Thank you for posting your first submission: your autobiography. I hope you have shared it with other students in the class and are supporting each other in this online class. Some students have received an error message when posting. This could be because the WebCT program still wants only 7 letters in the title of your document. Change your title and try submitting again. Another problem that I have encountered is that students are sending me their homework in software that I cannot read. I cannot read MS Works it has to be in MS WORD or just plain Notepad. Don't try anything fancy with WebCT!

I have posed a question in the Discussion Tool under Plagiarism. Please read it and respond. Read other students' postings and respond to them, too. Go to the Submit Assignment box and post your same posting there for me to enter a grade. If you don't do this I will not be able to post grades on the discussions until the end of the semester.

Keep up with your readings. I hope you have all purchased the textbook by now. These readings will be important to you when you get the tests.

Now, remember, DON'T DISAPPEAR!

I will be at the Reference Desk in the Library at these times:
Tuesday 9-Noon
Wednesday 5-9 PM
Thursday 1-4 PM
Friday 9-12:30
Sometimes there are classes that I have to give orientations to the library and on some occassions my days change. I am off on Mondays. Call me if you cannot come in at the above times and I will arrange a time to meet.

This week ends with your free writing of your own autobiography. Please send it in by Sunday night if you have gained access to the course. Otherwise, write in in MS Word and save it to send via the Submission Box as soon as you can. At least eight students have sent it their autobiographies and I have graded them. I hope you are writing to each other and getting to know each other in this virtual world.

Here is a short autobiography for you to look at Biography of Anja Taschner
Take notice of the quote at the end by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. I think that is the essence of life. "Expect nothing of people, if they work for their salary and not for their eternity."

Good to see such a nice class signed up for Fall 2004. I'm sure we will create a great community and learn, learn, learn! This course is designed to teach you not only how to use the Internet effectively for research but also how to become an INFORMATION LITERATE person. These are life-long skills which you will update and use forever!