Last day of class

The first draft of your final paper is due today. Those who chose fourth interviews instead are free to leave after they have signed in. The final draft is due in finals day at 9PM. The class will not meet on finals day.

Your final paper's outline

and must be posted by now and you will have time to start filling the blue-print with text. Remember: you need to show me that you can quote sources, and write a bibliography. Those who will do a fourth interview may work on that interview, if needed. A first or second draft is due next week, when we will meet for the last time. Questions? Talk to me in class.

Outlining your paper; study examples and application

Basic outlining
Outline based on a thesis
Outline and notes
Study the three approaches and try to apply one to your topic. Post that first outline by next week noon on the day we will meet. Also post the literature you intend to use.

Normal class today Nov 26

We will meet at MC at 5. By the end of the day, the following tasks need to be completed:
1. Post your final topic (the topic of your final paper) on your blog and add a few sentences why you chose it.
2. Review all interviews two and three and fill out and post the evaluation sheets from round one. Tell me your numbers one to three and why you rated these interviews best (for both interviews in separate evaluation documents)
3. Once these two tasks are completed, provide an outline of your final paper. What will the introduction contain? What is the thematic statement? How will you organize the body of text and what will the conclusions say. Also list the current books, articles, or on-line resources you have already found. Remember how we listed the book resources a few weeks ago? That's the format.

Monday November 19th - conferences with students in Lawrence Hall 116

This week we will complete the conferences. Next week, the 26th will be a normal meeting day in MC. There are three meetings before the final. The final will be just a debriefing that will last an hour. The three meetings before are dedicated to your final project. I need the topic and theme on the 26th. I will then ask you to post an outline and drafts of the paper in the following weeks. The completed research paper (or final project) is due on Monday of final's week, Dec 17 at noon on your blog.
Use the time until the 26th to review and rate interviews two and three of your classmates. Post the results using the template from the first review.

homework, calendar items, change of meeting day for those who were scheduled nov. 12

...all students from the nov 12 meeting will meet me on Nov 19 instead. I just learned that the 12th is a holiday - Nov 12 meetings moved by 1 week - same hours as shown.
I need to see students only one time. As soon as you have met with me, we are done with that.
The class will meet again on Nov. 26, then on Dec 3 and 10. We will use these meetings to work on the research papers. Be sure to review all student interviews by Nov. 26. Post your reviews of student interviews as you did for interview one. The reviews of interviews two and three are graded work that needs to be posted. Always explain your choice of the three top interviews.

No classroom meeting today: office hour for those who have questions

Be sure to show up next week and the following week, depending on what date and hour you signed up for. Today, Oct 29, 2012 are voluntary meetings with me.

The next four Mondays

will be conferences and finishing all three interviews.
10-29 While you may continue work on interview two and three I will be available in LH 116 during class time. We will not meet in Miller Center. Come see me - first come first served - next week.
11-5 The second interview is due. You can use any compuetr to access and review the interviews posted by your peers. Twelve of you have mandatory meetings with me - sign up sheet will be added today.
11-12 The last interview is due. The second half of class will meet me in LH 116 according to the sign up sheet.
11-19 I meet the people who were scheduled on Nov. 12
11-26 class meets in Miller Center

Sign-up-sheet

Review of interview 1

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Please read all posted interviews. If one is missing, fill out a form with the name and zeros. You will receive evaluation forms today and you are expected to fill out one set of parameters for each class mate.

Evaluation criteria
Use these criteria in reviewing and rating all class interviews.
Name:________________________________________________________
How is the preparation documented?    0..1..2..3
How good are the personal considerations regarding the interview process? 0..1..2
How comprehensive and informative is the country report?  0..1..2..3..4
How does the interview read? Interesting, good questions/answers?  0..1..2..3..4..5
How well is the complete interview presented on the blog? Clarity, errors, visual appearance all count. Audio files add a point. The max is still 6 points.  0..1..2..3..4..5..6
total:______________________________________________________________
 

Scorecard
Make a copy of the scorecard in your own spreadsheet program and add up the rows to show totals. Make your spreadsheet visible to all with the link, Create a post named: Review of interview 1 and type the words "My scorecard". Link your scorecard to those two words.
Then write a short review of your top three interviews.
Best interview: (add student name and url) - 15 points (as an example)
Then wrte a paragraph about the entire interview blog. Why did it score higher than others?
Do the same for your second best interview, as well as the third best interview.

