NAVIGATING THE CALENDAR
Below you’ll find a brief overview of the semester schedule, with links to individual calendar entries.
The dates in blue boxes have active links you can follow to access the full calendar entries. Remaining dates will be activated a few days ahead of time.
WEEKLY OVERVIEW
For a general overview of the time we’ll spend on each project, see the WEEKLY OVERVIEW.
WEEK 1 |
DAY 1: Tuesday 8/23 Course Intro, Syllabus, Intros |
DAY 2: Thursday 8/25 Course Overview, Navigating the Syllabus, Create a Blog Account |
WEEK 2 |
DAY 3: Tuesday 8/30 Member Intro, Google Account, Brainstorming Activity |
DAY 4: Thursday 9/1 Exploring the Rhetoric of G&S, Getting to Know You |
WEEK 3 |
DAY 5: Tuesday 9/6 Self-Directed Learning, Understanding Gender, Personal Narratives |
DAY 6: Thursday 9/8 Analyzing Pop Culture, Overview of Study Guide Project |
WEEK 4 |
DAY 7: Tuesday 9/13 First Thoughts on Study Guide Topics, Rhetorical Analyses |
DAY 8: Thursday 9/15 New Artifact, Rhetoric of Humor |
WEEK 5 |
DAY 9: Tuesday 9/20 Humor Example, Final Study Guide Selection |
DAY 10: Thursday 9/22 Study Guide Research, Read Personal Narrative, Blog Header Ideas |
WEEK 6 |
DAY 11: Tuesday 9/27 Watch Documentary, Continue Researching, Study Guide Design, Blog Headers |
DAY 12: Thursday 9/29 Class Policies, Conversations, Blog Headers |
WEEK 7 |
DAY 13: Tuesday 10/4 Drafts of Two Artifact Analyses |
DAY 14: Thursday 10/6 Peer Review; Conversations |
WEEK 8 |
DAY 15: Tuesday 10/11 Mid-Term Self Evaluation; |
DAY 16: Thursday 10/13 Drafts of Two Artifact Analyses DUE |
WEEK 9 |
DAY 17: Tuesday 10/18 One new draft or revision; Peer reviews |
DAY 18: Thursday 10/20 Study Guide Design and Layout |
WEEK 10 |
DAY 19: Tuesday 10/25 Work on artifact analyses |
DAY 20: Thursday 10/27 Work on artifact analyses |
| Sunday 10/30: Final Study Guide Project DUE | ||
WEEK 11 |
DAY 21: Tuesday 11/1 Exploring Digital Storytelling; Share a sample story |
DAY 22: Thursday 11/3 Continue exploring DS; Discovery activities |
WEEK 12 |
DAY 23: Tuesday 11/8 Comment on final Study Guides; Work on DS |
DAY 24: Thursday 11/10 Work on DS Project |
WEEK 13 |
DAY 25: Tuesday 11/15 DUE: DIGITAL STORYTELLING STORYBOARDS |
DAY 26: Thursday 11/17 Peer review of storyboards |
~ ~ THANKSGIVING BREAK ~ ~ |
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WEEK 14 |
DAY 27: Tuesday 11/29 Turning storyboards into rough cuts (assembling assets, exporting) |
DAY 28: Thursday 12/1 DUE: DIGITAL STORYTELLING ROUGH CUT; FCQs Due |
WEEK 15 |
DAY 29: Tuesday 12/6 DUE: DIGITAL STORYTELLING FULL DRAFT |
DAY 30: Thursday 12/8 Peer Review |
WEEK 16 |
Tuesday 12/13: Final Digital Storytelling Project DUE Due on the class blog by midnight (11:59pm MT) |
Thursday 12/15: Final Reflection on Learning DUE Due by email by midnight (11:59pm MT) All extra credit is due by tonight as well. |