Week 15

Due:

1. Working complete draft of Built Environment Analysis, with focus on conclusions, due by class time on the first day of class this week

2. Built Environment Analysis (or, for top earners across all of the sections, Collaborative Website), due by 11:59 pm on April 29th

What are we doing in class?

*Peer Review/Workshop

Week 14

Due:

Introductory paragraph for Built Environment Analysis due by class time on the first day of class this week

Read 2.0: Chapter 3 (Multimodal Assignments, optional exercises for points)

What are we doing in class?

*Workshop

*Titles

*Drafting

Looking ahead:

1. Built Environment Analysis (or, for top earners across all of the sections, Collaborative Website), due by 11:59 pm on April 29th

2. Working complete draft of Built Environment Analysis, with a focus on conclusions, (or, for top earners across all of the sections, Collaborative Website), due by class time on the first day of class next week

Week 13

Due:

1. Draft of Built Environment Analysis due by class time on the first day of class next week (April 12th)

2. Complete any outstanding work for Reading Summaries, Annotated Bibliography, and Built Environment Descriptions as soon as possible

3. Read 2.0: Chapter 8 (Developing Paragraphs) (review), Chapter 10 (Reviewing and Revising) (review)

What are we doing in class?

*Discussion of reading

*Workshop

*Body paragraphs

*Transitions

Looking ahead:

Draft Built Environment Analysis due by class time on the first day of class next week

Week 12

Due:

1. Built Environment Description 3: Digital Space due by 11:59 pm on April 1st (not an April Fool's joke), turn in a draft early for up to 15 extra points

2. Built environment readings for Unit 4: Text as Built Environment (complete optional quizzes on D2L for points)

1. Schryer, Catherine. “Records as Genre,” Written Communication 10 (1993): pp. 200-234. Print.
2. Montgomery, Scott. “The Scientific Paper,” The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science (Chicago: Univ. of Chicago P, 2003): pp. 78-98

3. By the end of Week 12 these major projects should be complete: Reading Summaries, Annotated Bibliography, Built Environment Descriptions.

4. For top earners, decide whether to contribute to collaborative website team

What are we doing in class?

*Workshop

*Discuss readings

*Introductions and conclusions

*Hybrid classes: Wrap up work on "Using Our Course Archive" in-class project

Looking ahead:

Draft Built Environment Analysis (or for website design team, overview of site design) due by April 12th

Week 11    Unit Four: Text as Built Environment

        Built Environment Analysis

Due:

1. Annotated bibliography entries 7-10 (and complete revised annotated bibliographies) due by 11:59 pm on March 25th

2. Read Built Environment Analysis project description

3. Read G2W: pp 145-168

4. Read 2.0: Chapter 18 (Integrating Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism, complete optional exercises for points), Chapter 7 (Planning and Drafting, review)

What are we doing in class?

*Discussion of unit reading

*Generating ideas and outlining

Looking ahead:

1. Built Environment Description 3: Digital Space due by 11:59 pm on April 1st (not an April Fool's joke), turn in a draft early by class time on the first day of class next week for up to 25 points if it's used in class workshop

2. Complete built environment readings for Unit 4: Text as Built Environment (complete optional quizzes on D2L for points)

1. Schryer, Catherine. “Records as Genre,” Written Communication 10 (1993): pp. 200-234. Print.
2. Montgomery, Scott. “The Scientific Paper,” The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science (Chicago: Univ. of Chicago P, 2003): pp. 78-98

3. By Week 12 these major projects should be complete: Reading Summaries, Annotated Bibliography, Built Environment Descriptions. After Week 12, submissions related to these major projects will no longer be accepted.

Week 9  Unit Three: The Digital Built Environment

Due:

1. If you haven't already done so, sign-up for a mid-term conference before Spring Break: https://robinswharton.youcanbook.me/ 
2. Built Environment Readings for Unit 3: Digital Spaces (pick two to summarize for Reading Summaries 5 & 6, complete optional quizzes on D2L for points)

1. “Color Walking” by Radiolab: http://www.radiolab.org/story/214709-color-walk/
2. Hocks, Mary. “Understanding Visual Rhetoric in Digital Writing Environments,” College Composition and Communication 54.4 (2003): pp. 629-656.
3. King, Melissa. “Better Online Living Through Content Moderation,” Model View Culture 28 (October 14, 2015). Web: https://modelviewculture.com/pieces/better-online-living-through-content-moderation.

