Thursday, April 28, 2011

Clemson English 103 Summer I

Hi Students,

You will need to begin, the first day of the course, considering what you are interested in doing for your group Multi-Modal assignment. The assignment directions are on your syllabus, and this blog is where you find at least one or two more group members who might be interested in this subject matter.

Sample student blogs from my ENG 103 Spring 2011 semester are at the following addresses:

http://humantraffickingenglish103.weebly.com/index.html
http://www.wix.com/mkcoope/bpoilspill
http://www.wix.com/rmiddle/multimedia-effects-english#!anorexia
http://prezi.com/cfzkpuwfpkuy/edit/#2_39592
http://cyberbullyingeng103.weebly.com/

Your project will be completely different in terms of web format and topic. You will, as a group, need to decide which 3 media types you will use (for example, each project must have 3 forms of media, so website, pictures, films, interviews, and such all count). If you do a website, then each group member can work on their own page. Simple tutorials are available at www.weebly.com or www.wix.com or on YouTube.com. It is a bit of a learning curve if you've never made one of these simple websites, but easy enough once you get the hang of it. You can also make a Prezi (www.prezi.com) or a film, but no PowerPoints (NO POWERPOINTS).

Once you decide your topic and the group members on this page, then you will go back to Blackboard and sign up for a group (under "Group"). See directions under Announcements page as well as here:

With CCIT's help, I have put together a self-enrollment page for your group projects. You will first go on the Blog, discuss general ideas for your group project, decide which 3 (max, though 2 is fine) of you will go in a group together, and then come back to Blackboard and enter it as follows:
Click on "Group" link
Click on "Create Group" (it might say "Create Forum")
Name the Group - the 1st person to enter for the group does the naming, though you might want to agree on a title
Once you have a group title, each subsequent member of the group will go into the "Group" link, check for that title, and click on it
Now you have your own Wiki's and Group Discussion Board for just your group members. One person needs to immediately set up the Thread title, and each group member will go in to comment. It is now up to you how you pace yourself to the deadline of Friday, June 17th by 11:30 (note time change) PM EST.
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32 comments:

  1. BdawgMay 18, 2011 at 5:55 AM

    Has anyone read this yet?

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  2. Bashaud BreelandMay 18, 2011 at 7:37 AM

    1. I'd like to do a project on poverty in rural areas.
    2. How to improve dropout rates.
    3. Money issues in the economy.

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  3. Logan TaylorMay 18, 2011 at 7:50 AM

    I am considering doing a project on the BP oil spill.....anyone interested?

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  4. UnknownMay 18, 2011 at 9:05 AM

    I would like to my project on Human Trafficking
    1. the top 3 countries it takes place in
    2. the monetary gain from this
    3. what they use this money towards in the goverment

    whose interested?

    Matt Courter

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  5. Logan TaylorMay 18, 2011 at 9:14 AM

    BP Oil Spill
    1. Affects on environment/economy
    2.Relief efforts
    3.Prevention techniques


    anyone interested?
    Logan Taylor

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  6. savvyMay 18, 2011 at 10:16 AM

    I was thinking about a topic on how religion shouldn't be taken out of schools. Not because of some specific person's faith or my faith, but because it's a control factor. For many people, having "Thou shalt not murder." in the Bible with the fear of eternal damnation is more than enough to control themselves or accept their crime when committed. The government should embrace a religion in order to control the people.

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  7. WendyMay 18, 2011 at 10:31 AM

    Good job class! Keep going. There are so many topics you could agree to work on together. Look at the current affairs section of the newspaper and you'll see they are discussing a possible Senate ruling on ending substantial tax breaks for oil companies, which will probably not pass, on the middle class losing ground in terms of retirement savings and putting their kids through college, on obesity with children, on the lack of natural play in kids lives. There are many interesting topics. :)

    Wendy Blanchard

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  8. UnknownMay 18, 2011 at 11:16 AM

    Matt, I was thinking human trafficking too!

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  9. UnknownMay 18, 2011 at 12:18 PM

    I'll do Human Trafficking with you Matt.

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  10. cgrunskyMay 18, 2011 at 4:44 PM

    Logan, I want to do BP oil spill as well
    Colt Grunsky

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  11. AnonymousMay 18, 2011 at 5:16 PM

    I think it would be interesting to go off of what Wendy was discussing with the childhood obesity and the lack of play in today's generation of children. Anyone else interested?

