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All due dates are tentative. Regular blogging is due every week unless specificed otherwise.

 

Week 1 - Expectations & Introductions
9.7

Week 2 - Justifications & Questions
9.12
Read: "Everyday Writing," "Internet-Age Writing Syllabus" & Stanford Study of Writing
Write: Personal writing history 

9.14 - Our Lives With Writing
Read: "Blogging essential for a good career," "On Blogging and Becoming A Better Writer," "In Defense of Twitter," "Twitter, Flickr, Facebook Make Blogs Look So 2004" & "There's an art to writing on Facebook or Twitter"
Introduction: Media representations of writing (MRW)

Week 3 - Our Lives With Writing
9.19 
Read: "We Are All Writers Now," "Traditional Writing Skills Don't Work on the Web" & "Words for Print VS Words for Web"
Watch: TBD by students

9.21 
Watch: TBD by students
Write: MRW

Week 4 - MRW
9.26 
Pecha Kucha
Paul F., Corynn, Bob, Nicole, Alyssa, Kayla, Andrew
Write: MRW
9.28 
Pecha Kucha
Philip, Ashlee, Alex, Justin, Kurtis, Jenna, Alex L.
Write: MRW

Week 5 - MRW / Facilitations
10.3
Pecha Kucha
Kara, Adam, Kendra, Amanda, Amber, Melissa, Ben, Cody G. 
Write: MRW

10.5
Read: TBD
Student group: Paul F., Nicole V., Justin M., Kara B., Alyssa W.  

Week 6 - Facilitations / Twitter
10.10
Read: TBD
Student group: Alex L., Cody G., Adam C., Amber C. 

10.12
Write: Evaluation of & reflection on Twitter  

Week 7 - Facilitations
10.17
Read: TBD
Student group: Alex C., Manda O., Andrew R., Kendra B.

10.19
Read: TBD
Student group: Benjamin C., Melissa C., Kayla D., Corynn B., Phil H.

Week 8 - Facilitations / Distraction-free Writing (DFW)
10.24
Read: TBD 
Student group: Kurtis B., Bob H., Jenna F., Ashlee C. 

10.26
Read: “Growing Up Digital, Wired For Distraction," “Attention Versus Distraction? What That Big NY Times Story Leaves Out" &“Goodbye, cruel Word” 

Week 9 - DFW

10.31
Write: DFW

Read: “FocusWriter And Why I Now Despise Despise WriteRoom” , “Introducing u” 

11.2
Read: “Writing in the Age of Distraction,” “Better Than Renting Out A Windowless Room,” “Like Hammers," 
Write: DFW

Week 10 - Writing studies project (WSP)
11.7
Conferences

2PM - Nicole V.
215PM - Bob H.
230PM - Corynn B.
245PM - Benjamin C.
3PM - Alex C.
315PM - Amanda O.
330PM - Adam C.
345PM - Cody G.
4PM - Phil H. 
415PM - Kayla D.
430PM
445PM
5PM 

11.9 
Conferences
2PM - Melissa C.
215PM - Alyssa W.
230PM - Paul F. 
245PM - Kara B.
3PM - Jenna F.
315PM - Ashlee C.
330PM - Kurt B.
345PM - Amber C. 
4PM - 
415PM - Justin M.
430PM
445PM - Kendra B.
5PM - Alexandra L.

Week 11 - WSP
11.14
Pecha Kucha 
11.16
Pecha Kucha

Week 12 - WSP
11.21
Write: 1^st draft
11.23
Write: 1^st draft

Week 13 - WSP
11.28
Write: 2^nd draft
11.30
Write: 2^nd draft

Week 14 - Reflections
12.5 
Write: Self-reflective essay 
12.7
Write: revisions

Week 15 - Exam Week
Conferences 

All due dates are tentative. Regular blogging is due every week unless specified otherwise.

CSK = Composition Survival Kit
TSIS = Graff & Birkenstein's "They Say / I Say" 

Week 1 - Expectations & Introductions
9.7

Week 2 - Justifications & Questions
9.12
Read: "Why I Blog," "There's an art to writing on Facebook or Twitter," "In Defense of Twitter," and "Writing in the Age of Distraction"
Write: first blogging entry & first tweet 

9.14 
Due: 750-word response essay to “What do you want to learn?” prompt
Read: CSK "Introduction" & p. 1-16, TSIS "Preface," p. 1-29 & p. 141-144 
Write: TSIS Exercise 2, p. 15, & Exercise 2, p. 29 

Week 3 - Moves That Matter 
9.19 
Read: CSK 17-22, TSIS p. 30-51 
Write: TSIS Exercise 1, p.40, & Exercise 1, p.50 

9.21 
Read: CSK 50-67, TSIS p. 55-77 
Write: TSIS Exercise 1, p. 67, & Exercise 2, p. 76-77 
Student group: Bruce W., Leanne K., Andrew S., Elizabeth S., Amber S.
Student focus: online sources 

Week 4 - Moves That Matter
9.26 
Read: TSIS p. 78-101 
Write: TSIS Exercise 1, p. 90-91, & Exercise 2, p. 101 
Student group: Katie P., Tiffany B., Karli H., Michael M., Xingyu C.
Student focus: citations 

9.28 
Read: TSIS 105-128
Write: TSIS Exercise 2, p. 120, & Exercise 2, p. 128 
Student group: Uriah H., Joe S., Catt K., Michelle C., Alex H.
Student focus: writing styles 

Week 5 - Moves That Matter / Pop Up Scholarship
10.3
Read: TSIS 129-138 
Write: TSIS Exercise 1, p. 137 
Student group: Charles S.,Stefanie R., Robin B., Alaina P., Chris S.
Student focus: thesis statements 

10.5
Student group: Haley G., Tony W., Emily T., Evan P.,
Student focus: transitions 
Pop Up Scholarship introduction 

Week 6 - Pop Up Scholarship
10.10
Pop Up Scholarship Parts 1&2 due 

10.12
Write: Evaluation of & reflection on Twitter
Pop Up Scholarship Part 3 due
Reverse-Engineered Scholarship introduction 

Week 7 - Reverse-Engineered Scholarship
10.17
Reverse-Engineered Scholarship Part 1 due

10.19
Reverse-Engineered Scholarship Part 2 due
Mashup Scholarship introduction

Week 8 - Mashup Scholarship
10.24
Read: "Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism," "What Plagiarism Looks Like," & "The ecstasy of influence: a plagiarism"

10.26
Mashup Scholarship Part 1 due
Pecha Kucha reintroduction

Week 9 - Pecha Kucha
10.31
Mashup Scholarship Part 2 due
Pecha Kucha due
Andrew S., Robin B., Kat P., Catherine K., Elizabeth S., Charles S., Joe S., Leanne K., Stefanie R., Amber S. 

11.2
Pecha Kucha due
Evan P., Haley G., Alex H., Uriah H., Chris S., Michelle C., Xingyu C., Karli H., Tiffany B., Michael M., Alaina P.

Week 10 - Causes
11.7
First causes draft due 

11.9 
First causes draft due 

Week 11 - Causes
11.14
Second causes draft due 

11.16
Second causes draft due

Week 12 - Solutions
11.21
First solutions draft due 

11.23
First solutions draft due 

Week 13 - Solutions
11.28
Second solutions draft due 

11.30
Second solutions draft due 

Week 14 - Reflections
12.5
Read: CSK 27-32 
Write: Self-reflective essay 

12.7
Revisions due 

Week 15 - Exam Week
Conferences