Today’s Plan:
- Email Address
- Rest of Year Calendar
- Group Updates
- Today: Rock Found Phase #1 Memo
- Thursday Nov 14: Rock Found Phase #1 Progress Presentations
- Trick or Tweet Time!
Rest of Year Schedule
Here’s what I am thinking.
Week 11 (Nov 5, 7)
- Tuesday: Rock Found work day.
- Thursday: Computer Lab: Visual Rhetoric crash course. Introduction to HTML. Bring a Microsoft Word copy of a resume to class.
Week 12 (Nov 12, 14)
- Tuesday: Let’s talk resumes. Rock Found Work Day.
- Thursday: Rock Found Phase One Team Presentations
Week 13 (Nov 19, 21)
- Tuesday: Resume Review. Let’s Talk Cover Letters. Rock Found Work Day.
- Thursday: Computer Lab: Working in Google Sites. Working in Linkedin.
Week 14 (26, 28)
- Tuesday: Rock Found Work Day.
- Thursday: Thanksgiving
Week 15 (Dec 3, 5)
- Tuesday: Cover Letter Peer Reviews.
- Thursday: Final Rock Found Share Day. Course Evaluations.
Week 16 (Dec 10, 12)
- Tuesday: No class. Meet with me to talk about job materials.
- Thursday: No class. Meet with me to share and talk about job materials.
Email Address
I have created an email address for our project. It is rockfound201@gmail.com. I have a password that I will distribute when necessary. We will use this email address to create any accounts we need (twitter, snapchat, etc). Also, we can use this email account for any grant writing needs.
Group Updates
Let’s take a quick look.
- Peer Organizations
- Grant Research
- Scientific Research
- CNC Laser Engraver
Rock Found Phase #1 Memo
As I indicate on our rest-of-year schedule, I want to complete Phase 1 of our Rock Foundation project on Thursday, November 14th (two weeks from today). I need to know what groups believe they can reasonably complete between now and then. This is something of a negotiation. I have thrown out some estimates, now tell me if they are reasonable. To facilitate this negotiation, I have developed a memo template for you to complete with your classmates in class today. Make a copy of this template and share it with insignificantwrangler@gmail.com. Yes, that is my email address from grad school. It is my snarky response to a pretentious Jon Locke quote dismissing rhetoric. Fuck him.
As you see, the memo involves documenting who will be responsible for what parts of the project. Because teamwork. And in preparation.
My hope is that you can complete this memo in class today. Before you do, let’s talk presentations.
Thursday Nov 14: Rock Found Phase #1 Progress Presentations
I am setting aside class on November 14th for each group to present their Phase 1 progress. Presentations should be 7 minutes (not 6 minutes, not 8 minutes, but 7 minutes). Presentations should be rehearsed–concision is important. Presentations should be accompanied by a Google Slides show.
Presentations should summarize what progress you have made (say 5 minutes) and tell us where you see the group going next (2 minutes). This might be harder for the research group–essentially, you should give us some mini-presentations that synthesize research. That is, don’t tell me about one article at a time. Break the articles into topics/ideas/areas of concern and address those across articles. We can talk more about this. Make sure you include presentation preparation work in your memo!
For Next Class
I shouldn’t need to tell you what to do.
BUT: Next Thursday we will be meeting in the computer lab for class. You need to bring a Word Document resume to class.
