Monday, September 21, 2009

3960 What Happened in Class

Thursday

The following was posted Wednesday evening:
Regarding the online tests, we have a small problem. I received this from our IT Dept:

Hello Professor Kipple

We have tried to import your file that you have provided but unfortunately it is not compatible with our system.

You will have to contact the publisher and advise them that the import was not successful because it was not compatible with our system.


Thank You
-- Distance Education Admin
-- Sakinah Franklin

I have contacted our publisher to see what the other options are. We can also discuss this in class. Update: The publisher has contacted me and there is a solution. I have to get in touch with IT.

Thursday:

Prof. Pat Winters-Lauro and Eileen Ruf visited our class today and we talked about projects with The Tower. The instructor will email students the media kit.

We decided whether we would be ad production people or negotiators.

Next class:

Continue with readings
Instructor will talk about trading area surveys and we will work with an exercise from the zip code map we recently filled out.



Monday
First we went over questionnaire writing issues. We talked about three different situations and practiced writing some questions.

Next we watched the narrated slides for Ch. 2. We discussed ethics and advertising.

Finally, we reviewed what to do for the next class, which is to read Ch. 4.


Last Thursday's class:

Discuss queston-writing and client situations.

Go over the chapters with the narrated slides.


Notes from last class, Sept. 17

Students had their worksheet filled out from the previous class's lecture. We went through the worksheet and discussed the questions.

Since the assignment was to write 10 questions and go on surveymonkey, the instructor handed out photocopies from the text to help students in writing the questions.

A trading area survey/zip code map was given to the class and each class member was asked to put their home zip code on it. This map will serve to illustrate the trading area survey at a future class.

Questions are due on the 30th but we will talk about them in the next class.

1402 What Happened in Class

Thursday:
Today we taped our panels during practice.

Outlines and Annotated Works Cited were submitted. Instructor returned feedback.

Instructor is posting new reading schedule at Blackboard later this evening. Check the schedule for next week's readings.

Next class: group symposium presentations
Continue with readings, per the assignment that is posted below.




Monday:
1402

Upcoming dates:

This Thursday is outline due day, which should be posted at Blackboard.

Instructor will look at outline, evaluate, and return.

Also bring outlines to class as a printed-out version.

Instructor will review as many as possible during class while you practice.

Today we will need to look for open spaces in which to practice. Send team out.

On Thursday you will be taping, so someone must bring a DVD to record and distribute the tapes online.

What will your outline look like?

Name per syllabus
Outline double spaced
Internal text references
Works Cited page attached

On Thursday you must have your outline transferred to an index card (cards were distributed).

When we take attendance on Thursday, you must show your index card with outline. No more than 30 words.

When you look at the video, take notes for your one-page personal evaluation (worth 10 points on final grade). We chose one person and a back up for each group to bring a DVD. As Laura pointed out, a rewritable might be a good investment as we will most likely be taping for the other speeches.

The instructor gave informative and persuasive speaking dates and asked students to choose a date. We will match people and dates at an upcoming class:

Informative: Nov. 2, 5, 9, 12, 16, 19
Persuasive: Nov. 23 30, Dec. 3, 7, 10, 14, 17

Students are asked to be early or at the very least on time for the next class due to the taping.


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Reading: First three chapters are on communication and perception.
Will be evaluated via a paper called the "I Am" journal.

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Outlines or tests?

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Go over evaluation form for speech

Notes from Previous Class:

We met in small groups to divide topic into sections. Students asked for the Annotated Works Cited to be due on 9/24 instead of today, and the instructor said OK.

Read Chapter 3 was the reading assignment.

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To do for Next Class:

Reading assignment: Ch. 7, 173-80, Ch. 9, 216-24, Appendix: B1-10
Get DVD
Make plans to ensure timely arrival, early if possible

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Saturday 102 9-12 Noon

Link to citation guide we looked at in class.

To Do for Next Class:

By next class, read at least four pages of the drama glossary. There may be a quiz.

Come to class with your 10 sources in correct Annotated Works Cited form. (Hacker)

Read Ch. 3-4 in Langan
Read 2 in Lester

Topic must be chosen and a working thesis decided upon

Friday, September 18, 2009

Friday 102 What Happened in Class

We corrected the Annotated Works Cited. The instructor handed out a guide. Each person corrected another student's paper and made a list of items that needed to be corrected, added to, or changed.

We also made a list of what is underlined and what is in quotes in MLA Works Cited:

Italicized or underlined:

book titles
websites
names of newspapers
" " of magazines
journals
titles of recordings

Put in quotation marks:

titles of magazine and journal articles
book chapter titles
names of radio or TV shows
titles of interviews, reviews, songs, and poems



We talked about topics and thesis statements and the instructor recorded the topics and later asked students to put their email address next to the topic/thesis statement.

We went over the drama assignment.
Students should know the first four pages of definitions from the drama glossary.


Next week:
a) correct Annotated Works Cited and turn it in
b) Read Ch's 3 & 4 in Langan
c) Read Ch. 3 in Lester
d) Know the terms in the first four pages of the drama glossary in case of a quiz

Attn: Saturday Writing 102

I'm very sick with a cold and we will meet late tomorrow: 11 a.m.

I have emailed everyone. In addition, I contacted the administration and they are putting a note on the door.

Instructor

p.s. Friday night students, if you are reading this, we are still having class but getting out early.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Thu 3960, 1402 and 102

I'll be writing the summaries of our classes tomorrow as I am very sick this evening with a bad cold.

Instructor

p.s. this is for 1402 healthcare groups: http://www.physorg.com/news172424058.html

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Media 3100 What Happened in Class

We worked with the online chapter (7). First we talked about the Holiday Inn Express example from the book. Then the instructor talked about different types of research with which she has worked: social policy surveys, media research, ethnographic research, etc. We viewed online examples at juicingtheorange.com.

We learned about random samples and nonprobability samples. During the random sample discussion, we did a "minute paper."

We worked in pairs to fill out a research questionnaire and we went over the answers in class.

The instructor informed the class that she had activated the shell for Blackboard.

She made copies of pertinent pages from the text so students could get started on their questionnaire. Students filled out a zip code map and next week the instructor will show how it is similar to how a trading area survey works.

Next week:

Ten research questions. Be prepared to provide the instructor with a link and a printed out copy of the research questions. Post the questions before class at Blackboard.

In addition to reading Chapter 7, also read Chapter 1.