Calendar for interview completion

The first interview needs to be posted by noon next Monday, October 22. That day in class, we will learn how to evaluate, tabulate, and review these posts. The best interview will be awarded a 10% grade boost (one letter grade for the semester). The next week (10-29), we will not meet in class but rather in my office. I will put out a schedule next week for you to meet me in my office for a 10-minute talk about this class and you.
One week later, Monday at noon, the second interview needs to be posted. That's November 5. The last interview is due one week later. All interviews need to be completed by November 12, noon.
The same day, we will discuss topics for final papers. These need to fit into the context of Global Communications so that you can use the newly found competence for the final paper. If a research paper is not your cup of tea, do a fourth interview but know that students who choose that option cannot get an A in class (unless they won an interview competition before).  Final papers are due on the day of our final by 6PM. Questions?? Ask!

Sign-up for student-instructor interviews: here.

Challenges and benefits of interviewing an international student (or an US student)

Create groups of three students. These cannot be people you have worked with before.

1. Brainstorm the topic
2. Create a list of unsorted ideas - at least 12 per person
2.1 Research the topic and see what is available online or in the library. A-papers use sources from the library or web to strengthen their argument
3. Create an outline of your own solution for this writing task and compare it to the group members
4. Change into single mode and write the paper. Take no more than 45 minutes to do that. No later than 7 PM reconvene with your group.
5. Review all three papers and determine, which is best. Write down the reasons in a document that you create in google documents. In that document, compare the strengths and weaknesses of all three papers. Use meaningful parameters to describe strengths and weaknesses.
6. Each group member now links to that google document in their post that contains their personal essay from today.
7. Continue work on your own first interview. It is due on your blog next week.

- the topic of the paper is: Challenges and benefits of interviewing an international student
- the 12 ideas - or more- are elements that support the topic above.

Categories

Category 1: Family - 1, 24
What is the value of family in your country?
What is your family structure like? (head of house, values, etc.)

Category 2: Culture - 7, 45
How does your home country culture differ from the US culture?
What are the highlights in your culture? (What things will make people immediately think about your country? Please tell more about its history)

Category 3: Food - 3, 71
What is the most famous food in your country?
What are your meals like? Size, number, times of day.

Category 4 : Education - 18, 69
What is the education system in your country?
Do a lot of people get a chance to attend college in your country?

Category 5: Social - 42
What are the top three social pastimes? (Sports, group events, various activities)
Category 6: Religion -29,
What are the different religions your country? And what is the predominant religion?

Category 7: Special Occasion - 2,
What are some holidays that you celebrate in ________ and how do you celebrate them?

Meeting 7 on Oct 9

We need to establish the list of core questions, categorize them, and settle the ones we will be using.
Furthermore, each student needs to write a statement of purpose for the interviews. Label it "Interview objectives" and have it on your blog by this evening.
Lastly, we need to talk about the interviewing process and enjoy a few mock interviews in class.

Raw input from students. Han Sole and Gabin coordinating selection of core questions.

Copied from source document:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RFZOQzGmUtfuV8bps3HgFGvw-ULkAl2loqIVpDuGWaQ/edit
 En191f12s27 Questions for the interviewee:

Core ten questions, directed by Gabin:

1. Patent Protected!

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Each student contribute at least two questions that have not been asked here yet. So read first, write later. This will yield at least 50 questions.
How can we organize them? Which categories would they fit? Create the categories from the fundus of questions herein (below), and post the categories you find here. I want to see a blog post from every student that shows the categories used by us in the document below:

