Dr. Pete Rorabaugh | English | Kennesaw State
Standard Assignments Alternate Assignments You may choose one of the following alternate assignments to substitute for any of those above with the exception of the reflective portfolio (which is required). The submission date of these alternate assignments are flexible depending on the timing of the activity on which they are focused.
Continue ReadingAs class begins: Announcements: For discussion in class today: “Democracy in the Wild” from the Welcome post in the first week of class. For completion by Sunday (2/1): Read any four articles in the AJC’s Politics section published this week (1/27-2/1) and be prepared for a class discussion on the bills with the most “buzz” […]
Continue Reading(Feb. 2-Feb. 8) In class: Activities to complete: Texts to read:
Continue ReadingWe only have class once this week (due to the MLK holiday on Monday). In class on Wednesday we will discuss the following: In class on Wed., 1/21 Activity: Gathering social media posts Reading/media for Mon., 1/26
Continue ReadingIn class Monday, 1/12, I’ll be doing brief introductions; then, I will be discussing: We will conclude with my description of an activity, due on Wed., which will require you to enter your Congressional level senators and reps and your State level senators and reps into a spreadsheet (look for that link in #activities on […]
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Welcome to our first class meeting; I’m using this post to share several resources that are important to starting our work together this week. This is a non-traditional class. We will be studying Georgia politics and the current General Assembly session through the lens of local stakeholders on social media, and we will be analyzing […]
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Continue ReadingThis series of blog posts (Phase One, Phase Two, and Phase Three) describe the writing process that I suggest and, to a small degree, require in ENGL 1102. Be sure that you’ve already closely read the descriptions of the major assignments for this class. Please read these Phase posts as a description of the best process […]
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Image courtesy of sagesolar via Flickr and Creative Commons Ethical image use is important for this class; it provides an important arena for distinguishing between what we can do and what we should do (with further connections to digital citizenship as an engaged practice). We’ll talk about the difference between copyright and the “copyleft” movement […]
Continue ReadingThis series of blog posts (Phase One, Phase Two, and Phase Three) describe the writing process that I suggest and, to a small degree, require in ENGL 1102. Be sure that you’ve already closely read the descriptions of the major assignments for this class. Please read these Phase posts as a description of the best […]
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