Tuesday, November 27
Don't forget: Today we are meeting in person for project presentations in the following locations:
3:30 class (Section 75): ASY 3207
5:00 class (Section 81): Tawes 1107
Remember, I'll be collecting hard copies of your memo at the beginning of class. NEITHER ROOM HAS A PRINTER, so make sure to bring them with you.
3:30 class (Section 75): ASY 3207
5:00 class (Section 81): Tawes 1107
Remember, I'll be collecting hard copies of your memo at the beginning of class. NEITHER ROOM HAS A PRINTER, so make sure to bring them with you.
Tuesday, November 20
Hi All! I just wanted to touch base with a few reminders and clarifications for today and the near future:
Primary Research Your primary research survey tabulations and interview transcripts are due today. Two forms of primary research per student are due; these should be posted as directed on ELMS: Submit Assignments. Full credit will be given for all work posted by class today; I’ll continue to give partial credit for primary research posted through December 1.
Instructions If you didn’t post them already, Instructions are due today, also at ELMS: Submit Assignments. Please make sure you submit all required materials.
Audience Posts Some of you will be very easily able to do this assignment, based on the information you provided in your Proposal. Some of you need to do additional research – which ultimately will help you write your Final Project appropriately. Posts are the third item due today.
Proposals All graded Proposals will be returned by today at the latest. Please make sure to read both my margin comments and my end notes carefully, as they consist of suggestions and feedback that I hope you’ll use in writing your Final Project. If I’ve asked you to submit additional information or discuss an aspect of your project with me, it’s up to you to get me that material or arrange an appointment or come by my office hours.
Project Presentations Reminder: the next time we will meet in person will be on Tuesday, November 27 for project presentations. We will not be meeting in our regular classroom, so please make sure you know where we’ll be. Also please make sure you are prepared to either present or evaluate a classmate’s presentation by reviewing the presentation handouts carefully.
Resume Revisions If you’d like to see my comments on your classmate’s version of your resume written in September (referred to in handout; it wasn’t feasible to distribute them in class last week), please email me.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Primary Research Your primary research survey tabulations and interview transcripts are due today. Two forms of primary research per student are due; these should be posted as directed on ELMS: Submit Assignments. Full credit will be given for all work posted by class today; I’ll continue to give partial credit for primary research posted through December 1.
Instructions If you didn’t post them already, Instructions are due today, also at ELMS: Submit Assignments. Please make sure you submit all required materials.
Audience Posts Some of you will be very easily able to do this assignment, based on the information you provided in your Proposal. Some of you need to do additional research – which ultimately will help you write your Final Project appropriately. Posts are the third item due today.
Proposals All graded Proposals will be returned by today at the latest. Please make sure to read both my margin comments and my end notes carefully, as they consist of suggestions and feedback that I hope you’ll use in writing your Final Project. If I’ve asked you to submit additional information or discuss an aspect of your project with me, it’s up to you to get me that material or arrange an appointment or come by my office hours.
Project Presentations Reminder: the next time we will meet in person will be on Tuesday, November 27 for project presentations. We will not be meeting in our regular classroom, so please make sure you know where we’ll be. Also please make sure you are prepared to either present or evaluate a classmate’s presentation by reviewing the presentation handouts carefully.
Resume Revisions If you’d like to see my comments on your classmate’s version of your resume written in September (referred to in handout; it wasn’t feasible to distribute them in class last week), please email me.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Tuesday, November 13
Hi All,
At the start of class today, I'll be "taking attendance" through our Discussion threads, and then assigning you partners for the Instructions Assignment. As always, email me during class today should you have any questions. Happy Writing!
Thursday's Class Please make sure to bring electronic versions of your Instructions to class on Thursday. We'll be spending most if not all of our time together that day testing, revising, refining, and submitting the Instructions you've begun today. You may find it useful to read Thursday's Instructions, now posted on our Instructions page.
Presentations I've posted a handout under the Presentations page listing who is presenting when and who is evaluating whom. I've also updated the original presentation handout to slightly shift deadlines and responsibilities -- you'll be posting your visuals and your memos the night before the Presentations begin (November 26); that way, we don't have to waste class time exchanging hard copies of your Presentation Memos with your evaluators. I'll review this in class on Thursday in case there are questions.
Primary Research Samples of Interview Transcripts and Survey Tabulations have been posted on the Primary Research page. The ELMS: Submit Assignments page reflects the Primary Research, which is due November 20. You may submit your primary research at any time between now and then.
Resume Revision I've shifted the deadline for your Resume Revision until after Thanksgiving and posted a handout explaining exactly what I'm looking for. Please read this handout -- posted on the bottom of the RCL page -- for Thursday, and ask me questions in class.
Second Conferences I've read about half of your Proposals, and I'd like to begin scheduling a time to meet with some of you to clarify aspects of your project. I'll discuss this in more detail on Thursday.