1. What is the value of family in your country?
2. What are some holidays that you celebrate in China and how do you celebrate them?
3. What is the most famous food in your country?
4.How do you view the history of your country?
5.Why have you chosen to work in this country?
6.what are the differences between here and your country?
7. How does your home country culture different from the US culture?
8.What is the dynamic of families in your country?
9.where are you suggest us to travel in your country?
10.Does your country encourage marriage at a younger age?
11.In times of stress, how does your country handle with it?
12.What interests make you come to US?
13.what is the most important festival in your country?
14.What is the biggest holiday that is most celebrated in your country? Who participates?
15. how do you view the way government is ran in your country? how does your government compare to that of the U.S’s?
16.Do you like girls in your home country?
17. Do women in your country have the same right as women?
18.what is the education system in your country?
19. Could you describe the most common characteristics of people in your country?
20. As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? Who did you look up to (childhood hero)?
21. Is marriage important that everybody want to achieve in your country?
22. Is there anything you would like the government modify about your country?
st concerned in your c
23. How do people consider newborn specially girls in your country?
untry?
24.What is your family structure like? (head of house, values, etc.)
25. What in your country is considered “taboo”?
26.How do y
27. what events are famous in your country?
28.how women like men looks get young boys and girls ..add consecutive numbers as you ad
country nowadays?
29. What are the different religions your country? And what is the predominant religion?
30. what things you do not like in your country?
31.what do you think about the culture here and why did you choose to live here?
32. What are you views on tattoos? What are the views your country has on tattoos?
33. What are the issues mo21.How many children each family has in your country? (on average) Are there still gender discrimination, race discrimination in your country?
22.what is the most economic resour
34. Do you know any Turkish German people back in your country?
35. What kind of censorship exists in your country?
36. How are women viewed in your comarried according to your country?
37. What do you know about Turkish culture?
38.What are some commonly shared food dishes in your country?
39. Do you think Turkish German people experiencing any adjustment issue? Do you think they get used to live in German culture? Do you find Turkish people more European or more Middle Eastern?
40. What does your country stand for?
41. How are women viewed in your country?
42. What are the top three social pastimes? (Sports, group events, various activities)
43. Do you see Turkish German people as a part of your culture?
44. What are some issues are most concerned in your country nowadays?
45. What are the highlights in your culture? (What things will make people immediately think about your country? Please tell more about its history)
46. What sports are valued in your culture?
47. Do you think Turkish people in Turkey and Germany have exactly same culture?
48. why most of the stereotypes says you are eat a lot of spices food??
49. What Turkish German people enrich to German culture?
50. Do you know why that much Turkish people live in Germany? How does it place in history?
51. What do you think about Turkish German people’s future in Germany?
52.Does domestic violence more often in your country?
53. What most women do not like about men in your country?
54. What do you think, majority of German people think about Turkish German people?
55. Do you think there is a double standard in Germany between German people and Turkish German people?
56. What do women think about marriage in your country?
57. If you were to describe your country as an enchilada or a hard shell taco, what would it be? Why?
58. Have you ever visited Turkey or any other district in Germany where majority of the Turkish people live in?
59. Do you find any difference between Turkish German generations in Germany?
60. Beer or vodka? ビールを飲みませんか。お酒も？ Водка? What are some holidays that you celebrate in Germany and how do you celebrate them
61. Eins. Zwei. Drei. Fünf. Zehn. Elf. Zwölf. Zwanzig. Was ist das?
62.

63. right-to-left languages are fun ^___^

64. How attractive are your men? lol? Depends.... on what?Where you find them, usually the ones in the dark alleys are pretty cute after dark ;) I heard trailer parks have hotties too!! I make trailor parks look like heaven!Jack?! Chuck Norris..no...it’s defianetly Jack...good times :) Definitely not jack...or maybe it was....Kelo? no still chucky...too much men for one night, i’m sry :( there must’ve been like...12. CHUCK!!! I remember!!! The names norris...Chuck Norris
65. Candlejack was h
66.
67.
68.
69.
70. How delicious are the pastries?
71.
72.
73. كيف حالك؟
74 أنا جيد. كيف حال
75.
76.
77. Would you like to grab beer after an interview?
78.
79.
80. What are the
81. Здравствуйте. Как вас зовут?
82.
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Example of MLA style bibliography

University library resources
Review the above site and prepare to explain in class.


Works cited
King, Stephen. Black House. New York: Random, 2001.

Marshall, Leon. "Mandela in Retirement: Peacemaker without Rest." National
Geographic.com. 9 Feb. 2001. 13 Mar. 2003 <http://news.nationalgeographic.com/
news/2001/02/0209_mandela.html>.

Rai, Arti K., and Rebecca S. Eisenberg. "Bayh-Dole Reform and the Progress of
Biomedicine." American Scientist Jan.-Feb. 2003: 52-59.

The Tuxedo. Dir. Kevin Donovan. Prod. John H. Williams, and Adam Schroeder,
Perf. Jackie Chan and Jennifer Love Hewitt. DreamWorks, 2002.

Svitil, Kathy A. "Can I Pour You a Pint of Light?" Discover Nov. 2002: 12.
---. "The 50 Most Important Women in Science." Discover Nov. 2002: 52-57.

