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 Intros/Syllabus/assignments Voices from the past || meet in MCHS 2205 ||  //Intro to CLUE Assignment// Culture/Discourse/College Life || Finish wiki personal page CLUE assignment Step 1: Take 3 photos of dorm room decorations (e.g., doors, spaces) (Note: use your cell phone; alternatively, drawings or notes are fine) Take 5 time diaries: ask students what they did (and how much time they spent on each activity) over the last 24 hours. (Note: you can use your cellphone for this, too, by texting the question to friends who are college students; or you can ask hall/house mates) What do the data you collect suggest to you about college life? Post your data and your answer to this question to a new page, and link to your personal page. Respond to the posts of the two colleagues above you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums. || //Response model// A closer look Groupwork || For 9/7 //My Freshman Year// 1-40 and //On Ethnography// 1-26 Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues directly below you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums. ||
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 * 08/29 || //Setting Expectations//
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 * 08/31 || //Course tools///Wiki how-to
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 * 09/02 || //Dorm life//

 Labor Day || For 9/7 //My Freshman Year// 1-40 and //On Ethnography//1-26 Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues directly below you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums. || media type="custom" key="10414306" || For 9/9: CLUE assignment Step 1b: Do the same as you did before, but this time for another cultural group/setting (e.g., a space within a school, like a classroom; the women's center; the Moose Exchange) Take photos/observations of the decoration and arrangement of the spaces Take time diaries and find out how people spend time during a typical day. What do the data you collect suggest to you about the literacy practices of this particular group? Post your data and your answer to this question to a new page, and link to your personal page. Respond to the posts of the two colleagues above you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums. ||  
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 * 09/05 || No class:
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 * 09/07 || Short video with explanations of upcoming assignments
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 * 09/09 || No class due to weather conditions || No class due to weather conditions ||
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 * 09/12 || No class due to weather conditions || No class due to weather conditions ||
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 * 09/14 || No class due to weather conditions || //No class due to weather conditions// ||

 and //On Ethnography// 27-47 Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues directly below you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums. Participate in online discussion here: http://www.aypwip.org/webnote/Lit%252526Soc0916 CLUE assignment Step 2a (I know this has been hard to complete because you were off campus; for this reason, I've moved this back to allow you to complete on Saturday/Sunday/Monday) Spend at least half an hour in a public space on campus (like a dining hall, cafe, or common room): map the space, and note what people do in different parts of it for how long. What does the data you collect suggest to you about college life? Post your data and your answer to this question to a new page, and link to your personal page. Respond to the posts of the two colleagues above you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums. || Writing/Editing practice: Arranging evidence The 3 INs || CLUE assignment Step 2b: Spend at least half an hour in a public space associated with another cultural group/setting (like a classroom, or a movie theater lobby) map the space, and note what people do in different parts of it for how long. What does the data you collect suggest to you about the literacy practices of that community? Post your data and your answer to this question to a new page, and link to your personal page. Respond to the posts of the two colleagues above you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums. || Groupwork: Public space Interview Qs || //My Freshman Year// 67-89 and //On Ethnography 68-82 // Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues directly below you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums. || Interview 2 people "unlike you" using questions we developed. What does the data you collect suggest to you about college life? Post your data and your answer to this question to a new page, and link to your personal page. Respond to the posts of the two colleagues above you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums. || //How Others See Us// "Community/ies" at Bloomsburg || CLUE assignment Step 3b: Interview 2 people "unlike you" (local elementary school students or teachers; sports team members; Harry Potter fans using questions you develop. What does the data you collect suggest to you about the literacy practices of that community? Post your data and your answer to this question to a new page, and link to your personal page. Respond to the posts of the two colleagues above you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums. || Discussion || CLUE assignment draft due 10/03; post draft to a new page and link to your personal page; bring 3 copies to class for peer review ||  Revisit Assignment, rubric Video model: [|Getting a CLUE about Peer Review] || CLUE assignment draft due 10/03; post draft to a new page and link to your personal page; bring 3 copies to class for peer review || //Using a Writer's Revision Sheet// || CLUE due 10/10 || Purpose Audience Genre Engagement || Step 1 of the EAR assignment: Into what other genre, or type of communication, might you transform the results of your CLUE assignment for an incoming BU student/a new member of your chosen literacy community? Find 3 examples of this genre (e.g., a flyer, a brochure, a letter): what makes them good or not good? Use them to make your own example of that genre; post your 3 models, your criteria, and your transformation to a new page and link to your personal page. Respond to the posts of the two colleagues above you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums. CLUE due 10/10 ||  Group || CLUE due 10/10 ||
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 * 09/16 || //No class due to weather conditions// || //My Freshman Year// 41-66[[file:Nathan(2005)FreshmanYear41-66.pdf]]
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 * 09/19 || Discussion
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 * 09/21 || Warm-up
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 * 09/23 || Discussion: || CLUE assignment Step 3a:
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 * 09/26 || Groupwork:
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 * 09/28 || Groupwork
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 * 09/30 || //Intro to Peer Review//
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 * 10/03 || //Peer Review//
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 * 10/05 || //Transition/Intro to EAR assignment//
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 * 10/07 || //What Every College Student Needs to Know//

