Our group is continuing the with our website project. Today we continued to research around the internet, and we even have downloaded necessary software for our website. It is looking positive.
Clint is going to cover recreation. He has been following intramurals and will giving reviews on several other college sports and activities.
Whitney is in charge of dining. She will write reviews based on experience, atmosphere, and quality of food. Her posts will give the reader a good idea of where to eat for good prices.
Courtney is in charge of the entertainment section as well as the classes and activities offered at Tech. Her entertainment focus will be for Tech students and she is going to review the classes and other activities offered to students at the rec center on campus.
WIll is in charge of education at Texas Tech.
Zach is in charge of financial information for new students. I am going to be downloading wordpress and getting a jump start on our website.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Carver
My writing, well I think it is becoming a lot more fun. Although, I really must say, I wouldn't exactly find it the most scholarly if I were someone else.
You see, recently, my writing has been very blog worthy. Which is ok, because a lot of my writing is done through blogs. It is a precise mirror of my opinions.
I write everyday. Half the time for work as a sports and feature writer for Frenshiptoday.com, and the other half of the time just for the heck of it.
I guess you could say that I agree with a few things Carver is saying. For instance, don't write if you are going to be in a rush.
I write for work on a constant deadline, and it shows papers I begin Tuesday afternoon when we are about to go to press.
I write for fun at my own pace, and likewise, it shows. My thoughts are thought out, and I am overall pleased with my writing.
I don't agree with Carver when he says a piece should be write the first time around. I can't begin to explain how good of friend the "delete" button is. All great writers revise.
You see, recently, my writing has been very blog worthy. Which is ok, because a lot of my writing is done through blogs. It is a precise mirror of my opinions.
I write everyday. Half the time for work as a sports and feature writer for Frenshiptoday.com, and the other half of the time just for the heck of it.
I guess you could say that I agree with a few things Carver is saying. For instance, don't write if you are going to be in a rush.
I write for work on a constant deadline, and it shows papers I begin Tuesday afternoon when we are about to go to press.
I write for fun at my own pace, and likewise, it shows. My thoughts are thought out, and I am overall pleased with my writing.
I don't agree with Carver when he says a piece should be write the first time around. I can't begin to explain how good of friend the "delete" button is. All great writers revise.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
The artifacts
Artifact #1: http://raiderj84.blogspot.com/
I was told about this blog a few semesters ago when I was taking a class. I never really looked at it in depth until this class. I was told it was a good source to find out things to do in Lubbock if you are new to the town.
*The artifact is aiming to show people good places to hang out in Lubbock
*I discovered it from a class I took a few semesters ago
*I feel it tells us good places to eat and drink in Lubbock. Since freshmen are not old enough to drink, I don't think this is a good site for our project.
*Podcasting to Freshmen would be a pretty cool idea. I think we would just need to change the content.
* I rank this a 4. Freshmen still need to know where to find good eats. It helps the pocket book.
Artifact #2. http://collegeuniversity.suite101.com/article.cfm/college_freshman_year_101
*This artifact attempts to give Freshmen a heads up before entering college.
*I typed in "College Freshmen 101" at google to find this.
*This give good information to freshmen. I think it tells them the main things they need to know for an overall freshmen experience. It isn't aimed towards Texas Tech by any means so we would need to tweak it. Also, it isn't necessarily provided at a website i see a lot of freshmen going too.
*I think we should add multimedia to this information. And put it in the faces of Tech freshmen.
*I give this an eight.
Artifact #3. http://www.homeslyce.com/guide.php
*The artifact is a forum for students to discuss things that may have helped them out their freshmen year.
*I found this artifact the same way I did the second artical.
*I think this site is pretty cool. It lets the students interact with other students who have been in the same situations they have been in. Once again, I have never heard of Homeslyce.com.
* It can be revised by putting it places more accessible to Texas Tech Students.
*I give this an eight also.
I was told about this blog a few semesters ago when I was taking a class. I never really looked at it in depth until this class. I was told it was a good source to find out things to do in Lubbock if you are new to the town.
*The artifact is aiming to show people good places to hang out in Lubbock
*I discovered it from a class I took a few semesters ago
*I feel it tells us good places to eat and drink in Lubbock. Since freshmen are not old enough to drink, I don't think this is a good site for our project.
