Media and Culture (EL336)

Portfolio 4

Dennis G. Jerz — Thu, 10 May 2012 04:27:11 +0000

Include a brief statement that introduces and assesses your digital artifact and final research paper.

Just imagine someone viewing your blog entry 2 years from now at the beginning of the next section of EL336… how would you need to introduce your digital artifact and paper?

(I had originally slated this assignment for May 8, and you are of course welcome to submit it early so you can focus your energy on your digital artifact, but I will accept it until May 10 without penalty. I plan to mark this assignment on the afternoon of the 10th.)

Final Term Paper

Dennis G. Jerz — Thu, 10 May 2012 04:25:44 +0000

Update: in class I moved this due date to Thursday the 10th.

(Originally due May 8, but it’s been pushed back. I encourage you not to leave both the digital artifact and the term paper until the bitter end, but I recognize that some of you may benefit more from having more time for one or the other assignment, so I’m leaving the choice up to you.)

Upload to Turnitin.com.

Final rubric:

25% Completeness/Length/MLA Format
(Does the revision follow the formal conventions of an MLA-style research paper, at a level appropriate to a 300-level class? 15 pages, with an additional Works Cited list.)
25% Accuracy/Grammar/Proofreading/Revision
(Does the revision demonstrate mastery of collegiate writing, at the sentence and word level? Does the paper integrate brief quotations?)
25% Organization/Transitions
(Does the revision demonstrate mastery of collegiate writing, at the paragraph and essay level?)
25% Ideas/Scholarship/Sources/Argument
(Does the revision develop an evidence-supported scholarly thesis at a level appropriate to a 300-level class?)

Final Presentation

Dennis G. Jerz — Thu, 10 May 2012 04:25:18 +0000

Informal, interactive presentation of your digital artifact.

10:30-12:30, in our regular classroom.

See Thursday’s page

Dennis G. Jerz — Tue, 08 May 2012 18:34:00 +0000

See Thursday the 10th for the Blog Portfolio 4 page, as well as details about the other assignments due on that date.

General Workshop

Dennis G. Jerz — Thu, 03 May 2012 04:47:54 +0000

Graduating seniors should present their digital artifacts (informal; hands-on).

Term Paper & Digital Artifact Workshop

Dennis G. Jerz — Tue, 01 May 2012 19:28:41 +0000

While there is no official assignment today, for the next few class periods I will ask each student to give an informal oral progress report describing your progress on both your term paper and your digital artifact.

Feel free to contact me outside of class to let me know you would like to spend the time.

Term Paper Draft

Dennis G. Jerz — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:14:33 +0000

Upload a 5-page draft to Turnitin.com.

We will workshop this draft during class. The more complete your draft, the more productive the workshop will be.

For the peer review activity: Reasoning Blueprint

Ex 5: Term Paper Progress Report

Dennis G. Jerz — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:33:54 +0000

This can take the form of an informal email memo with bulleted lists that present your progress, or a full draft for me to evaluate.

If you do submit a whole paper, I cannot promise to return a detailed line-by-line edit before the next class, but the more you submit, the more detailed and useful my feedback can be.

Submit in the “Ex 5″ slot on Turnitin.com.

Originally I had posted a 3:35 deadline, but whatever you submit before 10pm on the 24th I will aim to give you feedback on before lunchtime on the 25th.

Online Class

Dennis G. Jerz — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:31:47 +0000

We won’t meet as a class in EL336 on this day. (With other English faculty, I will be visiting Dr. Arnzen’s EL150 class across the hall.)

Assignments are due online as scheduled.

Hayles 4b

Dennis G. Jerz — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:49:32 +0000

Respond to the epilogue (in a richly linked, synthesizing post that incorporates links to what you and your peers have already written about the book).