This is my first attempt to edit a phpwiki page using lynx. It looks like it's going to work fine. Except that the text fields in lynx don't wrap. That is going to be irritating, though probably not fatal.
I've almost finished grading my students' writing projects. It wouldn't be appropriate to comment on them, except in very general terms. They represent only a first step towards where we need to go. One thing is clear, however, which is that we need to work on observational skills. I'm going to have them do an exercise tomorrow which I normally would use with introductory students, but have used successfully with upper level students. Unfortunately, I was unable to find a necessary prop. My goal is to have students do observations. I was hoping to find mousies, a kind of little maggot that is sold as bait. Unfortunately it only seems to be sold in the winter for ice fishing. So then I went to Dave's Soda and Pet Food City hoping to get giant mealworms that they always have, but they were out. So I went to Stop & Shop and got English walnuts. Not as fun as mousies, but it should still be good enough for the exercise.