Looking for Answers

You all have come up with some ideas and some questions on those topics.

Today you'll begin looking for answers, but you will track the process and attach the results to a reply in the forum you posted in for today.

Remember to consider the CRAAP test as you look for answers.

Homework:

1. Continue to look for answers to your questions and track the process; then attach to a reply in the Changes in Technology Prewriting Forum in Moodle. If your topic changes, that's okay, just make it clear what you're doing.

Thinking About Change

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disruptive_innovation 

Robots?:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Oj5tzLkiWk

Handle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7xvqQeoA8c

Case: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8yChqU4mBE


What are your ideas?
 
Assignment sheet.

Forum.

Homework:

1. Create a post in the "Changes in Technology Prewriting Forum" in Moodle.

Persuasive Report Due

Why sources again? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7LFnbtn4zA

You turn in your report, one copy.

Quiz.

We look at the blog about change: http://www.amanet.org/training/articles/The-Myth-of-Generational-Differences-in-the-Workplace.aspx


 https://www.fastcompany.com/3067279/you-didnt-see-this-coming-10-jobs-that-will-be-replaced-by-robots


https://www.ted.com/talks/david_autor_why_are_there_still_so_many_jobs#t-578865

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disruptive_innovation 



Homework:

1. Spend some time thinking about an area of change in the past that you would like to learn more about. I am thinking in terms of technological change, but if you have interests in another area, talk to me. You need to be able to focus in on some aspect of a topic that interests you and that will not be too large for the final report.

2. The purpose of this report is to discover the background and effects of a technological change of the past. You are communicating what you discover in order to show the rest of us how to anticipate and deal with change as it arrives. You are investigating how the change came about, who the winners and losers were, and how workers' lives were impacted.

3. You will be using sources for this report. Consider a topic that you could use co-workers, instructors, or **people you will meet on your tours** for sources. 

3. Be prepared tomorrow to share with me possible ideas for your project.

Working on the Persuasive Report

Today you will work on making sure you have correctly cited sources that you used in your Persuasive Social Media Report.

 https://www.statista.com/statistics/346167/facebook-global-dau/

“Number of Daily Active Facebook Users Worldwide as of 2nd Quarter 2017 (in Millions).” Statista: The Statistics Portal, Statista, Inc., 2017, www.statista.com/aboutus/. 



Homework:

1. Create the final version of your Persuasive Social Media Report. Print one copy to hand in Tuesday.

Sources and Persuasion

We look at the assignment sheet for your persuasive report. Questions?

Now you write a bit...

We look at the databases as a way to find credible sources.

Homework:

1. Find sources to provide some persuasive information for your revised social media report.

2. Create a draft of a persuasive report. You will submit the draft in Moodle before class on Monday.

3. For class tomorrow, we will not meet because of New Student Orientation. You have Moodle assignments in addition to the paper draft.

4. Moodle assignment: There are 3 forums you need to post in before class Monday:

1. The forum to post your draft of the Persuasive Report. Post and attach.
2. A forum about generational differences in the workplace. Create a post.
3. A forum about change. You must create a post AND reply to two other posts.

Testing Sources

We discuss what you found out about Bovee and Thill's sources.

You're going to have an opportunity to put some of these sources to use. I hand out an assignment sheet.

Homework:

1. Read pages 215-219 in the textbook. Consider how a persuasive report will be different from an informative report. Be ready to explain this Thursday.

2. Begin steps 1 and 2 of the assignment.

Practicing the CRAAP Test

Humans: amazing, right?

Decision-making? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_choice_theory

Possible problems:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases

and this:  https://www.fastcompany.com/3045035/5-common-unconscious-biases-that-lead-to-bad-decisions


We look at your CRAAP Test homework, compared to a new worksheet.

Assignment: Fill out a CRAAP Test worksheet for 2 of the sources used by the textbook for Chapter 6. Use the front of the sheet, and then write a paragraph on the back explaining your assessment of the site.

Homework:

1. Finish one worksheet for tomorrow.

Eclipse Day

Class will not meet.

Remember to do the Prezi assignment in Moodle before class tomorrow.

The Hard Sell

First of all, THE ECLIPSE!!!

