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2/14/08

HERE ARE MY PAPERS FOR CONFERENCES:


 * 1/15/08In the past you have probably never paid attention to whether or not you were appealing to your readers' logic, emotion, or character. Go back and think of times when you have written and have done so. Do you have an idea of how to appeal to your reader? What of these three appeals will you need to work on the most? Are you good at giving examples? Are you pretty logical? Do you know how to sound like a good, moral person? Spend some time writing about these three appeals and how you perhaps compare to the author you are analyzing and how you measure up and what you need to work on.**I've never really paid attention to whether or not my writing was appealing to my readers logic, emotion, or character but thinking back on the writing and type of writing I did in the past, I would say I need the most work with emotion. Its easy for me to give a bunch of facts on subjects and assume that those facts will make sense to other people and that they will understand and possibly agree with what im saying or trying to convince them of. But its harder to take that same subject and make it personal for the audience and instead of just listing facts, really invoke something inside the reader that makes them want to not only understand you, but to agree with you. As far as sounding like a good, moral person that would depend on your interpretation of whats good and moral. I may write something thats trying to persuade something and depending on what that topic is some people might question my morals. and others may agree with me.**1/20/08**http://webtools.uiuc.edu/blog/view?blogId=25&topicId=753&count=1&ACTION=VIEW_TOPIC_DIALOGS&skinId=286This article is talking about how schools use technology in the classrooms instead of paper and pencil. It talks about how some schools dont see personal computers for each student as beneficial and are getting rid of them. It also talks about how some people feel that this is a waste of time and corrupts the childrens learning since they will never be able to learn from a computer. It also talks about how things in the past such as typewriters, radios, and movies/TV were never thought to have helped with learning.I think this author is using logos the most. He talks about the different devices used in the past and how at the time they were all thought to be corrupting learning, since we can only really learn from teachers and not technology. I would say this article is strong in showing both sides. It talks about how some school dont think the investment in computers is beneficial to the students learning but it also shows the side of people that think its the teachers fault that the students aren't using the technology in an appropriate manner. Its weak in convincing the audience which side is better than the other. The author doesnt really choose which side hes on.**1/25/08**[[file:flipping rough draft.rtf]][[file:flipping rough draft.rtf]]


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