*Podcasting to Freshmen would be a pretty cool idea. I think we would just need to change the content.
* I rank this a 4. Freshmen still need to know where to find good eats. It helps the pocket book.
Artifact #2. http://collegeuniversity.suite101.com/article.cfm/college_freshman_year_101
*This artifact attempts to give Freshmen a heads up before entering college.
*I typed in "College Freshmen 101" at google to find this.
*This give good information to freshmen. I think it tells them the main things they need to know for an overall freshmen experience. It isn't aimed towards Texas Tech by any means so we would need to tweak it. Also, it isn't necessarily provided at a website i see a lot of freshmen going too.
*I think we should add multimedia to this information. And put it in the faces of Tech freshmen.
*I give this an eight.
Artifact #3. http://www.homeslyce.com/guide.php
*The artifact is a forum for students to discuss things that may have helped them out their freshmen year.
*I found this artifact the same way I did the second artical.
*I think this site is pretty cool. It lets the students interact with other students who have been in the same situations they have been in. Once again, I have never heard of Homeslyce.com.
* It can be revised by putting it places more accessible to Texas Tech Students.
*I give this an eight also.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
scoring guides vs rubrics
Scoring guides give you a pretty cut and paste idea of how many points certain criteria is worth for an A in the class.
Likewise, grading rubrics give you a flexible idea of what it takes to get an A in this course.
What do I feel is more beneficial in this class?
How about neither.
This is the first class I have taken where the teacher has said "How do you want to be graded?" It is also the first class that the teacher said on the first day "Do the work, and I am not one to give out a B."
With that in mind, its simple to me. We don't need a rubric. We need to do the project WE decided upon, and do it well. We need to get excited about the topic we decided upon, and show it through our work.
This class does not work like other classes. The reason this class, and Dr. Rice's experiment if you will, works so well, is because it relies on upperclassmen to act like upperclassmen. It requires students like us who give a damn about their education and are willing to put aside the grading charts to get some hands on experience. We do that, and our knowledge of the topic will come. We will be smarter for it, and more reliable. Oh, and to make things better, its going to show through our projects the effort we put into it. Not the effort to get an A, but the effort to impact the freshmen.
I say forget the rubrics and scoring guides. If you seriously must have something to go off of. Set your highest ability as the goal. Or if that doesn't work, compete to have a better project than group one. Because I can vouch that there is going to be some high quality work coming from our way.
Likewise, grading rubrics give you a flexible idea of what it takes to get an A in this course.
What do I feel is more beneficial in this class?
How about neither.
This is the first class I have taken where the teacher has said "How do you want to be graded?" It is also the first class that the teacher said on the first day "Do the work, and I am not one to give out a B."
With that in mind, its simple to me. We don't need a rubric. We need to do the project WE decided upon, and do it well. We need to get excited about the topic we decided upon, and show it through our work.
This class does not work like other classes. The reason this class, and Dr. Rice's experiment if you will, works so well, is because it relies on upperclassmen to act like upperclassmen. It requires students like us who give a damn about their education and are willing to put aside the grading charts to get some hands on experience. We do that, and our knowledge of the topic will come. We will be smarter for it, and more reliable. Oh, and to make things better, its going to show through our projects the effort we put into it. Not the effort to get an A, but the effort to impact the freshmen.
I say forget the rubrics and scoring guides. If you seriously must have something to go off of. Set your highest ability as the goal. Or if that doesn't work, compete to have a better project than group one. Because I can vouch that there is going to be some high quality work coming from our way.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Rowdy Raiders
I would like to work on a Rowdy Raider topic.
I don't think the idea was getting through to the class because we were stuck on the "Integrity of Tech" for some reason.
Forget the word integrity. There are so many other words that can be used in that place to actually interest students.
I am thinking that this project should be fun and enjoyable to work. Especially if we are going to be doing it all semester. A lot of fun things can be done with school spirit and promoting it.
The saddle tramps would be good to analyze for this.
I don't think the idea was getting through to the class because we were stuck on the "Integrity of Tech" for some reason.
Forget the word integrity. There are so many other words that can be used in that place to actually interest students.
I am thinking that this project should be fun and enjoyable to work. Especially if we are going to be doing it all semester. A lot of fun things can be done with school spirit and promoting it.
The saddle tramps would be good to analyze for this.
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