First day survey

For homework please answer and e-mail your responses to ridolfo@gmail.com

1) Please describe your background in writing. What kinds of experiences are associated with it? What do you hope to learn about it?

2) Describe your experience and comfort with computers in general:

3) Do you own a computer, if so is it a MAC or PC?

4) Do you know how to code in html or any other language?

5) What are some of your primary areas of interest, in and out of school?

6) What is the longest academic paper you have written (in high school or college)?

7) What was it about?

When given a writing assignment, do you tend to write more pages than the assignment calls for, or do you find it difficult to reach the minimum page requirement?

9) What part of the writing process do you find most challenging (i.e., getting started, organizing your ideas, incorporating evidence into your own text, citation, revising)?

10) What part of the writing process do you find most satisfying or enjoyable?

11) If you were given a round trip ticket to anywhere in the world, where would you go?

12) What is your favorite thing to read?

13) Anything else you feel I need to know about you as a learner, (i.e., you’re shy and don’t want to be called on—which is not to say that I won’t, but just so I know–, you work best in groups, individually, you save things to the last minute, you work best in the morning, etc.).