Tag: Reflection

26 March. Reflection.

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Welcome Back!

  • 1. There’s no campus sustainability tour today b/c the tour guide in the sustainability office was not available due to an emergency.
  • 2. 3/28 Class Leads: be prepared to ask one question each on the readings listed on the calendar for Thursday
  • 3. If you haven’t, please fill out the Podcast Group preference form

Part I. Object Reflection

So that you have a picture of your object to include in your final portfolio and so we can determine which of the objects to display in our class show, we complete the following.

Before I ask you to vote on which objects you like best, what criteria should we use to determine our preferences?

  • 1. Set your New Futures object or artifact out on your desk, take a picture of your object, and then upload the pic of your object to Canvas.
  • 2. On the note cards that I am passing around please write the following on one side of the card: the title of your object, your name, and a brief description of the object.
  • 3. Once you have finished, walk around an look at your classmates’ objects and choose your 7 favorite objects
  • 4. Put a check mark on the back of the objects’ cards to indicate your preference.
  • 5. At the end of the activity, I will collect all the cards. Then we are going to finish class early enough for you to carry your objects down to my office in Hall.

Part II. Reflection New Futures Reflection

Take 6-7 minutes and respond to the prompts below in a Word or Google Doc. Since you will be required to include reflections in your Final Portfolio, please file this reflection with your other process documents.
  • 1. Explain one way your New Futures Project met one Course Goal/Concept.
  • 2. Given the opportunity to revise, what is one thing you would change in the Project and why?
  • 3. In what ways did the project help you think differently about your writing process?
  • 4. Share your responses to the questions above in groups

Sample Portfolio

Part III. Creating Portfolios in Canvas

  • I am going to walk you through portfolio creation in Canvas. I will follow the steps listed in the document below.
ENGL 1101 1102 Portfolio - Canvas Instructions Spring 2019 Final

 

15 Jan. Future Effects.

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Featured Image: Dustbowl Phenomena documented in Ken Burns, The Dust Bowl (2014)

Housekeeping

  • 1. I will publish your presentation dates tomorrow. I just wanted to wait till after add, drop, swap
  • 2. I swapped out one chapter from Rob Nixon’s book Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor for another. The reading questions are up and .pdf is in Canvas.

Reflection on First Week Video

Take 6-7 minutes and respond to the prompts below in a Word or Google Doc. Since you will be required to include reflections in your Final Portfolio, please file this reflection with your other process documents.
  • 1. Explain one way your First Week Video met one Course Goal/Concept.
  • 2. Given the opportunity to revise, what is one thing you would change in the Video and why?
  • 3. In what ways would you like to improve your video editing skills?

Blog Post and WordPress Post Basics

Please click on your class Blog feed at the top of the course site and then follow along:
  • 1. The software should prompt you to sign-up with you net ID and password and automatically add you as a contributor
  • 2. How to post
  • 3. First Blog post prompt, Theoretical Analysis

Textual Analysis

Let’s get into groups and answer the following questions about Scott Davies, “Sustainable Nostalgia.” Be prepared to cite and interpret textual evidence in response to your question during class discussion.
  • Group 1: What does “sustainability” mean according to Davies? What are some of its complexities, or rather what accounts for the term’s “political attractiveness” (262)?
  • Group 2: How does the Brundtland report (i.e. Our Common Future) define sustainability? Why do you think that definition has been so influential (263)?
  • Group 3: According to Davies, why have some members of the environmental movement called for the term “sustainability” to be recalled or replaced? Why does Davies disagree with such a call (264)?
  • Group 4: What does Davies mean when he says that the dream of sustainability synonymous with a nostalgia for the future (264)? Does this weird idea fix some of the problems with sustainability as a concept/practice?

Video Essay, Prewrite

  • Make a list of a TV shows, movies, and/or video games in which the concept of the future mediates social, ecological, and technological transformation.