What kinds of notes did we take?
what’s a monument?
Something dedicated to someone:
In class, we’ll reflect on Project #1 by writing a cover letter for the work you have already posted on our site. Please answer these in any order you wish:
In combining both letter and process post, please write about the following:
My comments to you will come in the form of a letter in response to your cover letter, so it is helpful to me to read about how you work and what you think of your work.
Please take the time to revise or edit your work and be sure the final version is online by 8pm tonight.
A few reminders for Monday, 9/11:
For Project #1, you have to explain how an image represents you so well that you can use it as your OpenLab avatar. You also have to consider how it might be misinterpreted or interpreted differently than you intended. Here are some tools for reading an image.
Observe, then interpret
Ask:
What stands out? What is less obvious?
What is the main subject? The supporting subject(s)?
People: Identify the people, one or a group, gender, age, relationship to each other, clothing
Time: what time of day, season, year, period, century?
Activities/Events: what are the people (or other entities) doing, what event is taking place?
Place: is it urban/rural, indoor/outdoor? What buildings, landscapes, etc?
Further questions:
What is the context?
Where is the viewer? (if it’s a photograph, where is the photographer?)
What is the purpose of the image? Who is its audience?
What issues are included?
What is the message of the image?
How would you summarize the image in a paragraph?
Peer Review evaluation criteria (a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based)
glossary (noun): a dictionary of the special terms in a particular field or job
“Glossary entries: contribute to our course’s glossary by writing one post per week (or more if you choose) in which you find a word that you need to better understand, follow the glossary instructions, and write a post that has the word as the title of the post, Glossary as the category, tags you find relevant, and all the things in the post it’s supposed to have” (Guidelines for Blogging on the OpenLab)
Each week, I will add a post that includes the definition of a word I wanted to understand better, plus its context and an explanation of its meaning, so the whole class can understand that word. It’s not just defining one word I don’t know, but collecting these words and definitions into a larger resource, like a dictionary of terms for ENG 1101.
Although we introduced ourselves in class briefly, and we’ll introduce ourselves more formally in Project #1, please write an introduction here as a way to help us get to know each other better. Aim to write 250-300 words. This is your chance to say all the things you forgot to say in class, or to say again all the things you crafted and said brilliantly.
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Check back again and reply to at least a few of your classmates, asking questions or letting them know about shared interests.
Welcome to the site for ENG 1101-D351, Locating Writing. We will spend a significant amount of time and effort this semester on this site, so please take some time to look around. As the semester continues, we will add more materials, so be sure to explore frequently in addition to sharing your work and reading and responding to your classmates’ work.
The OpenLab is an open-source, digital platform designed to support teaching and learning at City Tech (New York City College of Technology), and to promote student and faculty engagement in the intellectual and social life of the college community.
