Bradley Dilger, Fall 2009, Western Illinois U
11/15: I’ve made a page which shows the status of grading the drafts. Send any corrections along ASAP!
11/15: The presentation schedule is ready.
11/12: My suggestions for your oral presentation are ready.
11/03: As promised in the second essay assignment: here is ”Reporting Information,” a chapter of the Norton Field Guide for Writing on research papers.
11/02: We will not be doing any social network service work this semester. Please disregard that assignment. Here is an updated grading chart.
11/02: The second essay assignment is ready.
10/27: Several students have asked for help with class participation. Here’s a handout with some suggestions for improving your class participation.
10/25: The detailed schedule is complete, excepting the choice of texts for review week.
10/07: In response to student suggestions, the final draft of the analytical essay is now due Monday, October 19. You are welcome to turn it in earlier.
10/04: I mentioned a midterm evaluation in class Friday. Please download, print, and complete it for class Wednesday. The more feedback you provide, the better---I will shape the rest of the course based on your responses.
09/29: The detailed schedule mentions a class participation evaluation. Please email me a brief evaluation of your performance in class, including a grade. Here are two samples I used in a previous class. I'll reply with my (dis)agreement, and we'll go from there. Please do this by Friday, October 2.
09/29: Today I distributed this evaluation form in class. Please fill it out and turn it in with your analytical essay draft this Friday. In class, you will pair up with one other student, trade essays, and evaluate each others' work. (I'll bring more forms Friday.) So at the end of class Friday, you'll turn in three things to me: (1) your essay, (2) your self-evaluation, (3) an evaluation of another student's essay. Eagle-eyed readers may note that the essay assignment mentions an annotated bibliography. Ignore that.
09/16: Here are several example prospectuses.
09/09: The detailed schedule is almost ready.
09/04: I have posted the first analytical essay assignment.
09/04: Please read Clay Shirky's A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy for Week Three.
08/29: Here are the readings for Week Two:
08/26: Please join our course Facebook group.
I welcome your questions; contact me as needed.