At the start of class today, I'll be "taking attendance" through our Discussion threads, and then assigning you partners for the Instructions Assignment. As always, email me during class today should you have any questions. Happy Writing!
Thursday's Class Please make sure to bring electronic versions of your Instructions to class on Thursday. We'll be spending most if not all of our time together that day testing, revising, refining, and submitting the Instructions you've begun today. You may find it useful to read Thursday's Instructions, now posted on our Instructions page.
Presentations I've posted a handout under the Presentations page listing who is presenting when and who is evaluating whom. I've also updated the original presentation handout to slightly shift deadlines and responsibilities -- you'll be posting your visuals and your memos the night before the Presentations begin (November 26); that way, we don't have to waste class time exchanging hard copies of your Presentation Memos with your evaluators. I'll review this in class on Thursday in case there are questions.
Primary Research Samples of Interview Transcripts and Survey Tabulations have been posted on the Primary Research page. The ELMS: Submit Assignments page reflects the Primary Research, which is due November 20. You may submit your primary research at any time between now and then.
Resume Revision I've shifted the deadline for your Resume Revision until after Thanksgiving and posted a handout explaining exactly what I'm looking for. Please read this handout -- posted on the bottom of the RCL page -- for Thursday, and ask me questions in class.
Second Conferences I've read about half of your Proposals, and I'd like to begin scheduling a time to meet with some of you to clarify aspects of your project. I'll discuss this in more detail on Thursday.
Tuesday, November 6
Hi All,
A reminder: I won’t be available prior to or during class time today, but I’ll be answering questions sent to my gmail account this evening.
The Proposal Please make sure to review all assignment guidelines and requirements prior to class today, and submit your complete, properly-named Proposal by the start of class. Remember: late papers incur a 10 point penalty each day – not each class day, not each weekday – and in order to pass this course, all major papers must be submitted. Please review our course policies should you have any questions, concerns, or confusion. Exact submission directions are posted on our syllabus for today and on ELMS.
Instructions Our topic for this week is the extremely important skill of writing clear instructions. I’m looking forward to reading your posts and to our class discussion on this topic.
Presentations The presentation schedule will be announced for November 27 & November 29 within the next week. If you present on Tuesday, you’ll be evaluating on Thursday, and vice versa. Remember, each student will have roughly 4 minutes to present an aspect of your project to your classmates. Section 81: I haven’t forgotten that you owe me an informed discussion about Presentations.
Final Project Now that the proposal has been submitted, it's time to look ahead to the final project! The powerpoint, assignment sheet, examples, and survey should give you a good idea of the type of work you are all already on your way to completing for your centerpiece project of the semester.
A reminder: I won’t be available prior to or during class time today, but I’ll be answering questions sent to my gmail account this evening.
The Proposal Please make sure to review all assignment guidelines and requirements prior to class today, and submit your complete, properly-named Proposal by the start of class. Remember: late papers incur a 10 point penalty each day – not each class day, not each weekday – and in order to pass this course, all major papers must be submitted. Please review our course policies should you have any questions, concerns, or confusion. Exact submission directions are posted on our syllabus for today and on ELMS.
Instructions Our topic for this week is the extremely important skill of writing clear instructions. I’m looking forward to reading your posts and to our class discussion on this topic.
Presentations The presentation schedule will be announced for November 27 & November 29 within the next week. If you present on Tuesday, you’ll be evaluating on Thursday, and vice versa. Remember, each student will have roughly 4 minutes to present an aspect of your project to your classmates. Section 81: I haven’t forgotten that you owe me an informed discussion about Presentations.
Final Project Now that the proposal has been submitted, it's time to look ahead to the final project! The powerpoint, assignment sheet, examples, and survey should give you a good idea of the type of work you are all already on your way to completing for your centerpiece project of the semester.
Tuesday, October 23
Hi All,
I will be available via my gmail account today between 4:00pm and 6:00pm if you have any questions.
Survey/Interview Questions During our scheduled class time today, you’ll be working with your group members to give them feedback on their potential survey and interview questions. Using the criteria and guidelines discussed during Thursday’s class as well as on the Primary Research powerpoint, please provide thoughtful and critical feedback to your classmates on their questions and post them by the end of class time in the appropriate box on the Group Work page of our Submit Drafts section of ELMS. You will each revise and refine your questions, confirm that you are providing exactly what I’m asking for by reviewing the assignment sheet, and bring me a hard copy of the questions on Thursday.
Presentations On Thursday, we’ll briefly discuss presentations, which you’ll each be delivering the week after Thanksgiving. The majority of the readings and videos for this week have to do with good (and bad) presentations. You’ll want to keep these in mind over the next month as you consider which aspect of your project you’ll want to share with your classmates during your presentation.
