1. Today, were going to:1)Take a second to talk post-break RE:
inquiry 42)Inquiry 5 explained3)To the Tumblrverse!4)Activity:
starting to reflect (freewriting)5)Time pending: bubbling that
reflection6)Homework
2. Inquiry 4: Sup wit dat?(seriously, any questions or
concerns? It was really quietover break, so I assume things are
going really, really well)
3. Inquiry 5: The eFolioLets hop on the web and take a lookat
the PDF for the assignment, thenwell discuss.
4. Youre going to need a bigger TumblrWell, really just another
Tumblr.Heres how you create that.
5. Here are some specifics for uniformity.If you choose to use
a different name,PLEASE email it to me. We had a littletrouble with
timeliness regardingTumblr addresses at the start of class,so
remember, tick, tick, grade, tick,tick.
6. I would also like you tothink about how thisTumblr
Looks.Visual design is a part of your overall presentation. It has
a rhetorical impact. Think about ways tomake your portfolio as
striking and user-friendly as possible.
7. When this is done, itshould have your reflectionand links to
all your work you will need PDFs . MS Office can help. There is a
PDF option undersave as. Or you can cut/paste your work into the
Tumblr, if you find that works better.
8. Let us now REFLECT! The next several slides contain
freewritingprompts. I suggest you save the product of this, as it
could be reworked into the start of or all of your inquiry 5
reflection.
9. Prompt 1 Think about everything you knew about writing at
the start of this class. What are some things you thought you knew,
or things you believed were true (dare I evensay were taught) that
you now know arent the case?
10. Prompt 2 What are the three most valuable thingsyou learned
about writing in this course? Why?
11. Prompt 3 What was your writing process in otherwords the
way you started an assignment, the way you proceeded through
writing and revising it, all the way to writing the memo and
uploading it when class started?
12. Prompt 4What is your writing process now? What has or hasnt
changed, and why? BE SPECIFIC.
13. Prompt 5Roughly how much time do you spend each day
writing? In what formats? Where? For what ends?
14. Prompt 6 How has what youve learned in 111influenced your
work for other classes?
15. Prompt 7 How has what youve learned in 111 influenced how
you communicate withpeople in your life? Its okay if it hasnt. I
wont judge you or anything.
16. Prompt 8What lessons from this semester and your writing
not particularly things weve talked about in class, though those
are obviously fair game will stick with you forever? Why?
17. Prompt 9 What is a moment in your 111 experience in which
you felt lost, in-over-your-head,helplessly behind, or generally
freaked out? Howd you handle it?
18. Prompt 10 On the other side of that, what was yourmost
triumphant moment in 111, why, and how did that contribute to your
overall feelings about writing?
19. HomeworkYou should be mostly done with inquiry 4 by next
class. Keep working! Your other homework is to somehow customize
the Tumblr for your portfolioand have it ready to add some content
towhen we come to class Thursday. We will work on memos for Inquiry
4 and talk about how the last few meetings will go. Class is almost
over! Oh my! TTYL.