Lecture 35: Final Day of Classes

Hi everyone!

And here we are, on the very last day of ALES204 - I know you'll miss it! :)

REMINDER: Your E-portfolio is due today by 17:00. Please send the link to your blog to your TA. And, don't forget to include the links to your FIVE comments in your final blog post.


I'd like to thank you all for coming to class and participating both in class and through the class blog, your blogs and twitter. I'd also like to wish you all a lovely festive season. On that note, here is a video from 16 year old Winnipeg student Sean Quigley, who harnessed social media (youtube) and is now famous: a Canadian wintery rendition of The Little Drummer Boy.





On our last day, as mentioned, we will have the exciting Pecha Kucha presentations for the CSL students. They are going to share with us a little bit about what they've been working on this term. Perhaps you'll be so interested, you'll want to enroll in CSL in another term.

After the Pecha Kucha presentations I would like you all to take about 10 minutes to answer a survey I've created. I'm very interested to hear your thoughts on the course, what you learnt and perhaps what you would still like to learn. I'll use this information in my next course design! I appreciate your input and your participation.

You can fill in the form right here (scroll down a bit) or access the google doc (but of course!) here. Note, feel free to work with a partner.

And finally, we'll conclude our class with a special send-off from three of your classmates, Kelsey MacDonald, Julianna Damer and Annalise Young.

Lecture 32: Open Peer Review

Today we'll be doing some group work using the reading that was assigned for homework:

Lecture 32: Open Peer Review

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Lecture 31: Google Docs

Lecture 31: Google Docs

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Lecture 30: Interview Analysis

Today's lecture is going to be in two parts. Those of you who have been following along on Twitter, would have seen that we'll have fellow student, Ian McNeill tall us about some software development he's made using what he's learnt in #ALES204. Exciting!

 This is what Ian says about his presentation:

LMS stands for "Learning Management System" and is used in one form or another by practically every company today.  LMS software has a large variety of different purposes, but they all follow the same structural format (Information presentation followed by Testing and online).  Over the last year and a half I have been making my own LMS software and you will notice much of what we learned in ALES 204 has been incorporated into the presentations!

For the second half of the class (if time permits), we'll practise analysing an interview. You will have the opportunity to find an interview related to your interest or field, and then you can analyse it using a google doc which can be found here.

Note: PLEASE make sure you *save a copy* of the google doc rather than simply writing in it! more like a workshop where you'll have most of the class to practise what we've been covering all week.

Lecture 30 interview analysis short version

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Using Google for Research

During the lectures I often noted how useful google can be to find academic research. We talked about using google scholar and the advanced search function. With that in mind, I'm sure you'll appreciate this infographic from Jenica Rhee.



Created by: HackCollege

Lecture 26: E-Mail Etiquette

For fun, read this article by Ms. Mentor: "Don't E-Mail Me This Way"

Lecture 26 email etiquette

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Lecture 9: Speeches

UPDATE: Class is Cancelled Today! See you all on Wednesday.



Today is the introduction to our module on public speaking. We'll start the week's learning by listening to the momentous occasion of Obama's Inaugural Presidential Speech.

For us, they packed up their few worldly possessions and traveled across oceans in search of a new life.For us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the West; endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard earth.For us, they fought and died, in places like Concord and Gettysburg; Normandy and Khe Sahn.

You can also find the text of Obama's speech here.



Group Activity Web Quest Obama makes many historical references. What do you know about the topics in the table below? Google, and see what you can find out. Then fill in the google doc:

http://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?snapid=S273476RkWz



For the final activity, you will need to find some rhetorical/literary devices in Obama's speech. This handout here will be of help. Remember, leave your blog comments on this post.

AlES 204: Lecture 9 - Speeches

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The American Rhetoric website also has an audio recording of Obama's speech.