Week 2: 9/8
Morning. 
- Getting oriented to class and the use of tech for this synchronous class
- Google Meet link M,W, F (you can come to either 9 or 10, same link)
- How is the GroupMe going? Anything interesting? Do we have a link for the Spotify list? If so, here is my entry for the first set of music we each find interesting and want to share.
- Peter Wagner's Furrows project on Band Camp, special attention to new EP "Grey Cities" at Distrokid/Spotify
- This class journal space for reading! This platform is our text. I will post on M, W, F. We will look at the material together during class sessions. So, you can read after class as a follow up.
- Eli Review: sign up by Friday. See ELMS announcement day 1 for the link and class code.
- Did you listen to the Week 1 Round-up MP4? (llnk where you can download file). I posted on Friday in the class announcements.
Let's also get to know each other a bit with this Google slide set of introductions; please fill out a slide by Friday.
New you can use: "Dr. Fauci Answers your Biggest Questions" 1 hour podcast 9/8 In the Bubble, featuring Anthony Fauci, MD interviewed by Andy Slavitt (Wikipedia profile here).
Marybeth Shea
UPDATE: Link to Friday Round up MP4 file.
Friday, here, Next week we start our work on a memo. If you looked at the syllabus rationale, you have an idea where I am going with this assignment. This is the information we will work with next week.
Stasis theory and the rain garden memo
The structure and type of paragraphs you will write follow Aristotle's stasis theory (very much a system of analysis and action, like your scientific method steps):
- Stasis 1: Definition (what is a rain garden, briefly, by two functions)
- Stasis 2: Classification (what type of technology is this? Hint: low impact development and storm water management)
- Description (Illustrative; give detail on the layers of soil and the type of plants)
- include two examples; consider the ones on campus
- Where is stasis 3? TBD: hint -- practical causality
- Description (Illustrative; give detail on the layers of soil and the type of plants)
- Stasis 4: Evaluation (is this good or bad? Use Dr. Davis' research as you do not have authority to evaluate based on your expertise)
I would think you need about one source per these paras: classifying, illustrating, evaluating. Use (author, date) citation from APA guidelines. Include a works cited page also.
Audience scenario for this memo: Here is Jane, our boss. She asked for the memo at the end of our last staff meeting. (We are pretending, here.)
irst up! What is a memo?
By the way, the OWL website at Purdue is a fabulous resource for writing. Memos also have a standard format: See the image to the left. Also, look at the email heading in your software. This electronic message is based on the memo format.
Bonus question: what is the difference, traditionally, between a memo and a letter.
Topic Sentences: A list of qualities for you to strive for
- Usually a short direct sentence (think announcement)
- Signals the topic in the paragraph (think preview)
- Hooks the reader by 1) raising a question or 2) provoking thought
- Can be placed anywhere, but early on in the paragraph is the best default strategy for most professional documents; in other words, at the beginning of the paragraph
- Contains an element of transition from the previous paragraph
Sources? Guidance below but we will discuss extensively next week.
To start see the Low Impact Development Center, and an article by Dr. Allen Davis at the University of Maryland. You may also wish to use information from the Prince George's County Department of Environmental Resources.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO FIND OTHER SOURCES. You can read the Wikipedia entry as background BUT do not cite this source. Using Wikipedia to dive into the ocean of knowledge is a really good skill.
Knitting up from last week, let's look through this visual padlet together.
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