Definition Speaking of presentations, you’ll be presenting your Definition to your group members on Thursday. As they are your audience, they will be uniquely qualified to give you helpful and constructive feedback on your Definition. You’ll then have 24 hours to revise and refine your Audience Description and Definition before submitting the Final Copy to me on Blackboard using the Submit Assignments tab. This link will become available after Thursday night.
Proposal A week from today is our first Proposal draft workshop, so continue to research the problem you are focusing on and to develop potential solutions. By now, you should have a better idea of who your audiences are, and how to best to describe them. You should also have a collection of secondary sources that include scholarly journals and other materials found through UMD library’s expensive databases (and not just websites and articles from Google searches).
Be well, and have a good week!
I will be available via my gmail account today between 4:00pm and 6:00pm if you have any questions.
Survey/Interview Questions During our scheduled class time today, you’ll be working with your group members to give them feedback on their potential survey and interview questions. Using the criteria and guidelines discussed during Thursday’s class as well as on the Primary Research powerpoint, please provide thoughtful and critical feedback to your classmates on their questions and post them by the end of class time in the appropriate box on the Group Work page of our Submit Drafts section of ELMS. You will each revise and refine your questions, confirm that you are providing exactly what I’m asking for by reviewing the assignment sheet, and bring me a hard copy of the questions on Thursday.
- Edited to add at 4:30PM: Make sure to review the assignment sheet before turning in your questions on Thursday. I'm opening many documents that don't give proper context, that are not exactly 10 questions, or are somehow missing information that will make it difficult for me to give you appropriate and helpful feedback!
- Edited to add at 5:00PM: Section 81 groups of four, make sure to discuss who is reviewing which group member's comments! Everyone should get two sets of feedback and this won't happen on its own without you discussing it first.
Presentations On Thursday, we’ll briefly discuss presentations, which you’ll each be delivering the week after Thanksgiving. The majority of the readings and videos for this week have to do with good (and bad) presentations. You’ll want to keep these in mind over the next month as you consider which aspect of your project you’ll want to share with your classmates during your presentation.
Definition Speaking of presentations, you’ll be presenting your Definition to your group members on Thursday. As they are your audience, they will be uniquely qualified to give you helpful and constructive feedback on your Definition. You’ll then have 24 hours to revise and refine your Audience Description and Definition before submitting the Final Copy to me on Blackboard using the Submit Assignments tab. This link will become available after Thursday night.
Proposal A week from today is our first Proposal draft workshop, so continue to research the problem you are focusing on and to develop potential solutions. By now, you should have a better idea of who your audiences are, and how to best to describe them. You should also have a collection of secondary sources that include scholarly journals and other materials found through UMD library’s expensive databases (and not just websites and articles from Google searches).
Be well, and have a good week!
Tuesday, October 16
Hi All,
Today you'll be spending with your Working Group, introducing your topics to each other, brainstorming terms to define for your group members, and beginning to assemble your Audience Descriptions for the Definition assignment. Namely, you'll be collecting specific information about each other that you can use to target your Definition so it's specific and directed at this particular audience -- the way that the student writer in the sample definition used what she knew about Chris Horton (he liked video games, he was a history major) to appeal to him directly. The Definition Audience Worksheet will give you more guidance for today's work.
We've reached the point in the semester where your assignments will be coming at a quick pace -- next week alone you'll have survey/interview questions due as well as the Definition assignment, for example. We have a lot of readings, examples, and other material on the syllabus and you'll want to make sure that you are reading very carefully and not simply skimming -- you may miss something that could affect your grades. Part of our Blended Learning model requires you to put the time and effort into focusing on the material, taking the time to not only read or view, but to comprehend, consider, and discuss intelligently on Thursdays. This interaction with the course materials will become key for each of you as your begin your research for your semester-long projects -- you'll want to apply that same critical, careful approach to the secondary sources you'll be using in the coming months.
Added at 4:15: I'll be reading terms and responding to any that I am concerned about. If you don't get feedback, that means I think your term or terms could work.
I'll be available during class time today on gmail for questions or clarifications, and I look forward to hearing from you. In the meantime, enjoy your Working Group introductions!
Today you'll be spending with your Working Group, introducing your topics to each other, brainstorming terms to define for your group members, and beginning to assemble your Audience Descriptions for the Definition assignment. Namely, you'll be collecting specific information about each other that you can use to target your Definition so it's specific and directed at this particular audience -- the way that the student writer in the sample definition used what she knew about Chris Horton (he liked video games, he was a history major) to appeal to him directly. The Definition Audience Worksheet will give you more guidance for today's work.