 Genre conventions
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 * 10/10 || Writing/Editing practice:

Technique:CRAP Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, Proximity || Group 1 - On "Cultural Literacy" http://ww.scu.edu/ethics/publications/iie/v1n4/homepage.html http://educationnext.org/e-d-hirsch-and-civic-education/

Group 2 - On "Social Processes"

Group 3 - On "Ways of Thinking" http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/welleducated.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxLCtADvCik&feature=related

Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues directly below you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums. || Debate: New General Education Plan || "Claiming an Education" Adrienne Rich Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues directly below you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums. || Into what other genre, or type of communication, might you transform the results of your CLUE assignment for an family/faculty memer or an experienced member of your chosen literacy community? Find 3 examples of this genre (e.g., a flyer, a brochure, a letter): what makes them good or not good? Use them to make your own example of that genre; post your 3 models, your criteria, and your transformation to a new page and link to your personal page. Respond to the posts of the two colleagues above you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums. || Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues directly below you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums. ||
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 * 10/12 || Three purposes of education Jigsaw
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 * 10/14 || Discussion: Claiming an Education || Step 2 of the EAR assignment:
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 * 10/17 || Groupwork || What a college degree means to employers

 Into what other genre, or type of communication, might you transform the results of your CLUE assignment for an a potential employer or an outsider to your chosen literacy community? Find 3 examples of this genre (e.g., a flyer, a brochure, a letter), and use them to consider how you might make your own example of that genre; post your 3 models and your ideas about this transformation to a new page and link to your personal page. Respond to the posts of the two colleagues above you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums. || Discussion || Education Satires Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues (one directly below you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums. || Discussion: Satire/Remix Writing/Editing practice: Remix
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 * 10/19 || Discussion || Step 3 of the EAR assignment:
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 * 10/21 || Groupwork
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 * 10/24 || Meet in MCHS 3234

Online publishing: [|Formatpixel]

Word Clouds:[| Wordle] example

Image Editors: [|Picnik,][| Gimp] example and Image Annotation:[| VoiceThread]

Video Editors: [| Online], iMovie, MovieMaker: example and Video Annotation:[| Viddler]

Audio editors: [|Myna], [|Audacity][|, example] Free sound effects: [] and []

