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Unit II: Proof – Argument – Literacy 

Project 2: Rhetorical Analysis Webtext

  • due 25-Oct (Reflec­tion due 26-Oct)

 
Week 9

M 10/19   Project Work­shop:

  • review: objec­tives, top­ics, strategies
     
  • Activity/focus: orga­ni­za­tion, arrangement/sections, outline
     
  • Pur­due OWL — Outlines
  • next steps: map/outline top­ics; begin drafting 

 
 
W 10/21   hybrid work :

  • Draft project sec­tions (web­text pages)
    → con­sult Design Guide page (if only before Fri­day workshop)

     

  • optional/bonus par­tic­i­pa­tion: dis­cuss (in brief com­ment below) rhetor­i­cal & com­pos­ing strate­gies for draft — espe­cially sections/topics (ratio­nale), address­ing imag­ined audi­ence, help­ful resources con­sulted, etc. 

 
 
F 10/23   Project Work­shop:

  • Web­text Draft due
    → for class activ­ity & peer review
     
    » Peer Review Guide — Google Doc
  • Focus: arrange­ment (text + media, pages), ana­lytic style, audi­ence considerations
     
    → also, web design (Wee­bly, Google Sites, Word­Press) strate­gies & dig­i­tal media troubleshoot/tech-support
     
  • Look­ing ahead: peer feed­back (VoiceThread memo optional for­mat) and revising/finalizing 

 
Project 2: Rhetor­i­cal Analy­sis Webtext

  • Final ver­sion due 26-Oct (web­text pub­lished: post link on blog) 
  • Com­pos­ing sum­mary + Reflec­tion due 27-Oct 

 



 
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Information Paradigm

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Unit II: Proof – Argument – Literacy 

Project 2: Rhetorical Analysis Webtext

    warm-up exer­cise:
  • Rhetor­i­cal Analy­sis exer­cise due Sat 10-Oct

 
Week 8

M 10/12   Dis­cuss: Vaid­hyanathan (2011): “The Googliza­tion of Knowl­edge: The Future of Books” (149−73) PDF (in D2L)

  • Focus: devel­op­ing Project 2 Web­text (col­lab­o­ra­tive pub­li­ca­tion: infor­ma­tion & argument)
  • watch video: Brain­Craft — “What is a Fact?” PBS Dig­i­tal Stu­dios (2015)

 
 
W 10/14   hybrid work :

  • read & dis­cuss: chap­ter from Day (2001), The Mod­ern Inven­tion of Infor­ma­tion (pp. 7–36) PDF in D2L 
  • Dis­cus­sion Prompts here
    • First com­ment: 2-part post.
    • Class­mate reply: brief response, thought­ful com­ment or question.

 
→ All week: con­tinue devel­op­ing ideas for project, notes & exam­ples for each issue/category…

    spe­cial­ized dis­course of your field/discipline in “Infor­ma­tion Paradigm” —
    Infor­ma­tion, Knowl­edge, Exper­tise, Research, Argu­ment, Evidence/Proof,
    Dis­course com­mu­ni­ties, and com­mu­ni­ca­tion con­ven­tions (rhetorical/written).

 

 
 
F 10/16   attend Con­fer­ence on Com­mu­nity Writing

  • Write optional blog for extra credit (200 words, informal)
    → dis­cuss one pre­sen­ta­tion, considering/addressing any top­ics from project/unit and focus this week: espe­cially dis­course com­mu­ni­ties and insti­tu­tions (“infor­ma­tion ecolo­gies”?); types of knowl­edge, infor­ma­tion circulation/spread; roles & dis­course aca­d­e­mic, pub­lic, professional/business, communal/social, hybrid 

 
 



 
 

Rhetorical Analysis

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Unit II: Proof – Argument – Literacy 

Project 2: Rhetorical Analysis Webtext

    warm-up exer­cises:
  • Anno­tated Bib­li­og­ra­phy due Sat 03-Oct
  • Rhetor­i­cal Analy­sis exer­cise due Sat 10-Oct

