Week 8 = Mastery
This week, we are continuing our discussion of mastery as well as delving into video-making and advising and registration. It will be a busy week, especially with the Justice Sotomayor lecture coming up on Monday Oct 21st as well.
For Blog A, I'd like you to search through a number of student blogs (linked to in the sidebar at the right) and find at least two blogs that you feel demonstrate A or A+ work (mastery of blogging) -- there are many posts that will fall into this category. Link to the blog post you feel exemplifies mastery and say specifically why you chose that post. What exactly does it show you that qualifies as A work. What criteria does it fulfill? You can include quotes in your own post as well in order to show your evidence.
For Blog B, please post your 6-word memoir created in response to Sotomayor's book (if you didn't do this at orientation this summer, do it now) and discuss why you think this book was chosen as the Common Read for your class. What can first-year college students learn from Sotomayor's experience and apply to college? If you need to go back and review some of the book, please do so. It will be a good preparation for her visit as well.
The other assignment due on your blogs this week is your first draft of the midterm video assignment. This will count as a homework assignment, due Monday by midnight. As I mentioned in class, please try to post some video even if it is very short. Posting on youtube (making public) and linking to on your blog is fine. You can also include some synopsis or outline of the rest of the video that is not yet completed. The more you have posted, the more I can give you feedback on for your final draft.
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