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Welcome to my blog. I am Elizabeth Kleinfeld, Assistant Professor of English and Writing Center Director at Metropolitan State College of Denver. Here are 100 things about me.
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    1. If a meeting has a specified end time, leave at that time, even if the meeting isn't over.
    2. If a meeting does not have a specified end time, call the meeting convener and ask when the meeting will end. Leave at the specified end time.
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    June 2008



    the rhetoric of uncool (or, FYC is stuck in a past of paper)

    Monday, 30 June 2008 5:03 P GMT-07
    At the end of his book The Rhetoric of Cool: Composition Studies and New Media, Jeff Rice asks a series of interesting questions: Is writing still the dominance of alphabetic notation, or does writing include imagery as well? Is writing the teaching
    Category: comp books, film, etc. pedagogy & teaching
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    I am forced to support gender stereotyping

    Monday, 30 June 2008 4:39 P GMT-07
    I’ve sponsored children through Children International since 1985. They have a new program to increase the number of sponsors, and I support the program and appreciate the work of the organization. HOWEVER, a letter I got from them today hyping
    Category: politics personal

    can you trust wikipedia?

    Monday, 30 June 2008 4:12 P GMT-07
    This system purports to compute the trustworthiness of wikipedia entries. The site explains how "trust" is computed . . . pretty interesting concept. I wonder how this type of system could be used to measure trustworthiness of peer comments
    Category: pedagogy & teaching

    my taste in music

    Sunday, 29 June 2008 5:23 P GMT-07
    Your Taste in Music: 90's Alternative: Highest InfluenceClassic Rock: Highest Influence80's Alternative: High Influence80's Rock: High Influence80's Pop: Medium Influence How's Your Taste in Music?
    Category: personal

    What I’ve been doing rather than blogging

    Thursday, 26 June 2008 6:24 P GMT-07
     I wish I could say that I’ve been feverishly working on the book with Amy and that the book is just about done. But sadly, that is not the case. I have been working feverishly on the book here and there, but many of my work sessions invol
    Category: parenting Ph.Duh personal
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    I'm 39!

    Thursday, 19 June 2008 9:36 A GMT-07
    Yesterday I turned 39. I’m sure I look my age(although with botox, plastic surgery, and airbrushing so common these days, who the hell knows what a 39 year old woman looks like?), but I must say that I don’t feel my age at all. I feel str
    Category: personal academia
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    great grading advice

    Friday, 6 June 2008 11:23 P GMT-07
    I love Angry Professor’s recent post on secret grading scales. It’s brilliant, actually, in my humble opinion. The beauty of it is that students work harder on their finals, the instructor doesn’t have to sweat “bumping up&rdq
    Category: pedagogy & teaching

    RSA report, belated

    Wednesday, 4 June 2008 8:36 P GMT-07
    My first RSA conference was excellent and I will certainly attend again. I went to a number of thought-provoking sessions. One small complaint: some sessions were scheduled for 1 hour and 45 minutes or even two hours. Am I the only one who has a hard
    Category: comp pedagogy & teaching