 
Week 7

M 10/05   Activ­ity: Rhetor­i­cal Analy­sis of selected article/source (from A-Bib)

  • focus: gen­er­at­ing insights and ideas for Project 2 through analysis
    → see guide PDF & page @ Silva Rhetor­i­cae
     
    *use arti­cle from A-Bib, or choose another for exercise
     
  • dis­cuss: stages, process, time­line for Project
     
  • con­tin­ued top­ics: iden­ti­fy­ing & defin­ing defin­ing Infor­ma­tion, Knowl­edge, Exper­tise, “Research,” Argu­ment, Evidence/Proof in field/discipline
    → “dis­course com­mu­ni­ties” & rhetorical/written conventions 

 
 
W 10/07   hybrid work :

 
→ con­tinue “step 1″ of rhetor­i­cal analy­sis through/for Friday…

 
 
F 10/02   Activ­ity: Exer­cise warm-up 

  • review/discuss: Rhetor­i­cal Analy­sis objec­tives and strategies
    → tran­si­tion from ideas from analy­sis to pre­sent­ing crit­i­cal points for response (group/connect top­i­cally, with con­cise exam­ples and fram­ing language).
     
    plus, if time: iden­ti­fy­ing types of argument 
  • progress toward project: dis­cuss obser­va­tions about con­ven­tions, dis­course com­mu­nity, type/s of knowl­edge, and “infor­ma­tion par­a­digm” (worldview)… 

    •  
     
    » due (10−10) Exer­cise 3: Rhetor­i­cal Analy­sis (of 1 schol­arly article)

     
     

     

Discourse Specialized

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Unit II: Proof – Argument – Literacy 

Project 2: Rhetorical Analysis Webtext

 
Week 6

M 9/28   Read: Homes (2015), “Be care­ful, your love of sci­ence looks a lot like reli­gion” Quartz​.com

  • focus: assump­tions (or “givens”) of your discipline?
    → exam­ple “Sci­en­tism” and/in the Infor­ma­tion Paradigm
     
  • review: Anno­tated Bib­li­og­ra­phy objec­tives & process (Project 2 Exercise)
    — work on this all week
    (con­tinue search, browse, com­pile since Fri­day: online source for expert info and/or com­mu­ni­ca­tion, plus texts rep­re­sen­ta­tive of field)
    → dis­cuss ben­e­fits of brows­ing…
  • question/topic: what is “research” in your field?
    (con­tin­ued topics/questions: defin­ing Infor­ma­tion, Knowl­edge, Exper­tise, Argu­ment, Evidence) 

 
» CU Libraries — Find Arti­cles / Browse Data­bases

 
 
W 9/30   hybrid work :

 
 
10/02   Dis­cuss: “dis­course com­mu­ni­ties,” dis­ci­pline con­ven­tions (rhetorical/written), sit­u­ated knowledge/information 

  • activ­ity: A-Bib review & warm-up
    — have/bring arti­cle (source from research) 

 
 
» due (10−03) Exer­cise 2: Anno­tated Bibliography
—project 2 warm-up (3 sources, 5 points)

 
look­ing ahead: Rhetor­i­cal Analy­sis of selected arti­cle (Mon­day activity)
 

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Expert Fields

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Unit II: Proof – Argument – Literacy 

Project 2: Rhetorical Analysis Webtext

    → reminder: Project 1 Video (19-Sep) and Sum­mary (20-Sep) due

 
Week 5

M 9/21   Dis­cuss: Project 1 out­comes, Unit 2 goals, Web­text project

  • focus: insights from video about belief-story mode (for reflec­tion blog entry);
    about public/social genre/mode — audi­ence — cir­cu­la­tion (pub­lish to site/social media?)
  • new unit topic In-class writ­ing — sketch of your major/field (initial/current view of dis­ci­pline, infor­ma­tion, spe­cial­ized discourse)

 
Blog Entry 2: Project 1 Reflection

  • 200 words, infor­mal; due T 9/22
    — no class­mate com­ment required this time
  • sug­gested: share your video online (your choice) for more spe­cific dis­cus­sions of public/social con­ven­tions, audi­ence, circulation

