106 Pre midterm mini-lecture

 

 Outline of audio podcast (find transcript here)

 

1) Natural Narrative Final Draft follow-up.

    a) explain andragogy (process vs product) 

    b) importance of attending to feedback    

        i) little things matter.  Door lock test / mouse turds in rice/ bellwethers

            1) MLA

            2) filename 

        ii) Change My View (CMV) discussion head's up

    c) relevance of syllabus re: late work explained

        i) "dropboxes" / use of LMS required

        ii)  failure of class if final draft not turned in within 2 weeks. 

    d)  goal of "sources" requirement

        i) in earlier lecture

        ii) in rubric

        iii) assessment 2/40+ tried. 

    e) role of comments in assignment dropbox.

 2) Spring "Break"  and what it means to us

    a) last chance to appeal grades weeks 1-7 (questions/mistakes/ unfaireness?  time to clarify is NOW)

    b) Consistency is fairness/ equity/ justice/ truth

    c)  After Break, all grades are set in stone.  We won't have Clueless sort of

        i) cherry-picking

        ii) negotiating at 11th hour 

3) literacy narrative 

    a) what is it

    b) when due

   c) how to construct what I'm looking for.