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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Happy Holidays!
Enjoy your break, write and post blog entries detailing your activities or thoughts, and relax as much as possible so that you come back to YUBA in 2012 ready to rock towards internship! Happy New Year!
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Writing Prompt- November 23: Public Art as Social Protest
The Occupy Movement is an international protest movement, primarily directed against economic and social inequality (wikipedia.org), and serving to bring attention to the overwhelming imbalance of wealth and power in the world today.
Diego Rivera was a famous artist whose public murals highlighted the disparity of wealth and power between the haves and have-nots, especially in regard to who was doing all labor and who was reaping all the economic and social benefit in Depression Era industry.
Currently, New York City contains both the Occupy Wall Street protest and an exhibition of Diego Rivera’s murals at the Museum of Modern Art, which has led many people to draw a connection between today’s events and past struggle.
Prompt:
Use the two links below to explore the connection between The Occupy Movement and Diego Rivera’s Frozen Assets mural and then compose a blog post- between 250-300 words- in response to the following questions, and referring back to research on The Occupy Movement and your interaction with Diego Rivera’s mural.
The Occupy Movement:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_movement
Diego Rivera’s Frozen Assets mural:
http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2011/rivera/content/mural/frozen/detail.php
Diego Rivera was a famous artist whose public murals highlighted the disparity of wealth and power between the haves and have-nots, especially in regard to who was doing all labor and who was reaping all the economic and social benefit in Depression Era industry.
Currently, New York City contains both the Occupy Wall Street protest and an exhibition of Diego Rivera’s murals at the Museum of Modern Art, which has led many people to draw a connection between today’s events and past struggle.
Prompt:
Use the two links below to explore the connection between The Occupy Movement and Diego Rivera’s Frozen Assets mural and then compose a blog post- between 250-300 words- in response to the following questions, and referring back to research on The Occupy Movement and your interaction with Diego Rivera’s mural.
- Despite the 80 year difference, what is going on in Rivera’s Frozen Assets mural that connects to The Occupy Movement today? In your opinion, is there a clear connection? Why or why not? (refer back to specific points in the mural AND your research of The Occupy Movement)
The Occupy Movement:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_movement
Diego Rivera’s Frozen Assets mural:
http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2011/rivera/content/mural/frozen/detail.php
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Welcome to Module Two!
Get ready and buckle up for non-stop action and adventure! Thrills! Chills! Grammar! A full-length non-fiction book! An essay exploring the idea of community and how this connects to you! We're going to have a great 7 weeks.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Grading criteria for Module 1 blog post
Your blog post will be graded according to the following criteria:
- Is the post on the topic assigned?
- Does it meet the required word length?
- Had thought gone into its creation- such as, has the writer organized his/her thoughts in a way that is easy to read and understand?
- Has the post been sufficiently proofread? -there are no grammar, punctuation, spelling errors.
- The language is professional and the tone is appropriate.
- Is the entire site a professional product:
- Professional font type/size/color
- Appropriate template
- Functional links to each colleague’s blogs
- Effort made to make the blog stand out (images, pictures, etc)
Friday, August 26, 2011
BC 2.0
Writing in the Digital Age:
Throughout this L & D cycle, you will maintain an original blog as a public space to submit, share, revise, and store your writing for BC class. In addition to uploading posts to your own blog, you will have the opportunity to read and comment on your colleagues’ blog postings as a way to provide peer feedback on each other’s writing. I expect that we will learn much from each other during this process, and I look forward to reading your work.
Process:
First, in class, you will set up your own blog through Blogger.com. This will be your own blog that you design, maintain, post to and update. While you will be expected to complete all BC writing assignments, you may also use this blog for your own writing development. However, since this blog is linked to a Year Up course, the expectation is that you will use appropriate professional language and tone, as well as adhere to Year Up’s core values in all blog postings.
In order to develop and grow as writers, we will read and comment on each other’s posts. The format for this will either be directly on the blogs themselves or in class as a group. Please be prepared to share your writing with your colleagues and receive peer feedback, either in class or on your blog.
While the writing process for each blog posting assignment may vary, you will be expected to review and revise past blog posts as your grammar, vocab, and organizational skills improve.
Throughout this L & D cycle, you will maintain an original blog as a public space to submit, share, revise, and store your writing for BC class. In addition to uploading posts to your own blog, you will have the opportunity to read and comment on your colleagues’ blog postings as a way to provide peer feedback on each other’s writing. I expect that we will learn much from each other during this process, and I look forward to reading your work.
Process:
First, in class, you will set up your own blog through Blogger.com. This will be your own blog that you design, maintain, post to and update. While you will be expected to complete all BC writing assignments, you may also use this blog for your own writing development. However, since this blog is linked to a Year Up course, the expectation is that you will use appropriate professional language and tone, as well as adhere to Year Up’s core values in all blog postings.
In order to develop and grow as writers, we will read and comment on each other’s posts. The format for this will either be directly on the blogs themselves or in class as a group. Please be prepared to share your writing with your colleagues and receive peer feedback, either in class or on your blog.
While the writing process for each blog posting assignment may vary, you will be expected to review and revise past blog posts as your grammar, vocab, and organizational skills improve.
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