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Your digital porfolio and journal (see Unit 4 page) are due Wednesday, April 16, by midnight. Please submit your journal in Moodle in the Unit 4 link. Your portfolio should be published to othello and accessible to your homepage by the link on the "Personal Pages" after your name. If it doesn't work, you haven't published things correctly. Check and double check from different computers before considering your project done! IF YOU WOULD LIKE PORTFOLIO FEEDBACK, PLEASE ADD YOUR NAME BELOW. Erin Allison Erika Sherwood Amanda Labby Amanda MacKenzie Hannah Starmann Lauren Skarjune Aysha Abiade Shelby Hill Katie Umbarger Lauren Cooper FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 11 Portfolios due. You will be showing yours to the class, so be sure to have it completed, published online, and ready to show: no exceptions as this is the last day of class.

FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9 More work on your portfolios

FOR MONDAY, APRIL 7 We will begin working on your digital porfolio, due Friday in your Othello account.

FOR MONDAY, MAR. 22 Your paper (proposal or instructions) rough draft are due for me to look at on Monday, at class time, in Moodle.

FOR MONDAY, MAR. 15 Please complete your "rhetorical situation" and post it to your personal page. I need to know if you're working independently or in a group, and I need to know what you are planning for this next unit. The PowerPoint for "the rhetorical situation" is on the "course calendar" for Friday, which you can follow to answer all the questions.

And, of course, unit 2 is due in Moodle by class time Monday.

FOR FRIDAY, MAR. 12 Friday we begin a new unit, so please skim Chapters 5 and 6 in your book, decide which of the two papers you would like to write, and then read the corresponding chapter--especially the sample papers.

All your material--the polished Annotated Bib, the Report/Profile, the Remediated paper (collage or pamphlet), and your reflection are all due Monday in Moodle. The bib, paper, and remediation may be submitted once by one member of your group for all of you; however, each needs to submit an individual Reflection.

For your reflection, please be sure to discuss the following: - The process of writing collaboratively: how you went about it, what worked and what didn't, the benefits and drawbacks, etc - Your remediated product: Why did you make the choices you did? Discuss the design principles as they apply. - Your research and bib: What did you learn about this kind of research? What did you like about it, and what did you find less that likable? Any snaffus? Discuss the research process and the importance of and problems with this kind of research - Anything else in general: things you've learned, problems you've had, the joys of working together to share a load, or anything else you'd like me to consider when determining your grade.

FOR WEDNESDAY, MAR. 5 If you haven't done so already, please put your Part 2 proposal on your group wiki page. We will have Wednesday and Friday for work time--either on your paper or your visual remediation--but keep in mind that that paper is due Friday after class (rough draft, of course) and the remediated piece (collage or pamphlet) needs to be done enough by Monday to present it to the class and talk about your research, your report, and your remediation. The entire project, including a reflection and explanation of your remediation, is due the following Friday. (See course calendar).

FOR WEDNESDAY, FEB 20. Regular (as opposed to virtual class). We'll have a quick lesson on Fireworks, then do some collage-making exercises. Keep working outside of class on your paper! FYI: I have uploaded a sample Annotated Bibliography. Please follow the formatting of this sample. It's on the "handouts" page.

FOR MONDAY, FEB. 18 Virtual Class! We will meet not in SAC 110, but virtually from your room (or wherever you want and have internet access) in your googledocs page. At the bottom of the googledocs. page is a box that says "Soandso is also editing"--and this is how I'll know you're there. That, and I'll see your wonderful words of text appearing on the page. I'll be logged in and monitoring your sessions, and if you need help just go CAPS LIKE THIS TO GET MY ATTENTION and I'll read and respond. See you online!

FOR WEDNESDAY, FEB. 13 We'll be starting Unit 2 on Wed., so make sure you are completely done with Unit One and have everything posted. Also I'd like you to read and  and be prepared to discuss them briefly in class.

FOR MONDAY, FEB. 11 Your research is due. Please post everything you have so far. As of this moment (Sat. evening) it looks as though only one group is done or nearly done and has enough research to work with and meet minimum requirements. While I understand that some of you have hit a snag or two, you will find it quite difficult to make any headway on the next unit without your research. You'll be writing a paper on what you found in your research, so without it you'll have nothing to write. Be careful, too, about sources: wikipedia is a STARTING POINT ONLY and does not count as a source. If you are having problems, please contact me--I will give you some leeway, but only if you communicate with me.