3. Reading Summaries 5 & 6 due by 11:59 pm on March 7th
4. Read G2W: pp 145-168 (optional quizzes on D2L for points)
5. Read 2.0: Chapter 18 (Integrating Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism, optional exercises for points)
6. Hybrid sections will **not** be meeting class this week; traditional M/W section **will** be meeting as a class this week

What are we doing in class?

*Workshops and discussion

Looking ahead:

1. Annotated bibliography entries 7-10 (and complete revised annotated bibliographies) due by 11:59 pm on March 25th
2. Begin built environment readings for Unit 4: Text as Built Environment (complete optional quizzes on D2L for points)

1. Schryer, Catherine. “Records as Genre,” Written Communication 10 (1993): pp. 200-234. Print.
2. Montgomery, Scott. “The Scientific Paper,” The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science (Chicago: Univ. of Chicago P, 2003): pp. 78-98

3. Carefully review Built Environment Analysis project description
4. Next week is Spring Break -- no class meetings

Week 8  

Due:

1. Built Environment Description 2: Interior due by 11:59 pm on March 4th, turn in a draft early by class time this week for up to 25 points if it's used in class workshop
2. Read 2.0 Chapter 7 (Planning and Drafting, optional exercises for points)

3. Sign-up for a mid-term conference: https://robinswharton.youcanbook.me/ 

4. Select a digital space to observe and begin Built Environment Description 3: Digital Space
5. Hybrid sections will be meeting class this week; traditional M/W class will *not* be meeting as a class this week

What are we doing in class?

*Discussion of readings

*Citation styles and methods

Looking ahead:

1. Reading Summaries 5 & 6 due by 11:59 pm on March 7th

2. Complete built environment readings for Unit 3 (complete optional quizzes on D2L for points, and select two to summarize for Reading Summaries 5 & 6)

1. “Color Walking” by Radiolab: http://www.radiolab.org/story/214709-color-walk/
2. Hocks, Mary. “Understanding Visual Rhetoric in Digital Writing Environments,” College Composition and Communication 54.4 (2003): pp. 629-656. Use the library database to access this library; don't just do a Google search.
3. King, Melissa. “Better Online Living Through Content Moderation,” Model View Culture 28 (October 14, 2015). Web: https://modelviewculture.com/pieces/better-online-living-through-content-moderation.

Week 7 | Unit 2: The Interior Built Environment

Due:

1. Annotated bibliography entries 4-6 due by 11:59 pm on February 24th, turn in one or more early by first day of class this week for up to 10 extra points (15 points if it's used in a workshop)

2. Read 2.0: Chapter 4 (Writing to Make Something Happen in the World, optional exercises for points)

What are we doing in class?

*Discussion of readings

*Arguments: multiple points of view

Looking ahead:

1. Built Environment Description 2: Interior due by 11:59 pm on March 4th, turn in a draft early by class time on the first day of class next week for up to 25 points if it's used in class workshop

2. Continue built environment readings for Unit 3 (complete optional quizzes on D2L for points, and select two to summarize for Reading Summaries 5 & 6)

1. “Color Walking” by Radiolab: http://www.radiolab.org/story/214709-color-walk/
2. Hocks, Mary. “Understanding Visual Rhetoric in Digital Writing Environments,” College Composition and Communication 54.4 (2003): pp. 629-656.
3. King, Melissa. “Better Online Living Through Content Moderation,” Model View Culture 28 (October 14, 2015). Web: https://modelviewculture.com/pieces/better-online-living-through-content-moderation.

