Hi,

For this week we are shifting back our focus on working on your comics.  Remember to look through and check off your progress on your Journal #7.  And again this Friday will be an “open” studio work session, so bring your comic pages and art supplies.

Also we will try and set aside a little time this Friday for Giovanna to help you all discuss any ENG 280 (or ENVS 203) topics from the week that have been especially challenging.  Along those lines after the “Continue reading →” jump for this posting are my notes from our brainstorming session last Friday.

As always please let me know if you have any questions and/or concerns.

Best,

Robert

Notes From Friday, November 8th Class Discussion

• Key Challenges/Questions:
  • What does the instructor want from us in terms of our articulation of our learning?
    • Can we figure out how to approach him?
      • Office Hours? (UO resources about office hours: https://studentlife.uoregon.edu/node/381050)
    • What are scholarly sources the instructor wants us to use?
      • Google Scholar
      • Use the articles he assigned
      • Hatfield/McCloud (found this nice Prezi presentation on the “An Art of Tensions”: https://prezi.com/gsh57toqxde6/an-art-of-tensions/ but just do not cite it as a scholarly source!)
      • Secondary?
      • Library is helpful/databases/work with Libraries:
        • http://researchguides.uoregon.edu/getting-started
        • http://researchguides.uoregon.edu/uo-library-search-help
        • https://library.uoregon.edu/
    • Where to start for essay?
  • Strategies for overcoming challenges:
    • Using each other in this FIG as resource:
      • To understand something confusing
      • Asking for clarification
      • Getting different perspectives
      • Essay talking through time, feedback about thesis, getting different perspectives
      • Essays assigned reading with someone else to further understand content
    • Specific ‘action items’:
      • Sharing notes in group chat (All)
      • Really utilize group chat, don’t be afraid to go there (Maggie)
      • Sharing notes in Google doc (Nicolette)
      • Take a few minutes in College Connections class to discuss (Giovanna)
      • Peer edit time together before papers are due (Emily)