Janet Cobb

Fall Semester 2009

 

Comp I textbooks for Fall 2009:

  • Polnac, Lennis. Purpose, Pattern, and Process, 8th edition (PPP)

  • Buscemi, Santi V. and Charlotte Smith. 75 Readings: An Anthology, 11th edition (75R)

Comp II textbooks for Summer 2009:

  • Lostracco, Joseph and George Wilkerson. Analyzing Short Stories, 7th edition (AS)

  • Bohner, Charles and Lyman Grant. Short Fiction: Classic and Contemporary, 6th edition (SF)

I will no longer be updating this site since all classes are now available in Blackboard. Use this site to look at examples of past courses, but log on to your class in Blackboard for specific information about your course. You can find the link to the Blackboard login, http://acconline.austincc.edu, on the lower right column of the ACC homepage. Class sites will be posted in Blackboard by the first class day, September 24, 2009.

Classes

Composition I, ENGL 1301
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Composition 1I, ENGL 1302
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Office

RVS Annex 400, Wednesdays, 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM
Other hours will be online.

Phones

  • 223-6039 or 223-6041 (Please don't call these numbers except during the Wednesday office hours.)
  • Messages 223-1790, mailbox 22084#
  • Questions about English courses 223-5015.

E-mail

jcobb@austincc.edu
This is for messages or questions only. Do not send papers via E-mail.

Biography

I have a Bachelor's degree in English from Texas Tech University and a Master's degree from the University of Texas. I started teaching at ACC while still attending UT and taught here for about 6 years.

I quit teaching for awhile, working weekends at Motorola and getting an Associate's degree in Medical Technology. I worked as a medical technologist for about ten years, but started teaching again while still doing that.

I have now been teaching at ACC another 25 years. I also teach piano lessons and yoga classes.

Teaching Philosophy

No one can "make" anyone else learn anything. The teacher can

  1. present information,
  2. guide students to finding what they want to know,
  3. provide activities to foster active learning and
  4. motivate students to want to know the material.

In the end, however, learning is always an inside job. Only the student can determine how much or how well he/she will learn.