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<font size="4" face="Verdana">Just wanted to make sure that you all know about the CCCC Connected Community launch today. We're really excited about it and hope you will join in the conversation. </font> </p>
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<font size="4" face="Verdana">The CCCC Connected Community is a new feature on the CCCC site and features </font>discussion and file-sharing groups on a variety of topics of interest to CCCC members such as Teaching Resources for First-Year Writing, Assessment, Faculty as Writers, and Contingent Labor Issues. A complete list of discussion groups is found on the CCCC Connected Community site. CCCC Members can create their own public or private groups, share files, and post blogs. <font size="4" face="Verdana"></font> </p>
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<font size="4" face="Verdana">There's a group for Basic Writing, and I know that we will all want to be active in this discussion, helping to guide and contribute to the conversation!</font> </p>
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<font size="4" face="Verdana">If you'd like to join in, y</font>ou can get started by visiting the CCCC Connected Community at <b><i><u><a href="http://ncte.connectedcommunity.org/NCTE/cccc/"><font color="#0000ff">http://ncte.connectedcommunity.org/NCTE/cccc/</font></a></u></i></b> and login with your NCTE credentials. For more information on how to use the Connected Community, you can visit NCTE’s <b><a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/2654994/3803494/16853/0/" style="color: rgb(201, 103, 14)"><font color="rgb(201, 103, 14)">Helpful Hints</font></a></b><font color="#000000">.</font> </p>
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Connected Community Leaders have also created <b><a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/2654994/3803494/16854/0/" style="color: rgb(201, 103, 14)"><font color="rgb(201, 103, 14)">a video that introduces CCCC Connected Community Features</font></a></b> and provides you information on getting started. <br><br>If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to contact Dana Driscoll, CCCC Connected Community Editor at <b><a href="mailto:driscoll@oakland.edu" style="color: rgb(201, 103, 14)"><font color="rgb(201, 103, 14)">driscoll@oakland.edu</font></a></b>. <br><br><font size="4" face="Verdana">Cheers,</font> </p>
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<font size="4" face="Verdana">Liz</font> </p>
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<font size="4" face="Verdana">(Helping to facilitate the assessment & first year writing groups)</font>
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<font face="Verdana" STYLE="font-size: 14pt"><br>J. Elizabeth Clark, Ph.D.<BR>Professor of English <BR>LaGuardia Community College--CUNY<BR>e-mail: lclark@lagcc.cuny.edu<BR>Phone: 718.482.5665 <BR><a href="http://www.jelizabethclark.com">www.jelizabethclark.com</a><BR><br><br></font></body>
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