Hey everybody,
Wow, it was a great (really great) winter break, but the new semester is in full swing now.
Lots of new things for me, and for my classes makes this a little stressful, but also exciting time.
This year I’ll be teaching classes at the new Hoshigaoka campus building and also teaching some new classes for entering freshman students.
My new classes are Web English. While it’s the first time for me teaching these classes, it is a subject I know a fair amount about since I’ve been online for more almost 15 years now with various websites doing a variety of things with and for them.
I’ll be introducing special language and vocabulary for the web along with classes on search, finding resources for life and language learning, and how to use various social networking sites.
We’ll also talk about internet security and privacy issues.
Though this site in the past has been dedicated to my Seminar classes on Comparative Culture Studies, I will be updating more frequently and adding more notes and information about other classes that I teach and other areas where I am involved in research.
I’m looking forward to a good semester with those new classes and new students and also looking forward to getting to know my current students even better and watching them grow.