April 25 and 27
This week and next week is exclusively about the final project: providing feedback, making time to answer all the questions, and hands-on time.
Check out the description for the Weekly blog post, because it will look a little bit different!
- Slides
- Readings and class details
- Assignments
- Extra Credit Tasks –> no extra credit tasks this week
- Where to Get Assistance?
Slides
- April 25: In-class peer feedback of the First Draft version: Check the roster and use the feedback doc
- April 27:
Readings and class details
Tuesday: Peer feedback zone
Meeting in The Hive (Trexler Library, B06), 3.30PM
- Checking out footnote plugin trouble
- In-class peer feedback of the First Draft version: Check the roster
- Have the URL for your draft version handy
- If you did not yet formally submit your draft as an assignment because you requested an extension, that’s ok! Share (e.g. as a google doc) what you have with your assigned partner(s) and they will help you develop your project. This is the judgment free zone: no grades here! Only helpful suggestions.
- Be ready to let us know what you most want feedback on.
- Remember: if you say “flow”, we looked at that in last week‘s Thursday class, check out those resources to help you understand how writing coaches/tutors approach that idea, and how you can, too!
- If you’re not done with providing feedback at the end of today’s session, please make sure to get this to your writer by Thursday at the start of class!
Thursday: Writing workshop
Meeting in The Hive (Trexler Library, B06), 3.30PM
- More time to polish that final project, and we’ll try out a test-site where we will collect your final projects for easy use.
- Here’s a description of what we’ll do in class: “Testing the SPLOT!”
- We will go over this in class, no need to prep.
Assignments
1. Reminder: Blog post (content week 13)
5 points, due Sun. April 23, 11:59PM
Write a blog post exploring themes or ideas based on your reading. You do not need to have all the answers. In fact, learning to ask good analytical or research questions is a skill you can develop during the semester. Remember the description of the assignment from the syllabus.
- Length: approx. 400 words. excl. list of materials consulted.
- Add the list of materials consulted at the end of the post, in Chicago notes and bibliography style.
- TOP TIP: Just copy the bibliography information from the Reading list on this webpage, do not add the descriptive notes I provide for your information.
- Add the words “Week 13” in the title.
- Please use this exact phrase, so your post will show up in the blog stream.
- Indicate which Exploration Pack you chose.
- Include a relevant image, and add a caption with the source/credit, and an Alt text description
- Post on your website, and add to the category hst137.
When you’re done, read this declaration carefully and then fill out the Canvas quiz to collect your points.
| Declaration |
|---|
| – I wrote a post of approximately 400 words in response to the readings. |
| – I included the bibliographic references for the materials I used for my post. |
| – I indicated which Exploration Pack I chose [if applicable]. |
| – I included an image, and I provided a caption and credit (source), and an Alt text description for the image. |
| – I use the words Week 13 in the title, and added the post to category hst137 |
2. Feedback with Hypothes.is
3 points, due Tue April 25, 11:59PM
Below you find links to three blog posts from your fellow students. If one of the websites is your own, or it is twice the same person’s, refresh the page, and you should get new sites. There may be a post from an earlier week: that means it came in after I created last week’s randomizer, but still before the built-in extension of the blog post assignment.
- Post 1:
- Post 2:
- Post 3:
Leave feedback, questions, thoughts, insights about the contents of the posts of your fellow students using Hypothes.is group HST137. You can ask for clarifications, point out similarities and differences with the material you covered, or with your interpretation. This should encourage you to nose around in the other materials you did not read originally, too.
Use tags in Hypothes.is: question: If you have a question (obvious); answered: if you gave an answer to a question; info: if you provide more information, looking up additional facts, drawing on knowledge from other classes; and other tags you can think of. This will help us to navigate more quickly to the questions that still need answering.
Use the “Architect’s Model” of giving feedback, and engage with concrete issues. Go beyond “Yeah, I agree,” “I like” or “I think the same”, and instead explain why you have that reaction, or if you disagree, you can try to persuade the original poster of your idea or interpretation.
Remember that Hypothes.is allows for hyperlinks, e.g. to materials that support your argument, or you can include pictures (memes! [yes, there she is again]), videos etc. that help the original poster to learn more.
When you’re done, read this declaration carefully, and then fill out the Canvas quiz to collect your points.
| Declaration |
|---|
| – I commented on three fellow students’ weekly blog post on Week 13 materials, using the Hypothes.is group HST137. |
| – I made sure to leave substantial comments that help the writer to improve the post, or to identify their strengths. |
| – I left comments that I would like to receive myself: thoughtful, helpful, kind, but also pointing out errors so they can be fixed. |
4. Blog post (content week 14)
5 points, due Sun. April 30, 11:59PM
Write a blog post documenting what you did for the course this week. It will be different from previous weeks because we did not explore new course contents about Chinese history, but instead learned more about writing enticing prose. You can write about what new techniques you learned, skills you honed, what amazed you in your colleagues’ projects as you helped them develop them, and how your own project is coming along.
