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ENG 122: 2.1 Proposals

Posted on August 29, 2017 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Attendance Review Proposal Project Review Your Questions Craft: The Period Setting up medium.com accounts Homework Review Proposal Project Let’s look at the post from last class again. Review Your Questions This is always a productive way to spend … Continue reading →

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Eng 594 2: Proposals

Posted on August 29, 2017 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Open time to discuss the first week (6:00-6:30) Discussion of Murray, Fishman et al, Barger, Parrott (6:30-7:15) Break (7:15-7:30) Plagiarism Workshop [Scott] (7:30-8:00) Syllabus review, between now and next week (8:00-9:00) Setting up medium.com accounts Setting up a … Continue reading →

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ENG 122 1.2: Discourse Communities, Proposals

Posted on August 24, 2017 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: They Say, I Say review Talk about Discourse Communities Share Communities List Share Proposal Project Research and post to Canvas Index cards Homework Identifying a Community As I mentioned in our first class and throughout our discussion of … Continue reading →

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ENG 594: August Orientation Schedule

Posted on August 11, 2017 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Hi all. Below is the rough schedule for our orientation next week. As I mentioned in the email, it would be great if you can bring a laptop to our session so we can work directly in Canvas setting up … Continue reading →

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ENG 123 Digital Video Workshop (Take 2)

Posted on April 12, 2017 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan Brief Introduction (2 minutes) Upload Video (5 minutes) Principles of Video Composition (5 minutes) Quick Tutorial: Using Moviemaker (5 minutes) Edit Videos (20 minutes) Save, Compress, Share (5 minutes) Quick Favor: Take a Survey (3 minutes) Watch Videos … Continue reading →

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ENG 123 14.1: Final Presentations

Posted on April 11, 2017 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Attendance Gradebook Questions Final Presentation Expectations Visual Rhetoric Crash Course Calendar Vote Final Presentation Expectations The final component of this class asks you to transform your longer research project into a concise presentation of 5 minutes. You have … Continue reading →

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ENG 420 14.1: Peer Review #1

Posted on April 11, 2017 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Calendar Peer Review Criteria Calendar and Final Paper Expectations First, let’s take a look at the calendar. I also wanted to visit the final paper expectations: Final Research Paper: Final research papers should be 12 to 15 pages … Continue reading →

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ENG 420 13.1: Final Papers, University in Ruins

Posted on April 4, 2017 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan: Booth’s Craft of Research Bill Readings’ University in Ruins Homework Booth’s Craft of Research As students are drafting papers, I like to share the following exercise from Wayne Booth’s The Craft of Research. I often use this exercise … Continue reading →

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Red Sox 2017 Thoughts

Posted on April 3, 2017 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Yes! Another baseball season. Last year was better than I expected–Rick Porcello’s turn around and the early emergence of Steven Wright gave the Sox a deeper rotation than we might have excepted (even if David Price’s performance was something of … Continue reading →

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ENG 123 Digital Video Workshop

Posted on April 3, 2017 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s Plan Brief Introduction (2 minutes) Principles of Video Composition (5 minutes) Run and Shoot (15 minutes) Upload Videos (5 minutes) Quick Tutorial: Using Moviemaker (5 minutes) Edit Videos (10 minutes) Save, Compress, Share (5 minutes) Quick Favor: Take a … Continue reading →

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