Assignments
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Checkpoint 1 Any blog entries created before this checkpoint will receive a grade. |
25 | Thu, Jan 21 |
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Checkpoint 2 |
25 | Thu, Jan 28 |
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Checkpoint 3 |
25 | Thu, Feb 4 |
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Checkpoint 4 |
25 | Thu, Feb 11 |
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Paper Proposal This is your first official step in a writing process that will culminate in your having completed a... |
75 | Fri, Feb 12 |
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Checkpoint 5 |
25 | Thu, Feb 18 |
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Checkpoint 6 |
25 | Thu, Feb 25 |
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Checkpoint 7 |
25 | Thu, Mar 4 |
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Paper Outline The outline is an important planning step in any writing process, especially for a longer paper like the one you are working on. You may... |
25 | Mon, Mar 8 |
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Bibliography This should be the second stage of your seminar paper project. Building a bibliography is an important part of your preperation, and it should be... |
50 | Mon, Mar 8 |
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Checkpoint 8 |
25 | Thu, Mar 11 |
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Code as Art |
20 | Mon, Mar 15 |
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Checkpoint 9 |
25 | Thu, Mar 18 |
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Checkpoint 10 |
25 | Thu, Mar 25 |
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First Draft This stage of the assignment is your first complete draft of the paper. That is, the document should be "complete" in the sense that it represents... |
75 | Fri, Mar 26 |
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Checkpoint 11 |
25 | Thu, Apr 1 |
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Peer Reviewing As part of the seminar paper assignment, you will work in teams of three to prepare (and post) peer reviews of each other's work. These are your... |
20 | Fri, Apr 2 |
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Checkpoint 12 |
25 | Thu, Apr 8 |
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Paper Abstract Your abstract is a condensation of your entire argument into a coherent paragraph (or two) -- at least 200 words, but no more than 400 words. Now... |
25 | Fri, Apr 9 |
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Checkpoint 13 |
25 | Thu, Apr 15 |
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Checkpoint 14 |
25 | Thu, Apr 22 |
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Collaborative Notes (First Week) Each week, a group of students (2 or 3 per group) will be responsible for creating and maintaining a collaborative set of notes -- web content... |
50 | Fri, Apr 23 |
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Collaborative Notes (Second Week) Each group will be responsible for two weeks-worth of note-taking, so this page is simply a placeholder so that will make sense in the gradebook.... |
50 | Fri, Apr 23 |
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Teaching Each student will teach the class for one day. In the first week, you'll sign up for a day of class and a text, which you will proceed to become... |
100 | Fri, Apr 23 |
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Responding This assignment is directly related to the Class Lead assignment. On a given day, when one student is teaching,... |
50 | Fri, Apr 23 |
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Checkpoint 15 |
25 | Thu, Apr 29 |
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Blogging Blogging will be a significant part of your work this semester, and for that reason, it comprises 20% of your final grade. You should treat your... |
200 | Fri, Apr 30 |
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Seminar Paper The seminar paper is the major work you will undertake in completing this seminar. Your goal is provide a serious, critical discussion of a topic... |
100 | Fri, Apr 30 |
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Participation This is my assessment of how well you have participated this semester, including class itself, conversation on the blog, and your use of Twitter... |
100 | Thu, Jun 3 |