Source of examples: http://www.aresearchguide.com/sampleworks.html

... do not forget

that you have to quote the first complete sentence from page 15 of the selected five books that classmates had brought to class. And you need a bibliography (also called "Works cited") at the end of your post. Author, title, publisher, publication location, and year.

Class tonight as usually MC 206

We will have regular class tonight.

Make yourself familiar with the SCSU library site. It will help you locate books in the library. You need to find five books. If you cannot find the book on the shelf, try asking your classmates :-).

Select five posts from your classmates that describe their library book work from last week. Think of the 25 listed members (on the right side of the class blog)  as five groups. 1-5, 6-10 etc. Pick one from each five in the list. That will - I hope-  involve all members of class. Go find those five books and quote the first sentence of page 15. Describe the book (what it is about, who the author is, where and when it was published, and where) and weave the quote into your text. At the end, create a mini bibliography of the five books and return them quickly. Others will be looking for the same books! Post your findings.

Then go back and study the SCSU library site in detail. Peruse the RefWorks site, create an ID and try using it. Use Group code "RWStCloudSU" and training here. Try out what the website can do for you: create a small bibliography. Post it.

Homework for next week: Think of three countries or regions of the world that your interviewee might come from. Find books and on-line resources and write a report why you are interested in this country or region, and which books you found. 500 words. This will prepare you for the needed country reports of our interviews. Post it on your blog. Due noon next week the day we meet. 

Day 4 - You picked a book from the library.

If I am called in for jury duty (which I already postponed last spring to not interrupt teaching), we will have two on-line classes. I will post what do do and with whom. Stay tuned. I should know by Friday afternoon.

Step 1 Please answer the following questions in full sentences:

1. Why did you select the book you brought to class?
2. How many authors does it have? Some books have none: they have an editor.
3. What is the title?
4. Who printed the book? Re-printed? Distributed in the US?
5. Which city was it printed in, and when? You may find that certain books were printed again and several years are printed when editions came to market. Choose the last year and tell which edition it was. If a book was printed in 1940, 1968, 1982, you pick 1982 and count to three: 3rd edition 1982

Step 2 Providing the same information as asked above, write a coherent paragraph about the book you selected. Pick a quote from the book and incorporate it into your text. Provide full bibliographical information at the end in a "Works cited" portion of your post.

Homework: Read five blog posts from classmates and describe what you found. Hot link the originating pages to your review blog post.

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II.Continuation of grammar presentations by the last four groups.

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III.Creative writing assignment as per next post...postponed.
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IV. Do not forget this older task:
2. (Sept 24): Describe in a 500 word post the process by which your group produced the presentation on a common grammar topic "How my group organized the presentation on ..." and add the names of participants, of course. Think of your goals and how you approached and achieved the task. Describe resources found, pitfalls, etc.

Homework for next week, Sept 24

1. Review these topics from LEO and be prepared to explain them in class:
I need help with writing citations for online sources.

I need to know more about using sources. I have questions about using quotations and punctuating quotations.
I have questions about paraphrasing sources.
I need help with introducing and integrating source material into my papers.
I need help with an annotated bibliography.

2. (Sept 24): Describe in a 500 word post the process by which your group produced the presentation on a common grammar topic "How my group organized the presentation on ..." and add the names of participants, of course. Think of your goals and how you approached and achieved the task. Describe resources found, pitfalls, etc.

Grammar presentations Day 3

The order of presentations:
Group 5, group 8, group 1, group 2, group 3, group 10, group 9, group 4, group 7, group 6.
Group 1- How to get a job- Jonathon Gerry, Thanh Tran
Group 2- plagiarism-Ben Miller, Dhurgham Alsaffar
Group 3- plagiarism-Hua Gong, Yihao Sun
Group 4- My native language is not English- Utku Hasbay, Quyen Tran
Group 5- Writing in a business or technical setting- Patrick Murray, Clayton Athman, Gabin TT
Group 6- Semicolons and Colons, commas - Curtis Tolan, Zayana Katamara (blog???), Donald Akroman
Group 7- My native language is not English- Trang Phung, Thanh Dao
Group 8- Writing to get a job- Amber McAllister, chancelvie louzolo, Joseph Albers
Group 9 - Avoiding logical falacies in writing - Jon Madden, Robert Finstad
Group 10- Improving our vocabulary. Alam Mahmood, HanSole Hyun, Labib Rahman
Group 11- Grammar and roles Abdullah Jama, Mohammed Alhajri, Xippen He

Homework for next week, 9-17

Please visit the LEO webpages and review the topics offered. Study three topics from the list below and start to prepare one for blog presentation and class presentation.

