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Advanced Composition 4.2: Dewey

Today’s Plan: Focus Groups Discussion & Reading Notes Homework Focus Groups To get things started today, I am going to ask you to form groups of three. Each group will be assigned a question to research. Here’s the questions: What … Continue reading

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Advanced Composition 4.1: Petrarch (Where did all the poetry go?)

Today’s plan: Reviewing the last discussion posts Listening to Thomas Frank A poem or two Petrarch Question Homework

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Visual Rhetoric 4.1: Presidential Poster Project

Today’s Plan: Generate the Rubric Share poster ideas and information Homework (how to turn in Project One) Project 2 Rubric I have created a discussion thread in Canvas called “Project 2 Rubric.” I want you to contribute 5 things that … Continue reading

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Visual Rhetoric Week 3 (Friday): Reviewing Project One Progress

Today’s plan: Review homework from last week Generate rubric for project 2 Discuss reflection paper Work time

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Visual Rhetoric Week 2 (Friday): Gries, Presidential Posters, and Photoshop

Today’s plan Quick review of Gries Assignment One: Presidential Poster Obama Hope materials and processes Vector images and Adobe Illustrator Photoshop Friday (two projects)

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Advanced Composition 2.2: Cicero and Faulty Foundations

Today’s plan: Lecture on Cicero Questions about Curiosity

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Visual Rhetoric 2.2: Photoshop Workshop #2

Today’s plan: Gries Reading Highlights Photoshop Tutorial #1: Working with layers Photoshop Tutorial #2: Recreating Obama Hope Homework

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Advanced Composition 2.1: Isocrates, Pragmatism, and “State” Education

Today’s plan Set up Twitter accounts and some follows Share a blog post or two Discuss Isocrates (Question: tell me about what kind of math courses you have taken) Homework

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Visual Rhetoric 2.1: Gries, Obama Hope, and the Presidential Poster Assignment

Today’s plan: Project One Description Recipe Assignment (in groups, on Canvas) Homework: Reading and Presidential Poster Research Assignment

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Visual Rhetoric (Friday) Week One: Introduction and Photoshop Workshop

Today’s Plan Syllabus overview (11:00-11:15) Introduction to (Visual) Rhetoric / What is New Materialism? (11:15-11:45) My review of White Space (11:45-11:50) Looking at your objects / First Day Attendance (11:50-12:20) Break (12:20-12:30) Photoshop tutorial (12:30-1:35) Zip it and ship it … Continue reading

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