Tool
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Function |
Object
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| Note |
Sharing text.
Students could share portions of drafts or write responses to each
other. The 'Mailme <notename>' command will allow people to
have the contents of any note emailed to them. |
#9
#100 is the shared note which people other than object's owner
can write on.
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Example:
There appears to be some writing on the note
... Type Read Freewriting to see what it says....
FREEWRITING
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As of this moment, I have no clue what I will write about. I'm
sort of hoping to figure something out as I jot down some random
thoughts here. Let's see, I went for a long walk today that took
about 2 hours. I was annoyed becuse fr parts of it, there wasn't
even any sidewalk! Just lots of weeds and bugs. Oh! that reminds
me! during part of it, I saw the most amazing thing! At one point,
as I was walking, I saw a whole bunch of orange, white, and yellow
flowers off in the distance. But as I got closer, I noticed that
they weren't flowers at all, but little butterflies! Thousands
of them! All fluttering in the breeze. It was great!
(You finish reading.)
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Slide Projector and Slides
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Inserting prompts, quotes,
or questions into the flow of online converstions. This is especially
useful for keeping discussions focused. |
Projector: #400
Slide: #425
(You will make a projector, then make the individual
slides which you then load into the projector.)
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Example:
Susan shows the slide "feminist research"
on Johanek's projector.
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Johanek has said that, "Preferences for
case studies and other qualitative forms of research have often
been contrasted with what has been called the 'masculinization
of thought' that requires objectivity, mathematics, and distance
on the part of the researcher. A stronger defense of personal
narratives and case studies, then, has been developing among several
scholars in our field-- a field said to be highly feminized"
(74).
This understanding of feminist research seems
to suggest that quantitative, mathmatical, or distanced methods
cannot be feminist and are not (or perhaps should not be) supported
by women. How is this and similar definitions of feminist methodology
problematic? Can feminist method(s)[ology] be defined in a way
that avoids this
problem?
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| Conversational
Robot |
Responds to keywords with
statements programed by the author. Useful as a way to creat an
information resource, or in online role-playing, such as a debate. |
#343 |
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Example:
You say, "Hi Min!"
Menotaur says, "Hello there!"
You say, "What can you tell me about freewriting? It is the
same as writing a first draft?"
Menotaur says, "Freewriting is writing non-stop for a brief
amount of time, usually anywhere between 5 and 15 minutes. The
point is just to write to see where your thoughts go. Don't stop
to fix anything, and keep writing even if all you can think to
write is 'I can't think of anything'. Eventually, you'll think
of something, no matter how odd or silly it seems. Just go with
it and see what happens. Don't worry about if it's any good. Right
now that doesn't matter!"
You say, "Thanks"
Menotaur says, "You are most welcome!"
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| Corkboard |
Notes can be 'pinned'
to it. With some creativity, you can also modify this to create
'books' in the MOO. The chapters are different notes you insert
into the book or onto the board. |
#1507 |
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Example:
A big leather book containing information about
Composition research
and methodology.
You see eight chapters have been written in The Encyclopedia of
Composition Research...
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1 - Feminist Methodology
2 - Narrative
3 - Emperical Research
4 - Scientific Inquiry
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5 - Naturalistic Inquiry
6 - Qualitative and Quantitative
7 - Epistemological Pluralism (EP)
8 - Contextualist Epistemological Paradigm |
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| Recorder |
Creates a transcript of
a MOO session which participants can have sent to them via email. |
Requires special permission
from the MOO administrator. |