Today, English 306 students will:
start a blog. (You may password protect your blog if you prefer so that it is readable by your Instructor and your fellow students.)
Open up a Twitter account (a micro-blog). Again, students may opt to "protect" their status updates and password in classmates and instructor.
First online reading for in-class discussion:
Author Michael Chabon blogs for a week for The Atlantic
Analysis/assessment of this reading/discussion should be included in student notebooks/portfolio.
Also: Who has your Dream Writer job?
excerpt from Syllabus
COURSE OVERVIEW
Coursework: active engagement/participation in class discussion; daily portfolios; a research project
(shadowing a professional with report); in-class presentations of research.
COURSE FORMAT
Daily online reading. Daily writing. Daily discussion/workshop. Daily summary/assessment/analysis of guest speakers. Major research project (choose a working writer to interview and shadow; submit project proposal; interview and shadow writer; write research report).
RESEARCH PROJECT PROPOSAL: Due February 1 (the Who/What/Where/When)
RESEARCH REPORT: Due April 5
Presentations of reports are April 7 thru April 28
Portfolio Due April 28
(Portfolio will be a formal presentation/write-up of the entire semester's work.)
*Syllabus provides grading breakdown; class schedule; etc
The Guest Speaker for Thursday, January 20 is:
Herald-Leader columnist Tom Eblen.
Please read all of Tom Eblen's January blogs.
Familiarize yourself with his background.
Prepare 10 questions for Thursday's class -- half should be related to his career path as a writer/editor, and half can be specific to his writing.
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