We've reached the point in the semester where your assignments will be coming at a quick pace -- next week alone you'll have survey/interview questions due as well as the Definition assignment, for example. We have a lot of readings, examples, and other material on the syllabus and you'll want to make sure that you are reading very carefully and not simply skimming -- you may miss something that could affect your grades. Part of our Blended Learning model requires you to put the time and effort into focusing on the material, taking the time to not only read or view, but to comprehend, consider, and discuss intelligently on Thursdays. This interaction with the course materials will become key for each of you as your begin your research for your semester-long projects -- you'll want to apply that same critical, careful approach to the secondary sources you'll be using in the coming months.
Added at 4:15: I'll be reading terms and responding to any that I am concerned about. If you don't get feedback, that means I think your term or terms could work.
I'll be available during class time today on gmail for questions or clarifications, and I look forward to hearing from you. In the meantime, enjoy your Working Group introductions!
Tuesday, October 9 & Thursday, October 11 -- Conferences
Tuesday, October 2
Hi All,
This week we’ll be continuing our focus on Topic Work as well as begin our exploration into the Definition, a formal writing assignment related to your semester-long project. A couple things really struck me last week as we began our topic discussions: the independence of these Tuesday sessions means that each of you has to not only watch the videos and read the text, articles, and examples I’ve posted but really work on comprehending the material in a way that you can respond to it. To repeat myself, glancing through the materials isn’t going to work this semester: in order to pick a good topic for your project, you need to clearly understand the concepts of audience and problem-solving, and to think carefully about both your interests and what can realistically be undertaken during the course of the semester.
Fortunately, those who put in the effort will find good topics – and your classmates and I are here to help you.
Topic Work Our work during class time today will involve reading and engaging with your classmates’ topics, and then, refining and developing your own. By Thursday, a large number of you will arrive in class with workable, developed topics. A few of you will probably still have questions, but we’ll spend a chunk of class time talking to each other, brainstorming, and sharing ideas so that by the end of class on Thursday, everyone will have at least one potential topic to research and explore in preparation for our conferences next week.
Discussion Posts During class today, make sure you respond to at least three classmates' topics following the guidelines provided in the Discussion prompt. Some of you have started to do this already, and appreciate the time and attention you are giving each other's ideas -- keep it up! I'll chime in as well if needed.
UPDATED AT 3:50PM: After reading your posts for today, I'll be adding some guidance for the Discussion Post/printed version of a refined topic due Thursday this evening.
Conferences On October 9 & 11, I’ll be meeting with each of you in groups of 3-4 to discuss your individual topics and answer questions about the work you’ll be doing on them for the rest of the semester. We’ll discuss the Proposal, a major paper due in about a month. Ideally, you’ll sign up for a conference time with classmates who are writing about similar topics, so we can have a more unified discussion.
Each of you will complete a Conference Worksheet, which requires some initial research into your topics, and print a copy to hand in to me during your conference. I highly suggest bringing either a second hard copy or your laptop/tablet to take notes on during our conversation.
Definition Once you’ve selected an appropriate topic to focus on this semester, you’ll pick a term or phrase closely related to that topic that needs defining for your working group of classmates. By now, you realize there’s more to the extended Definition than just parroting an entry from Wikipedia! We’ll begin discussing the Definition assignment on Thursday, and as part of your topic research, I encourage you to start working on a list of potential terms.
This week we’ll be continuing our focus on Topic Work as well as begin our exploration into the Definition, a formal writing assignment related to your semester-long project. A couple things really struck me last week as we began our topic discussions: the independence of these Tuesday sessions means that each of you has to not only watch the videos and read the text, articles, and examples I’ve posted but really work on comprehending the material in a way that you can respond to it. To repeat myself, glancing through the materials isn’t going to work this semester: in order to pick a good topic for your project, you need to clearly understand the concepts of audience and problem-solving, and to think carefully about both your interests and what can realistically be undertaken during the course of the semester.
Fortunately, those who put in the effort will find good topics – and your classmates and I are here to help you.
Topic Work Our work during class time today will involve reading and engaging with your classmates’ topics, and then, refining and developing your own. By Thursday, a large number of you will arrive in class with workable, developed topics. A few of you will probably still have questions, but we’ll spend a chunk of class time talking to each other, brainstorming, and sharing ideas so that by the end of class on Thursday, everyone will have at least one potential topic to research and explore in preparation for our conferences next week.
Discussion Posts During class today, make sure you respond to at least three classmates' topics following the guidelines provided in the Discussion prompt. Some of you have started to do this already, and appreciate the time and attention you are giving each other's ideas -- keep it up! I'll chime in as well if needed.
UPDATED AT 3:50PM: After reading your posts for today, I'll be adding some guidance for the Discussion Post/printed version of a refined topic due Thursday this evening.
Conferences On October 9 & 11, I’ll be meeting with each of you in groups of 3-4 to discuss your individual topics and answer questions about the work you’ll be doing on them for the rest of the semester. We’ll discuss the Proposal, a major paper due in about a month. Ideally, you’ll sign up for a conference time with classmates who are writing about similar topics, so we can have a more unified discussion.
