Guidelines for Reflection over Project

Please do not respond back to this post--you need to email me your reflection by our final class, which is Wednesday, May 30, 2012.

Respond to the following questions based on your project. You need to answer in complete sentences using specific language--so, don't say something like "this is the best project I have ever done because I XXX." This tells me nothing. Be specific. Each question should have two-five sentences in response. 

1. Believe this is the best project you have ever completed. Tell me why.

2. Doubt this project is any good at all. Tell me why. 

3. Predict my response to your project. 

4. Agree or disagree with your sense of my response to this project.  

And last, discuss your overall reaction to working within a group. How did your group work together? Was there an overall leader or did you work more fluidity together? This is the time to be very honest, so that I know how the group functioned together. 

The Makings of a Researcher

Throughout the past quarter, you have been discussing the process of writing and researching. For this last (!) blog post, I want you to discuss who you believe you are as a writer and researcher. To do this I want you to have a little fun, so I'm not looking for you to do a traditional 300-500 word response. What I want is you to think about how you could represent the characteristics that define you as a writer/researcher that you have developed and honed this quarter (and those that you came in with). 

Some suggestions for ways to create this:

*A job wanted ad or a personal

*A  poem

*Through a series of images

*an obit

*a short short (short fiction piece)

*a song

The possibilities with responding are very open. You can respond back to this post OR you can create a new post. 

This should be as long as it needs to be to get your point across. I should see elements of you----so I should be able to get a sense of who wrote what without even looking at the author's name.

And remember: have fun with this---it's your last one for this class. =)

Due by midnight on Monday, May 28, 2012. 

Composition in a New Genre

For this blog post, you need to complete it together as part of your group--this will help get you into the mind-set and rhythm of working in your group. You need decide on a plan of attack, in other words, a detailed plan of action that shows your thinking and understanding of how and when to organize and complete this project. Use this blog post as a time for your group to organize the logistics of the project and to prepare for the work day on Monday. You need to provide an overview of project expectations (as established by the group), project specifics (genre, audience, rhetorical situation), and calendar of events (how/when the work will occur). 


You do NOT need to comment back to another for this post. 


Due: Monday, May 21, 2012 by class time. 

Work Day: What's Your Story?

Your out-of-class work day concludes with a blog post where you share your story about your researching journey. 

Part I:

Tell your “story” of your research findings and experiences, including but not limited to, your interview(s) and observations. In other words, I want you to actually tell the story of your process as if it was a story and not simply a project you were completing for class. Your audience is mainstream people—people who have no idea what you are talking about or why you are talking about it, so you will need to make your story “audience-friendly.” This reflection is not fiction, so don’t treat it that way.

Some things to remember about this reflection: it should read like a story, and stories have a central point; they aim for an emotional response; and they are engaging. 

Your story needs to be 350-500 words. 

Part II:

The second part of this blog post: you need to respond (comment back) to a peer's post--you MUST do this to receive full credit. This means underneath someone's post, you need to click "reply" and comment on their post. 

Due: Monday, May 14, 2012 BY 8:00 PM in order to be in attendance and receive credit for your work day. 

Simply Meet the Press

In the Beltway Blog, there is an interesting dialogue about "old media" and "new media." Using the Jenkins and any other readings you feel helps you relate to this, I want you to "meet the press" and create a case for old media, new media, or both. Your response should take whatever form you feel allows you to step up and meet the press. It should NOT simply be a response--you can take a side to speak from (the press or the public) and create a voice based on that side.

What I'm looking for is for you to create an INFORMED case speaking from the voice of either the press or the public. This means evidence, evidence, evidence, and I want you using the readings from class. Per normal you should be responding to your peers as well.

**If you don't know what "meet the press" means...you didn't critically read the Beltway blog. =)


250-400 words. 


Due: Monday, May 7, 2012 by class time. 

Knowledge Community

You are responding to Jenkins' idea of the "anatomy of a knowledge community." Jenkins defines knowledge community as the community that comes out of a shared knowledge-base. I want you to first define knowledge community as Jenkins' defines it then add to this definition with your own thinking and musing. Next, I want you to discuss your version of the anatomy of a knowledge community using one of your own knowledge communities.

I should, after seeing your post, understand your version of a knowledge community in relationship to Jenkins' explanation as well as how it connects to your own being--as a literate person, a DU student, a writer, a research, etc.

***Per normal this should be based in evidence and engage with other posts. Shoot for 250-400 words. 

Due: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 by class time. 

SRR: Ballenger

For this blog post you are doing an SRR: summary, respond, reflect. First quickly summarize what happened in #4. Next respond to it, in other words, what did you learn; are there key terms that you need to define; and what was your reaction to learning these things. And last, you are going to reflect on the chapter. What connections can you make between other readings, class discussions, and your own research? 

Shoot for 250-400 words and engage with your peers. 

Due: Monday, April 30, 2012 by class time.