 
 
W 9/23   hybrid work :

  • watch Unit Overview Video
  • share ini­tial “Field Sketch” (brief list + media)
    and online source in/for your dis­ci­pline (find + follow)
    — class­mate com­ment optional
     
  • prepa­ra­tion for Fri­day (use time Wed): iden­tify representative/recent read­ing & assign­ment from your major (another course) — to bring/reference in dis­cus­sion next class

 
 
F 9/25   Dis­cuss: Ouel­lette, “Veni, Vidi, Wiki: Exper­tise as Knowl­edge and a Tech­no­cratic Gen­er­a­tion” Recon­struc­tion 10.2 (2010)

  • Focus: “exper­tise,” rhetor­i­cal con­ven­tions, & “infor­ma­tion” of (your) field
    — use/reference major-course reading/book and assign­ment as examples
     
  • look­ing ahead: begin compiling/browsing (research) for Anno­tated Bib­li­og­ra­phy (due 10/03) — first exercise/component of Project 2

 

 

 

Video Project

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Unit 1: Belief — Story — Orality
Project 1: Dig­i­tal Nar­ra­tive of Belief — mul­ti­modal video

 
Week 4
Mul­ti­me­dia Story (3−5 mins.) — Cre­at­ing Video (Sept 12–19)

» Time­line (more details below)

    • over week­end:
      • Reg­is­ter for WeV­ideo and check out program/interface
        → WeV­ideo Tuto­r­ial Videos (page)
      • Final­ize story; outline/script; con­tinue storyboarding

     
    Mon­day 9/14 Work­shop

    • for class: have nar­ra­tion recorded and ini­tial mate­ri­als in WeVideo
    • in-class work­shop: cre­at­ing project (ini­tial steps); adding mate­ri­als (images, audio, video); media tips, sources, tools (see below); dis­cuss nar­ra­tion approaches & ideas
    • ICYMI: “WeV­ideo — Get­ting Started” video tuto­r­ial (9÷12)

     

    (Tue-Thur: com­pose & edit video)
    Wed hybrid work: progress/status + peer feedback/assistance

    • 1. sta­tus report (with brief notes)
      2. class­mate reply (with feedback/suggestion or assistance)
      — see page for instructions

     
    » Fri 9/18 Work­shop: Video Work-in-Progress

    • activ­ity: peer feed­back (every­one bring head­phones!); trou­bleshoot / tech support;
      last steps for final­iz­ing (pub­lish, post, share)

     

    • Fri-Sun: Final Stage work
        Video final­ized & pub­lished Sat 9/19
        Com­po­si­tion Sum­mary doc­u­ment posted Sun 9/20 (see prompt)

     
     
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    Digital Storytelling

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    Unit 1: Belief — Story — Orality
    Exer­cise 1: Con­ven­tions of Narrative

     
    Week 3
     
    M 09/07   Labor Day — No Class

     
    » Due (09-Sep): Exer­cise 1

    • post on your blog (Word­Press) by class-time Wednesday

     
     
    W 09/09   Dis­cuss: con­ven­tions of nar­ra­tive (exam­ples from exercise)
    → for com­pos­ing dig­i­tal sto­ry­telling project

     

     

      — for Fri­day class: choose/decide story for project; out­line to storyboard/sketch
      plus: watch Shipka video & read Alexan­der excerpt

     
     
     
    F 09/11   Dis­cuss:
    excerpt from The New Dig­i­tal Sto­ry­telling (pp. 83–9) by Bryan Alexan­der (2011) PDF

    • focus: media + genre con­ven­tions, tech­niques, choices
    • Activ­ity write/sketch in class: sto­ry­board your video (Project 1)
      + publication/circulation map (media, plat­form, audience)
      — for blog entry 1 (post during/after class) 

      •  

    • Resource: Cen­ter for Dig­i­tal Sto­ry­telling (2010)
      “Script­ing” & “Sto­ry­board­ing” excerpts PDF


     
     
    » for M 9/14 work­shop — video work-in-progress