[|Comic Creators] || Step 4 of the EAR assignment: Into what other genre, or type of communication, might you transform the results of your CLUE assignment as satire? Find 3 examples of satires, and use them to consider how you might make your own example of that genre; post your 3 models and your ideas about this transformation to a new page and link to your personal page. Respond to the posts of the two colleagues (one directly above you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums. || [|One mode, different genres] [|Genres change (convention & variation)] Group task: synthesis || EAR assignment draft due 10/31; Make sure to post models, criteria, and drafts; Bring 3 copies of drafts to class ||  Packaging and reflection on your project || EAR assignment draft due 10/31; Make sure to post models, criteria, and drafts; Bring 3 copies of drafts to class ||  Make sure to post models, criteria, and drafts Buy Lit Circles Books for 11/09 ||  Make sure to post models, criteria, and drafts Buy Lit Circles Books for 11/09 ||  [|Inspirational video (Why TELLing your story is important)] || TELL assignment Step 1: What do you believe is the purpose of a college education? What does it mean to be educated? What experiences have you had with education that led you to this belief? Post your response to a new page and link to your personal page. Respond to the posts of the two colleagues (one directly above you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
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 * 10/26 || //Group: Synthesis//
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 * 10/28 || Discussion of synthesis
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 * 10/31 || //Peer review// || EAR assignment due 11/14
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 * 11/02 || Smart moves from EAR || EAR assignment due 11/14
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 * 11/04 ||< Intro to TELL Intro to Lit Circles

Buy Lit Circles Books for 11/09 EAR assignment due 11/14 ||  //Where I'm From// poems and Showing/Telling Details || "This I Believe" podcasts/essays Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues (one directly below you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.
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 * 11/07 || Individual Work:
 * http://thisibelieve.org/essay/18333/
 * http://thisibelieve.org/essay/12782/
 * http://thisibelieve.org/essay/37061/

EAR assignment due 11/14 || 
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 * 11/09 || Discussion

Lit Circle Groups meet to set schedule || TELL Step 2: Choose 3 artifacts/moments that represent your past (before college), your present (at college), and your (imagined) future (after college): Tell the story of these three moments in specific scenes with telling details. Post draft to new page and link to personal page. Respond to the posts of the two colleagues (one directly above you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums.

EAR assignment due 11/14 Prepare for Lit Circles1 11/16 ||  //Groupwork: Artifacts of Education// || Prepare for Lit Circles1 11/16 ||  Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues (one directly below you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums. || How will you link together the three artifacts/stories you have chosen to TELL about your past, present, and future education? What "repetend" or linking mechanism might you use (e.g., a theme? song lyrics? genre?) Respond to the posts of the two colleagues (one directly above you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums. ||  [|The Notebook] Writing/Editing practice: Character/Point of view || TELL draft due 11/30 Prepare for Lit Circles2 Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues (one directly below you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums. || //Thanksgiving// || TELL draft due 11/30 Prepare for Lit Circles2 Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues (one directly below you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums. || //Thanksgiving// || TELL draft due 11/30 Prepare for Lit Circles2 Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues (one directly below you and one of your choice) you on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums. ||  Prepare for Lit Circles3 Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues (one directly below you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums. ||   Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues (one directly below you and one of your choice) on our personal pages list by using their discussion forums. ||  Have a great spring! Keep in touch! ||
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 * 11/11 || Multiple Intelligences//:// Knowing yourself as a learner
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 * 11/14 || Discussion || Prepare for Lit Circles1 11/16
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 * 11/16 || Lit Circles 1 || TELL Step 3:
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 * 11/18 || Groupwork || TELL draft due 11/30 ||
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 * 11/21 || Discussion
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 * 11/23 || //No class//
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 * 11/25 || //No class//
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 * 11/28 || //Lit Circles 2// || TELL draft due 11/30 ||
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 * 11/30 || Peer Review || TELL due 12/07
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 * 12/02 || //Lit Circles 3// || TELL due 12/07 ||
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 * 12/05 || //Groupwork: Synthesis// || TELL due 12/07 ||
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 * 12/07 || //Final Exam prep// || Prepare for Lit Circles4
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 * 12/09 || //Lit Circles 4// || None ||
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 * Finals week || Finals week || Final Exam TBA