WRIT 3152 | Week One

In class Monday, 1/12, I’ll be doing brief introductions; then, I will be discussing:

1. The Welcome post activities and the general shape of the class
2. Our importance of our ongoing definition of a “stakeholder”
3. WordPress software and development
4. The differences between federal and state representation

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 Discord).

Don’t forget to complete all of the activities in the Welcome post required for Wed, 1/14 (including the AJC reading).

In class on Wednesday, 1/14, we will be:

1. Completing an index card activity.
2. Discussing what you learned by looking up your state rep. and state senator.
3. Orienting to WordPress and the differences between proprietary and open source software.
4. Discussing your AJC reading from the Welcome post (“Will Georgia lawmakers revive ..”)

Remember that we will not have class on Mon, 1/19, on the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.

For Wednesday please complete the following:

1. Read the book chapter from the Welcome post (“Democracy in the Wild”).
2. Read “The Georgia General Assembly begins the 2026 legislative session” in the AJC
3. Listen to Politically Georgia, “Back Under the Gold Dome” episode (33 mins).
4. Take a tour the Georgia General Assembly website to discover it’s functionality.
5. Work through the five lessons under the module “Getting Started With WordPress” on learn.wordpress.org.