Today, we will have presentations from these folks:

• 10:15: Danny N
• 10:22: Celsea C
• 10:29: Emma W
• 10:36: Brooke W
• 10:43: Drake B
• 10:50: Nick A

Remaining Work

1. Complete the SPOT survey if you didn’t complete it last week.

2. Submit your remix by 11:55 PM tonight (Wednesday, December 10) following the instructions posted last week.

3. Take the final exam, which is officially due by 3:05 PM on Friday, December 12. You have a 3-day grace period, which ends at 11:55 PM on Monday, December 15. If your work is not submitted by 11:55 on 12/15, you will receive a zero.

Today, we will have presentations from these folks:

• 10:15: Hannah A
• 10:22: Jenna H: George and Lizzie
• 10:29: Joe L
• 10:36: Reece P
• 10:43: Leslie M
• 10:50: Ariana M

Shanks 360 Open Thursday, 12/11

Dr. Jen Mooney will have Shanks 360 open for any last minute work you need to do on Thursday, 12/11, from 10 AM to 3 PM. Be sure to thank her if you drop by to use the classroom.

Remaining Work

1. If you are presenting Wednesday, be sure to email me the link to your presentation by midnight on Tuesday (no grace period) so that I can set up the post for class.

2. Complete the SPOT survey if you didn’t complete it last week.

3. Submit your remix by 11:55 PM on Wednesday, December 10, 2014, following the instructions posted last week.

4. Take the final exam, which is officially due by 3:05 PM on Friday, December 12. You have a 3-day grace period, which ends at 11:55 PM on Monday, December 15. If your work is not submitted by 11:55 on 12/15, you will receive a zero.

Today, we will have presentations from these folks:

• 10:15: Ricky S
• 10:22: Ali B
• 10:29: Rebecca R
• 10:36: Zack C
• 10:43: Stephanie S
• 10:50: Michelle O

Remaining Work

1. If you are presenting Monday, be sure to email me the link to your presentation by midnight on Sunday (no grace period) so that I can set up the post for class

2. Complete the SPOT survey if you didn’t complete it on Monday please.

3. Submit your remix by 11:55 PM on Wednesday, December 10, 2014, following the instructions posted Monday.

4. Take the final exam, which is officially due by 3:05 PM on Friday, December 12. You have a 3-day grace period, which ends at 11:55 PM on Monday, December 15. If your work is not submitted by 11:55 on 12/15, you will receive a zero.

No office hours today, to accomodate a dentist appointment for my broken tooth.

Presentations

Today, we will have presentations from these folks:

• 10:15:
• 10:22: Maddi G
• 10:29: Maggie V
• 10:36: Sarah F
• 10:43: Ashley K
• 10:50: Tinny S

Remaining Work

1. If you are presenting Friday, be sure to email me the link to your presentation by midnight on Thursday (no grace period) so that I can set up the post for class

2. Complete the SPOT survey if you didn’t complete it on Monday please.

3. Submit your remix by 11:55 PM on Wednesday, December 10, 2014, following the instructions posted Monday.

4. Take the final exam, which is officially due by 3:05 PM on Friday, December 12. You have a 3-day grace period, which ends at 11:55 PM on Monday, December 15. If your work is not submitted by 11:55 on 12/15, you will receive a zero.

In class today, you can sign up for a presentation time slot and then we will talk about documenting your projects and your presentations, using the post for the 11/12 session.

During the rest of the session, you can work on your projects, and I will come around the classroom to check on your progress.

Presentation Sign-Up

Sign-up for a presentation slot for for Project 3, using the Sign-Up Tool in Scholar. The slots open at 10:15 AM Monday. Go ahead and log into Scholar and be ready to click sign-up when the form opens.

Writing Schedule and Homework

• Monday, 11/17: Write a blog post on what you’ve done and why you’ve done it for the day. Please include some details on how you will document your sources in your project (that is, what system you will use).