The facts: https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/7/25/15925410/total-solar-eclipse-2017-explained

The reason why I want to be on a hill: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/08/annie-dillards-total-eclipse/536148/.


We talk about persuasion, and structure for a persuasive message.

Then you all look at getcoleman.com and fill out a worksheet about it.

When you are done, we discuss.

Homework:

1. Class will not meet on Monday, August 21.

2. In our class is moodle is a link to a Prezi about the CRAAP test. You need to go through that prezi and fill out the worksheet that I handed out in class. Be sure to do the front and the back.

More About Pathos, Ethos and Logos

We discuss your forum posts.

Then groups discuss how the three appeals have influenced past decisions.

How does your experience compare with the suggestions on pages 214-215?

Homework:

1. Read pages 215-219.

2. Use the arguments listed in the graphic on p. 217 to create an email addressed to President Jane Deere. You are to combine the arguments that you think are most effective. You must provide the opening, closing and transitions, but you may copy the arguments you choose.

Positive Request Letters Due

First of all, you give each other feedback about your letters.

Next we turn to the topic of persuasion.

http://prezi.com/k1rgl9dv162t/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

Now spend some time looking for examples of advertising that uses one or more of the three appeals.
You'll post in the forum in Moodle before class tomorrow.

Homework:

1. Read pages 212-215.

2. Complete a post in Moodle.

Routine Business Request

You have read Chapter 7 and we discussed the important parts of a routine positive business request letter.

You are going to practice by writing one during class, proofread/ revising for homework, and turning the letter in tomorrow.

Homework:

1. Revise and proofread the letter you wrote during class. Have a hard copy ready to turn in tomorrow at the beginning of class.

Report Due, Nomination Letter Returned

You hand in your Social Media Reports.

We look at Chapter 7, Writing Routine and Positive Messages.

You have an opportunity to make your nomination letter better.

Homework:

1. If you need to, finish the worksheet.

2. Read closely pages 162-168 for class tomorrow.

Works Cited Page

You create a work cited page using EasyBib.com

Homework:

1. Your Social Media Report is due on Monday.

Drafts Due for Social Media Report

You give each other feedback on social media reports.

If you do not have a draft, do exercises 5-10 to 5-21 from pages 121-122 in the textbook on a piece of paper. Hand in at the end of class.

Homework:

1. Use the feedback to make improvements to your report. The final version is due Monday August 15.

2. Bring your draft to class tomorrow.

Social Media Trouble?

First of all, you practice spotting clauses and rearranging complicated sentences.

Then we look for businesses who have made social media mistakes.

Homework:

1. Create the draft of your Social Media report, due tomorrow.

CD CX Review and Social Media

Turn in the nomination  letters again. We look at CD, CX, S , and CD-CX sentences again. You do a worksheet.

We discuss your next assignment. How do businesses use Facebook effectively?

Homework:

1. Have the two sites you will write about chosen and be ready to show me.

Step Three of the Writing Process

Step Three?

First of all, a review of CD and CS sentences, using your returned Ethics Narratives.

Then we look at Ch. 5, and look again at your nomination letters.

Finally, you get the next assignment, the Social Media Report.

Homework:

1. Decide what social media platform you're going to report on, and find two small business accounts you will evaluate.

2. If you wish, revise your nomination letter to hand in Tuesday.

Nomination Letter Due

You fill out a worksheet about your letter, and hand it all in.

Homework:

Have a good weekend.

Thinking About Jargon

You check your active/ passive voice worksheets. Why is it useful, again? See p. 90.

We look at pages 92-93 about cliches, buzzwords, and jargon.

Jargon leads to XKCD -- see Moodle.

Homework:

Do your final revisions and proofreading on the Letter of Recommendation due tomorrow. Have a hard copy printed and signed at the beginning of class.

More About Composing Messages Ch. 4

We work some more on CD and CX sentences.

What about passive voice? http://snarkygrammarguide.blogspot.com/2010/09/active-vs-passive-voices-inside-my-head.html

You do another worksheet.

Homework:

Study for your JD final.

Building Sentences

We look at pages 93-95 and the four types of sentences.


How do we build them? Using conjunctions: http://prezi.com/q2xhxi74tjqg/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy


You look for these in your own writing.


Homework:


1. Read pages 87-93.


2. Revise your letter.