Tuesday, October 2nd (.210)

Welcome to October, everyone. We are in the countdown phase for our Midterm Portfolio, so brace yourselves and draft/revise/repeat! Today, we will spend a moment clarifying our area of interest (AoI) for our research proposals, play a "game" of sorts, and spend any remaining time contemplating the meaning of life.

Pictured above: Jennifer Garner realizing her Portfolio is due in less than two weeks.

Reminders

• Do all the things!

• We are back on for GDDs and continuing with Discovery Blogs.

• Remember, Discovery Blogs should be focused on your specific AoI that you will research and write about for the second half of the semester.

• Registration cometh!

• ​If you need to meet with your academic advisor, you need to try and schedule an appointment ASAP. They will be booking up soon.

Today

• Defining your AoI

• Today's daily writing will ask you to answer the following questions regarding your AoI, which is what you are discussing for your Research Proposal and in your Discovery Blogs.

• Go ahead and open a Google .doc and respond the the prompts below. I will give you rough 10 minutes to complete this response. Try to be as detailed and specific as you can with your answers.

• Prompts

• Provide a brief overview of the topic that you are proposing? What aspect of this topic do you find the most interesting?

• In what ways could this topic be viewed as controversial, powerful, unique, and/or relevant? In other words, why would people be interested in knowing more about this subject?

• What specific audiences can you identify that would like to know more about this?

• Musical Chairs

• Now, let's get to work...

• Leave your bags and personal belongings at your own computer. Stand up. Move as directed.

• Once you are at a new computer, please do the following:

• Read the post from the original author. Move one line down in the document and write your own name.

• After your name, please engage in discussion with the ideas the original author introduced in his/her writing.

• What questions do you have for the author, based on your understanding of their AoI and the Research Proposal?

• Can you make any suggestions to help them focus or direct their research?

• What other perspectives or possible audiences could they look for?

• When the music ends, please move to the next computer and repeat this process.

• When Musical Chairs is over, please return to your original desk, review the commentary you received from your classmates, and spend 5-10 minutes brainstorming for your Research Proposal.

• Life as you know it...

• When is your Portfolio due?

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• What is to be included as part of your Portfolio?

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• How will your audience (me!) have access to these materials?

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• What choices should you make in terms of organization to make sure your audience can navigate these materials successfully?

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• Workshop (time permitting)

Homework

• Read and/or Reread

• NWWK sections 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3