01.30.09

30 Jan. Daily Agenda

Posted in Daily Agendas at 8:17 AM by JohnWalter

  1. Due:
    • Project 1, Instructor-review Draft.
  2. General questions.

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01.28.09

28 Jan. Daily Agenda

Posted in Daily Agendas at 8:08 AM by JohnWalter

  1. Due:
    • Peer review of Project 1.
  2. General questions.

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01.26.09

26 Jan. Daily Agenda

Posted in Daily Agendas at 8:19 AM by JohnWalter

  1. Due:
    • Revised peer-review draft of Project 1.
  2. General questions.

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Project 1 Peer Review Guidelines

Posted in Daily Agendas at 7:47 AM by JohnWalter

  1. Begin the peer review by reading through the project from start to finish, focusing on getting a general sense of who the author is based on the media they have chosen to represent their self. After you have read through the project, try to summarize in one sentence the overall impression you get about the author from the media they have chosen and then point to specifics in the project that give you this impression.
  2. Read through the project a second time, focusing on the content, organization, and completeness of the draft. Read the rest of this entry »

01.22.09

23 Jan. Daily Agenda

Posted in Daily Agendas at 9:24 PM by JohnWalter

  1. Due:
    • Medium Annotations. (Assigned Jan. 21.)
    • Taking Stock #1 and #3 should be posted to your journal.
  2. General questions.
  3. Discuss readings.
    • EW, Ch. 4, Ch. 7 (Intro, a, c-f.), and Ch. 8 (Intro, a-b, d-g.)
    • Pk, Ch. 4 and Ch. 5.

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01.21.09

21 Jan. Daily Agenda

Posted in Daily Agendas at 8:00 AM by JohnWalter

  1. Due:
    • Project 1 Medium List. (Assigned Jan. 19.)
  2. General questions.
  3. Register with CompClass.

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01.19.09

19 Jan. Daily Agenda

Posted in Daily Agendas at 11:22 AM by JohnWalter

  1. Due:
    • Taking Stock #1. (Assigned Jan. 16.)
    • Project 1 Brainstorm. (Assigned Jan. 16.)
  2. General questions.
  3. Conclude discussion of syllabus and grading contract.
  4. Discuss readings. Read the rest of this entry »

01.16.09

16 Jan. Daily Agenda

Posted in Daily Agendas at 9:00 AM by JohnWalter

  1. Due:
    • The Jan. 14 In-class write should be emailed to me before class.
    • Change in plans for the Final Portfolio. (See below.)
  2. General questions.
  3. Check CompClass packages.
  4. Discuss readings. Read the rest of this entry »

01.15.09

McLuhan Annotation 2

Posted in Assignments at 9:40 AM by JohnWalter

Chose a passage from The Medium is the Massage and write a one to two-page response following the annotation guidelines for Project 3.

Due: Monday, April 20.

01.14.09

McLuhan Contextualization Assignment

Posted in Daily Agendas at 9:58 AM by JohnWalter

Below are links to two videos, the Preface to McLuhan’s The Mechanical Bride, Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “A Decent into the Maelstrom.” Watch the videos “Lobby” and “Chapel,” read McLuhan’s two-page preface, and write a short explanation that explains the connection between the text and the image on pages 150-151 of The Medium is the Massage. You may use this assignment as the basis of an annotation for Project 3.

  1. Guzzardo, Paul. “Lobby.” buildbetterbarrel.
  2. Guzzardo, Paul. “Chapel.” buildbetterbarrel.
  3. McLuhan, Marshall. Preface to The Mechanical Bride: Folklore of Industrial Man. (.pdf)
  4. Poe’s “A Decent into the Maelstrom” from UVA’s Etext Center.

Due: April 22

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