Week 6:    Unit Two: The Internal Built Environment

Due:

1. Reading Summaries 3 & 4 due February 15th at 11:59 pm, turn in one or more early by class time on the first day of class this week for up to 25 points if it's used in a workshop

2. Read interior built environment readings for Unit 2 (pick two to summarize for reading summaries 3 & 4, and complete D2L quizzes for points):

1. ***“Recognizing Campus Landscapes as Learning Spaces” by Kathleen G. Scholl and Gowri Betrabet Gulwad http://libjournal.uncg.edu/jls/article/view/972
2. ***“His & Hers: Designing for a Post-Gender Society” by Suzanne Tick http://www.metropolismag.com/March-2015/His-or-Hers-Designing-for-a-Post-Gender-Society/
3. ***BAZELON, EMILY. “Making Bathrooms More Accommodating.” New York Times Magazine. 17 November 2015. Web. 2 January 2016. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/22/magazine/making-bathrooms-more-accommodating.html?_r=0
4. ***“Space and Consequences: The Impact of Different Formal Learning Spaces on Instructor and Student Behavior” by D. Christopher Brooks

3. Select an interior to observe and begin Built Environment Description 2: Interior

4. G2W: pp 377-419 (Ch. 11: New Media Literacy, optional quizzes on D2L for points)

5. 2.0: Chapter 6 (Exploring Ideas, optional exercises for points)

(Extra points suggestion: upload images and sounds, contribute to the glossary of terms, make a suggestion!)

What are we doing in class?

*Discussion of readings

*Research questions

*Genre and conventions

Looking ahead:

1. Annotated bibliography entries 4-6 due by 11:59 pm on February 22nd, turn in one or more early by first day of class next week for up to 15 points if it's used in a workshop

2. Begin built environment readings for Unit 3 (complete optional quizzes on D2L for points, and select two to summarize for Reading Summaries 5 & 6)

1. “Color Walking” by Radiolab: http://www.radiolab.org/story/214709-color-walk/
2. Hocks, Mary. “Understanding Visual Rhetoric in Digital Writing Environments,” College Composition and Communication 54.4 (2003): pp. 629-656.
3. King, Melissa. “Better Online Living Through Content Moderation,” Model View Culture 28 (October 14, 2015). Web: https://modelviewculture.com/pieces/better-online-living-through-content-moderation.

Week 5

Due:

1. Built Environment Description 1: Exterior due by 11:59 pm on February 12th, turn in a draft early by class time on the first day of class this week for up to 25 points if it's used in class workshop

2. Read (and complete optional exercises for points) 2.0 Chapter 13 (Analyzing Arguments, review), Chapter 10 (Reviewing and Revising)

3. Review the Zotero library guide: http://research.library.gsu.edu/zotero. Optional for 30 points, install Firefox+Zotero plugin and create two entries in your Zotero library before the first class meeting.

(Extra points suggestions: complete a Lynda.com tutorial surrounding a relevant technology, get together)

What are we doing in class:

1. *Discussion of readings
2. *Content and Style (Rhetoric)
3. *Expository writing (External BE Description)
4. *Analyzing sources

Looking ahead:

1. Reading Summaries 3 & 4 due February 15th at 11:59 pm, turn in one or more early by class time on the first day of class next week for up to 25 points if it's used in a workshop (pick two to summarize for reading summaries 3 & 4, and complete D2L quizzes for points):

1. ***“Recognizing Campus Landscapes as Learning Spaces” by Kathleen G. Scholl and Gowri Betrabet Gulwad http://libjournal.uncg.edu/jls/article/view/972
2. ***“His & Hers: Designing for a Post-Gender Society” by Suzanne Tick http://www.metropolismag.com/March-2015/His-or-Hers-Designing-for-a-Post-Gender-Society/
3. ***BAZELON, EMILY. “Making Bathrooms More Accommodating.” New York Times Magazine. 17 November 2015. Web. 2 January 2016. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/22/magazine/making-bathrooms-more-accommodating.html?_r=0
4. ***“Space and Consequences: The Impact of Different Formal Learning Spaces on Instructor and Student Behavior” by D. Christopher Brooks

Week 4

Due:

5. Annotated bibliography entries 1-3 due by 11:59 pm February 5, turn in one early by class time on the first day of class this week for up to 15 points of extra credit if it's used in class workshop

6. Read G2W: pp 329-376 (Ch. 10: Into Culture: Research and Writing Beyond the Classroom) (Quizzes 7 & 8 for points in D2L)

7. Read 2.0: Chapter 17 (review), Chapter 13: (Analyzing Arguments), Chapter 8 (Developing Paragraphs) (exercises in the book for points)

8. Read full project description for Built Environment Description, and Annotated Bibliography

9. Review the Zotero library guide: http://research.library.gsu.edu/zotero. Optional for 30 points, install Firefox+Zotero plugin and create two entries in your Zotero library before the first class meeting.

