As the tagline says, for those who have a time conflict with the face-to-face English 199-INT class, this microsite will take the place of face-to-face meetings. I’ll make posts–you guys will discuss them in comments. To take the place of attendance credit in the face-to-face version of the class, you will need to respond to the prompts I offer in a weekly post and comment on at least one of your classmate’s remarks. Posts will appear by the time the class meets on Monday at 4pm and you will have until the following Monday to post your reply and your comments on a classmate’s reply.
If you’d prefer to use a nickname on this site, rather than the default, which is your illinois.edu email address, you can choose how you appear by clicking on your name in the upper right hand corner to get “Edit My Profile” on the pull-down menu.
There are also weekly assignments to complete: more information about those will be in the syllabus and the Compass site (both of which I’m still fine-tuning). They will be ready by the time the face-to-face class meets tomorrow (Monday, 3/14, at 4pm).
This week’s “attendance” post will appear tomorrow (along with the syllabus). Just to make sure everyone has found their way to this site, though, and that it’s working as it should, could you please “comment” on this post with a brief introduction? We’ll be learning a lot in these next eight weeks about professional presentation and self-promotion, so for this initial post, let’s NOT do that. Tell us your name and ONE fact about yourself (PG-13, please) that is NOT likely to come up in a job interview. You don’t need to write more than a sentence or so–like I said, this is just to make sure all the bugs are worked out of this site.
Stay tuned for more information tomorrow! I look forward to getting to know you all better!
Hi everyone! I JUST found out about this website, so I’m quite late in coming to the introduction party, but my name is Grace, and I’ve got perfect pitch! But I have to say that I’m not very fond of people testing my ear, since it happens pretty regularly when I reveal this fact, if at all-
Hey there! My name is Ruth. I’m a triplet.
Seriously? How did I not know that?
Hi everyone! I’m Carly, and I play bass guitar and drums.
That’s awesome! Are you in a band?
More reason to regret this isn’t a face-to-face class: you could provide the music for the dance-like-a-tuna demonstration!
Hi! My name is Susana. A fun fact about me is that I have an obsession with buying workout clothes yet I hardly ever work out.
You never know when a sudden urge to run windsprints or do pushups will overtake you! Even if it’s never happened before, it’s good to be prepared. ;-P
BTW, Susana, don’t forget to get enrolled today!
Howdy! My name is Amarin. I can dance like a tuna.
If this were a face-to-face class, I’d insist on a demonstration! I think everyone would benefit from an occasional three-minute dance-like-a-tuna party.
How do tuna dance? That’d be interesting to see.
Hi! I’m Belinda. Fun fact, my Korean name translates to purple in English!
Nice! I have a good friend here in town who named her twin girls Azure and Bianca (or Blue and White, in other languages). Yes, she’s an artist.
Ohhh, your name is Bora? I’m Korean too 🙂 It’s nice to meet another Asian-American studying English (we’re a pretty rare breed).
Hello all! This is Kirstin Wilcox, your instructor for ENGL 199-INT, introducing myself. One fact about me that is NOT likely to come up in a job interview? I currently have a dog, two cats, a bunch of fish (my sweetie keeps track of the fish), and one parakeet. We’re considering a second parakeet–the one seems lonely.