• Wednesday, 11/19: Bring your book to class. Have a rough cut or rough draft of your project that you can share with two other people in class for feedback. Be prepared to provide a summary of the project’s rhetorical situation, using the questions on pp. 111–112. When you provide feedback on someone else’s project, use the guidelines in the section of the book on “Providing Feedback as a Stakeholder” (pp. 112–115). Your blog post for the 11/19 class should be a draft of your revision plan for the project (see pp. 116–118).

• Friday, 11/21: Independent, out-of-class work. For your blog post, write the usual what you did and why you did it sections, but include a selfie that shows you working on your project. If you hate selfies, just be creative and choose some alternative evidence. I want to see concrete, visual evidence that you were working on your project even though you were not in the classroom. Get your blog post with a selfie published by 11:55 PM on November 23 for credit for the day’s work.

• 11/22 to 11/30: Thanksgiving Break. Be safe. Have fun.

• Monday, 12/1: Discussion of the reflection memo for Project 3. Last day of independent, in-class work. Write a blog post on what you’ve done and why you’ve done it for the day.

• Wednesday, 12/3 to Wednesday, 12/10: In-class presentations. Link to your presentation due by 11:55 PM the day before you present.

• Wednesday, 12/10: Reflection Memo and Project 3 links due by 11:55

Just one more week until peer feedback! We finish up with the textbook today, but you will use it extensively as you work on your projects. It’s an important resources as you continue work on your projects.

Documenting Your Assets and Sources

Somewhere in your project, you will need to cite your sources. The technique that you use will depend upon the kind of project you are working on. Return to the section of Writer/Designer on “Designing Your Citations” (pp. 70–76) for tips on how to choose an appropriate way to indicate where your assets came from.

Presenting Your Project

Following the resources in Writer/Designer, Chapter 8, you will document and present your remixed story. You will have approximately 5-6 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 can show portions of your project itself, but please be realistic. You may not have time to show your entire project. For example, if you made a 4-minute video, there won’t be time to show the entire video AND to talk about how you worked and the decisions you made.

You will create some kind of digital presentation (using Google slides, Prezi, Present.me, etc.). If you go with slides, the maximum length is 15 slides to ensure your presentation fits in the 5 to 6-minute time slot.

Turning In Your Project

Aim to have your project finished by December 1. 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 10th, 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, December 10. There is no grace period on this project. We will talk a bit more about the reflection memo in class on December 1.

Writing Schedule and Homework

• Wednesday, 11/12: Write your usual blog post on what you’ve done and why you’ve done it. You need to have a rough cut in one week, so assess where you are against your timeline and be sure you are on schedule. If you have any questions about your project, ask me in class or email me.

• Friday, 11/14: Lots of independent, in-class work.

• Monday, 11/17: Lots of independent, in-class work. Presentation Sign-Up at approximately 10:15.

• Wednesday, 11/19: Bring your book to class. Have a rough cut or rough draft of your project that you can share with two other people in class for feedback. Be prepared to provide a summary of the project’s rhetorical situation, using the questions on pp. 111–112. When you provide feedback on someone else’s project, use the guidelines in the section of the book on “Providing Feedback as a Stakeholder” (pp. 112–115). Your blog post for the 11/14 class should be a first draft of your revision plan for the project.

• Friday, 11/21: Independent, out-of-class work. For your blog post, write the usual what you did and why you did it sections, but include a selfie that shows you working on your project. If you hate selfies, just be creative and choose some alternative photo. I want to see concrete, visual evidence that you were working on your project even though you were not in the classroom. Get your blog post with a selfie published by 11:55 PM on November 23 for credit.

• 11/22 to 11/30: Thanksgiving Break.

• Monday, 12/1: Discussion of the reflection memo for Project 3. Last day of independent, in-class work.

• Wednesday, 12/3 to Wednesday, 12/10: In-class presentations. Link to your presentation due by 11:55 PM the day before you present.

