WRD 110

1. WRD 110 MWF 10-10:50 AM 212 Classroom Bldg. Instructor: Travis Martin

2. Citing Videos • In-Class Practice: “How to Pick a Lock” • Discuss the Standards for Draft 1 of the Web-Text • Class Activity • Recap • Homework • Questions at the End… What are we going to do today?

3. Like traditional sources, the MLA has specific guidelines for citing video and giving credit. • Short videos in “Quotation Marks” • Films Italicized • In-Text: Non-Print Sources only use (“Title of the Video”) to give credit. • Citation is more of an art than a science; you could include minute and second (i.e. 5:23) if you wanted to give more details. • Works Cited: MLA 2009 Handbook section 5.7.1 • One example: • “The Phantom of Corelone.” Narr. Steve Kroft. Sixty Minutes. CBS. WBCBS, New York, 10 Dec. 2006. Television • A Youtube Video • "Research is Boring...Not!" Youtube. 1 June 2011. Web. 25 June 2011. Citing a Video

4. Watch the following video • Outline the main parts (remember that part of analysis) • Take two word-for-word quotes (best you can without rewinding) • Cite the Source as you would in a Works Cited page • Turn it in at the end of class and I will add it to your homework grades • Attention to Detail!!! Activity!!!

5. How to Pick a Lockby HowCast on Youtubehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otJgS98HEyE

6. Example of an in-text citation • Works Cited • Outline What did you come up with?

7. You will submit your work in three stages: • Draft 1 as a Word Document (individual) • Draft 2 as a Word Document (individual) • Draft 3 as a WordPress Page (with your partner) Project 2 Web-Text

8. Rubric Available on Blackboard • Grades the following criteria on a scale of 1-4: • Identifies a topic within a broader subject; establishes a working thesis • Clear primary purpose: Inform, Entertain, or Persuade • Two Hyperlinks/Hypertexts(four required on draft two) • Two Images with explanations of how they are effective rhetorically(four required on draft two) • One Interview • 3 Additional Sources (five required on draft two) • 1500 Words(2500 required on draft 2) • Functions Technologically • Submitted through Blackboard as a Digital Document Draft 1 (Individual)

9. A Word document using the same MLA standards as project 1 • Partner Boundaries • You may share research • You may peer-edit until the cows come home • You may not share the same paper • You may not share the same interpretations and analyses of sources • Work Ahead (save time) • The rubrics for Draft 2 and the Combined Draft are already up • Shoot for Draft 2’s standards and you will do great on Draft 1 • Start working on your WordPress page as you progress Draft 1 (Individual)

10. How long does it usually take you to decide what to watch on television? • Channel Surfing • The entire length of a show • Could’ve just watched something, right? • How many times do you check your Facebook/Twitter pages while working on your papers? • Could you have written the paper in the amount of time you spent surfing the web? • What does this tell us about the modern reader of a web-text? Understanding Audience

11. Understanding Audience • Sometimes figuring out how to appeal to your audience begins with figuring out what appeals to you. • I’ve said that it is usually best to stick with what you know. • In college, it can seem like that’s not much, considering the types of papers you are asked to write. • But that’s what research is for. Let’s assume that no one in the room is a sociopathic weirdo… • Just assume it, okay! Activity: “Know Thyself”

12. What is your definition of a “good day”? • Where do you want to be in 5 years? • What do you do for fun? • What are your political beliefs? • How important is your religion? • What is your economic background? • Are you an optimist or a pessimist? • Briefly describe your philosophy on life? Answer the Following Questions in a Few Words Each-- 3 Minutes

13. Rank the eight answers based on how closely you feel your answers align with your friends and family (one being the closest level of alignment) • Pick your two lowest and your two highest scores • Partner up with the person next to you • One partner explain why the things you scored low reflect your “sameness” and the other partner explain why the things you scored high reflect your “weirdness.” Sameness vs. Weirdness5 Minutes

14. How accurate did your partner’s preconceived notions turn out to be? Sameness? Weirdness? How can having an accurate sense of self-perception help in the writing process?

15. Sameness • Strength: The ability to relate to your audience • Weakness: Assuming to much about your audience • Weirdness • Strength: The ability to intrigue and teach NEW things • Weakness: Not understanding what others expect • Everyone is a little weird and everyone is a little the same Things to Keep iN Mind

16. How might our writing capitalize upon both our sameness and our weirdness? Ideas? Weirdo

17. It’s hard to write in a vacuum • You may be an expert on being weird • But you may not realize that you share a lot in common with the people around you • After all: You are all in the same class, go to the same school, are similar age, …. • Knowing your audience means knowing their expectations • Your web essays need to cater to those expectations but also push the boundaries a little, to keep their attention Analyzing Audience

18. Citing Videos • In-Class Practice: “How to Pick a Lock” • Discussed the Standards for Draft 1 of the Web-Text • Analyzing Audience • Know Thyself Recap

19. Homework • Continue Drafting of web-text essay • Review: • Student example of symposium comm.uky.edu/dropbox/ActuationExampleMOV.zipInstructions:When you download and open the .zip file, you'll see a file and a folder. I had to copy the file onto to my desktop, and rename it to something with a .mov extension.

20. Questions????