So there will be a new Assignment sequence up on blackboard later today. What you need to know now: For Wednesday read in Reading Culture 192-210: Berger, Lippert and "Reading the Gaze" Do dialogue journal on each of the readings.
PLEASE COMMENT ON THE BLOG OF WHOEVER YOU PAIRED WITH TODAY IN CLASS (if you missed class pick a person's to comment on).
Monday, January 23, 2012
Friday, January 20, 2012
Updates
We begin our next Unit: "Assignment Sequence Two: How Do Culture and
Identity Interact?" next week.
The schedule for all readings and assignments in this sequence will be available on blackboard before our next class. Between today and Monday you need to:
Read Ch. 8 in From Inquiry to Academic Writing. Choose any of the ads in the chapter to do the practice sequence on p. 241. Then, find 2-3 ads (online or print, but you should have copies to bring to class) that you think have something in common. Bring these ads, as well as your exercise to class Monday.
Remember that you still need to complete the Blog assignment listed int he previous post. Also, email me if your blog is not appearing to the right, and send me the address again.
The schedule for all readings and assignments in this sequence will be available on blackboard before our next class. Between today and Monday you need to:
Read Ch. 8 in From Inquiry to Academic Writing. Choose any of the ads in the chapter to do the practice sequence on p. 241. Then, find 2-3 ads (online or print, but you should have copies to bring to class) that you think have something in common. Bring these ads, as well as your exercise to class Monday.
Remember that you still need to complete the Blog assignment listed int he previous post. Also, email me if your blog is not appearing to the right, and send me the address again.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
This week's blog
Hey all,
As you can see your blogs are listed to the right of this post now, so make sure you check each other's blogs out and post comments.
For this week's post, I'd like you to think of a pop-culture reference that has something to do with literacy or with being a writer. This can be a movie, book, TV show, video...you name it. Actually, don't just name it, talk about it here for a bit. In what ways does this particular reference confirm or contradict your own experiences with writing and reading? What about the experience you've now heard from each other and your interviewee? If you can find a youtube clip or picture to add to your post, please do. You can use the little movie icon or the picture icon in the toolbar above the posting box (when you post on your blog) to add these elements. try to do this by Friday.
Remember that you should type up a version of your interview for class tomorrow (Wed), and bring in your literacy narratives we read last week as well as the notes you took. If you have them, please bring in scissors and tape (and extras for others if you have those). Thanks.
Here is an example to get us rolling:
I think of this as a stereotypical university writer. Not a healthy one, mind you, but stereotypical in many ways. The movie has elements of alcohol abuse, drug use, sexual innuendo, and the writer/teacher has absolutely no control over his life. I guess this applies mainly to stereotypes of "creative" writers (a term that bothers me because it implies that writing anything that is not literary is somehow not an act of creation). I've known a lot of young (ish) writers who seem to be aiming for this stereotype as a model for a writer, as if the more screwed up you are, the better you will write. The movie, happily, eventually disproves this theory.
As you can see your blogs are listed to the right of this post now, so make sure you check each other's blogs out and post comments.
For this week's post, I'd like you to think of a pop-culture reference that has something to do with literacy or with being a writer. This can be a movie, book, TV show, video...you name it. Actually, don't just name it, talk about it here for a bit. In what ways does this particular reference confirm or contradict your own experiences with writing and reading? What about the experience you've now heard from each other and your interviewee? If you can find a youtube clip or picture to add to your post, please do. You can use the little movie icon or the picture icon in the toolbar above the posting box (when you post on your blog) to add these elements. try to do this by Friday.
Remember that you should type up a version of your interview for class tomorrow (Wed), and bring in your literacy narratives we read last week as well as the notes you took. If you have them, please bring in scissors and tape (and extras for others if you have those). Thanks.
I think of this as a stereotypical university writer. Not a healthy one, mind you, but stereotypical in many ways. The movie has elements of alcohol abuse, drug use, sexual innuendo, and the writer/teacher has absolutely no control over his life. I guess this applies mainly to stereotypes of "creative" writers (a term that bothers me because it implies that writing anything that is not literary is somehow not an act of creation). I've known a lot of young (ish) writers who seem to be aiming for this stereotype as a model for a writer, as if the more screwed up you are, the better you will write. The movie, happily, eventually disproves this theory.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Blogging literacy
Once you have created your new personal blog, please email me (mcdermol@ohio.edu) the url address of your main blog (click view blog before copying the url). Before next class, I'd like you to continue your dialogue on the blog. Sum up your (lam or Hayles) position and style/voice in a blog post. Then check your partner's blog (give him/her the url, though I will be linking them on here whan I get them) and respond in character.
Also: Please write a 2 page draft (typed double-spaced) of your literacy narrative in time to meet with your group (Wed or Fri). This is rough. You can concentrate on any aspect of your literacy you would like to.
Also: Please write a 2 page draft (typed double-spaced) of your literacy narrative in time to meet with your group (Wed or Fri). This is rough. You can concentrate on any aspect of your literacy you would like to.
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