Every student must have a blog by now that shows the topic selected for presentation. Peruse all blogs of your classmates and find one or two students who have the same or a similar topic. Form groups of 2-3 students. If four persons have a similar topic, split into two groups. See me and tell me who is working with whom. I will put that on the class blog.

Sit with your new group mates and discuss what you want to present to class.
Check the additional resources below and see, how you can include them.
Google your topic and find additional content.
Create a new (second draft after the first posting for today) blog entry and put together the elements of your group presentation.
I want to start listening to group presentations by 7:00 pm today. Be sure to copy and past the second draft (the group presentation) into each member's blog before the evening is over. We will finish listening to presentations next week.

Homework for the followingweek (Sept 24): Describe in a 500 word post the process by which your group produced the presentation on a common grammar topic "How my group organized the presentation on ..." and add the names of participants, of course. Think of your goals and how you approached and achieved the task. Describe resources found, pitfalls, etc.

Here are the topics:
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" I'm writing a research paper . . .

• and want help with

• • online sources.
    
  • and want help with citations and documentation.
    
  • and want help with introducing quoted and paraphrased material.
    
  • and have questions about quotations and paraphrases.
    
  • and want to avoid plagiarism.
    
  • and want help with researching techniques.
    
  • and want help organizing it.  

I want to make sure my ideas are logical.

I want to improve the way my writing sounds. My writing doesn't flow. It's choppy.

I'm having problems getting started.

I have difficulty organizing my writing.

I want to work on developing my writing.

I have problems with particular parts of a paper -- introductions, thesis statements, conclusions.

I need more information about particular types of writing:

• writing for school
  
• writing in a business or technical setting
  
• writing to get a job  

I'm never sure about where commas go.

I'm having problems with sentence fragments.

I'm confused by semicolons and colons.

I want to know more about grammar and the parts of a sentence.

My native language is not English.

I'm not sure what some of the abbreviations and symbols mean that my teacher wrote on my paper.

I'm not sure what some of the terms mean that my teacher wrote on my paper.

I'm never sure how to revise or catch errors in my writing.

I'd like some ideas for making my writing nonsexist." end clip.

Source: http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/ accessed Sept. 4, 2012

Day two- week 3

Please review (read and write down observations) all stories from classmates. Obviously, those students who did not post anything will not be reviewed. Ask yourself: "What makes a good story?" I would like to hear the answer in class, and I would like to establish a list of quality indicators that suggest to you that a story is "good". In order to find out which three stories are the best in class, use this on-line document. It contains the names of students who had their stories posted at noon today. Give  up to  fifteen points per story according to the five criteria:
Criterion 1: Creative use of the 13 items (5 Points)
Criterion 2: Interest (4 Points)
Criterion 3: Organization/Structure (3 Points)
Criterion 4: Flow (2 Points)
Criterion 5: Grammar/Spelling (1 Point)
Add up to 15 points each story and record sum

For class discussion: Which parameters did you base your evaluation on? Which are valid parameters to evaluate writing and stories? I proposed five in the evaluation sheet above.Here is a template to copy and paste into your own google documents with the names and parameters.

After the evaluation, give me written feedback on stories here, please.

A little task for the First Post

Who are you? Describe yourself and what you stand for in 200 words or less.

Create blogs, naming techniques, connecting to the class blog

Introduction, handouts, discussion of pre-writing considerations and techniques. All students need to create a google account id and start a blog. The naming of the blog must be: en191f12s27+firstname+firstinitialoflastname and please consider using a picture of yourself. When asked, come forward to link your blog to this class blog.

Homework for next week:
"Who am I" - post on your blog
Story-in-a-Box: Make an inventory list of 12 items. Name the item and describe it. Two to three sentences per item. Then create a story linking the items in a plot that you  fabricate. 350-700 words. Have fun. This is due next Monday, September 3, 2012, at 12 noon.
NO CLASS THAT DAY!!
Next class meeting is September 10, 2012.

Class Syllabus

Global Cultures & Communications Syllabus

Welcome to your English Composition class! We will be meeting in the Miller Center

and enjoy access to the world-wide web during class time in Room 206. When using

internet resources, please remain critical about what you find. 

