Textbook Chapter Reminder!

Please make sure you've printed out the textbook chapter by Thursday's class! If you have any problems, let me know.

Extra credit talk

Go to the equity speaker talk on Tuesday May 5th from 12:30-2 in SRC W212. Bring back the signed form showing you attended and write a one paragraph summary of what you learned and how the discussion affected you. The title of the talk: Abold dream: A world that works for everyone.

Extra Credit Opportunity

Attend the "Reasoning in Everyday Life" lecture by SRC English Faculty Michael Scalzi on Tues April 14th from 2-3pm in W204.  Write a one paragraph summary of Scalzi's ideas and how they relate to you.  Bring the signed credit slip you will get at the talk.

Conversation groups in ORDER

1. Technology used to prolong life: Jacob, Chris, Taymur
2. Technology and Social Media: Ashley C, Farrah, Matt
3. Technology and Violations of Privacy: Amalia and Ashley R
4. Technology as replacement for human labor: Peter, Ariane, Han-Joo
5. Technology and Education: Jordan and Chantel

Still remaining
Technology and War
Technology used in/on humans
Technology as threat to infrastructure



If you want to change your order, please contact the group you would like to change with.

Presentation of Conversations start April 21st

It's important than everyone is prepared to go on that day!

Conversations coming. . .

We will be in the lab next week prepping for conversations. Here is a u-tube video you might want to watch on good/bad conversation habits.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5c1susCPAE

The shallows

Please bring The shallows to class on Thursday, March 26

Blogging

Just a few quick notes on blogging: you want to ask thoughtful questions, not Yes and No questions and not questions with a simple answer.

Similarly, your responses should be thoughtful and developed, at least, 3 sentences long. 

Finally, many of you are writing about emotion. Try to be specific and detailed so that we can appreciate the distinctions that the author's are making in the essay.

Office Hours

Just a reminder: I am in room E232 from 12:20-12:50 on Tuesdays. If you have questions, concerns, need help, etc., please feel free to drop in.

Your Brain at Work

Post your questions and responses here for 3/19 and 3/24. Please post one question per post so that when people reply, they are replying to only one question.  To do this, click on the highlighted title of this post "Your Brain at Work", scroll down to the post box and type in your first question and hit "publish". Then do the second question and hit post, etc. Please have at least three questions posted by 3/19. You can get extra credit for response to questions but not for extra questions.

Questions should lead to discussion among your peers.

Response should be at least 3 complex sentences if not longer.

Extra Credit!

Attend the College Success Workshop on Tuesday, March 24th from 2-3pm in E160. Write a paragraph detailing what you learned and get a signed attendance slip.

Extra Credit!!!!

Due Thursday March 5th (5 points)

Find out about Gawker Media, the source discussed in our essay Learning to Love the New Media. What is it?  What does it do? What's its web address? Is it a good source, why or why not? What do you think about it.

Office Hours Today

I will be having office hours today in room E232 from 12:20-12:50. Come by if you have questions, concerns or need some help

Facebook user name policy

Facebook requires "real names" as defined at this website

https://www.facebook.com/help/159096464162185

INP Posts March 2015

Post your citation for your article for your INP here.

Class cancelled feb. 19

Unfortuntely, I am ill and have to cancel today's class. Please follow the schedule. The questions that were due today will be due Tuesday. You should be continuing to read chapter three for next Thursday.

Link to slide show on Prologue

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1LIlUxytk1J9SAlNw_OcOUJ3j00pV8UMlfY16hN0l1CQ/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000

Sentence Counter Argument

Just a reminder that the sentence counterargument exercise that we started in class is available on the blog (to the right). You do not need to write down the sentences on the assignment sheet, but just indicate by a, b, c, etc. which one you are working with. Any questions? Email me.

Glad to see people responding to questions

Responses to questions look good. Keep it up. Try to explain why you think a certain way and give examples if you can. Remember, responses should be several sentences in length.

Blogging for Thursday

So far, the blogging looks great. Keep it up.  Before Thursday's class, please be sure to answer 3 of your fellow students questions fully. You can get extra credit too. For every well thought out response over the assigned three responses, you can get extra credit (3 possible points per response, up to 9 points).

Confused? Forget how to post? Please be sure to email me.

MLA Citation

Any works you cite in your writing should be cited using MLA citation style.

The best source for how to do this is the Purdue Owl, accessible at https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl

Don't forget Previewing in your notes

Here is an example from "A Million First Dates"

Preview title: Is online dating our future
Question essay is asking: Has online dating gotten rid of marriage?
Thesis: Online dating is changing our future of dating by also making marriage unnecessary.

Using vocab words

You should have an ever growing list of vocabulary words on your cards now. Please make sure you are using at least three words in your homework (and highlighting those words in green highlighter). In the digital culture summary, vocab words are extra credit. You may earn 25 points of extra credit through using these words in DCS (3 per assignment).

Please use each word only once in an assignment (particularly words like "idea" and "reading").

Office hours

Office hours will be from 12:20-12:40 on Tuesday in room 232. Please make a note of this and feel free to come see if you have questions about your homework, want to discuss class work with me or have any confusion related to class.

Schedule has been changed!

Please follow the schedule listed here on the blog.  Changes have been made! The schedule listed here on the blog is CORRECTED

Streams of consciousness blogging

Welcome to Spring 2015, English 116

Welcome to our blog. Here you will find your schedule and all assignments (just look at the sidebar).  If you have questions or comments, you can post them here as well.

This blog also contains material from past classes as you scroll down. You are welcome to look through that material, but each semester is different so please don't rely on any of the old material.