The View from Here
Lynne Fukuda

Techno Corner
Susan Jones

“And Jehovah Proceeded To Speak ”©

Dan Lukiv, M.Ed.
English and Creative Writing
McNaughton Centre, Quesnel, BC, Canada
E-mail: lukivdan@shaw.ca

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These guardians of the
Sanctuary, blowers of war
Trumpets and singers before
Men of battle, how their war
Apart from swords and bows
And spears would succeed
If they “did just so,”
Like Noah who built
An ark not of wood
That sailed eight through

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The Rainbow Review: 
An Online Customized Critique of Style and Content Using MSWord 2007

Karyn Hollis, PhD
Associate Professor
English Department
Villanova University
E-mail:  karyn.hollis@villanova.edu

Meeting student writers at their skill level is not an easy task, yet every writing instructor knows that the more individualized the teaching approach, the more likely it is to succeed.  Yet while we may recognize that each student presents his or her own set of skills and weaknesses, abilities and needs, tailoring our responses and methodologies to fit individuals seems a daunting task.  Furthermore, the kairos of every academic rhetorical situation, the context and moment when teaching and learning take place, also varies widely.  While inexperienced freshmen in First Year Composition (FYC) may call for gentle guidance and encouragement, other more advanced writers in a professional writing class may actually request a more extensive critique.  For their part, instructors rarely have time to respond to unique needs of students with varying abilities.   In trying to meet this challenge, I have used Instructional Technology, in its most familiar form, the word processor, to develop time saving techniques that can be tailored to the needs of individual students, and in particular, those advanced writers who often long for intensive feedback.

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Mixed Methods Research: An Annotated Bibliography

Nicholas Daniel Hartlep, M.S.Ed.
Ph.D. Student in Urban Education and Social Foundations of Education
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
E-mail:  nicholashartlep@gmail.com

The following five references provide an overview of recent scholarship on mixed methods research within the academy. Included are citations for mixed methods studies that draw upon quantitative and qualitative data, as well as articles focused on (mixed methods) theoretical frameworks. Novice as well as seasoned scholars interested in advancing mixed methods research will find this bibliography an excellent starting point for furthering their personalized research agendas.

The purpose of this annotated bibliography is threefold: (1) Its focus is mixed methods research; (2) it articulates the strength of mixed methods research; and, (3) it seeks to crystallize mixed methods research so that laypeople and researchers within the academy may notice and come to appreciate mixed methods research.

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