Intro:

o Define Multimedia
o How I’ve grown as a writer – evaluate using course outcomes &
personal goals.
o Good? – rhetorical knowledge
o Which ones do I need to work on?
o GOAL: (RHETORICAL KNOWLEDGE) I would like to learn how to
organize my thoughts and other sources of information with
technology
o GOAL (CRITICAL THINKING, READING, WRITING): Learn how
to collaborate well with others
o GOAL (PROCESSES): Distinguish how to use appropriate
technology for specific audiences
o GOAL (KNOWLEDGE OF CONVENTIONS): Learn how to write
and format in multiple genres & obtain a better understanding of
copyright laws.
o Sources used in the project (wordpress, blackboard, diigo, etc)

Course Outcomes
Image – mindmap?
o Rhetorical Knowledge
o Identify, articulate, and focus on a defined purpose
o Respond to the need of the appropriate audience
Combine
o Respond appropriately to different rhetorical situations
Image – GLOG screenshot?
 Website (some will want to use in depth some will want
to scan), Glogster (specific audience & purpose),
wordpress, blackboard discussions
o Use conventions of format and structure appropriate to
the rhetorical situation
 Image – CRAP screenshot?
 CRAP principles when creating a webpage (proj 2, glog, hw
CRAP
assignment screenshot)
o Adopt appropriate voice, tone, and level of formality
 CRAP method will give your web page a level of
sophistication and clarity to the viewer.

Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing

o Use information, writing, and reading for inquiry, learning,
thinking, and communicating
o Flew, website (working with peers, dif technologies), cc,
blackboard discussions, diigo, blog
 Social Nature of the internet allows communities to connect
and grow by sharing knowledge, ideas, goals and opinions
 The public domain allows the sharing of information and
ideas that are produced worldwide. This ensures access to
shared culture and knowledge.
o Integrate previously held beliefs, assumptions, and knowledge with
new information and the ideas of others to accomplish a specific
purpose within a context
o Cc, peer editing, project 2
o Virtual Communities: personal and political blogging, social
networks, community based websites allow us to gain knowledge
from each other by collaborating ideas and get the big picture.
 Peer reviews in blog

Processes
o GOAL: Distinguish how to use appropriate technology for specific
audiences
o Be aware that it usually takes multiple drafts to create and
complete a successful text
Combine
 o Projects – specifically glog… mindmap
o Develop flexible strategies for generating, revising, editing, and
proof-reading
o Peer reviews on wordpress (link out to page)
o Understand the collaborative and social aspects of research and
writing processes
o Project 2 - website
o One of the reasons people participate in online discussion groups
is to share ideas with a group of "like-minded people"
o Use appropriate technologies to manage data and information
collected or generated for future use
o Diigo/mindmap – help with brainstorm
o Wordpress – brought all info onto one document.
o Scribbd, animoto

Knowledge of Conventions
o GOAL: Learn how to write and format in multiple genres
o GOAL: I would like to obtain a better understanding of copyright laws
o Learn common formats for different genres
o Project 3 Analysis (executive summary, appendix)
o Project 2 – web page (crap, work on making things flow
throughout the page)
o Project 1 – glog – CRAP
o Wordpress – embedding/hyperlinking
o Develop knowledge of genre conventions ranging from structure
and paragraphing to tone and mechanics
o Project 1 – using steps, always start with action verb
o Project 2 – use dif formatting so people can scan or read
thoroughly
o Understand and apply legal and ethical uses of information and
technology including copyright and intellectual property
 Link out to creative commons, flickr
 Copyright discussions
o Copyright = all rights reserved, protects copyright owners, notifies
public of their ownership. -In affect moment they are created.
-Must ask permission to use work from owner.
o Fair use = the right to use copyrighted material without
permission or payment under certain circumstances. -To be
justified as fair, the social or cultural benefits must outweigh the
cost of the copyright owner.
o Creative Commons (cc) = free copyright license; specifies the parts
of your copyright you are willing to share with the public. Refines
your copyright. Allows for collaboration.
o Public Domain = commons of info where nothing is owned and all
is permited