Citing a chapter in a book is similar to citing an article in a journal: chapter-article, journal-book. The one major difference is that you include the editorial information with a chapter/book and omit it for the article/journal. But, just because the process is similar doesn’t mean the product is similar. Italics, capitalization, and punctuation aren’t…Continue Reading References in APA: Chapters in Books
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References in APA: Books
If you’re trying to get good at citing things in APA, writing reference entries for books is a decent place to start. Because there are a lot of different kinds of books–single author, multiple authors, edited collection, translations, parts of a series, multi-volume, self-published, whatever–the general entry for a book has to be flexible enough…Continue Reading References in APA: Books
AI Writing and Attribution: AI Cannot Cite *Anything*
If you’ve looked for pedagogical resources on using AI writing in the classroom (“best practices,” info on assignment design, suggestions on how to catch plagiarism) you’ve probably seen notes like this: “Models like ChatGPT have been recorded in multiple cases to cite sources for information that are either not correct or do not exist” (Wikipedia,…Continue Reading AI Writing and Attribution: AI Cannot Cite *Anything*
ChatGPT Teaching Resources
Whether you think AI writing is the wave of the future or whether you think/hope it will get regulated into obscurity (God, I’ve seen what you’ve done for others…), it probably makes sense to figure out what to do with it right now. You’ve got students using it, you’ve got edutech grifters pitching expensive nonsense,…Continue Reading ChatGPT Teaching Resources
Problems and Academic Problems
This is a bit of a walk, but stick with me. There’s a documentary, This Film is Not Yet Rated, which looks at the MPAA ratings board and the way that filmmakers have to adapt their work to make it through the fairly opaque process of review (at least as of 2006, I don’t know…Continue Reading Problems and Academic Problems
Cormac McCarthy Will Be Missed
Cormac McCarthy is probably my favorite writer–certainly the writer that has influenced my life the most. He put words that I could never write to feelings that I didn’t understand, describing tenderly the dark edges of the world being made and unmade, a witness to violent, disinterested creation. My childhood best friend and I are…Continue Reading Cormac McCarthy Will Be Missed
Artificial Intelligence Writing Rundown
Here’s a place where you can see my notes about AI writing. I’ll be updating this in the coming months and eventually hope to include pedagogical takeaways. If you’ve never taken a look at what AI writing looks like, I’ve put together a few samples. To make each of the samples on this page, I…Continue Reading Artificial Intelligence Writing Rundown
Goalsetting
Whether or not you set goals is between you and your God. But, if you are going to (and as someone who doesn’t, I think I’d probably be better off if I did) you might as well make them good. Something in between “I need to write X number of words” and “I need to…Continue Reading Goalsetting
Developing Sustainable Writing Habits
Here are some helpful guidelines for establishing a writing habit from several authors who have written books on long-term academic writing projects (such as theses, dissertations, book projects). Set a consistent day and time for writing. Choose a day, time, and frequency that works with your lifestyle and work style. Choose a duration when 1)…Continue Reading Developing Sustainable Writing Habits