Wednesday Feb 2

Introduction to the class. Getting around. Using Padlet. Getting to know each other. How this will all work.

due by Saturday Feb 5 end of day

  1. Perusall: Read and annotate the Syllabus.
  2. Create an avatar that you put on your Zoom account.
  3. Join Slack and leave a hello.
  4. Padlet: Be sure you’ve left a little something.

due by Tuesday Feb 8 end of day

  1. Perusall: Read and annotate assignment “Abdurraqib and Hassan” (be sure to scroll down to make sure you see both things).
  2. OpenLab post: Create a new post (the tutorial is here) and respond to the two pieces you looked at on Perusall (the video and the article). You can do it in whatever way you want!
    • You can talk about how your name or your language makes you who you are, or gives people “permission” to treat you a certain way even though that’s so wrong!
    • You can talk about how school has made you the writer or thinker or student or professional you’re becoming.
    • You can talk about your family’s influence on your literacy — your education, your goals, your belief in yourself, your attitude toward the world.
    • You can also think through how a group has helped define you.
    • As part of it, you can add images or links to videos… whatever you think will help us get to know you and your experiences better. You can even add a link to a video. Or record an audio file and link to it. Or draw something and upload the image. Whatever you want.
    • Remember: we’re all about composing in the 21st century, so feel free to do what you think would be interesting for us to see/hear/learn about. The idea is to get you thinking about how those issues affect you. How they’ve helped shape who you are and who you’re becoming.
    • CATEGORY: Introductions