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we are all designers now—or must learn to be Submitted by jacqueline on 2010-09-03
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Anthropologist: We must all develop the ability to understand not only our own but also others\' cultures as we encounter them within the classroom, the world, and the texts we study; this means developing the ability to observe, examine, and communicate insights about these cultures, for such skills are Tag Heuer Replica(http://www.genuinekopi.com/tag-heuer-c-444.html)  fundamental to our personal and economic success. People have spoken often of President Obama and the extent to which the influence of his anthropologist mother contributes to his ability to understand and communicate with people from various backgrounds in different situations.\r\n\r\nReporter: Everyone today must be able to search for, locate, evaluate, and analyze a remarkable amount of data from different sources; in this context, we must develop and continually refine our ability to investigate, research, and navigate through the ever-increasing sea of information available to us all. Once we have done all this investigating, it is time to convey the results; thus, we must be able to understand and sift through and effectively communicate insights from these investigations of people, places, ideas, process, or texts in the most appropriate form and format, which may involve traditional genres of written discourse but may also include mixed media, audio, or video depending on the context and purpose.\r\n\r\nCritic: Whether it is a literary or informational text; a written, multimedia, or visual text; a commercial or personal text, we all need the skills critics use to evaluate and analyze a text. Indeed, such critical skills are fundamental to success in both professional and personal realms as we are increasingly expected to navigate the commercial, political, and financial waters ourselves. Whereas the critical mind once had to focus on what it thought about books and film, now it must also train itself to examine retirement plans, medical options, and competing products and services. Naturally, as with all critics, we must also be able to formulate and express our opinions about the subjects we critique, offering insights about the given literary or other text we have considered.\r\n\r\nDesigner: Design is such a crucial aspect of any text—on paper, online, or in the physical world—we need to know how to \"read\" for it, noticing the features used to invest the text with meaning. People even speak of \"designing experiences,\" which means that the tablecloths and arrangement of the room are Breitling Replica Watches(http://www.bestwatches4u.com/breitling-c-104.html)  designed with some intention in mind, which the critical designer\'s eye will notice and understand. So, too, must we consider design when we compose documents, create online content, produce videos, or otherwise communicate with people, taking into consideration not only the means and media but also the available features and functions of every element? Communication, whether received or created, is too important to leave it to chance; we are all designers now—or must learn to be.\r\n

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Student Responses to Self-Directed Writing Submitted by carina on 2010-09-01
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In both the mid-term and final portfolios, students write reflective pieces about the contents of their portfolios. I was surprised by the number of students who said they had never had an opportunity to write on their own topics.\r\n\r\nI really enjoyed the self-directed writing portion of the class. I have never had a class where I can just write about anything. I think the Tag Heuer Replica(http://www.kopeez.com/B-Replica-Tag-Heuer-Watches-65.html)  freedom of making my own choices made it much easier to write.\r\n\r\nThe self-directed writings were somewhat of a new experience, an enjoyable experience. I chose to present my three favorite writings in this portfolio: \"Hip Hop Still Lives,\" \"Love of Music,\" and \"Super Bowl XLII.\" . . . My favorite thing about this class is the self-directed writing.\r\n\r\nSome students also thought the continuous writing helped them to find more time to write, and they commented on how it helped them to get to know their peers as well as for the teacher to get to know students.\r\n\r\nThis class has given me the opportunity to make time to write. I have enjoyed the self-directed aspect of it, in that we can write what comes to mind using our own language. It also gives us a chance to be creative. I think it gives you a good sense of who we are as writers and people, and as we have shared with others it has given us insight on our classmates.\r\n\r\nAs I alluded to earlier, some students initially thought the self-directed writing was just a way to fill class time, but their attitudes changed as they began to interact with each other about their topics and to see their writing as integrally related to their learning.\r\n\r\nLet me begin with the self-directed writings. To be honest, I started out not wanting to write them. My first assumption was that these were time wasters. But as I began to write more of them, I started to enjoy what I was putting on paper. More of me began to come out and I have now begun to enjoy them. ... I do have to say that I would\'ve never reached this point in writing if not for all the self-directed writing we had to do in the first seven weeks. . . . The bottom line is that you got me to write without thinking I was; and that is what I loved most about the class.\r\n\r\nSelf-directed writing, as the student testimonials demonstrate, is one way to engage students by giving them choice and the freedom to write on topics important to them. It also serves to build a community of learners engaged in writing and communicating. It enables students to discover their voices as well as to extend their abilities as writers. At the end of the semester, I invite students Cartier Pasha Replica(http://www.fashion-replica.com/GoodsSeries/Pasha-145.html)  to perform a favorite piece in a. read-aloud to the class, writers sharing with other writers. I also invite students to submit two self-directed pieces for a class anthology, which I assemble along with brief biographical details about the writers. I have found that students are more open to learning the forms and conventions of academic writing when they know that their writing is valued and integral to their development as writers.\r\n

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