Each of you will complete a Conference Worksheet, which requires some initial research into your topics, and print a copy to hand in to me during your conference. I highly suggest bringing either a second hard copy or your laptop/tablet to take notes on during our conversation.
Definition Once you’ve selected an appropriate topic to focus on this semester, you’ll pick a term or phrase closely related to that topic that needs defining for your working group of classmates. By now, you realize there’s more to the extended Definition than just parroting an entry from Wikipedia! We’ll begin discussing the Definition assignment on Thursday, and as part of your topic research, I encourage you to start working on a list of potential terms.
Tuesday, September 25
Hi All,
Congratulations on submitting your first major assignment! When class begins, I’ll be “collecting” – i.e., downloading your final Audience-Based Resume and Cover Letter papers. Remember, documents that are not submitted correctly with all the required materials and named properly will be considered late and given an automatic 10-point penalty. (If class has not yet begun and you’ve accidentally submitted your paper incorrectly, please send me an email at my gmail account, and I’ll delete you original submission.) Submission reminders are on our Syllabus. (5:30PM UPDATE: Congratulations to both sections, as all students submitted correctly and on time!)
Email Reminder: Emails should only be sent to me at my gmail account. Please do not email me through Blackboard or respond to the messages sent through Blackboard. You will not get a response.
Reminders for Today: Today we begin work on Topic Selection, which is key to establishing our assignments and goals for the rest of the semester. By now, you’ve had a chance to explore the Topic Selection page of our course website, watch and listen to the Topic Selection video, review the example topics from prior semesters, and read the articles that discuss the importance of Audience. Considering, understanding, and selecting appropriate audiences for your projects is an essential part of your work this week and next – I encourage you to think carefully about audience both in terms of your own potential topics and the ones that were discussed on the slides and provided in the examples.
By the end of class today, please post a response to the first project topic prompt – I encourage you to read your classmates’ responses and discuss and engage with them, rather than just one-way posting. The discussion will be more helpful to everyone that way (and will prepare you for next week’s prompt, where responding to classmates’ is part of your posting requirement.) Also by the end of class today, please take Survey Three on ELMS.
UPDATE ADDED AT 2:40 PM: Small syllabus changes: I've moved one of your readings (the Pearson one) to Thursday from today; please note that the Pearson definitions of secondary and tertiary audiences differ somewhat significantly from the ones we'll be using this semester. I have also added two very short videos to the syllabus for Thursday that I'd like for you to watch to prepare for our Audience discussion. Links are posted on the Syllabus.
Looking Ahead to Thursday: On Thursday, we’ll discuss topics in general, and I hope you’ll continue to bring your ideas and analysis of the examples here, as well as your potential ideas for problems that need solving. We’ll also discuss and explore Audience in more detail.
Have a fantastic week, and I’ll see you on Thursday!
Congratulations on submitting your first major assignment! When class begins, I’ll be “collecting” – i.e., downloading your final Audience-Based Resume and Cover Letter papers. Remember, documents that are not submitted correctly with all the required materials and named properly will be considered late and given an automatic 10-point penalty. (If class has not yet begun and you’ve accidentally submitted your paper incorrectly, please send me an email at my gmail account, and I’ll delete you original submission.) Submission reminders are on our Syllabus. (5:30PM UPDATE: Congratulations to both sections, as all students submitted correctly and on time!)
Email Reminder: Emails should only be sent to me at my gmail account. Please do not email me through Blackboard or respond to the messages sent through Blackboard. You will not get a response.
Reminders for Today: Today we begin work on Topic Selection, which is key to establishing our assignments and goals for the rest of the semester. By now, you’ve had a chance to explore the Topic Selection page of our course website, watch and listen to the Topic Selection video, review the example topics from prior semesters, and read the articles that discuss the importance of Audience. Considering, understanding, and selecting appropriate audiences for your projects is an essential part of your work this week and next – I encourage you to think carefully about audience both in terms of your own potential topics and the ones that were discussed on the slides and provided in the examples.
By the end of class today, please post a response to the first project topic prompt – I encourage you to read your classmates’ responses and discuss and engage with them, rather than just one-way posting. The discussion will be more helpful to everyone that way (and will prepare you for next week’s prompt, where responding to classmates’ is part of your posting requirement.) Also by the end of class today, please take Survey Three on ELMS.
UPDATE ADDED AT 2:40 PM: Small syllabus changes: I've moved one of your readings (the Pearson one) to Thursday from today; please note that the Pearson definitions of secondary and tertiary audiences differ somewhat significantly from the ones we'll be using this semester. I have also added two very short videos to the syllabus for Thursday that I'd like for you to watch to prepare for our Audience discussion. Links are posted on the Syllabus.