- Length: 200-400 words. excl. list of materials consulted. <– changed word length 😀
- If you consulted any materials, add them at the end of the post, in Chicago notes and bibliography style.
- Add the words “Week 14” in the title.
- Please use this exact phrase, so your post will show up in the blog stream.
- Include a relevant image, and add a caption with the source/credit, and an Alt text description
- Post on your website, and add to the category hst137.
When you’re done, read this declaration carefully and then fill out the Canvas quiz to collect your points.
| Declaration |
|---|
| – I wrote a post of approximately 200-400 words about my work for the course this week. |
| – I included the bibliographic references for the materials I used for my post, if any. |
| – I indicated which Exploration Pack I chose [if applicable]. |
| – I included an image, and I provided a caption and credit (source), and an Alt text description for the image. |
| – I use the words Week 14 in the title, and added the post to category hst137 |
Extra Credit assignments
EC14-1: Rewrite a blog post
2 points, due by Sunday April. 30, 11.59pm
Unhappy about a post you wrote? Feeling you can do better now than a few weeks ago? Had a bad week and rushed to get it in but now you’re ready to do something you can be proud of? Now you can rewrite that post and get some extra credit for it!
- Pick one post from a previous weeks (not the Cat post) and use the comments you received, and your new insights, to rewrite it.
- Add a brief paragraph at the end explaining how you rewrote the post: which comments did you address, how did you go about the process (e.g. starting from new blank page vs. tinkering; focusing on structure or word choice or adding/correcting facts,…), and what you learned through the process of rewriting.
- tag the post with extra, and add “rewrite” to the title
- (Note: it should already be in the category hst137)
Read the following Declaration carefully, and then head on over to Canvas to collect your points in the Declaration Quiz:
| Declaration |
|---|
| I selected a post from a previous week and rewrote it, using feedback and insights I gained since writing it. |
| I added a brief paragraph at the end explaining what I did to rewrite the post, and what I learned about rewriting |
| I added the tag extra to the post, and added the word rewrite to the title. |
| I made sure the post is still in the category hst137. |
EC14-2: Down the rabbit hole!
3 points, due by Sunday, April. 30, 11.59pm
Are you curious? Can you spend hours on internet following one link after another trying to get to the bottom of something? Did you know you can now also get some extra credit for this?
Pick a topic, placename, object, book or person connected to our readings from this semester or your project, and follow your curiosity “down the rabbit hole”, hopping from one webpage to the next, following all the different links, like Alice in Wonderland. Then share in a blog post with us where you went, and what you found. Your post does not have to be very long: 250 words should work; more is fine if you went on a deep dive, of course. Here’s what to include:
- What in the course materials/your project got you inspired to go down the rabbit hole?
- Include as hyperlinked text the websites you visited, and what you learned there.
- Include an image, with caption giving credit for the image.
- You may also critique the sources you find, in particular if you have your doubts about their reliability, or you come across conflicting interpretations. Which one did you side with, and why?
- Add the post to category hst137, use the title template “Down the rabbit hole: [insert subject]”, and add the tag extra.
Read the following Declaration carefully, and then head on over to Canvas to collect your points in the Declaration Quiz:
| Declaration |
|---|
| I wrote a post about additional materials on the internet I found, starting from a topic connected to course materials/my project. |
| I included the sites I visited as hyperlinked text, and explained what I learned on these pages. |
| I included an image, with a caption and credit for the image, and added Alt Text. |
| I added the post to the category hst137, used the tag extra, and used the title template “Down the rabbit hole:” for my post. |
Where to get assistance?
- Tea Room on Discord:
- open anytime for you
- I will be hosting Tue 2PM-3PM; Wed. 1PM-2PM, or at other times by appointment via Google Calendar (usually a 15-20min appointment is enough). You can also find me in my office during Tea Room times.
- Private room for confidential chat available on request.
- Discord Text Channel #hst137
- DLAs: Digital Learning Assistants: check the schedule!
- Writing Center: Sunday – Wednesday 3:30 – 5:30 & 7 – 11 PM; Thursday 3:30 – 5:30 PM & 7 – 9 PM
- Trexler Library Course Subject Guide: our own dedicated subject guide for the course
- Safety on/around campus: report an incident
