Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Daily Writing 2/24/11

What is the status of your NOFO? What do you need to do to have it complete by 5:00 pm on Feb 24? What is the status of your midterm reflection? What do you need to do to have it complete by next Monday (Feb 28)? How can we spend this class time working on these projects? What do you need to do on your own time or with your group? Write a plan of action outlining what you need to do for your NOFO, Midterm Reflection, and Midterm Portfolio.

Currently, are nofo is just about done. However, I do not know that 100 percent because, i was not at the last meeting due to time constraints. On Friday, Feb 24, we need to have the NOFO complete in its FINAL draft send to the committee no LATER than 5 pm. my midterm is moving along in its entirety. We should have the portfolio done by Monday, Feb 28. We can use this time today by going on the computer and being able to type the midterm up. When it comes to nofos, we can get together, look at the comments and see how we can make them better.

1) I have to find out what still needs to be done for the nofos,
2) Midterm: I need to expand and answers the questions in regards to it
3) I need to post the data on the Portfolio before the deadline.

Sunday, February 13, 2011

NOFO Blog for 2/14/11

What did you learn from this process?

What worked well about this process?

What needs to be improved? (Provide specifics)

How can you help improve this process?

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

R.A of an Item

Television

The item that I choose is what society has called a “Television” set. It comes from the mixed Latin and Greek origin, meaning "far sight”. This box has been used since the 1920's to transmit pictures and audio across great distances. Society has used TV's to spread the news and entertainment to our homes. Many televisions are just regular box-shaped metal based equipment, till signal gets transmitted to them. Most television has parts inside of them, including, tubes, glass, metals, etc. Most television used to be big and bulky, but over many years have become the size of the palm of your hand. They use to be plain but now are bright, flat screen, you have choices of LED, LCD, plasma, and maybe more .Television started off in black and white and transformed into colored in the mid 1900's. When regular program is not schedule to be on, networks (owners of TV “channels”) use commercials to extend air time.
Most people pay money to view television channels in order to watch their favorite shows, movies, news, sports, etc. however, before the early 2000's, many people could watch TV for free using analog wavelength signals. On the downside, society has started to look down a pond television commercials as a bad thing. This is become (in my opinion); people think that there is more commercial time than “normal” programming time. Because of this, many companies have place television programming (commercial-reduced/free) on other forms on media sources.
Many parents think that Television is a waste of time for their children because of all the violence and sex on television that they could be using their time more wisely. In my opinion, television can be neither good nor bad (among any technology really), it is how society uses it.

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Blog response to revision of NOFO 2/07/11

Write a blog response documenting what changes you made and how they were incorporated into the new NOFO.
Think about rhetoric and rhetorical analysis. What is the purpose of this NOFO? Be specific.
Who is the audience? Be specific.
  •  Victims of Domestic Abuse and local non profit looking into reducing domestic violence in our area.
What is the context?
What appeals and strategies are you using? Think about pathos, logos, ethos. What gives you credibility? How are you emotionally appealing to your audience? What are your logical appeals? Where could you add more information that would make your NOFO more effective? Be specific.
What still needs to be improved? (Provide specifics)
How can you help improve this process?
How can you peers improve this process?

"The Nature of Rhetorical Criticism" and "Doing Rhetorical Criticism" Questions

What is this reading about? What is the argument?
How does it relate to writing/communication and what you've learned in ENC 1101?
What is interesting about this reading?
What is confusing about this reading?
Similarities and differences between the readings?