And, just like that, we’ve reached the end of the semester! Congratulations! You’re almost there!
So, as usual for my final Response of the semester, I want you to use this as an opportunity to reflect back on the semester a bit. It's hard (even for me) to remember back to when you were all here on day one, but here we are a good few weeks later, with a good few projects under our belts. But.... what does it all mean? That's a question for you to answer. For your final Response, I want you to think about (and then write about, naturally) what you learned about writing this semester using this course's unique spin on things, whatever that may be. Allow me to immediately follow that statement up by saying that there is nothing I want less than a contrived "conversion narrative"; I'm not the writing or genre missionary, bringing the all-loving wisdom and knowledge of writing to you; you're not the lowly, sad, unknowing student who could only see the light through my guidance. For this final Response, I'd like you to reflect on what we did, what you learned, and what you’ll take forward with you, but just know that you won’t get bonus points for buttering me up. You can, however, earn some bonus points through thoughtful reflection and careful consideration— and I will award up to 150/100 points if I see you really put good thought and effort into your response. That's right, I'm providing a chance for you to earn back (or add on) up to 50 points by illustrating a thorough reflection. If you've missed a response or two, or done them late, this is a last-minute chance to earn back some of those points. Take your time with this, and post before this response is due! It has been intensely rewarding to see your progress this semester, and hope you had as much fun as I did. DUE BY 11:59 AM, Monday May 1st
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For this response, I wanted to ask you a few simple questions about how Wednesday's workshop went, what advice you got, and how you'll address it going forward. So, here's a few questions to get the ball rolling for this response:
I want this to serve as a place to think about the direction your project is headed in from here, and why that's the case, since we're rapidly coming up on the end. In the event that you missed workshops or did not receive feedback from your peers, please do respond by letting me know what your plans for the next few weeks are as the semester comes to a close. Due on Sunday, April 16th by the end of the day. You have a proposal due on Monday to discuss with your peers in class where I want you to lay out your ideas regarding Project 3. To give me a better idea where you stand in advance of that, and give you a chance to flesh your ideas out a bit, I'd like for you to do the following:
DUE BY 11:59 PM, Sunday, April 9th Hello again! I've been thinking about adding in more in-class writing to our meetings, so if there's time today, let's give this a shot, shall we?
So, today, we discussed design and design principles. I'd like you to answer a few questions before we conclude:
I'd like you to spend some time thinking about your responses to these questions and write a bit less than a paragraph about each one. You don't need to write formally in this In-Class Response, so don't worry about this being especially polished, but I would like to know more about what your thoughts were/are about design principles and how they might work in this final project. Also, just like before, if you're not in class to complete this response, that's perfectly fine. You don't need to do it outside of class, but I welcome you to respond as best as you can if you're not here for our discussion today. So, we just did the demand grid exercise again that forced you to come up with a ridiculous number of potential audiences. Once again, I apologize for putting you through that, but I imagine it's gotten you to think more and harder about this than you normally would.
With that in mind, I'd like you to write about the following in an informal, in-class response:
Due to some poor timing on my part, please get this done ASAP on your end, and I won't be adding in late penalties any time soon for it. We stand on the precipice of Spring Break, and you have a bit of extra time to work on Project 2. So, I'd like to get your attention while you're still freshly thinking about Project 2, and like Project 1, make a list of things to consider heading into your final revisions. As I stated last time:
I hope everyone has a good Spring Break, and you can come back to your lists later to get a refresher on the work left to do between now and the conclusion of Project 2 in 2 weeks! DUE BY 11:59 PM, Sunday, March 12th We're heading into your meeting with me for conferences for Project 2 this next week. So, in preparation for that, I'd like for you, in this response, to indicate a few things:
DUE BY 11:59 PM, Sunday, February 26th On Monday, February 13th we'll be meeting in the library for our overview of their services and to get started with researching,
So, to that end, I want you (based on what we'll be discussing in class this week) to indicate what some of your top ideas for forthcoming research topics are. I'll be pushing to help you expand beyond the usual research topics, but I want you to write about one (or a few) of the ones you're most interested in heading into our day focused on the library and research. DUE BY 11:59 PM, Sunday, February 12th Since the Technology Gods did not smile on my previous attempt to send out a Response, I wanted to have one that'll be topical heading into this next week. As such, here is what I'd like you to respond to:
It's never a bad idea to keep a list of things on hand when revising a text that you know you want to address later, especially while you're thinking about it, so after today's workshop concludes, and sometime before Project 1 is due, I'd like to see what your plans are to finish this project (for now, at least). DUE BY 11:59 PM, Sunday, February 5th So, we’re going through a crash course of content in the early goings on genre, especially since we miss(ed) out on class on Monday the 16th. Since it’s critical for us moving forward to have a firm grasp on what precisely genre is, and how we understand it, let’s start there!
For this post, I want you to write no fewer than 200 words (so at least a healthy paragraph, but preferably more!) explaining how you personally understand what a "genre" is at the moment. You can discuss what knowledge you came in with, examples, what we’ve discussed in class, what you’ve learned so far, and whatever else works for you! DUE BY 11:59 PM, Sunday, January 22nd |
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