About Michael J. Faris
I study rhetoric and composition as a PhD student in the English Department at Penn State University.
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- Russell, David. “Activity Theory and Its Implications for Writing Instruction.” In Reconceiving Writing, Rethinking Writing Instruction. Ed. Joseph Petraglia. (Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum,1995): 51-78. « New Seeds on Call for CCCarnival: Sirc’s “Resisting Entropy”
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bias and wikis and poedias
Jim at Blogora points readers to Conservapedia, a conservative alternative to Wikipedia. Their main page notes: Conservapedia has over 3,400 educational, clean and concise entries on historical, scientific, legal, and economic topics, as well as more than 350 lectures and … Continue reading
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what’s a zine?
I haven’t been posting enough about my academic work recently, partially due to being too busy, partially due to being too stressed emotionally and intellectually, and partially due to a great weekend. My friend Luke and I went to California … Continue reading
a reader…
Thought I’d link to some good posts: • Musing on Making Things Real (Apophenia) “The presence of others who see what we see and hear what we hear assures us of the reality of the world and ourselves.” — Hannah … Continue reading
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reactions to changes in technologies never change
EDIT: This now includes the proper link to the renewed YouTube video (The feed I had here before had been taken down).
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what does it mean to do well? oh, get married?
My philosophy teacher suggested I read The Elements of Moral Philosophy to get a good introduction to moral philosophy (because I don’t have much of a philosophy background outside of English courses). I’m not so far into the book, but … Continue reading
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