Looking Ahead to Thursday: On Thursday, we’ll discuss topics in general, and I hope you’ll continue to bring your ideas and analysis of the examples here, as well as your potential ideas for problems that need solving. We’ll also discuss and explore Audience in more detail.
Have a fantastic week, and I’ll see you on Thursday!
Tuesday, September 18
Hi All,
Happy Tuesday! The main thing we’ll be doing today is reading & responding to two classmates’ drafts. Please check the RCL page for reminders, download the draft worksheet, and follow instructions for reviewing and responding to the two classmates you’ve been assigned. Assignments are posted here and in ELMS for both sections (as of 5PM).
Old Business/Reminders: If you skipped it last week, please respond to our discussion post with your email address. There’s still some of you who haven’t added your contact information. Also, I encourage you to take any surveys you’ve skipped or post responses to prior weeks' prompts for partial credit. I’ll be checking for new posts during class time today.
Thursday: We will continue draft workshop with revised versions of your Audience-based cover letter & resume assignment in class on Thursday. Please be on time with your one hard copy (and electronic copy posted) so group members are not waiting on you. Note this carefully: if you’re late or absent, I cannot make any promises in regards to whether you’ll be matched up with reviewers and therefore, eligible to earn credit for draft work.
Me: I’m here through 6PM tonight, available to chat or email at [email protected]. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns about draft workshop.
3:30 (BL75) Draft workshop online partners (copied from ELMS):
For the first three sets of students, please read & respond to the pair of classmates you are matched with. For example, Savannah & Nick will each read & respond to Laura & Liz’s drafts, while Laura & Liz will each read & respond to Savannah & Nick’s drafts:
Savannah Green/ Nicholas R. Smith
Laura Friedman/ Elizabeth Akede
Eric C. Roller/ Owen C. Barton
Angel B. Torres/ Ava Afghahi
Jeremy Knipple/Vasant Joseph
Anthony Minnich/ Tyler Alexander
For the next three pairs, please respond accordingly:
Brandon & Nathan, each of you please read & respond to Jennifer & Mabelyn's drafts
Jennifer & Mabelyn, please read & respond to Rachelle & David
David & Rachelle, please read & respond to Brandon & Nathan
Brandon Carter/Nathan Bakirci
Jennifer Winkler/ Mabelyn Mijangos
Rachelle Chan/ David C. Weglein
5:00 (BL81) Draft workshop online partners (cross posted at ELMS):
Please read and respond to the two students’ drafts following your name. For example, Aaron will read and respond to Steven and Tyler’s drafts, while Allison will read and respond to Mark and Jennifer’s drafts. Please email me ASAP if you have any questions or need any clarification.
Aaron Marshall: Steven Varkiani & Tyler Lundfelt
Amber Garland: Steven Varkiani & Tyler Lundfelt
Steven Varkiani : Aaron Marshall & Amber Garland
Tyler Lundfelt: Aaron Marshall & Amber Garland
Poorna Natarajan : Lang Aumann & Christine Peng
Yit Akyuz: Lang Aumann & Christine Peng
Lang Aumann : Yit Akyuz & Poorna Natarajan
Christine Peng: Yit Akyuz & Poorna Natarajan
Allison Summers: Jennifer Eguizabal & Mark Villarrubia
Jennifer Eguizabal: Allison Summers & Pinal Mistry
Mark Villarrubia: Pinal Mistry& Allison Summers
Pinal Mistry: Mark Villarrubia & Jennifer Eguizabal
Alexandra Frenkel: Liat Sacks & Jessica Adams
Liat Sacks: Alexandra Frenkel & Constance Moyo
Constance Moyo: Liat Sacks & Jessica Adams
Jessica Adams: Alexandra Frenkel & Constance Moyo
Happy Tuesday! The main thing we’ll be doing today is reading & responding to two classmates’ drafts. Please check the RCL page for reminders, download the draft worksheet, and follow instructions for reviewing and responding to the two classmates you’ve been assigned. Assignments are posted here and in ELMS for both sections (as of 5PM).
Old Business/Reminders: If you skipped it last week, please respond to our discussion post with your email address. There’s still some of you who haven’t added your contact information. Also, I encourage you to take any surveys you’ve skipped or post responses to prior weeks' prompts for partial credit. I’ll be checking for new posts during class time today.
Thursday: We will continue draft workshop with revised versions of your Audience-based cover letter & resume assignment in class on Thursday. Please be on time with your one hard copy (and electronic copy posted) so group members are not waiting on you. Note this carefully: if you’re late or absent, I cannot make any promises in regards to whether you’ll be matched up with reviewers and therefore, eligible to earn credit for draft work.
Me: I’m here through 6PM tonight, available to chat or email at [email protected]. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns about draft workshop.
