Introducing 

Prezi AI.

Your new presentation assistant.

Refine, enhance, and tailor your content, source relevant images, and edit visuals quicker than ever before.

Loading…
Transcript

The Blog Project

In fact...

...here are a few examples of the kinds of public writing you're likely to encounter every day!

Why?

Ask yourself questions about what's going on here.

An Interactive How-To and Wherefore Guide

...art thou Romeo?

Your Job:

For Example

On Facebook, you write statuses, comment on your friends' posts and photos, and share news stories. These kinds of interactions help shape your opinions and the way you approach the world, whether you realize it or not.

Until you can trace your intuitive impressions and automatic responses to their cause.

Does this make you laugh or feel offended?

?

and so on...

Who is being mocked in this group and for what purpose?

What tone do most of the comments take and what does this say about the way people interact in this group?

What kinds of discussions are taking place in a group like this?

Who is the creator of this group? What does he seem to value and why?

Are there any people who disagree with the main purpose of this group?

Still confused?

To take a hard look at the public writing you already engage in and to match it with the skills you learn throughout EN110.

Read over the Blog Project prompt again...

(cc) photo by Metro Centric on Flickr

Talk to

your instructor...

Motorola Xoom "Empower the People"

http://espn.go.com/espn/blogs

What's the point?

After all, the ability to analyze writing isn't a skill you only need in the classroom.

Or explore

http://en110sampleblog.blogspot.com

to see the Blog Project in action!

To understand how the messages you encounter on a daily basis are intended to influence you and your values and beliefs. This kind of analysis helps you become a more self-aware, critically thinking citizen of the world.

The Blog Project helps you to understand

WHY

It's so simple!

The Process

you think the things you think about the things you think about!

...as a Facilitator

Make note of interesting items of public writing that you come across.

So whaddaya think?

With your group, choose one item of public writing to post on the class blog.

The Process

...as a Respondent

Blog Project Notes

If the discussion slows, do your best to get it going again by asking more questions.

  • Take into account the comments other students have written before you--this is a discussion!

Explore the

Featured

Post for the

Week

  • The longer you wait to respond, the more comments you'll have to consider

when you write your comment...so don't wait until the last minute!

Ask yourself what you notice about the post. What do you find interesting?

  • Your post should go beyond the standard like/dislike, agree/disagree response.
  • You only need to write one to two paragraphs. Focus on quality over quantity!

REMEMBER:

Try to pick something that will elicit an interesting discussion for the week. This includes blogs; websites; online news articles; links to Facebook groups, updates, and comments; Twitter feeds and comments; Youtube channels with viewer responses, and much more!

  • Feel free to write more than one comment per week.
  • Have fun!

Put the item on the blog by posting a hyperlink, embedding a video, or posting a photograph of the group/discussion you wish to focus on, then introduce the item and ask a few questions to start the discussion.

Don't forget!

Make note of all the visual aspects of the post, including photos, animations, and interface.

Read all of the text of the post, including the introduction by the group and any and all comments.

THEN...

Choose a lens from the Blog Project prompt through which to analyze the post.

Now, you're ready to write your own comment!

Learn more about creating dynamic, engaging presentations with Prezi