- A preliminary blog post (less formal, a review and prep for the exam)
- An in-class "salon" (an oral-written activity held Tues. 12/13/2011 from 8-10am)
- A final blog post (more formal, based on steps 1 and 2, due by Wednesday, 12/14/2011 at noon)
Step 1: Preliminary Blog Post
In this step you will be posting your notes for the in-class salon. Essentially, you will be reviewing the various units, focusing mostly on various types of blog posts, so that you can speak intelligently about topics related to each unit when we meet for the in-class oral/written activity. We'd like you to study according to a review matrix:
| Unit 1: Folk Knowledge | Unit 2: Oral Knowledge | Unit 3: Written Knowledge |
Unit 4: Print Knowledge |
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| Self-directed learning | ||||
| Others' blogging | ||||
| Collaborative learning | ||||
| Projects / Activities |
We expect this blog post to be more in a notes format than something like a finished essay. Complete this prior to the scheduled final exam.
Step 2: Salon
During the scheduled final exam (8-10am Tues., 12/13/2011), we will conduct a "salon" that builds upon the preliminary blog post (which you should either print out or have access to via a laptop). You will be put into groups of three people four different times (once for each unit) and provided a sheet that will help structure your conversation and give you a place to take notes for step 3. The prompts on the sheet will allow you to draw from the preliminary blog post.
Step 3: Final Blog Post
Following the final exam period, and prior to Wednesday 12/14/2011 at noon, you are to post a more formal blog post that is derived from the salon activity on Tuesday. This must refer to all four units (or types of knowledge) studied, must be driven by a thesis, relate to the course learning outcomes, and must refer both to conversations had during the salon and to the others' blog posts from the class. The expected length is about 500-700 words. Pictures are optional. This is not a personal learning narrative or general reflection, but a more formal academic "paper" that makes a clear claim and supports it, while synthesizing these various elements from the semester.
Step 2: Salon
During the scheduled final exam (8-10am Tues., 12/13/2011), we will conduct a "salon" that builds upon the preliminary blog post (which you should either print out or have access to via a laptop). You will be put into groups of three people four different times (once for each unit) and provided a sheet that will help structure your conversation and give you a place to take notes for step 3. The prompts on the sheet will allow you to draw from the preliminary blog post.
Step 3: Final Blog Post
Following the final exam period, and prior to Wednesday 12/14/2011 at noon, you are to post a more formal blog post that is derived from the salon activity on Tuesday. This must refer to all four units (or types of knowledge) studied, must be driven by a thesis, relate to the course learning outcomes, and must refer both to conversations had during the salon and to the others' blog posts from the class. The expected length is about 500-700 words. Pictures are optional. This is not a personal learning narrative or general reflection, but a more formal academic "paper" that makes a clear claim and supports it, while synthesizing these various elements from the semester.
I'm not entirely sure what the collaborative learning means for this? Is it similar to the group projects, or do you mean more along the lines of blog posts that built off of each other?
ReplyDeleteWhat type of thesis is meant for the final blog post? Are we to make a claim and defend the position?
ReplyDeleteMurphy - yes!
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