3:30 (BL75) Draft workshop online partners (copied from ELMS):
For the first three sets of students, please read & respond to the pair of classmates you are matched with. For example, Savannah & Nick will each read & respond to Laura & Liz’s drafts, while Laura & Liz will each read & respond to Savannah & Nick’s drafts:
Savannah Green/ Nicholas R. Smith
Laura Friedman/ Elizabeth Akede
Eric C. Roller/ Owen C. Barton
Angel B. Torres/ Ava Afghahi
Jeremy Knipple/Vasant Joseph
Anthony Minnich/ Tyler Alexander
For the next three pairs, please respond accordingly:
Brandon & Nathan, each of you please read & respond to Jennifer & Mabelyn's drafts
Jennifer & Mabelyn, please read & respond to Rachelle & David
David & Rachelle, please read & respond to Brandon & Nathan
Brandon Carter/Nathan Bakirci
Jennifer Winkler/ Mabelyn Mijangos
Rachelle Chan/ David C. Weglein
5:00 (BL81) Draft workshop online partners (cross posted at ELMS):
Please read and respond to the two students’ drafts following your name. For example, Aaron will read and respond to Steven and Tyler’s drafts, while Allison will read and respond to Mark and Jennifer’s drafts. Please email me ASAP if you have any questions or need any clarification.
Aaron Marshall: Steven Varkiani & Tyler Lundfelt
Amber Garland: Steven Varkiani & Tyler Lundfelt
Steven Varkiani : Aaron Marshall & Amber Garland
Tyler Lundfelt: Aaron Marshall & Amber Garland
Poorna Natarajan : Lang Aumann & Christine Peng
Yit Akyuz: Lang Aumann & Christine Peng
Lang Aumann : Yit Akyuz & Poorna Natarajan
Christine Peng: Yit Akyuz & Poorna Natarajan
Allison Summers: Jennifer Eguizabal & Mark Villarrubia
Jennifer Eguizabal: Allison Summers & Pinal Mistry
Mark Villarrubia: Pinal Mistry& Allison Summers
Pinal Mistry: Mark Villarrubia & Jennifer Eguizabal
Alexandra Frenkel: Liat Sacks & Jessica Adams
Liat Sacks: Alexandra Frenkel & Constance Moyo
Constance Moyo: Liat Sacks & Jessica Adams
Jessica Adams: Alexandra Frenkel & Constance Moyo
Tuesday, September 11
General Business: As I said in class last Thursday, more than half my communication with you will be nonverbal -- which means that you need to read this website and my emails very carefully and make sure that you understand exactly what’s required. On the first day of class I suggested you watch our course videos more than once and with your full attention. It’s become clear to me that not everyone is doing so. I also appreciate that students are emailing me when there’s confusion – due to the emails I received asking for clarification about the job description assignment last Tuesday, for example, I revised the assignment text and it benefited everybody. So please make sure to read and listen carefully, and when your answers are not found even after that, please email or G-chat me.
Class Today: Some of you were unable to exchange email addresses on Thursday or have received new partners. I’m opening a Discussion post for class email addresses. Please post your email address in the thread, following my example, as soon as class begins (or sooner). I’ll be building a class list from the ones posted here so I can email you easily from my gmail account. (Finally, gmail addresses are not required but they are preferred so we can chat during my office hours.)
During class today, you’ll be interviewing your resume-writing partner, using the questions you’ve posted on the Resume Worksheet. Please re-post your completed worksheets by 8PM tonight (replacing the original worksheet with a new document containing your classmate's answers). These worksheets will be essential source material, along with your partner’s old resume and job description, for completing your first major assignment, so try to obtain as much information as you can for each other. (Added at 4:45PM: You can add a note to the box once you've replaced the original worksheet with the completed one if you want to be kind, saying something like, "Worksheet with answers.")
And speaking of job descriptions…please make sure to edit or replace any job descriptions based on my feedback ASAP and let your partner know that the new job description has been placed. My feedback and the examples should be more than sufficient to help you with this, but if you still feel less than confident about your job description, email me during class time today and I’ll check new job descriptions. When you've posted a new job description, you can replace my text in the Feedback box with "New JD posted."
Looking ahead to Thursday: This week, we’ll have a class discussion about general advice for Resumes and Cover Letters, and then you’ll continue to work with your partner on drafting audience-based documents. Make sure you prepare by completing all our reading/viewing assignments, and bringing your source documents with you.
New Students: Welcome! If you haven’t already, please contact me via [email protected] to introduce yourself. I also highly suggest coming by my office on Thursday during my office hours to make sure you understand the format of the class and so that we can discuss a schedule to get you caught up.
Good luck, and work hard!
