Hi,

A quick reminder that this Friday (Nov. 30^th) is our showcase of the My Visual Story comic book projects you have been working on this fall term (based on your personal stories and working from the model of this year’s Common Reading The Best We Could Do graphic novel).  Again, please feel free to invite your friends and family to drop in between 12:15 and 1:20pm that day.

Best,

Robert

Hi,

Nothing all that complex for this week since we are not meeting this Friday!  Just a big reminder that your comics are due next Monday, November 26th before noon.  Bailey will be at the EMU Fishbowl (where Starbucks is on the northwest side of the EMU, Level 1 on this map: https://emu.uoregon.edu/map) that morning until 11:50am to pick up your copies in order to make extras for our November 30th showcase.

Also remember to make at least one copy on your own to bring into the Friday showcase.

If you have any questions and/or concerns please let me know immediately.  I will be out of town for the Thanksgiving break but will be able to check email here and there.

Enjoy the Holiday break!

Best,

Robert

Hi!

Hope everyone had fun at EuCon this weekend!

For this upcoming class we will be discussing how the term has gone for everyone.  Please bring in your Discussion Journal #4 for we will be using those questions about your goals and how the FIG has gone for you for our discussion prompts.

And also here is the listing of the remaining important dates for the rest of the term:

• Week 8 (Friday, November 16th) = Discussion and Reflection
  • Journal #4 DUE
• Week 9 = Thanksgiving no class
• Week 10 (Friday, November 30th) = Showcase!
  • Comics DUE: Monday November 26 before noon
  • You need to make ONE copy on your own to bring in to the showcase Nov. 30th

As always please let me know if you have any questions.

Best,

Robert

Hi,

Okay, this is the week I promise that we will be working on the comics!  So for our upcoming session Friday make sure to bring art supplies (pencils, pens, sketchbooks, paper, etc.), your comic book progress, and an energy to work on your comic book stories!  Again, I do have sketchbooks I will be bringing to the class session (8 ½ x 11 and 8 x 5.5 sizes).

And reminders from last week:

1. Thank you all for participating in last Friday’s discussion, and as I have noted already please keep thinking about ways in which to help facilitate discussions that are both engaging and inclusive of everyone’s voice.  There were excellent insights throughout the entire discussion, and I especially thought the conversations around the historical context informing Thi Bui’s narrative and art style of note.   Sounds like lots of interest about the Vietnam War, I recommend taking a class about it and watching documentaries about that history.  As was noted today it is a history I believe has been lost a bit with the passing of time.  I also thought the discussions about the Vietnamese landscape and culture now and then were very insightful and led to some great conversations about cultural and historical stereotypes, excellent topic to bring up Megan.
2. Name Your Achievement worksheets due next Friday at class.  I know some of you completed these already and sorry I got distracted and did not collect the completed ones but no issue at all bringing those next week.  But if you want feedback about your proposal sooner please feel free to email me a scan/photo of your worksheet.
3. Nominating other students for Achievements, love the idea!  Send those nominations to me via email.  Let me know who you are nominating (of course) and a few details about what the Achievement is for (1 = name it, and 2 = describe why and how you think it is important to the class).  And thank you Miranda for proposing that idea, that is my nomination for an Achievement and Miranda earns an Achievement for the “Nomination of Other Students for Achievements Idea” because her idea is important for the strengthening of the social bonding, collaborative, and collegial culture of our College Connections course.
4. Remember to meet with me at the time you scheduled for our individual appointments.  If you have questions about the time you signed up for please let me know.
5. IMPORTANT = Let Bailey know before noon Wednesday next week (November 7^th) if you need a room for the Watchmen screening social, and if you all arrange a room on the class chat you still need to let Bailey before noon Wednesday (November 7^th) that she does not need to arrange a room.

Best,

Robert