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Unit 2: Iden­tity in Par­tic­i­pa­tory Culture
Project: Class Wiki
→ warm up: Anno­tated Bib­li­o­graphy (18-Oct)
 

» ICYMI: Par­tic­i­pa­tory Cul­ture Overview page (watch videos)
(espe­cially for clar­i­fi­ca­tion about objects of study)

 
 
Week 8

M 10/12   Dis­cuss: “The Rhetoric of Memes”

  • read sev­eral entries (2−3 pages; get sense of project)
    plus two pub­lished   responses
     
  • focus: genre & audi­ence (schol­arly conventions)
    → compare/contrast with Wiki for pub­lic readers
     
  • look­ing ahead: research & read­ing for A-Bib sources

 
→ begin exam­in­ing cul­ture form of inter­est (spe­cific exam­ples)
and research­ing for A-Bib
 
 
 
W 10/14   hybrid work :

  • dis­cuss: research strate­gies & progress
    → brows­ing & search­ing for rel­e­vant schol­arly arti­cles via library data­bases

» Dis­cus­sion (prompts below):

  • Brief com­ment (due 230pm)
  • Class­mate reply (due 3pm):
     
    → reminder, both posts required for attendance/participation credit.

 
 
F 10/16 inde­pen­dent work (no class) :

  • Com­pile & Assess Research; read article/chapter 
  • Post update (reply to Wednes­day com­ment): arti­cle found/selected

» updated — due 18-Oct: Anno­tated Bib­li­og­ra­phy Exercise
(15 points, 5 sources; upload in D2L)

 
 

 
 

Webtext Week

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Unit 1: Net­work Rhetoric & Identity
Project: Analy­sis Webtext
— due Sun 27-Sep

 
Week 5

M 09/21   Work­shop — draft com­posed for class

  • activ­ity: peer review & feed­back — ana­lytic writing
    — draft required (Google Doc to share)
     
  • dis­cuss: orga­ni­za­tion / sec­tions — of Outline
    cre­ate out­line (dur­ing class)
    → see Out­line Guide/Template & Exam­ple (Google Doc, CU Sign-in)
     
  • focus: process/timeline for project — see Instruc­tions Page

 
 
» Con­tinue com­pos­ing all week! Offer peer feed­back by Wednesday…

 
 
W 9/23   hybrid work :

  1. status/progress report (brief com­ment in dis­cus­sion below)

    2.  

  2. Peer feed­back memo about draft/revising: share Google Doc with class­mate (and with GH): see 2 prompts in Peer Review Guide
    (specif­i­cally ref­er­ence their essay)
     
  3. Begin com­pil­ing & cre­at­ing mul­ti­me­dia for Web­text for­mat (Fri­day workshop)
    → see Design Guide

 
 

F 09/25   Work­shop — final draft & Web­text format

  • activ­ity: update/arrange web­text (web pages with links, text, media); tech sup­port & feed­back on work-in-progress 
  • dis­cuss: audience-focused revi­sion & design (ref­er­ence peer notes; view/discuss arrange­ment & nav­i­ga­tion; con­firm final format/presentation) 

 

Analy­sis Web­text — Final­ized Project due Sun­day 26-Sept (3pm) — updated deadline