Class Today: Some of you were unable to exchange email addresses on Thursday or have received new partners. I’m opening a Discussion post for class email addresses. Please post your email address in the thread, following my example, as soon as class begins (or sooner). I’ll be building a class list from the ones posted here so I can email you easily from my gmail account. (Finally, gmail addresses are not required but they are preferred so we can chat during my office hours.)
During class today, you’ll be interviewing your resume-writing partner, using the questions you’ve posted on the Resume Worksheet. Please re-post your completed worksheets by 8PM tonight (replacing the original worksheet with a new document containing your classmate's answers). These worksheets will be essential source material, along with your partner’s old resume and job description, for completing your first major assignment, so try to obtain as much information as you can for each other. (Added at 4:45PM: You can add a note to the box once you've replaced the original worksheet with the completed one if you want to be kind, saying something like, "Worksheet with answers.")
And speaking of job descriptions…please make sure to edit or replace any job descriptions based on my feedback ASAP and let your partner know that the new job description has been placed. My feedback and the examples should be more than sufficient to help you with this, but if you still feel less than confident about your job description, email me during class time today and I’ll check new job descriptions. When you've posted a new job description, you can replace my text in the Feedback box with "New JD posted."
Looking ahead to Thursday: This week, we’ll have a class discussion about general advice for Resumes and Cover Letters, and then you’ll continue to work with your partner on drafting audience-based documents. Make sure you prepare by completing all our reading/viewing assignments, and bringing your source documents with you.
New Students: Welcome! If you haven’t already, please contact me via [email protected] to introduce yourself. I also highly suggest coming by my office on Thursday during my office hours to make sure you understand the format of the class and so that we can discuss a schedule to get you caught up.
Good luck, and work hard!
Tuesday, September 4
Hi All,
Welcome to our first Tuesday meeting! I wanted to post some reminders and some clarifications about this week.
First, old work: the majority of you took the first survey and posted responses to the Diagnostic correctly. If you did not and you were on the roster on Thursday 8/31, you can receive partial credit by completing these assignments by the end of class today. (New additions to the course will receive full credit for completing these today.)
Now, new business: Please note that your current resume should be posted through ELMS: SUBMIT ASSIGNMENTS tab. That is due by class today, and it’s either your current, un-edited resume or the biographical statement described on the ELMS page where you submit the document.
Due today: If you’ve already completed the above work and watched/read the rest of the items listed on the syllabus for today, congratulations! You don’t have any additional deliverables. I do urge you to begin the reading/viewing for Thursday, however, as there’s a lot to process about the Resume portion of the Audience-Based Resume & Cover Letter Assignment.
Due Thursday: Please review the requirements for the job description on the RCL page, as well as the sample job descriptions. You’ll be posting the job description in ELMS: SUBMIT DRAFTS by Thursday (I hope to have the spreadsheet built by Wednesday night, based on submission of the current resumes). You are also to bring hard copies of the job description and your current unedited resume (or bio statement) to class with you on Thursday. UPDATE: I've amended the job description assignment text to make it clear that you are to find an existing job description to turn in on Thursday.
FAQs: I’ll spend the rest of class today compiling a list of the questions I’ve received over email and posting the answers here. I’ll also be available through Google chat and email if you have further questions. ([email protected])
Happy Tuesday, and I look forward to our conversation on Thursday.
Welcome to our first Tuesday meeting! I wanted to post some reminders and some clarifications about this week.
First, old work: the majority of you took the first survey and posted responses to the Diagnostic correctly. If you did not and you were on the roster on Thursday 8/31, you can receive partial credit by completing these assignments by the end of class today. (New additions to the course will receive full credit for completing these today.)
Now, new business: Please note that your current resume should be posted through ELMS: SUBMIT ASSIGNMENTS tab. That is due by class today, and it’s either your current, un-edited resume or the biographical statement described on the ELMS page where you submit the document.
Due today: If you’ve already completed the above work and watched/read the rest of the items listed on the syllabus for today, congratulations! You don’t have any additional deliverables. I do urge you to begin the reading/viewing for Thursday, however, as there’s a lot to process about the Resume portion of the Audience-Based Resume & Cover Letter Assignment.
Due Thursday: Please review the requirements for the job description on the RCL page, as well as the sample job descriptions. You’ll be posting the job description in ELMS: SUBMIT DRAFTS by Thursday (I hope to have the spreadsheet built by Wednesday night, based on submission of the current resumes). You are also to bring hard copies of the job description and your current unedited resume (or bio statement) to class with you on Thursday. UPDATE: I've amended the job description assignment text to make it clear that you are to find an existing job description to turn in on Thursday.
FAQs: I’ll spend the rest of class today compiling a list of the questions I’ve received over email and posting the answers here. I’ll also be available through Google chat and email if you have further questions. ([email protected])
Happy Tuesday, and I look forward to our conversation on Thursday.