(Extra points suggestion: organize a group discussion of the readings for Unit Two, visit an instructor’s office hours with specific questions for discussion, contribute images/sounds/artifacts/signage to the built environment of Atlanta archive)

What are we doing in class:

10. *Discussion of readings
11. *Content and Style (Rhetoric)
12. *Expository writing (External BE Description)
13. *Analyzing sources

Looking ahead:

2. Turn in an early draft of External Built Environment Description by first class meeting next week for workshop or peer review for up to 25 points (final draft of EBE is due February 12th at 11:59 pm)

3. Begin interior built environment readings for Unit 2 (pick two to summarize for reading summaries 3 & 4, and complete D2L quizzes for points):

1. ***“Recognizing Campus Landscapes as Learning Spaces” by Kathleen G. Scholl and Gowri Betrabet Gulwad http://libjournal.uncg.edu/jls/article/view/972
2. ***“His & Hers: Designing for a Post-Gender Society” by Suzanne Tick http://www.metropolismag.com/March-2015/His-or-Hers-Designing-for-a-Post-Gender-Society/
3. ***BAZELON, EMILY. “Making Bathrooms More Accommodating.” New York Times Magazine. 17 November 2015. Web. 2 January 2016. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/22/magazine/making-bathrooms-more-accommodating.html?_r=0
4. ***“Space and Consequences: The Impact of Different Formal Learning Spaces on Instructor and Student Behavior” by D. Christopher Brooks

4. Turn in summaries of Unit 2 built environment readings early for points (Summaries 3 & 4 due February 15th at 11:59 pm)

Week 3

Due:

1. Reading Summaries 1 & 2 due Jan. 25th at 11:59 pm (optional, turn in an early draft by class time for up to 15 extra points, and an additional 10 if we workshop it in class)

1. -Read all three, pick two to summarize:
2. *SCHINDLER, SARAH. “Architectural Exclusion: Discrimination And Segregation Through Physical Design Of The Built Environment.” Yale Law Journal 124.6 (2015): 1934-2024. Academic Search Complete. Web. 20 Nov. 2015.
3. *NERSESSOVA, IRINA. “Tapestry Of Space: Domestic Architecture And Underground Communities In Margaret Morton’s Photography Of A Forgotten New York.” Disclosure 23 (2014): 26. Advanced Placement Source. Web. 20 Nov. 2015.
4. *MORTON, MARGARET. The Tunnel : The Underground Homeless Of New York City. n.p.: New Haven : Yale University Press, c1995., 1995. GEORGIA STATE UNIV’s Catalog. Web. 20 Nov. 2015. [*On reserve in the library]

2. Read G2W:

1. pp 209-217 (plagiarism),
2. 283-328 (Ch 9: Writing about images)
3. complete optional quizzes on D2L for points

3. Read 2.0:

1. Chapter “Diagnostics” (optional 10 points per diagnostic)
2. Chapter 61: (Academic Work in Any Discipline)
3. Chapter 16E (Conducting Field Research, review)
4. exercises are optional and can be completed for points

4. One submission to Atlanta image, sound or artifact library (you don't have to do this by class time, though you're welcome to give it a try; we will talk about how to do this in class so that you can post something before Week 4's class meeting)
5. One annotated bibliographic entry (you don't have to do this by class time, though you're welcome to give it a try; we will talk about how to do this in class so that you can post something before Week 4's class meeting)
6. Read built environment project description. Choose an external built environment in Atlanta to study, and begin Built Environment Description 1 (you don't have to do this by class time, though you're welcome to give it a try; we will talk about how to do this in class so that you can post something before Week 4's class meeting)

(Extra points suggestion: sign up for a Zotero account and submit a link to your user profile before class time Monday (+10), compose a blog post reflecting on your experience so far with Atlanta built environments)

What are we doing in class?

