• Week 1 Date Topical Course Outline Topical Overview & Related Assignments 04/07 Note: This is subject to change throughout the quarter. Estimated Expected Hours Outside of Class TOPIC: UNLEARNING 4 In class: • • • Introductions Read “Unlearning” and discuss Course overview Homework Due: None! 1 04/09 TOPIC: ELEMENTS OF PODCASTS In class: • Listen to three NYT podcasts and discuss similarities and differences Homework Due: • • 2 04/14 Read: “On Confronting the Unknown” Habits Journal: Confronting the Unknown TOPIC: JOINING ACADEMIC CONVERSATIONS In class: • • Joining academic conversations Look at Radiolab maps Homework Due: • Habits Journal: Radiolab questions and map 4 • 04/16 Write: NTKs. Write what you think you personally need to know in order to complete your Be Interesting podcast project. TOPIC: STORYTELLING In class: • Examine effective storytelling in podcasts and arguments Homework Due: • 3 04/21 Write: Your Question. Post to discussion forum on Blackboard. TOPIC: MAKING CONNECTIONS In class: • • Make Connections (discuss the three most important words) Read Sample Paper Homework Due: • Bring three photographs to class. (These can be photos you took yourself or photos you find on the internet or a mixture of both. The photographs do not all have to be meaningful in the same way.) • • 04/23 Read first page of sample paper and answer grading questions. Respond to discussion board. Ask questions and identify which questions you find interesting. TOPIC: GOING DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE In class: • • Read email from student and discuss how is his research like “going down the rabbit hole.” Discuss finding and using thought-provoking sources in 4 • our podcasts Format an APA reference page Homework Due: • 4 04/28 Habits Journal: Visual Microstories TOPIC: QUOTING OTHERS In class: • • Colbert quotation Quoting others template Homework Due: • • Habits Journal: Going Down the Rabbit Hole and Finding Crosscurrents. Project*: List two sources that go beyond finding information. 26. Write your project’s question at the top of the page. 27. Write each source in APA format. 28. Describe the main idea of each source and how you might use the two sources. * This is one of the milestones in your project. 04/30 TOPIC: PLANNING A PODCAST In class: • • Discuss how to plan your podcast Listen to Hidden Brain or This American Life https://www.thisamericanlife.org/538/is-this-working • Discuss: What is the question this episode focuses on? What components do the producers use during this segment? How can a rough outline like this one help them plan their podcasts? Homework Due: 4 • Project*: Quote a source you might use in your project. Introduce the source and explain the quotation using the templates. * This is one of the milestones in your project. 5 05/05 TOPIC: PODCAST OPENINGS Midterms In class: • • Look at different openings. Talk about podcasts that we outlined Homework Due: • Write a podcast plan for ONE podcast listed below (your choice!): “Depression Memes and Me” by Zuheera Ali https://soundcloud.com/zuheera-ali128176275/depression-memes-and-me-why-istopped-looking-at-depression-memes “How Positive Stereotypes Hurt Asian-Americans Like Me” by Amber Ly on Youth Radio https://yr.media/news/how-positive-stereotypes-hurtasian-americans-like-me/ “Eyes Off the Goal” by Edward Munoz on Radio Rookies https://www.wnyc.org/story/eyes-goal-when-sportsrule-and-school-suffers/ “So Chocolate Bar” by Kind World (there are a few podcast previews before the episode starts) https://www.wbur.org/kindworld/2016/04/14/kindworld-22-so-chocolate-bar 4 05/07 TOPIC: AGREEING/DISAGREEING WITH SOURCES In class: • • Agreeing/disagreeing/…or both agreeing and disagreeing with sources Discuss how to answer “So what? Who cares?” in your podcast Homework Due: • • 6 05/12 Project*: Write the introduction of your podcast, joining a conversation using one of the templates. Habits Journal: The World Upside Down. TOPIC: ONE-ON-ONE MEETING 4 In class: • Have one-on-one meeting to discuss your podcast plan Homework Due: • Project: Write a Podcast Plan* for your project. * This is one of the milestones in your project. 05/14 TOPIC: INTERVIEWING AND RECORDING In class: • • Practice Interviewing & using a smartphone to record Record a three-minute interview Homework Due: • • 7 05/19 Habits Journal: A Failure to Understand Agree or disagree with one of your sources TOPIC: EDITING SOFTWARE 4 In class: • • • Learn editing software Turn 3-minute interview into a 1-minute podcast Debrief about using the editing software. How did it go? Where did you stumble? What did you learn? (If there’s time, we’ll play a few of the one-minute podcasts for the class.) Homework Due: •&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ; Habits Journal: A Quiet Place of Your Own • • 05/21 Reflection Transcript of 3-minute interview TOPIC: WORKDAY (No class meeting) In class: • • Work on projects Optional meetings with me Homework Due: • 8 05/26 Edit your 3-minute interview into a 1-minute practice podcast. Upload it to SoundCloud and send me the link. (You can set your podcast to “private” if you choose.) TOPIC: ROUGH DRAFT In class: • Peer review Homework Due: • Project*: Rough draft * This is one of the milestones in your project 4 05/28 TOPIC: Post-Draft Outline In class: • • One-on-one meetings to discuss drafts Comments are handed back on drafts Homework Due: •&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ; Habits Journal: The PostDraft Outline (include photograph) • 9 06/02 Peer review questions on your classmate’s paper TOPIC: REVISION In class: • • • Revision Sounds Finding your radio voice Homework Due: • Project*: Revision * This is one of the milestones in your project 06/04 TOPIC: WORKDAY (No class meeting) In class: • • Work on projects Optional meetings with me Homework Due: •&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ; Habits Journal: A History of Failure. • Habits Journal: The Post-Draft Outline (include photograph) 4 10 06/09 TOPIC: FINAL DRAFT In class: • • Listening party Extra credit for volunteers to share their podcast Homework Due: • Final Draft of Podcast project Submit: 1) The final draft of the transcript and 2) The SoundCloud link to the podcast audio. 06/11 TOPIC: WORKDAY In class: • • Work on final reflection Optional meetings with me Homework Due: • Comment on two classmates’ podcasts 5
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