May 10, 2022 Lesson Plan

Final Reflective Assignment (10 min)

Review assignment. Go to Blackboard to download prompt to review the two options.

 

Communal Reflective Activity (30 min)

Review the work you’ve done this semester, the course goals on the syllabus, lesson plans on our course website, previous Discord discussions, skim previous readings, and anything else related to our class.

Write at least one thing in response to the following on this Google Doc:

  • What stands out to you as most interesting that you’ve learned or thought about in class this semester?
  • What is the thing you have created (or are in the midst of creating) that you are most proud of? Why?
  • What is the “muddiest point” for you in terms of what we have done this semester? In other words, what is one thing that you are still unsure of, don’t understand, or don’t quite agree with from things we’ve explored this semester?
  • What is one thing you’d like to continue to work on in your writing, reading, data literacy and analysis, etc.?

 

 

Review and Campaign for Circulation (30 min)

Unit 1, Data, Meaning, and Consequences: February to early March:

  • getting to know data:  assumptions behind choices of categorizing, cleaning, and collecting data
  • Power and oppression behind choices in data collection, how these choices lead to consequences in the world
  • We thought about our own background (Literacy and Numeracy Narrative) and a critical analysis of a chosen data set (Data Set Critical Biography)

Unit 2, Analysis and Rhetoric: March to early April:

  • Doing preliminary analysis in mind and trying to incorporate lots of contextual knowledge (e.g., statistical methods, historical knowledge, cultural knowledge)
  • Being humble about what perspectives are and are not being included in data analysis
  • Emphasizing what the argument is through techniques like: amplification, quantitative comparison, leveraging emotion, using examples
  • Communicating contextual information
  • Considering genre and how that can help shape decisions in white papers or non-fiction essay writing
  • Thinking about document design, accessibility, and other factors to help meet audience expectations and keep them engaged

Unit 3, Visualization and Circulation: April to May:

  • Traditional data visualization in tables and charts, when to use what and why
  • Non-traditional data visualization moves (e.g., animation, color, size, design)
  • Considering misleading moves vs. doing good visual rhetoric in data visualization
  • Thinking about choices in text and communicating with data to increase rhetorical velocity and circulation: strategic composition for re-composition, making things “sticky”, making things “mobile

Throughout:

-getting feedback from me and peers

-having a plan for writing and revising

-Playing around with analysis and software, experimenting

-Taking risks and trying things out that you are interested to try in your writing

-Leaning on others for help

 

Activity

Work on your Campaign for Circulation for the next 20 minutes or so.

By 3:35pm, post on # may-10-2022 in Discord how at least one of the above bullet points under Unit 1, Unit 2, or Unit 3 is reflected in your Campaign for Circulation in some way.

 

 

Next Time (2-5 min)

-Bring in-progress draft of Campaign for Circulation project to class for peer review activity.

-Campaign for Circulation due end of day May 12

-Final reflective assignment due May 24

-All and any grade boost assignments due May 24

-Keep track of any missing work (see my email from Monday, May 2 that told you if I had missing work from you)

-Course Evaluation Survey