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ENG 301: Writing a Methodology Section / Job Advertisements Report Data

Today’s Plan: Revisiting Tuesday’s Discussion Writing a Methodology Section Discussion I think there are a few questions lingering from Tuesday’s discussion: To what extent is an education in literature, or writing, an education in values? Can you think of a … Continue reading

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ENG 225 3.R: Summary Paper; Sicart Gaming Journal

Today’s Plan: Homework Sicart Summary Papers Sicart Gaming Journals Homework Two Things: First, the Sicart Summary paper is due Friday at midnight. I said in class that you can take until Sunday at midnight if you need it. I will … Continue reading

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ENG 123 3.W: Group Annotated Bibliographies

Today’s Plan: Questions Workspaces / Group Bibliographies Homework Questions / Comments / Concerns Worknet scores: 4, 4, 4, 3.75, 3.5, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2.5, 2.5, 2, 1 When do we start the big project? Are … Continue reading

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ENG 301 3.T: Miller & Tech Comm; Humanity & a “New” Epistemology

Today’s Plan: What is rhetoric? Last Thursday Miller Discussion Homework My initial questions: What is positivism? Why is it a problem for technical writing? What does Miller identify as the most problematic dimension of a non-rhetorical approach to scientific communication? … Continue reading

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ENG 225 3.T: Duck, Shawn, and/as Trolley Problem

Today’s Plan: Reminder: Sicart Summary Papers A (Maybe?) Brief Lecture on Ethics Discuss: Is Duck and Shawn a Trolley Problem (and the rest of episode #1) Potential Games List Homework Reminder: Sicart Summary Papers A reminder that these papers are … Continue reading

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ENG 123 2.F: Research Annotation; Worknet #2

Today’s Plan: Worknet Review Anonymous User Survey Homework Worknet Review Useful links: UNCO Library Google Scholar (you can find articles here, but then have to search to see if our library has them) Anonymous User Survey Before we leave today … Continue reading

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ENG 301 2.R: Coding Job Ads, Compiling Data

Today’s Plan: Job Ad Report Code Job Ads Homework Job Ad Report Our first major paper this semester is the Job Ad Report. Generally this report is 6-8 pages, single-spaced (including title page, table of contents, and potential appendix). It … Continue reading

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ENG 225 2.R: Using the Ethical Gaming Heuristic

Today’s Plan: Sicart Summary Paper Sicart’s Ethical Gaming Criteria Homework Sicart Summary Paper So our first paper is one of the most basic in academia: the academic summary paper. Sometimes this is called a review essay. Whatever you call it, … Continue reading

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ENG 123 2.W: Reviewing Bibliographic Pass, Moving on to the Semantic Pass

Today’s Plan: Missing Assignments Bibliographic Pass Creating and Sharing a Google Doc Embedding a Link in a Google Doc Homework Missing Assignments I’ve scored all the Bibliographic assignments submitted to Canvas. Technically they were due at 10am, and I think … Continue reading

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ENG 225 2.T: Sicart and Ethical Gaming

Today’s Plan: Quick Review, Sicart Paraphrase Exercise Sicart Summary Paper Details Crafting a Thesis and Handling Evidence Homework Homework Remember that we meet in the Ross 1240 computer lab on Thursday. I’d like folks to take another swing at the … Continue reading

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