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  12. EricaFMay 18, 2011 at 6:21 PM

    Caitlin, I would be interested in looking into childhood obesity with you. I was thinking one angle could be the popularity of electronic toys in today's generation.

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  13. EricaMay 18, 2011 at 8:08 PM

    Caitlin I would definitely do a project on childhood obesity and the generational changes that caused it to increase. We could use a lot of information about the rise in childhood diabetes.
    -Erica Schoneberger

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  14. BdawgMay 19, 2011 at 7:29 AM

    Definitely interested in the BP oil spill
    -Brian Ganthier

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  15. UnknownMay 19, 2011 at 10:25 AM

    Okay so nham, and jennifer are interested in the human trafficking so we can do a group.

    anybody else interested?

    Matthew Courter

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  16. jskellieMay 19, 2011 at 11:17 AM

    I think human trafficking would be a interesting topic, I'm down for that!

    -Jordan Skellie

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  17. AnonymousMay 19, 2011 at 11:19 AM

    Ok! So Erica F. and Erica S., do you want to be in a group and do childhood obesity?

    Caitlin Lyda

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  18. Logan TaylorMay 19, 2011 at 12:30 PM

    Colt and Brian, are we officially a group then?

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  19. cgrunskyMay 19, 2011 at 1:55 PM

    Sounds good to me

    Colt

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  20. EricaMay 19, 2011 at 4:12 PM

    Caitlin I'm good with that! Just be careful, I think there's another Erica S in the class, don't get mixed up. Erica F, are you officially in?
    -Erica Schoneberger

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  21. WendyMay 20, 2011 at 10:14 AM

    Okay, so there are 3 groups so far:

    BP Oil Spill w/Logan, Colt and Brian
    Childhood Obesity w/Caitlin, Erica S and Erica F
    Human Trafficking w/Nicole, Jennifer and Matthew

    People needing a group include Jordan (he's trying!), Savannah, Kaitlin, Bashaud, Bryana, and Jonathan. Both Jonathan and Bryana just joined the class.

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  22. jskellieMay 20, 2011 at 4:18 PM

    Hey, would anyone be interested in covering the topic of immigration?

    Immigration:
    1) States for and aginst immigration and why
    2) Short and long-term effects of education reform
    3) "The right to happiness"/racial profiling, where do we draw the line

    We can cover these or some different areas of immigration.

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  23. JonathanMay 21, 2011 at 2:33 PM

    I would be fine doing immigration with you

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  24. BdawgMay 23, 2011 at 10:03 AM

    Sounds good to me.
    -Brian

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  25. WendyMay 23, 2011 at 1:12 PM

    Okay, so Jonathan, Brian and Jordan work on Immigration (very current topic. Should be interesting).

    I am now putting Kaitlin, Bashaud and Savannah in a group.

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  26. EricaFMay 23, 2011 at 5:45 PM

    Caitlin and Erica S.,
    Sorry I waited until the last minute, but yes, I would like to be in a group. So there is no confusion, Erica Floyd is my married name, but Clemson hasn't finished changing all my stuff yet.

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  27. jskellieMay 24, 2011 at 12:40 PM

    Okay guys, I created our group on BB under "Groups" on the side tab. So join that when you get a chance.

    -Jordan Skellie

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  28. Bashaud BreelandMay 26, 2011 at 7:20 AM

    Hey, Mattew Courter and Jordan Skellie i was wondering if you guys could get back to me about the project sorry i was active before i was having trouble getting to it.

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  29. WendyMay 26, 2011 at 9:24 AM

    Bashaud,

    Go ahead and join with Brian, Jonathan and Jordan. Savannah and Kaitlin have dropped. :) I hope you are reading these posts.

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  30. Bashaud BreelandJune 7, 2011 at 7:56 AM

    Ms.Wendy i just figured out how to use this.Hey Savannah, Brian, and Jordan sorry about not getting to you'll but could i get some feedback about the project i'm lost.

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  31. jskelliJune 12, 2011 at 12:06 PM

    Brashaud,

    The group is Brian, Jonathan, and myself. Join our group on immigration on the courses page in BB on the side bar.

    Thanks,

    Jordan

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  32. Bashaud BreelandJune 13, 2011 at 5:33 PM

    jskelli,
    I joined the group but when will we get started.

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