*Discussion of readings

*from summary to ABs

*Introduction to Zotero

*Types of research methods

*Observation and Note taking

*Plagiarism

Looking ahead:

1. Annotated bibliography entries 1-3 due by 11:59 pm February 5, turn in one early by class time on the first day of class next week for up to 15 points of extra credit if it's used in class workshop

Week 2 (January 18-22)

Due:

1. Unit I Reading:

1. SCHINDLER, SARAH. “Architectural Exclusion: Discrimination And Segregation Through Physical Design Of The Built Environment.” Yale Law Journal 124.6 (2015): 1934-2024, read parts I and II only, pp. 1934-1972. Academic Search Complete. Web. 20 Nov. 2015.
2. NERSESSOVA, IRINA. “Tapestry Of Space: Domestic Architecture And Underground Communities In Margaret Morton’s Photography Of A Forgotten New York.” Disclosure 23 (2014): 26. Advanced Placement Source. Web. 20 Nov. 2015.
3. MORTON, MARGARET. The Tunnel : The Underground Homeless Of New York City. n.p.: New Haven : Yale University Press, c1995., 1995. GEORGIA STATE UNIV’s Catalog. Web. 20 Nov. 2015. [*On reserve in the library. Ask for this call number at the circulation desk: HV 4506.N6 M67 1995. 2 hr limit. Take the quiz while you’re reading it! (D2L)]

2. First-year Guide to Writing (G2W) Reading:

1. pp 197-207 (Research basics)
2. pp 218-222 (Annotated Bibliography, Summary)
3. pp. 33-41 (Reading rhetorically)
4. pp. 185-188 (Peer review)
5. Quizzes on D2L (optional for points)

3. Writer's Help 2.0 (2.0) Reading

1. Chapter 5: Rhetorical Situations (exercises for points, up to 10 points per exercise)
2. Chapter 3: Multimodal Assignments
3. Chapters 12 (a, b, c), 16, & 17 (exercises for points, 10-50 points per exercise)

Extra points suggestions:

1. Use the submission form to turn-in a draft Reading Summary by class time January 20 (10-15 points for an early draft, 10 points if it's used for workshop)
2. Upload a sound, image, sign, or artifact from an Atlanta location to your sites@gsu and embed it in a blog post that describes what it is and where it's from
3. Comment on some of your colleagues’ blogs
4. Visit your instructor during office hours
5. Organize/Participate in a group conference or online study group

What are we doing in class?

**What is a “built environment”?

*Primary and Secondary Research

        *Summaries

        *Digital Literacy

        *Working collaboratively (peer review)

Looking ahead:

1. Complete Reading Summaries 1 & 2 (Due January 25th)
2. Sign up for a Zotero account and submit a link to your user profile before first class meeting next week for extra points (+10)
3. Review project descriptions for Annotated Bibliography and Built Environment Descriptions

Week 1 (January 11-15)

Due:

4. Configured personal webpage for the course
5. Read course syllabus

Extra points suggestions:

6. Syllabus quiz and review of web resources
7. Upload a sound, image, sign, or artifact from an Atlanta location to your sites@gsu and embed it in a blog post that describes what it is and where it's from
8. Complete an “About Me” page on your website)

What are we doing in class?

*First day of class

*Introduction/logistics

• Getting Started With sites.gsu.edu (right click to open in a new tab: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1t1b11jKHNMSRDQnbDMEbr9W0p0L3cSTSateAFgyJOic/edit?usp=sharing)

• Add a Table of Contents to your website:

• Once you’ve setup your site, go to “Plug-ins” (left sidebar)
• Go to “All” (plug-ins/all)
• Search for “table of contents”
• Click: “Activate”

*Setup of website

Looking ahead:

Read for Unit One

• SCHINDLER, SARAH. “Architectural Exclusion: Discrimination And Segregation Through Physical Design Of The Built Environment.” Yale Law Journal 124.6 (2015): 1934-2024, read parts I and II only, pp. 1934-1972. Academic Search Complete. Web. 20 Nov. 2015.
• NERSESSOVA, IRINA. “Tapestry Of Space: Domestic Architecture And Underground Communities In Margaret Morton’s Photography Of A Forgotten New York.” Disclosure 23 (2014): 26. Advanced Placement Source. Web. 20 Nov. 2015.
• MORTON, MARGARET. The Tunnel : The Underground Homeless Of New York City. n.p.: New Haven : Yale University Press, c1995., 1995. GEORGIA STATE UNIV’s Catalog. Web. 20 Nov. 2015. [*On reserve in the library. Ask for this call number at the circulation desk: HV 4506.N6 M67 1995. 2 hr limit. Take the quiz while you’re reading it! (D2L)]