Monday, May 20, 2013
writing in real-time for a real-world audience
I post to my blog after every class.
My blog posts primarily model taking notes on + summarizing learning that goes on during class.
Students post to their blogs after every class.
Most assigned blog posts focus on developing brainstorming/drafts/revisions for writing assignments.
Students (ideally) receive feedback to blogs once a week.
Writing is evaluated primarily in terms of ideas + development =no penalty for "mistakes".
Blogs to develop writing for the research project for ENG 3029.
Finding a focus
Blog 1: What kind of writing studies research are you interested in?
Blog 2: In your own words => define analysis. What is it? How does it work? Describe how you might use analysis to study something about writing that interests you.
Blog 5: Choose one of the (possible) research projects you have been thinking about and brainstrom the kinds of materials you would need to discuss in your introduction for a research essay on this project.
Creating a research plan
Blog 7: Post your drafty research plan (the 5 points at the bottom of the handout which includes the list of bullet points): (points are listed on the blog)
Blog 8: Review + revise your research plan in light of the feedback you got in class. Also - list two references that you plan to use for your literature review.
Practicing analytic process
(Blogs 9-15 were primarily focused on a "short analysis" project = where students practiced moves to the name/classify/identifypatterns/develop theories about relationships within data sets)
Collecting & analyzing data + reflecting on the research process
Blog 16: If you are doing an interview as part of your research project => post your draft interview protocol.
Blog 17: Post the list you worked on at the end of class with any additions you thought of later
(You spent the last 15 minutes of class reviewing your blog posts so far on your project to check your research plan, the references you plan to use in your literature review, your research tools (the interview/observation protocols) and so on. I suggested you made a list of what you needed to do to finish your project, and that you mapped out a rough timeline that corresponded to the due dates on your calendar.)
Drafting & more reflection
Blog 18: Develop some writing for your project. Post the references you will use for your research project as you will list them in the works cited list, and write what you will say about them in your literature review. If you don't have a the right reference yet - write an introduction that sets up your research question.
Blog 19: In light of todays discussion, what are the strengths of your research project (do you have a strong research problem/question? the right research essay(s)? a solid plan for collecting data? will you have enough data? are you working with the right participants) Identify any place where you need to "catch up".
Blog 21: Post sections of your transcript or other data that you want to analyze for your research project
Blog 22: Post your analysis so far
Blog 23: post what you worked on in class today - or anything else you want me to look at
Presentations + revisions
Blog 24: Jenna, Krista, Stephanie and Jillian will post their draft-so-far for their presentations. The rest of you should post sections of analysis or writing for your essay that you would like feedback on (I will have feedback for you by next Tuesday - or in a conference if you schedule one).
Blog 25: Today's presenters = write up any plans/notes you have for revising your essay in light of your presentation
Tuesday, April 29 presenters= poste the essay-so-far that you will present on
Everyone else: post any writing that you want credit for as part of your drafting process, or any in-process analysis that you want credit for as part of the data collection/analysis part of the project(see assignment sheet for research project)
Blog 26 + 27 =>same as 25
Assessing
Blog 28: Using the criteria we developed in class (posted below), write an evaluation of your research project. You can earn 25 points extra credit if your assessment of your work matches mine.
Blog 29: final research essay
Blog posts that are not about developing writing - often engage students in reflecting on/assessing their writing.
The sequence of posts creates an in-process, no-fault portfolio of writing that receives feedback once a week.
a hub for student interactions
Commenting on drafts => Sample interactions 1 2
In-process presentations and reflections on those presentations
The benefits of lurking
In-process presentations and reflections on those presentations
The benefits of lurking
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