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Daily Lesson Plans

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Friday, 4-28

Congratulations on getting to the last day of class. Here is a checklist of items to complete before our final (8-11 on Friday, May 5th):

  1. Update your Five item postings and book reviews. As you do so, change the title to…
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Wednesday, 4-26

We will start by looking at design aspects for our portfolios, using a sample for some ideas. And we will use…

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Monday, 4-24

Today, we will explore some more aspects of the portfolio drafting process. I will walk us through steps for linking and embeding the podcasts. 

Next, we will look at one…

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Wednesday, 4-19

Today, we will start by looking at the portfolio drafting process. I will guide us as we do some composing. We will start by creating our initial portfolio posting.…

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Monday, 4-17

Today, we will continue working on closing out the semester

We will start by looking at aspects of our podcasts, including placement on Spotify, Apple, etc. Then, we will…

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Wednesday, 4-12

Today, we will spend more time looking at our video projects. First, we will think about the issues of vertical and short videos. We will start by watching some more items:

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Monday, 4-10

Welcome to the home stretch of the semester. Today, we will talk briefly about the videos you are producing.

We will then review the aims of the course, and then take a look at…

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Wednesday, 3-29

Today, we will begin by talking about fair use. We will use a presentation to guide us.

Next, we will look at some example PSAs (…

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Monday, 3-27

Today, we will discuss some of the nature of our work and plans for making it more public. We will then talk about metaphors and imagery related to videos. We will use an alternative-scholarship article that I wrote as an example.

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Wednesday,, 3-22

Today we will experiment with video composing. Follow the steps below:

First choose a partner to work with; make sure one of you has the Adobe RUSH program installed.

Next, use the points we have brainstormed about…

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Monday, 3-20

Today, we will start by drafting some reflections on the first half of the class. Follow these steps: Look over our

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Wednesday, 3-8

We will start the day with one final data exercise using our twenty-four texts. Here is the slideshow.

Next, we…

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Monday, 3-6

Today, we will continue working on our big-picture understanding of our 24 books. We will use the slide show that Jewell has set up. (https://rb.gy/thxwjx)

We can also experiment more with LIWC…

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Wednesday, 3-1

Today, we will begin looking at the books in terms of one another. Our graduate research consultant Jewell Thomas will guide us as we consider some histograms showing aspects of the books.

As we look over the visuals, it will be…

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Monday, 2-27

Our main task for today is to complete a draft of your groups dictionary. Here are the steps:

Open the folder for your group. As…

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Friday 2-24

Today we will have a hybrid class. Groups 5 and 6 will come to my office to do podcasting. The other groups will work on their dictionaries.

Wednesday, 2-22

Let's start today with a brief exercise. Spend five minutes looking online for short videos that create a good feeling or positive message related to community or nature. As you find videos,…

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Monday, 2-20

Today, we will continue working on our reading of wellness books. To get started, we will spend about ten minutes updating dictionaries and research logs.…

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Friday 2-17

Today, groups 4 and 5 will be doing podcast work. Other groups should focus on their reading and dictionary building.

Wednesday, 2-15

Today, we will reflect on our first unit and begin work on our second. First, we will spend a few minutes thinking about the ways people talk and write about wellness online:

We will start with…

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Friday, 2-10

Today will be a podcast recording day. Groups 2 and 4 should come to my office for the podcast session. All other groups should work on their five-item postings.

Wednesday, 2-8

We will start with a brief group exercise.

Our main task will be to discuss our readings.

We will also look at steps for completing the…

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Monday 2-6

Today, groups 3 and 2 will be in my office for the podcast recordings. Come to Greenlaw 201 at 10:10.

For everyone, our main task is to update our five question articles. Here are the steps:

  • Go to…
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Friday, 2-3

If helpful, I will open up a zoom link for today:

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Wednesday, 2-1

Here is our zoom link for class today:

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Monday 1-30

Today class will take place on zoom. Here is the link:

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Wednesday 1-25

Today, we will start by thinking about tactics--skills or strategies linked with what we have been studying.

Next, we…

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Monday 1-23

Today we will begin by checking on the spreadsheet columns for our groups. Please use our shared google document to add a…

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Friday, 1-20

Today, we will start by developing some milestones in the schedule for wrapping up our first unit.

Next, we will revisit our initial codes and do a bit more research on…

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Wednesday 1-18

Today, we will start by discussing our readings.

Next, we will spend some time doing primary research on tweets with…

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