Course Calendar

Week 1

Tuesday 8/24: Introduction; Arguments; Diagnostic Essay

Thursday 8/26: Group assignments; visual and textual conventions of blogs; thesis statements

Week 2

Tuesday 8/31: Locating an intellectual conversation; searching for non-scholarly sources; brainstorming: intro post assignment; homework: draft of your personal introduction for your introductory post assignment

Thursday 9/2: Introduction to Google Docs; Introduction to workshopping: Workshop: Introductory posts; Setting up your blogs; homework: draft of Feeder 1.1 due Tuesday

Week 3

Tuesday 9/7: Reading / writing thesis statements; draft workshop: Feeder 1.1; setting up your blogs; homework: revised Feeder 1.1 due Thursday; Introductory Post Assignment should be posted on your blog by 9/14

Thursday 9/9: Distinguishing between scholarly, professional, and popular sources; citation conventions; introductions; draft workshop: Feeder 1.1; homework: Feeder 1.2 draft due Tuesday; Introductory Post Assignment should be posted to your blog by class time on Tuesday

Week 4

Tuesday 9/14: Citation conventions; Draft workshop: Feeder 1.2; homework: bring your Feeder 1.1 to class on Thursday ready to post to your blog

Due date: Your group's Introductory Post Assignment should be posted on your blog by class time today

Thursday 9/16: Posting to your blog; Argument; Draft workshop: Feeder 1.2; homework: select the article you will write against for your Unit 1 Project

Due date: Your Feeder 1.1 assignment should be posted to your blog by the end of the day today

Week 5

Tuesday 9/21: Activity: Reading Sources Critically; Activity: Brainstorming / Preliminary Research; homework: Bring in 3 argumentative sources related to your topic with retrospective outlines of each

Thursday 9/23: Adapting to your audience's needs; composing a working thesis statement; paragraphing;  homework: Draft of Unit 1 Project due Tuesday; Post your Feeder 1.2 assignment to your blog by class time on Tuesday

Week 6

Tuesday 9/28: Revision strategies; Unit 1 Project Workshop; Due date: Your Feeder 1.2 assignment should be posted to your blog by class time today

Thursday 9/30: Sentence variety; critiquing model texts; homework: updated draft of Unit 1 Project due Tuesday

Week 7

Tuesday 10/5: Lesson: Style; Unit 1 Project draft workshop (2 parts); homework: 

By Thursday your draft should be at the point where you're ready to deal with the real nitty-gritty of sentence-level concerns; not only should the conceptual and organizational aspects of your paper be in order but you should also feel fairly confident about the tone of your writing and how it functions on a sentence level.

Thursday 10/7: Editing: the Paramedic Method; Unit 1 Project editing Workshop; homework: Your Unit 1 Project should be posted to your blog by class time on October 14

Week 8

Tuesday 10/12: University Day; no class

Thursday 10/14: Introduction to Unit 2; due date: your Unit 1 Project should be posted to your blog by class time today

Week 9

Thursday 10/21: Fall Break; no class

Week 10
Tuesday 10/26: Lesson: Writing a Research Report Part I; draft workshop: Feeder 2.2 data sheets; Homework: Draft of Feeder 2.2 script due Thursday
Thursday 10/28: Lesson: podcasting; Draft workshop: Feeder 2.2; in-class work on podcasts; Homework: conduct your self-study next week; draft of Feeder 2.2 podcast due 11/2

Week 11
NOTE: You should be conducting your Unit 2 self-study during this week; you should have collected all data for your experiment by Monday, November 8
Tuesday 11/2: In-class work on podcasts; Due date: Feeder 2.1 should be posted to your blog by class time today
Thursday 11/4: Optional meeting for in-class work on podcasts;

Week 12
Tuesday 11/9: Lesson: Writing a Scientific Research Report Part II; Draft workshop: Feeder 2.2; In-class revision of podcasts; Homework: Unit 2 Project script due Thursday; Feeder 2.2 podcast should be ready to go online by class time on 11/11
Thursday 11/11: Draft workshop: Unit 2 Project; In-class revision of podcasts; Homework: Draft of your Unit 2 Project podcast due Tuesday


Week 13
Tuesday 11/16: Draft workshop: Unit 2 Project; Homework: Feeder 3.1 draft due on Thursday
Thursday 11/18: Introduction to VoiceThread; Lesson: Arguments and Evidence in the Humanities; Draft workshop: Feeder 3.1; Homework: script for your Feeder 3.2 due Tuesday

Week 14
Tuesday 11/23: Draft workshop: Feeder 3.2; In-class work time for VoiceThread projects; Homework: Script of your Unit 3 Project due 11/30; Due date; Your Unit 2 Project should be posted to your blog by class time
Thursday 11/25: Thanksgiving; no class

Week 15
Tuesday 11/30: Draft workshop: Unit 3 Project; Due date: Your Feeder 3.1 assignment should be posted to your blog by class time
Thursday 12/2: Tutorial: posting VoiceThreads to your blog; Draft workshop: Unit 3 Project; Due date: Your Feeder 3.2 assignment should be finished and ready to post to your blog by class time

Week 16
Tuesday 12/7: Due Date: Unit 3 project should be posted by class time; all work for class should be submitted by today; no late work will be accepted after this date