homework – English 3764 @ Virginia Tech http://www.tracigardner.com/English3764 Resources for Traci Gardner's Fall 2013 Classes Fri, 08 Aug 2014 23:48:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.3 Oral Presentation & Recommendation Report Evaluation http://www.tracigardner.com/English3764/oral-presentation-recommendation-report-evaluation/ Mon, 02 Dec 2013 18:43:48 +0000 http://www.tracigardner.com/English3764/?p=109 Read more →

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I have added a document to the fourth assignment: Oral Presentation & Recommendation Report Evaluation. This document explains all the things that will go into your grade for the group project as well as the assignment for a self and group assessment writing that you need to complete by the end of the last day of classes. 

Because this final assignment has many parameters and everyone's grade can be different, I didn't break the grade  out into percentages. As an example, let's say the recommendation report is a B, but one member of your group was absent for half the classes and only contributed the title page. That student's grade would be different from a student who was in class every day and wrote 1/3 of the report. 

Please review the document before the next class session (Wed, 12/4) and be prepared to ask any questions. Group work time is limited so I will not read the document in class. I'll just answer questions.

Logistics for the Assessment Writing
Feel free to get started on the self and group assessment writing as you have time, but you will not submit the information via Tests & Quizzes in Scholar until the last day of class (so that you will have had time to see all of the oral presentations). Just work in a word processor and copy your answers over into Scholar on that last day of class.

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Slideshow Presentation Tips http://www.tracigardner.com/English3764/slideshow-presentation-tips/ Thu, 14 Nov 2013 06:43:07 +0000 http://www.tracigardner.com/English3764/?p=82 Read more →

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Take a quick read of 8 Tips to Power-Up Your Classroom Presentations for some simple ideas to help with your slideshow. The article is pitched to teachers, but you can easily apply the ideas to your work too. 

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Homework for 11/11 http://www.tracigardner.com/English3764/homework-for-1111/ Wed, 06 Nov 2013 06:36:39 +0000 http://www.tracigardner.com/English3764/?p=72 Read more →

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Before class on Monday, 11/11, please work through “Designing for the Web: A Tutorial.” We will talk about the tutorial on Monday, 11/11, and the information in the tutorial will be used for the In-Class Writing for 11/11.

On Monday, we will also go over the Group Oral Presentation, which will involve analyzing a website and making recommendations for its improvement.

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VT Career Planning Guide http://www.tracigardner.com/English3764/vt-career-planning-guide/ Wed, 16 Oct 2013 06:13:44 +0000 http://www.tracigardner.com/English3764/?p=66 Read more →

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In addition to using the information from Chapter 10 of Markel, we'll talk about resources that are available in the Virginia Tech Career Planning Guide, 2013-2014

You can get a hard copy of the Guide by going to the Smith Career Center during office hours (8 to 5, M-F). You can also use a digital version. There's a  Flash version and a PDF version

If haven't seen the guide before, flip through it to familiarize yourself with the resources that it includes.

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Homework for Wednesday, 8/28 http://www.tracigardner.com/English3764/homework-for-wednesday-8-28/ Mon, 26 Aug 2013 05:18:27 +0000 http://www.tracigardner.com/English3764/?p=27 Read more →

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Complete the Social Networking Experience Survey before class meets on Wednesday, 8/28. Log into the Scholar site for our course and find the survey under the Tests & Quizzes tab in the left menu on the Scholar site. Your answers will help me decide what tools to use in this course.

Bring your computer to class on Wednesday and be prepared to log into Scholar and write at the beginning of the class session.

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