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 * ENG 102 Composition II Section 01 **
 * Summer Session 1 2011 **
 * Salem State University **


 * Announcements**

Welcome! The links to the left here should explain more about how the course works. If you have any questions, email me or send me an IM if you see me on AIM or Skype.

To get started, you need to buy the book //What the Dog Saw//, by Malcolm Gladwell, and //The Brief Penguin Handbook//, 4th ed. By Lester Faigley. Both are available in the SSU Bookstore. You need to join the course listserv and, if you don't have a Google ID, you need to set up a GoogleDocs Account. You //should// have a webcam, so that your conferences with me can be video conferences (or at the very least, you //must// have a microphone so we can do audio chats). You need to set up a Skype account. All of these are explained fully at the left. When you have done all that, please fill out the Contact Information form.

If you want to friend me on Facebook, you may do that (http://www.facebook.com/ebranscomb), but it is not required. (Note: At the end of the course I will unfriend you. Nothing personal, just trying to keep my life as simple as I can make it.)

To contact me, look for me on Skype (ID rickbransc) or email me at ebranscomb@mac.com or ebranscomb@gmail.com. For other ways to contact me, go to my home page [] and click on "Contact Me."

There will be a chat using the Blackboard chat room Monday evening, May 23rd, from 8:00 to 8:30. This is not mandatory, but I will be available to discuss the course and answer questions, and you will be able to meet some of your classmates.