(T) 1-9 | Introduction to RCL II and classmates
Unit Five: “This I Believe” (TIB) |
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(R) 1-11 | Discuss “This I Believe” project | Read: TIB info on instructions and ‘About’ web link
https://thisibelieve.org/about/ Listen: To 2-3 TIB podcasts |
(T) 1-16 | Discuss TIB project and CI blog thread
TIB examples and discussion |
Read: Civic Issues blog thread information:
https://sites.psu.edu/rcl2hamilton/civic-issues-blog/ Brainstorm ideas for TIB
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(R) 1-18 | Creating a ‘personal narrative’
Peer discussion of TIB ideas Blogging Week 1 |
Read: Lamott, ‘Bird by Bird’
Bring: Draft of TIB ideas Post: CI1 & PAS1
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(T) 1-23 | Unit Six: Deliberating
What is Deliberation? Conversation and Discussion
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Read: Gastil, ‘Conversation and Discussion’
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(R) 1-25 | Discuss deliberation requirements
Blogging Week 2
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Post: CI2 & PAS2
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(T) 1-30 | Meet in W140 Pattee Library for tutorial on creating a podcast
Mediated Deliberation and Public Opinion Groups discuss deliberation topic options |
Read: Naming and Framing report
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(R) 2-1 | Toward a Deliberative Democracy
Groups present deliberation topics Blogging Week 3
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Due: TIB (script and podcast posted as a blog entry)
Read: London, ‘Thinking Together’ http://www.scottlondon.com/reports/dialogue.html Post: CI3 & PAS3 |
(T) 2-6 | Moderator training
Online incivility |
Read: Moderator Packet |
(R) 2-8 |
Research/framing of deliberation topics
Blogging, Week 4
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Read: Study about Deliberation Dynamics
Post: RCL1 |
(T) 2-13 | Facilitating a deliberation
Research/framing of deliberation topics
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Read: ‘The Role of Facilitator’ document
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(R) 2-15 | Test run of deliberation format
Blogging, Week 5
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Read: 2 articles on test run deliberation subject
Post: RCL2 |
(T) 2-20 | Issues with running a deliberation
Group deliberation preparation
Deliberation Nation takes place Mon. 2/19-Thur. 3/1
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Work on group’s deliberation Issue Guide; submit in advance of your group’s deliberation |
(R) 2-22 | No class meeting – attend deliberations | Prepare for your roles in your group’s deliberation
(No blogging this week) |
(T) 2-27 | No class meeting – attend deliberations
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(R) 3-1 | Discussion about deliberation experiences
Instructions for post-deliberation report |
(No blogging this week)
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3/5-3/9 | NO CLASS—SPRING BREAK | |
(T) 3-13 | Unit Seven: Persuasion and Advocacy
Differences between Deliberation and Persuasion |
Read: The Essential Guide to Rhetoric, chapter 4
Due: Post-deliberation reports |
(R) 3-15 | Persuasion and Civic Life
Discuss Persuasive Essay Assignment Blogging Week 6
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Read: Persuasive Essay instructions
Post: CI4 & PAS4
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(T) 3-20 | Research Strategies
Review formatting for scholarly papers
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Read: Chapter on Persuasion (pp. 134-148)
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(R) 3-22 | Discussion of topics/sources/evidence
Blogging Week 7 |
Post: RCL3
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(T) 3-27 | Considering audiences and modalities
Persuasive Fallacies Discuss Advocacy Project |
Read: Article about Persuasive Fallacies https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/fallacies/ |
(R) 3-29 | Advocacy project discussion and examples
Blogging Week 8 |
Read: Advocacy Project instructions
Post: RCL4 |
(T) 4-3 | More on Persuasion and Advocacy
Using graphics to persuade
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Read: TIME photo essay/article about domestic violence
http://time.com/3525038/photographer-as-witness-a-portrait-of-domestic-violence/
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(R) 4-5 | Peer discussion of Advocacy Projects
Blogging Week 9
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Due: Persuasive Essay
Post: RCL5
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(T) 4-10 | Unit Eight: Presenting Yourself
Introduce e-Portfolio Assignment Review Sample e-Portfolios
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Read: ePortfolio instructions
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(R) 4-12 | Presenting oneself online
Blogging Week 10
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Read: The Essential Guide to Rhetoric, chapter 7
Post: CI5 and PAS5
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(T) 4-17 | More on Presentation of Self
Do/Don’ts of e-Portfolios |
Read: Section 4 about online portfolios: https://www.e-education.psu.edu/styleforstudents/book/export/html/1797
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(R) 4-19 | Work on Advocacy Projects/final e-Portfolios | Work on Advocacy Project
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(T) 4-24 | Present Advocacy Projects (1)
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Due: Advocacy Project
Due: Link to Final e-Portfolio (site is created and published, not completed) |
(R) 4-26 | Present Advocacy Projects (2)
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Final e-Portfolio completed
by 10 am on Monday April 30 |