Sharon Cogdill

to reach me, call

• My office: (320) 308-3093, 9:00-5:00 M-F
• Fax: 320.654.5524
• English department: (320) 308-3061

or visit

or mail

• email: scogdill@stcloudstate.edu
• College of Fine Arts and Humanities
• St. Cloud State University
• St. Cloud, MN 54301-4498

Projects and Current Links

• The beginnings of a study on collaboration and electronic writing environments

• SCSU's Teaching, Learning, Technology Roundtable plan for the campus.

• MOOing in English, a project created with John Grether, for using MOO space and Web pages in ESL instruction as well as generally in teaching.

• Some resource and information pages for SCSU's Mediation Project, based on the use of interest-based mediation as an alternative means of conflict resolution.

• The Mikado, a production of the departments of Music and of Theatre and Film Studies at St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota.

• Unofficial homepage of the College of Fine Arts and Humanities, SCSU.

• Sharon Cogdill's curriculum vitae.

• Computers and . . . courses
  • ENGL 652 Computers, English, and Pedagogy
  • ENGL 403/503 Computers and English revised for semesters
• Literature courses
  • British Literature courses
    • ENGL 445/545 The Nineteenth-Century English Novel
    • ENGL 224 Survey of British Literature II
    • ENGL 201 Masterpieces of British Literature
  • Introduction to ... courses
    • ENGL 221 Introduction to Poetry
    • ENGL 184 Introduction to Literature: Doppelganger
• Writing courses
  • ENGL 426/526 Writing Hypertext
  • ENGL 339 Writing for Government, Business, and Industry
  • ENGL 163 Century's End: 1890s-1990s

Useful Links

to a page of resources for students in my British literature classes

to a page of resources for people writing Web documents

Suggested readings in computers and English.

very basic instructions for creating a homepage and uploading files to Tigger

to a page of information about epigrams.

• Course Description and assignments
• Calendar, with readings
• A list of potentially interesting books
• Course MOO instructions
• Course Newsgroup Instructions
• Some software to consider ...
  • any word processor
  • any Web browser
  • any communications program
  • listserv, listproc, majordomo, etc. software
  • newsgroup software
  • VMS Mail, Pine, Eudora, Netscape Mail, etc.
  • MUD, MOO, IRC, etc.
  • drill software for classrooms or students
  • I'll accept some CD ROMs, especially for "education," however you define that!
  • grammar and spelling checkers?
  • idea-generating software
  • programs to help specialized writers, like playwrights, technical writers, etc.
• Internet Resources
  • A template, upon which you can base your teaching-oriented homepage, if you like.
  • A basic calendar, set up for St. Cloud State's quarter system
  • Very basic instructions for creating a homepage and uploading files to Tigger
  • My page on resources for writers of Web documents.
  • Some list* sites.
  • Some potentially interesting Usenet Newsgroups.
  • Some sites for MOOing, etc.

Return to list of courses

• Syllabus
• Course listserv
• Generic Newsgroup Instructions
• Instructions for Making a Distribution List on Tigger
• List of email addresses for members of the class
• Internet Resources
  • See my page on resources for writers of Web documents.
• Suggested Further Readings

Return to list of courses

• Course Description
• Calendar
• Readings for the Course
• Course Newsgroup
• Newsgroup Instructions
• Sample "A" Papers
• Internet Resources
  • See my page on the epigram.
  • See my quick page on British Literature Web Resources.
• Suggested Further Readings

Return to list of courses

• Course Description
• Calendar
• Course Listserv
  • Week 1 (3-10 December 1996)
  • Week 2 (11-17 December 1996)
  • "Week" 3 (18 December 1996 - 7 January 1997)
  • Week 4 (8-14 January 1997)
  • Week 5 (15-21 January 1997)
  • Week 6 (22-28 January 1997)
  • Week 7 (29 January - 4 February 1997)
  • Week 8 (5-11 February 1997)
  • Week 9 (12-18 February 1997)
  • Week 10 (19-25 February 1997)
• Getting Started with MOOing
• Newsgroup Instructions
• Sample "A" Papers
• Internet Resources
  • See my page on resources for writers of Web documents.
• List of Interesting Things to Read (not books, not always articles, but "resources" seemed so ... ) about Hypertext

Return to list of courses

• Course Description
• Calendar
• Course Newsgroup
• Course Listserv
  • Week 1 (23-29 October 1996)
  • Week 2 (30 October - 5 November 1996)
  • Week 3 (6-12 November 1996)
  • Week 4 (13-19 November 1996)
• Getting Started with MOOing
• Newsgroup Instructions
• Sample "A" Papers
• Internet Resources
  • See my page on resources for writers of Web documents.
• List of Books to Choose From
• Return to list of courses

• ENGL 339 Writing for Government, Business, and Industry
• Course Description
• Calendar
• Course Newsgroup
• Generic Newsgroup Instructions
• Instructions for Making a Distribution List on Tigger
• List of email addresses for members of the class
• Sucessful Collaborative Writing Projects
• Internet Resources
  • See my page on resources for writers of Web documents.
• Suggested Further Readings
• Class html documents
• Return to list of courses

• ENGL 224 British Survey II
• Course Description
• Calendar
• Sample "A" Papers
• Course Listserv
  • Week 1 (2-8 December 1996)
  • Week 2 (9-15 December 1996)
  • "Week" 3 (16 December 1996 - 5 January 1997)
  • Week 4 (6-12 January 1997)
  • Week 5 (13-19 January 1997)
  • Week 6 (20-26 January 1997)
  • Week 7 (27 January - 2 February 1997)
  • Week 8 (3-9 February 1997)
  • Week 9 (10-16 February 1997)
  • Week 10 (17-23 February 1997)
• Internet Resources
  • See my page on the epigram.
  • See my quick page on British Literature Web Resources.
• Suggested Further Readings
• Return to list of courses

• ENGL 221 Introduction to Poetry
• Course Description
• Calendar
• Course Newsgroup
• Newsgroup Instructions
• Sample "A" Papers
• Internet Resources
  • See my page on the epigram.
  • See my quick page on British Literature Web Resources.
• Suggested Further Readings
• Return to list of courses

• ENGL 201 Masterpieces of British Literature
• Course Description
• Calendar
• Course Newsgroup
• Newsgroup Instructions
• Sample "A" Papers
• Internet Resources
  • See my page on the epigram.
  • See my quick page on British Literature Web Resources.
• Suggested Further Readings
• Return to list of courses

• ENGL 184 Introduction to Literature: Doppelganger
• Course Description
• Calendar
• Books Required for This Class
• Suggestions for Writing about Literature
• Course Newsgroup
• Newsgroup Instructions
• Sample "A" Papers
• Internet Resources
  • See my page on the epigram.
  • See my quick page on British Literature Web Resources.
• Suggested Further Readings
• Return to list of courses

• ENGL 163 Century's End: 1890s-1990s
• Course Description
• Calendar
• Course Newsgroup
• Newsgroup Instructions
• Sample "A" Papers
• Internet Resources
  • See my quick page on British Literature Web Resources.
• Suggested Further Readings
• Return to list of courses

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