Hey everyone!
I've looked over your blogs and posted your grades.
You can access them here: blackboard.campus.edu/grades
Let me know if you have any questions.
Have a great summer,
Liz Polcha
Monday, April 25, 2011
Friday, April 15, 2011
Blog sub-topics
If some of you are having trouble coming up with sub-topics for your blogs, I've compiled a list here:
- How does class function in your topic? Is there a great difference between the wealthy and the poor? How is that represented?
- How does race function in your topic? Is your topic or cultural aspect limited to one racial group? What does that say about its place in American society?
- Is your topic influenced by the green movement? How so?
- How is your topic influenced by The American Dream? There are different types of American dreams, from "I Have A Dream" to the rags to riches trope. Are these evident in your genre/topic?
- Does religion play an important role in your topic? How do religious beliefs affect your perception of your topic/America's perception?
- Many of you are working within the media, how does the transfer of communication and information affect your topic? Is this a topic that has been changed by the internet in recent years / becoming more or less popular?
- What role does social networking play in relation to your topic? What is American about this?
- Does your topic have a specific political message or agenda? How is this message/agenda specifically American?
- How does class function in your topic? Is there a great difference between the wealthy and the poor? How is that represented?
- How does race function in your topic? Is your topic or cultural aspect limited to one racial group? What does that say about its place in American society?
- Is your topic influenced by the green movement? How so?
- How is your topic influenced by The American Dream? There are different types of American dreams, from "I Have A Dream" to the rags to riches trope. Are these evident in your genre/topic?
- Does religion play an important role in your topic? How do religious beliefs affect your perception of your topic/America's perception?
- Many of you are working within the media, how does the transfer of communication and information affect your topic? Is this a topic that has been changed by the internet in recent years / becoming more or less popular?
- What role does social networking play in relation to your topic? What is American about this?
- Does your topic have a specific political message or agenda? How is this message/agenda specifically American?
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Some more blog stuff
Hey 1102-15 students -
I just wanted to remind you of a few things when working on your blog:
- if you use outside sources, post the link to the article at the end of your post.
- use visual components! pictures, videos!!
- be specific - use specific details - if you are talking about TV shows or movies, post links to clips from that show or movie, or embed a video, so that it will be clear exactly what you are analyzing
- make sure that it is clear why your blog connects to american culture
- make use of the "about me" section!
- write about 15 sentences per blog entry
- read your peer's blogs as well!
Remember: these are officially due Monday April 25th - any posts made after that point will not be taken into account.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
1102-15 Blog Project Criteria
Hi everyone -
I will be making posts along with you - so be sure to follow my blog as well as your classmates' blogs. For the first post, I'm going to lay down some criteria for this project:
1 - You must choose one form of American culture to critique on your blog, and as always, I want you to be specific. This means, rather than just being a music critic, you should be a mainstream hip hop critic, or an indie Pitchfork-like critic. Or rather than being a food critic, you should be a vegan food critic or a local restaurant critic. All of this must somehow relate to American culture.
2 - You should choose a persona. This means your persona, or the voice you are writing from, can be you - your own voice/identity/tone (ie I'm writing this as a FSU freshman college student who is also an athlete) - or you can adapt a different voice for satirical purposes or exploratory purposes - maybe you want to mock the socioeconomic politics of a cooking show, so you write from the perspective of a rich, bourgeoise chef and exaggerate the ridiculously expensive ingredients this persona uses in order to show how cooking shows are sometimes geared towards Americans who can spend money on $30 goat cheese. This is a way to make this more of a creative writing project.
3 - Include visuals and videos! And make them relevant to each entry! Your blog is going to be way more interesting if you imbed pictures and videos - and it will be difficult to get a good grade on this project if you haven't used any visuals.
4 - Write more than the minimum amount. I'm setting the minimum here at six longer blog entries, but you really should write more. And if you only end up doing six, they should be interesting, critical, provocative, and in-depth. I'm looking more for quality over quantity, but the more entries you write - the better your chance of getting an A. Remember, this project is 15% of your overall grade in the class. And if you really impress me with the number of blog entries you are writing, I may even give you extra credit on your journal grade.
5 - Feel free to be informal, use "I," write about things that interest you, check out each other's blogs, and have fun with this. As always, remember who your audience is - your peers and me - (even if the persona you are creating might have an alternate audience) - so don't write anything that is offensive or hateful, unless you want to receive zero credit for the assignment.
I will be making posts along with you - so be sure to follow my blog as well as your classmates' blogs. For the first post, I'm going to lay down some criteria for this project:
1 - You must choose one form of American culture to critique on your blog, and as always, I want you to be specific. This means, rather than just being a music critic, you should be a mainstream hip hop critic, or an indie Pitchfork-like critic. Or rather than being a food critic, you should be a vegan food critic or a local restaurant critic. All of this must somehow relate to American culture.
2 - You should choose a persona. This means your persona, or the voice you are writing from, can be you - your own voice/identity/tone (ie I'm writing this as a FSU freshman college student who is also an athlete) - or you can adapt a different voice for satirical purposes or exploratory purposes - maybe you want to mock the socioeconomic politics of a cooking show, so you write from the perspective of a rich, bourgeoise chef and exaggerate the ridiculously expensive ingredients this persona uses in order to show how cooking shows are sometimes geared towards Americans who can spend money on $30 goat cheese. This is a way to make this more of a creative writing project.
3 - Include visuals and videos! And make them relevant to each entry! Your blog is going to be way more interesting if you imbed pictures and videos - and it will be difficult to get a good grade on this project if you haven't used any visuals.
4 - Write more than the minimum amount. I'm setting the minimum here at six longer blog entries, but you really should write more. And if you only end up doing six, they should be interesting, critical, provocative, and in-depth. I'm looking more for quality over quantity, but the more entries you write - the better your chance of getting an A. Remember, this project is 15% of your overall grade in the class. And if you really impress me with the number of blog entries you are writing, I may even give you extra credit on your journal grade.
5 - Feel free to be informal, use "I," write about things that interest you, check out each other's blogs, and have fun with this. As always, remember who your audience is - your peers and me - (even if the persona you are creating might have an alternate audience) - so don't write anything that is offensive or hateful, unless you want to receive zero credit for the assignment.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)