• Wednesday, 12/10: Reflection Memo and Project 3 links due by 11:55

This is the post for the October 15, 2014 class meeting.

Today we begin the five-minute presentations for Project 2. Your job during this session is to pay attention, since you may want to use these tools yourself in Project 3.

Important Dates

• October 20: P2: Interrogate the Interface web essay due
• October 27: P2: Interrogate the Interface deadline (end of grace period)

Presentations for Today

These are the people and tools scheduled for today’s presentations:

• 10:15 Nick A. on CodePen
• 10:20 Ashley K. on Slipp
• 10:25 Brooke W. on Draft
• 10:30 Ali B. on Storybird
• 10:35 Maggie V. on Sumopaint
• 10:40 Celsea C on Cowbird
• 10:45 Rebecca R on Canva
• 10:50 Emma W on Pixlr

Today’s Blog Post

Your post today is just like Monday’s. After the presentations, choose the tool you saw on Wednesday (today) that you are most interested in trying out (other than your own if you presented). State what tool it was, why you found it interesting, and how you might use it.

Homework/Schedule

F, 10/17: Presentations in Class. You will write a short blog post for each day, based on the presentations that took place that day. Remember to send me the URL to your presentation by midnight the day before you present so that I can set up the presentation links for the session.

M, 10/20: Web essay and reflection memo due. National Day on Writing activity.

Today, we’ll sign up for presentation time slots and talk about the expectations for the Project 2 presentations. If you haven’t posted your memes, please get them online!

Presentation Sign-Up

Sign-up for a presentation slot for sharing your tool with the class, using the Sign-Up Tool in Scholar. The slots open at 10:15 AM. Go ahead and log into Scholar and be ready to click sign-up when the form opens.

Qualities of an Awesome Presentation

Hop on over to the Presentation Padlet, and add at least two things that make a slideshow presentation fail (or two things that make it fantastic). Put the negatives on the left and the positives on the right. Try not to duplicate ideas.

Details on the Five-Minute Presentations

Why? The goal of these presentations is to share details about the tool you are analyzing with the class. By the end of the presentations, everyone in class should know enough about all 24 tools to be able to decide whether the tools will would work for other projects we do.

How Long? Five minutes, strictly enforced. Please practice at home to make sure that you fill the time without going over.

How? I encourage you to use a Google Drive Presentation because of its flexibility and accessibility, but you may use other tools if you want. No matter what tool you choose, it has to be available online to everyone in the class. You can embed it or upload it to your WordPress site. Remember to send me the URL to your presentation by midnight the day before you present so that I can set up the presentation links for the session.

What? Review the information in the assignment on the content for the presentation. Also check the information in the Assessment Guidelines. Generally speaking, I expect your slideshow to include the following:

• A title slide with your name, the name of the tool, and the URL to the tool site.
• Overview slides that show what the tool is, who would use it, and what it does.
• Analysis slides that demonstrate the affordances and constraints and that offer general recommendations on using the tool.
• A concluding slide that pulls your thoughts together.

If you are working toward an A, remember that your presentation needs to use the 1/1/5 organizational strategy (using no more than 15 slides) to present the information to the class. As the linked article explains, “you must have at least one image per slide, you can use each exact image only once, and you should add no more than five words per slide.”

How many? I’m leaving the exact length up to you; however, you may not have more than 15 slides. Plan to spend no more than 20 seconds per slide (15 slides * 20 seconds each = 300 seconds/5 mins) to avoid exceeding your allotted five minutes.

Dressing for Your Presentation

You need to wear clothes for your presentation, but you do not need to wear your job interview clothes. The regular clothes you wear to class are fine. Just use common sense, and avoid anything that may be distracting or somehow undercut your credibility.

Homework/Schedule

F & M, 10/3 & 10/6: You will have time to work on your second project in class. I’ll share some additional resources, and have a quick conference with each of you to answer any questions. Please be sure to check email before class on Monday.

W, 10/8: You’ll exchange Project 2 drafts and complete peer review in class.