding as well.

See you then!
Louise Nayer and Jen Sullivan Brych

The Encyclopedia of Educational Technology

Check out the TOC for this handy resource! It's about education, not "technology," depending, that is, on your definitions of education and technology . . .