Also unit one in its entirety is due. Post your journal/reflection to your personal wiki page and put both your PowerPoint and your revised paper in Moodle. They are due by class time.

FOR FRIDAY, FEB. 8 More presentations. Back in SAC110. Finish up your research (with a few exceptions, especially those who had interviews Thursday--obviously you'll have to reschedule). Post your research on your wiki page.

FOR MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY, FEB. 4 AND 6 Presentations! We meet in SAC 303. Everyone needs to be ready--I'll choose at random who will go. Keep the following deadlines in mind: - Research must be completed by Friday, Feb. 8 - Unit one, in its entirety (paper, Pp, and journal/reflection) are due Monday, Feb. 11. - Your annotated bibliography is due Friday, Feb. 22

FOR FRIDAY, FEB. 1 Keep working on your research. It will also be our last day in class to work on your PowerPoints, so you may want to spend some time outside of class working on it so that you can polish it on Friday. Because of our little overbooking problem, we will be spending Monday and Wednesday of next week in SAC 303 for presentations.

FOR WEDNESDAY, JAN. 30 please keep working on your research. When you have surveys or interview questions ready to go, run them by me in case you are missing anything you might want to ask or in case you have questions that need tweaking. Keep in mind that your research is due on Friday, Feb. 8--which is only two weeks away. Spend your time in class on your presentations, and outside of class on your research. Keep posting your research as it comes on on your group pages so I can see how things are progressing.

FOR FRIDAY, JAN. 25 Finish reading Ch. 8 on fonts and typefaces. Also be sure to have the digital versions of your visual representations by Friday so we can work with them in class.

NO CLASS MONDAY, JAN. 21 - MLK DAY FOR WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23 Please read Ch. 8, 519-523 and ALL of Chapter 10 on Field Research. As you read Ch. 10, please keep your own research project in mind and take notes, write down questions and concerns, and be prepared to bring up anything in class that may be of concern. Remember too to keep working on your first paper, the visual representation analysis.

NOTE: Several of you have not completed your forms, and I need those pronto. Several of you also have uploaded the exact same form to your page: about five or six of you have uploaded as your form. I don't know who actually made this form, and I'm not sure why you have all uploaded this same form as your own. Be sure to name your document something different from what's already uploaded!

FOR FRIDAY, JAN. 18 Proposals Due!! Be sure to give me your topic, research ideas, and where you think you're headed in the upcoming three units (all units are detailed on handouts page). Also read pages 512-519 on "representation of information"--we're ahead one day for MLK day.

FOR WEDNESDAY, JAN. 16 You MUST have a research topic before class Wednesday. If you have not chosen something, I'll be forced to choose something for you, which I really do not want to do. Please post your ideas to the "researching" page. Also read //read Ch. 8, 494-512 on layout.//

FOR MONDAY, JAN. 14 Please read pgs. 479-494. Also keep adding to the "researching" page--lots of ideas are easier to choose from; few ideas make it difficult to choose. Be sure your topics are both local and ripe for field research.

NOTE: For those who are interested in getting MAC help, there will be a short workshop on Thurs. night in SAC 110 at 7:00. I am unable to be there as I just found out I have a faculty dinner, but I have asked someone from IT to take my place and he has graciously agreed. So there will help available if you'd like a brief intro to the MAC.

FOR FRIDAY, JAN. 11 Please add to to the online discussion of Chapter 1. Either respond to the question there or start your own thread or respond to someone else's thread. Also begin thinking about what research you'd like to do and start posting ideas on the researching page. Be sure, as you think of ideas, to keep the whole semester in mind.

FOR WEDNESDAY, JAN. 9 Please read Ch. 1 in "Visual Age". Be prepared to discuss it in class. Also finish your personal page if you did not get a chance to do so in class Monday.

FOR MONDAY, JAN. 7 Our class is held in SAC 110, which is a MAC lab. If you have a laptop you would prefer to work on, please bring it to class. Keep in mind, however, that your laptop may not have the software required for some of our projects--and there is no wireless internet in SAC.