https://padlet.com/gretchenrudham/gg6my4zvroyk8xxf A pandemic portal en-us 2020-09-05 01:15:57 UTC 2023-01-20 15:36:34 UTC hello@padlet.com gretchenrudham https://padlet.com/gretchenrudham/gg6my4zvroyk8xxf/wish/722318965 This semester, we will use our blogs as writing ritual. The blog is a space to conceptualize, reflect, and begin each class. It will also function like a digital portfolio to track our work and showcase our progress.
 ]]> 2020-09-05 01:18:36 UTC https://padlet.com/gretchenrudham/gg6my4zvroyk8xxf/wish/722318965 gretchenrudham https://padlet.com/gretchenrudham/gg6my4zvroyk8xxf/wish/722320976 As you read this article, keep in mind our discussion about what "academic writing" usually conjures in our mind.]]> 2020-09-05 01:22:02 UTC https://padlet.com/gretchenrudham/gg6my4zvroyk8xxf/wish/722320976 gretchenrudham https://padlet.com/gretchenrudham/gg6my4zvroyk8xxf/wish/722708746 This prompt is inspired by Black Digital Studies curriculum created by Dr. Faithe J. Day @ Purdue University. Her one unit was called "How It Feels to Be Black Digital Me"

I want you to choose a topic similar to this to write for our first week.
How it feels to be "+ descriptors" Me [in the Pandemic] [in the Trump Era] [in the Global Uprisings]...
There are many ways to narrow this down. Feel free to make it your own. ]]> 2020-09-05 16:39:17 UTC https://padlet.com/gretchenrudham/gg6my4zvroyk8xxf/wish/722708746 gretchenrudham https://padlet.com/gretchenrudham/gg6my4zvroyk8xxf/wish/722713591 As you tap into your voice, it is important to be rooted in your purpose as you move through this journey. I want us to begin week two by thinking about why you are here, at Morgan, in your program, in the educational world, in your research...all of it. Positionality is an important concept in research, but also for your writing voice. ]]> 2020-09-05 16:47:47 UTC https://padlet.com/gretchenrudham/gg6my4zvroyk8xxf/wish/722713591 gretchenrudham https://padlet.com/gretchenrudham/gg6my4zvroyk8xxf/wish/722716642 Baltimore's writer, Ta-Nehisi Coates is a great example of using conceptual thinking in writing. Please read his article that just came out as he was the editor of the latest Vanity Fair magazine. Come ready to discuss the concepts inherent in his work, and how it guides us as readers.]]> 2020-09-05 16:53:42 UTC https://padlet.com/gretchenrudham/gg6my4zvroyk8xxf/wish/722716642 gretchenrudham https://padlet.com/gretchenrudham/gg6my4zvroyk8xxf/wish/722717823 2020-09-05 16:55:44 UTC https://padlet.com/gretchenrudham/gg6my4zvroyk8xxf/wish/722717823 gretchenrudham https://padlet.com/gretchenrudham/gg6my4zvroyk8xxf/wish/722718207 As we read the piece by Adbul Alkalimat, reflect on your own positionality in your writing. What is he saying about being both subject and object of study? Does this apply to your work, your research interests or your studies? As you reflect on his work, be sure to consider the idea of retaining your voice, your positionality while also rooting your response in some direct snippets/quotes from his writing. ]]> 2020-09-05 16:56:30 UTC https://padlet.com/gretchenrudham/gg6my4zvroyk8xxf/wish/722718207 gretchenrudham https://padlet.com/gretchenrudham/gg6my4zvroyk8xxf/wish/785837358 Begin our warm up today by writing about all the different people, sources, factions, subgroups, or ideas that come to mind when I say BLACK LIVES MATTER. What comes to mind? Who comes to mind? Who should definitely be included in this discussion of BLM? ]]> 2020-09-28 20:13:57 UTC https://padlet.com/gretchenrudham/gg6my4zvroyk8xxf/wish/785837358 gretchenrudham https://padlet.com/gretchenrudham/gg6my4zvroyk8xxf/wish/822805743 We are going to write using one of our Lit Review "tables" today. Warm up today by writing about this prompt:
How does this table fit into the larger picture of your research? Why is it here? Who sits there? Give us an overview...]]> 2020-10-12 20:11:44 UTC https://padlet.com/gretchenrudham/gg6my4zvroyk8xxf/wish/822805743 gretchenrudham https://padlet.com/gretchenrudham/gg6my4zvroyk8xxf/wish/842696168 What are the main "concepts" for my Lit Review?
1) List the concepts (main ideas in words/small phrases from your source
2) Write a 1-2 sentence description of the concept. This description can include any of the following:

• definition in your own words of the concept
• its significance or connection to the overall topic
• how it relates to concepts before or after

]]> 2020-10-19 20:12:25 UTC https://padlet.com/gretchenrudham/gg6my4zvroyk8xxf/wish/842696168 gretchenrudham https://padlet.com/gretchenrudham/gg6my4zvroyk8xxf/wish/863522369 Warm up today by creating a list of authors that you plan to include or have included in your lit review thus far. 
List them and then include a category or label next to their name. For instance, Asa Hilliard III "Will to educate" or bell hooks "transgressive teaching". You will code or create categories to narrow down what these authors are talking about. You might have more than one category next to the author names. Create your list in order that you introduce them. ]]> 2020-10-26 20:26:47 UTC https://padlet.com/gretchenrudham/gg6my4zvroyk8xxf/wish/863522369