Class Notes

Project 4 Presentations, Day Three

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Last day of class! You made it!Today, we will have presentations from these folks:

Remaining To-Do’s

By 11:55 PM Wednesday, May 7

  • Go to Scholar and check your grades for the in-class writing for Project 3 (your blog posts). Remember that your blog posts should have been posted by 5 PM on the day after each class session. If you posted a blog post by the deadline and have a zero, email me by Wednesday, May 7 with the date for the blog post and the link to the post on your blog.
  • Turn in your work for Project 3: (1) your Remix project itself, (2, optional) any presentation materials you want me to review (e.g., if you made slides), (3) your reflection memo. Go to the Assignments tab in Scholar, choose Project 3, and post your work by 11:55 PM Wednesday, May 7.

By 11:59 PM on Thursday, May 8

By noon on Saturday, May 10


 
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Project 4 Presentations, Day Two

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Today, we will have presentations from these folks:

Homework

  • Brace Yourself! Course Evaluation Reminders Are Coming!If you are presenting on Tuesday, be sure to email me the link to your presentation by 8 AM on Tuesday, 5/6. The link can simply be to the page on your WordPress site where you will post your project.
  • If you haven’t done so already, please fill out the Student Perceptions of Teaching (SPOT) survey for this course. The feedback helps the department make important decisions about teaching methods, course content, and faculty promotion. Written comments help me decide what to keep or change the next time I teach the course. In many ways, I find the written comments the most helpful part of the evaluation. I do not see the feedback until several weeks after the last day of class, and your comments are anonymous.

 
Last updated on 1st May, 2014, 3:29 PM

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Project 4 Presentations, Day One

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Today, we will have presentations from these folks:

Homework

  • evil-plotting-raccoon-meme-generator-course-evaluation-day-finally-i-have-my-revenge-58b26eIf you are presenting on Thursday, be sure to email me the link to your presentation by 8 AM on Thursday, 5/1. The link can simply be to the page on your WordPress site where you will post your project.
  • If you will, please fill out the Student Perceptions of Teaching (SPOT) survey for this course. The feedback helps the department make important decisions about teaching methods, course content, and faculty promotion. Written comments help me decide what to keep or change the next time I teach the course. In many ways, I find the written comments the most helpful part of the evaluation. I do not see the feedback until several weeks after the last day of class, and your comments are anonymous.

 
Last updated on 29th April, 2014, 3:04 PM

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Finalizing All The Things!

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I can has extra creditToday is the last in-class work session for the Remix a Story project. Oral presentations start on Tuesday, April 29. Since this is our last work session, I want to take time to talk about preparing for your oral presentation, submitting your project, writing blog posts, and taking the final exam for extra credit.

Preparing for Your Presentation

We talked about the information that should go into your oral presentation last week.

There are two related deadlines:

  • The class session before you present, you need to give me any homework you want your classmates to complete. For instance, if you want your classmates to skim your project before you present, you need to give me a link to your project.
  • By 8 AM on the day you present, you need to give me the link to your presentation page so that I can set up the schedule for the class. The link can simply be to the page on your WordPress site where you will post your project.

Submitting Your Remix

You need to provide two or three texts when you submit your Remix for a grade: (1) your Remix project itself, (2, optional) any presentation materials you want me to review (e.g., if you made slides), (3) your reflection memo.

Your reflection memo is slightly different this time since part of your goal will be some self-analysis of your project and an explanation of the effort and risk you put into the work. Review the information on Assessment on the assignment page, and write a memo that does the following:

  • Provides the link to your Remix project.
  • Gives me a summary of the project’s rhetorical situation, using the questions on pp. 111–112 of Writer/Designer. Provide a SHORT explanation of your audience, purpose, and design choices.
  • Explains how you have participated and shown effort as you worked on this project. Include concrete details that help demonstrate your point.
  • Shows me how you have taken risks, stretched yourself, and otherwise applied your best effort to learn and create as you worked on this project.
  • Tells me whatever I need to know about how you have gone beyond average work and participation.

You will submit your reflection memo in Scholar. Use the Assignments link on the left sidebar in Scholar, and then choose P3: Remix a Story. You must submit your remix by 11:55 PM on Wednesday, May 7.

Writing Additional Blog Posts

Be sure to write and publish a blog post for today that talks about what you have accomplished since your last post and why you did what you did. Today, however, is the last day that you must post an entry.

If you are still working on your project after today, you may continue to track what you did and why you did it in blog posts. This information will help you write the reflection that you submit with your project.

Taking the Final Exam

The final exam assignment is available now under the Assignments tab here on the course website, and the exam is open in Scholar.

You must turn in a link to your final in Scholar (or post it in the form in Scholar) by noon on Saturday, May 10. You may turn it in earlier, but I will not look at it until the exam period is over.


 
Last updated on 24th April, 2014, 2:18 PM

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Presentation Sign-Up Day

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Presentation Sign-Up

Sign Up for Presentation Time Slot! Go! Go! Go!Tuesday, 4/22 (Earth Day), I will open the Sign-up Tool in Scholar, where you can sign-up for a presentation time slot. In an attempt to give everyone a fair shot, the slots will all open at 3:35 PM. For more information on what you need to do during your presentation, check the blog post from last class session.

Working in Class

After you sign-up for your presentation slot you have the rest of the class period to work on your project. If you have questions, let me know. I will wander around the classroom, but I will try not to interrupt your work so that you can concentrate.

In-Class Writing for 4/22

Be sure to write and publish a blog post for today that talks about what you have accomplished since your last post and why you did what you did.


 
Last updated on 21st April, 2014, 4:32 PM

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Documenting & Presenting Your Remix

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RevisionKoalaDuring today’s session, you will have most of the class time to work on implementing your revision plan. I will come around and check on your progress as well. Before we get to that part, however, I want to spend a few minutes talking about the final exam and about your oral presentations.

Presenting Your Project

Following the resources in Writer/Designer, Chapter 8, you will document and present your remixed story. You will have approximately 7-10 minutes for your class presentation. If you’d like, you can ask your classmates to preview your story on your WordPress site as homework.

In your presentation, you will focus on sharing details about how you worked and the decisions that you made. Use the information on pp. 132–135 of Writer/Designer to determine what information to include. As the book explains, your job will be to show-off your hard work, but also you will help your audience understand your major design and rhetorical choices. Look particularly at the guiding questions on pp. 132–133 for an idea of the kind of details I will be listening for.

You will create some kind of digital presentation (using Google slides, Prezi, Present.me, etc.). If you go with slides, the maximum length is 28 auto-advancing slides to ensure your presentation fits in the 7-minute time slot.

Turning In Your Project

You should aim to have your project finished by April 24. You might still tweak things or make minor proofreading changes, but you should ideally be done with all the hard work. After that class session, our class time will be devoted to oral presentations.

By the end of the day on Wednesday the 7th, you should have gone to the Assignments tab in Scholar, completed a reflection memo, and given me the link to your project and your presentation slides. You must have your work submitted by 11:55 PM on Wednesday, May 7. There is no grace period on this project.

Your reflection will be slightly different this time since part of your goal will be some self-analysis of your project and an explanation of the effort and risk you put into the work. I will open the assignment open in Scholar and talk about all this more on the 24th. (That’s next week! EEEK!)

In-Class Writing for 4/17

Be sure to write and publish a blog post for today that talks about what you have accomplished since your last post and why you did what you did.


 
Last updated on 17th April, 2014, 4:40 PM