Resources

RCL II

BLOGGING

Cultural Commentary Sources

BELIEVING

Sample “This I Believe” podcasts from National Public Radio

Sample “This I Believe” podcasts from Penn State RCL

Memory Diving Exercise for This I Believe

Tips for Composing the “This I Believe” podcast

“The Lake Isle of Inisfree” with Sir Anthony Hopkins  W.B. Yeats, and Renee LaTulippe and Adrian Dunbar

“When You Are Old” by Colin Farrell and Cillian Murphy

This I Believe Draft Workshop

The Paramedic Method for_Sentence_Revision-1

DELIBERATING

Problem Types Overview

Traits of Effective Framing

Core American Values

Facilitating Deliberations 

Ground Rules for Deliberation

NIF Moderating PowerPoint

Post Deliberation Questionnaire Sample

Deliberation Nation Schedule

Draft Workshop Guide for Deliberation

Sample Deliberation Approach Videos: Food Waste Overview, Approach 1: Changing Purchasing Patterns; Approach 2 Educating Students; Approach 3: Food Banks

Sample Online Deliberation: Collegiate Mental Health

Sample Online Deliberation: Reducing Sexual Assault at Penn State

Post Deliberation Report MN

 

 PERSUADING AND ADVOCATING

Library Resources Page for RCL

Purdue Owl Chicago Style Generator

Easy Bib Chicago Style Generator

Sample Student Issue Briefs

Sample Issue Briefs, Advocacy Projects, and Think Tank Pages from Penn State RCL

Sample Issue Brief: The Center for American Progress, Windpower

Sample Issue Brief: The Center for Amercian Progress, LGBTExecutiveOrder

Issue Brief Introduction Draft Workshop

Issue Brief Extended Draft Workshop 

Sample Infograph advocacy

Bad infographics to avoid

Sign up form for Adobe Creative Cloud

Another place for Adobe Creative Cloud

SELF-PRESENTING: THE E-PORTFOLIO

Tim’s E-portfolio 

Weebly vs. Wix Review

Blurb Reduction!

Checklist for Common Prose Errors

Grammar Quiz

Dictionary.com Grammar Quiz

Real-World Grammar and Spelling Fails

Grammar and usage memes