We will conduct the class with a handbook that I recommend to buy: The Bedford Handbook, 7th edition, Bedford/St. Martin's, Boston and New York, 2006-2009. You can buy the softcover

0-312-59504-2 version or the hard cover 0-312-59505-0. The book is not mandatory.

Just highly recommended. You will have to invest in paper for printing, and other

resources you may need, including a dedicated USB memory stick for your work.

You are expected to maintain all files for this course on your home computer or

husky space and also on that memory stick. 

You will create your own blog on blogger by google. It is free. All members of class will be asked to read and review writing samples. Everything you do for class goes into the blog. We are saving trees.  Assignments are always due at noon of the day we meet in class. Late submissions cannot be accepted for review in class or grades.

The course objectives

Reading, writing, and critical reasoning based on different text types and situations related to Global Cultures & Communications. We will explore the creative as well as analytical side of writing, discourse, and structure together. You will write short and longer papers and learn to edit your writing, improve your arguments, and become more effective communicators using blogs. You will be reviewing your peers blog entries regularly and discover what works and where problems exist. All the while you will learn about other countries and cultures and explore the otherness of non-US speech, text, discourse and argument.

The semester will be structured as follows:

Part I: Five meetings August-September we will cover LEO and writing topics from the

University of Ottawa Writing Center.

Part II Preparing for interviews with international students, conducting interviews,

and writing interview and country reports. This will cover October until mid November.

Part III You personal Final Project. This could be an additional interview, a comparison

of several interviews, a research paper, or anything else we agreed on. The day of finals

is December 17 for section 27 and 18 for section 28. Your final project is due that day in your blog.

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8/6/12	-	Tuition and fees due
8/27/12	-	Day and Evening Classes begin
9/3/12	-	Labor Day; No classes, Offices closed
9/3/12	-	Last day to drop without a "W" and 100% reduction of charges
9/4/12	-	Last day to add classes without departmental permission
9/10/12	-	Last day to exchange full term classes in AS 118
9/28/12	-	Undergraduate graduation application deadline for Fall semester
10/11 - 10/12/12	-	Fall Semester Break; No classes
10/22/12	-	Second half of semester classes begin
11/12/12	-	Veterans Day; No classes, Offices closed
11/13/12	-	Registration for Spring semester 2013 begins by earned credit priority
11/21/12	-	Deadline for dropping courses with a grade of “W”
11/22 - 11/23/12	-	Thanksgiving Break
12/14/12	-	Last day of classes
12/17 - 12/21/12	-	Final Examinations
12/21/12	-	Tuition/Fees due for Spring Semester 2013
12/22/12	-	University Commencement

end clip from http://www.stcloudstate.edu/registrar/default.asp

When publishing your writing on your blog:

-- Several drafts are needed until a paper or presentation reads well .

-- Writing and researching improves as you allow others to critique your

work, and make suggestions for your benefit.

-- If in doubt about a sentence, paragraph, or page of your text and its role for

the entire paper, just cut it out.

-- Less is usually more, if less was edited and revised intelligently.

-- Any text element in your paper that is not your own writing and expression,

needs to be referenced as the work or idea of others.

-- Use of technology cannot make up for lack of reflection and poor writing design.

-- You can only write about what you know; resist writing about things

you do not understand. 

Journal or Blog

You are expected to keep a blog. Whenever you freewrite, list, research, or keep records of books and urls used, use your journal. The journal is supposed to show evidence of how you went about tasks, which books and homepages you used, etc. Every time you search for a topic (e.g. www.google.com)

I require you to record the urls used and the date you visited that page. Use a word-processing program or an editor simultaneously with the browser to keep records. Print the pages after you saved it to your personal disk, USB storage card, or Husky account and paste it into your journal. If you forget or loose your journal you cannot work effectively in class that day. Immediately buy a new journal and reconstruct what was lost in the first one. A person without a correctly kept journal/blog cannot achieve better than a B – even if everything else is A+.

Grades will be based on:

Completeness and appearance of blog 30%

Post assignments, interviews 50%

Class participation, presentations 20%

Best paper (or post or interview) in class gives you a 10% bonus for the final grade. Missing a meeting without talking with me ahead of time costs you 5% on the final grade. Missing more than 25% of total class time, by department policy, forces me to fail you in this class.

More details of the syllabus are posted in the margin of this blog as our work progresses.