Blog Assignment: 300-word weekly critical responses to required readings
Blog posts should
-seriously engage with the material
-critique, analyze, pursue an idea with coherence
-attempt to engage readers; initial readers will be class members and me
-be thoughtful, original and timely
-deploy tone with a purpose to suit your goals and the context
-tag keywords and link to classmates (we will do this during the wrap-up in the last two weeks of class)
-include an image (also something we will work on in the last two weeks of class)
Blog posts should not:
-summarize
-be boring or repetitive (there is no room for that in 300 words)
-cram a mini essay into a small space
-be offensive or overly informal
Blog posts might:
-include multimedia
-hyperlink to other parts of your site once you've built more
Blog posts should
-seriously engage with the material
-critique, analyze, pursue an idea with coherence
-attempt to engage readers; initial readers will be class members and me
-be thoughtful, original and timely
-deploy tone with a purpose to suit your goals and the context
-tag keywords and link to classmates (we will do this during the wrap-up in the last two weeks of class)
-include an image (also something we will work on in the last two weeks of class)
Blog posts should not:
-summarize
-be boring or repetitive (there is no room for that in 300 words)
-cram a mini essay into a small space
-be offensive or overly informal
Blog posts might:
-include multimedia
-hyperlink to other parts of your site once you've built more
Final project: research-based multimedia website
The final project will be conducted on a subtopic of your choice. The project is something you will work on in small assignments over the course of the whole semester. It is broken down into multiple stages/steps.
1. After reading and discussing and blogging about several required scholarly articles/primary artifacts, propose a research question. Do preliminary research on your topic.
2. Draft a research proposal which contains
-research questions
-hypotheses
-methods
-preliminary research write-up
3. Participate in library research workshop with librarian in class
4. Revise proposals with any new research
5. Devise an infographic based on your preliminary research about your topic.
-learn how to use an infographic-creator in class
-decide on the audience and purpose for the infographic
-look at student-created infographics
6. Compose a landing page for your readers that provides enough content to invite them to read the other 9 webpages in your project.
7. Compose 10 webpages in all, with two webpage drafts due per week starting Feb. 28.
8. Meet with me individually to discuss your work.
9. Participate in daily peer-review workshops or whole-class discussions of webpage drafts.
10. Dedicate the final two weeks of class to website revisions encompassing everything: prose, design, navigation, attribution, fact-checking, hyperlinking, editing for correctness and accessibility.
The final project will be conducted on a subtopic of your choice. The project is something you will work on in small assignments over the course of the whole semester. It is broken down into multiple stages/steps.
1. After reading and discussing and blogging about several required scholarly articles/primary artifacts, propose a research question. Do preliminary research on your topic.
2. Draft a research proposal which contains
-research questions
-hypotheses
-methods
-preliminary research write-up
3. Participate in library research workshop with librarian in class
4. Revise proposals with any new research
5. Devise an infographic based on your preliminary research about your topic.
-learn how to use an infographic-creator in class
-decide on the audience and purpose for the infographic
-look at student-created infographics
6. Compose a landing page for your readers that provides enough content to invite them to read the other 9 webpages in your project.
7. Compose 10 webpages in all, with two webpage drafts due per week starting Feb. 28.
8. Meet with me individually to discuss your work.
9. Participate in daily peer-review workshops or whole-class discussions of webpage drafts.
10. Dedicate the final two weeks of class to website revisions encompassing everything: prose, design, navigation, attribution, fact-checking, hyperlinking, editing for correctness and accessibility.