http://blog.vcu.edu/rcorio/ Ron Corio en Copyright 2009 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:00:20 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.25 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss In 2006 and 2007 I spent 11 months in Shanghai, China teaching English at Fudan University. This opportunity came up because my employer, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and Fudan University are partner universities. When the two universities agreed to... http://blog.vcu.edu/rcorio/2009/11/postcards_from_china.html http://blog.vcu.edu/rcorio/2009/11/postcards_from_china.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:00:20 -0500 In writing class this week, students did a thirty-minute timed-writing assignment. The prompt was "Should same-sex couples be allowed to marry?" As their teacher I wanted to experience what it was like to do this assignment. Here is my response.... http://blog.vcu.edu/rcorio/2009/11/same-sex_marriage.html http://blog.vcu.edu/rcorio/2009/11/same-sex_marriage.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:28:36 -0500 We are in Week Nine of this semester-long Academic Writing Class and it is time to begin planning for the second essay assignment. We have read three articles on gender roles and discussed them online. Actually, we practiced writing summaries... http://blog.vcu.edu/rcorio/2009/11/gender_roles_essay_topics.html http://blog.vcu.edu/rcorio/2009/11/gender_roles_essay_topics.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:21:04 -0500 In writing class we are using a textbook called New Directions Reading, Writing, Critical Thinking. It offers five themed units each with readings and writing assignments. For the first half of the semester we worked on the Education unit and... http://blog.vcu.edu/rcorio/2009/10/adjectives_gender_and_women_at.html http://blog.vcu.edu/rcorio/2009/10/adjectives_gender_and_women_at.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:56:02 -0500 The government of the City of Richmond is criticized heavily, some deserved, some not. Now, after three years of hosting the National Folk Festival and two years of replicating it in the Richmond Folk Festival, the city can proudly... http://blog.vcu.edu/rcorio/2009/10/2009_richmond_folk_festival.html http://blog.vcu.edu/rcorio/2009/10/2009_richmond_folk_festival.html Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:53:18 -0500 In our academic writing class, we have reached the beginning point for the first essay. The first step, selecting a topic, is the current assignment. Fortunately, the book we are using, New Directions, provides five essay topic for the unit... http://blog.vcu.edu/rcorio/2009/09/qualities_of_a_good_teacher.html http://blog.vcu.edu/rcorio/2009/09/qualities_of_a_good_teacher.html Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:24:48 -0500 So What's Your EQ? In Multiple Intelligences and Emotional Intelligence, David Sadker and Myra Sadker point out that Daniel Goleman, in his book Emotional Intelligence, argues that EQ or the emotional intelligence quotient, may be a better predictor of success... http://blog.vcu.edu/rcorio/2009/09/eq.html http://blog.vcu.edu/rcorio/2009/09/eq.html Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:47:42 -0500 In How the Web Destroys the Quality of Students' Research Papers, David Rothenberg laments the use of the Web as a tool for doing research and asserts that it has lowered the quality of their research papers. Here are Rothenberg's... http://blog.vcu.edu/rcorio/2009/09/rothenbergs_criticisms_of_usin.html http://blog.vcu.edu/rcorio/2009/09/rothenbergs_criticisms_of_usin.html Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:35:21 -0500 Today in Academic Writing 3 students created t a VCU blog. This writing space will be used for journal assignments during the course of the semester. The blog plus the Discussion Board on our class Blackboard will provide spaces for... http://blog.vcu.edu/rcorio/2009/09/student_blogs.html http://blog.vcu.edu/rcorio/2009/09/student_blogs.html Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:58:36 -0500 Just One Look by Harlan Coben My rating: 3 of 5 stars Coben probes rock and roll including some band and tune name-dropping. Okay . . . how long is this reading skein going to go on. Blame it... http://blog.vcu.edu/rcorio/2009/08/coben_s_band_book.html http://blog.vcu.edu/rcorio/2009/08/coben_s_band_book.html Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:19:26 -0500 The Innocent by Harlan Coben My rating: 3 of 5 stars Coben's endings are convoluted. When the twists and turns set you spinning he comes back with counter-punches that makes you wonder how he gets from A to Z... http://blog.vcu.edu/rcorio/2009/08/post.html http://blog.vcu.edu/rcorio/2009/08/post.html Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:14:41 -0500 The Woods by Harlan Coben My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is my fourth or fifth Coben book and formulas are beginning to emerge. Nonetheless, they all have been page-turners and wonderful summer mind candy. View all my... http://blog.vcu.edu/rcorio/2009/08/more_mind_candy.html http://blog.vcu.edu/rcorio/2009/08/more_mind_candy.html Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:08:29 -0500 Fade Away by Harlan Coben My rating: 3 of 5 stars This was my first of Coben's Myron Bolitar series. The fact that it deals with sports, NBA basketball, appealed to me. As with other Coben book it is... http://blog.vcu.edu/rcorio/2009/08/fade_away_by_harlan_coben.html http://blog.vcu.edu/rcorio/2009/08/fade_away_by_harlan_coben.html Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:01:40 -0500 Gone for Good by Harlan Coben My review "Gone for Good" was a page-turner, a book that defied being put down. Coben weaves tales of mayhem and surprise. He likes to keep multiple story lines going, which keeps the... http://blog.vcu.edu/rcorio/2009/07/harlan_cobens_gone_for_good.html http://blog.vcu.edu/rcorio/2009/07/harlan_cobens_gone_for_good.html Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:14:47 -0500 A Gathering of Old Men by Ernest J. Gaines My review rating: 4 of 5 starsWe read this book in an Advanced Reading class that I taught for the Spring session. This was the second or third time that... http://blog.vcu.edu/rcorio/2009/05/ernest_gaines.html http://blog.vcu.edu/rcorio/2009/05/ernest_gaines.html Thu, 07 May 2009 10:02:07 -0500