Monday, October 29, 2012

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Improve your PowerPoint presentations

Many of you will be making presentations to your peers in class. Here is some research on what students prefer in powerpoint presentations:

Research about student preferences for powerpoint presentations

Cheering you on in your work!
Harriet

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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

I Love Lucy and Grad School



The now-classic comedy series "I Love Lucy" debuted this week in 1951. Here's a clip, one of the great Lucy moments, that may also remind you of life as an adult student:


I hope it gives you a smile!
Cheering you on in your work!
Harriet

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Help with APA -- Best of the APA Blog -- check this out!


Several staffers at the APA host a blog to help users understand the ins and outs of APA style. Each fall, they compile a "best of" post. This year's features links to a number of previous posts, covering areas such as: getting started with APA, sample papers, general reference help, how-to citations, grammar, and formatting. This is a useful list of some of their most helpful posts. Check it out!

Best of APA Blog

Cheering you on in your work!
Harriet

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