Beth Eakman Re
CALENDAR
See SEU's academic calendar here.
Note: Writing course calendars is an inexact science. While sticking to the posted schedule suits my mildly obsessive personality, I reserve the right to shift things around a bit in response to student needs and (I hope rarely) in response to unforseen interruptions such as weather.
Information Literacy days are in blue.
Week 1: Introductions and Questions
1/11-1/15
T: Syllabus and introductions
TH: Discuss reading. Prewriting homework exercise assigned. Homework: Download Screencast-O-Matic (free). It will allow you to record and save anything that happens on your desktop. Record yourself--with your voice narrating what you are doing--searching for answers to your research questions--for 15 minutes. Save the file and name it 1302x and then your initials. Mine would look like this: 1302xber. I will send you a link to a box to send it to. If you do not have a microphone on your computer, come and talk to me. Our IT department will allow you to check out all kinds of fun equipment. DUE 1/19. Email the file.
Week 2: Search strategies
1/18-22
T: Meet in the library for research methods session. Rm 115.
TH: Memos assigned. See assignments page for details.
Week 3:
Reading: The Concept of Discourse Communities
1/25-29
T: Memos due. Discuss Research Report assignment. You are a member of discourse communities and speech communities. What are they?
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Week 4: Research reports
2/1-5
T: Revising and editing for clarity (in-class workshop)
TH: Begin discussing research report assignment.
Week 5:
2/8-12
Watch these two short videos about how to be a good peer editor
"A Peer Response Demonstration"
T: Meet in the library for research methods session. Rm 115.
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Week 6:
2/15-19
T: Meet in the library for research methods session. Rm 115.
TH: Gathering your data, making sense of it, and drawing conclusions: All Information is Divisible. Here's a template for your research report. You can copy and paste it into your own document and/or print it to fill in the blanks as you work on the project.
Week 7: Peer editing
2/22-26
T: Discuss what your research is revealing. Complete mid-term barometer worksheet.
TH: Research reports due for peer editing. Bring three clean copies of your paper to class.
Week 8: Hot topics
2/29-3/4
T: Meet in the library for research methods session. Rm 115.
Research reports due.
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Week 9:
3/7-11
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Week 10: Spring Break
3/14-18
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Week 11: Hot Topics research papers
3/21-25
T: Meet in the library for research methods session. Rm 115. Reading: After the Fact
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Week 12: Hot Topics research papers
Don't forget to get help from reference librarians!
3/28-4/1
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Week 13: Multimodal Rhetoric and Remix workshops
4/4-8
T: Research papers due for peer editing. Bring three clean copies.
TH: Research papers due. Discuss remix assignment. Thanks you notes assignment.
Week 14: Remix presentations
4/11-15
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Week 15: Reflection
4/18-22
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Week 16
4/25-29
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Week 17: Exams