Hell If I Know

Saturday, October 31, 2009

D#10 HW#12 Select Two Editing Stradegies

I choose "finding common errors" from the Purdue site. It went well it's funny how simple some of this stuff is you just have to take the time to do it. I also used daily writing tips and read my paper backwards. it helped me realize how some parts of it were not flowing or connected to the previous thought.

D#10 HW#11 Practice In-Text Citations

Strauss concludes that "the moral is that unless we show faculty members how technology can meet their needs, they won't consider using it."(CMS-8) While studying what community college faculty needed to incorporate technology into their instruction, Quick and Davies found faculty needed time, money, software, classroom computers (professor podium), department computer lab, and faculty technical support and training.(CMS-7) In discussing how to prepare college faculty for the incoming 'Net-generation of students Clayton-Pederson and O'Neill claim that "much of the learning technology innovation in higher education has been focused on K-12 teacher preperation and development" and that "more focus needs to be placed on preparing existing faculty for the future 'Net-generation students who will populate the twenty-first-century classroom."(CMS-6) They continue that call for action, claiming that "faculty's understanding of the teaching and learning power of technology needs to be increased" and "tools need to be developed to help faculty integrate technology into the carriculum."(CMS-6) Strauss, Quick and Davies, and Clayton-Pederson and O'Neil demonstrate that faculty first need blatant introductions to the new technologies themselves: what they are and what they can do.

D#10 HW#10 Understand Your Warrants

sex education should be required in schools because it will decrease they spread of disease and unplanned prgnancy among teens.

1.Does your warrent include one section for your claim and one for your reason.
yes
2.Does your warrant sufficiently connect you reason to your claim your reson to your claim.
yes
3.Will your intended audience undeniably agree with your warrant? why or why not?
yes, how can they not want people to be healthy.

* i just talked with my main homegirl she thinks i doing good.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

D#10 HW#9 Construct an Argument

Research question: Should sex education be required in schools?

Answer/thesis/claim: Sex education should be required in schools in an effort to decrease the spread of disease and unplanned pregnancy.

Ethos:appeals to credibility and authority.
Would your audience find appeals based on ethos to be persuasive? Where and how will you demonstrate your credibility and authority as an author?
*I plan to provide credible resources and explain my personal experiences with the topic to demonstarte authority as an author.

Pathos:appeals to emotions.
Would your audience find appeals based on pathos to be persuasive? Where and how will you include appeals to the audience's emotion?
*This one seems easy, you will strike a cord on different peoples emotions with different types of facts and with the different situations explained since everyone is different and will be able to level with you at some point.

Logos:appeals to reason and logic.
Would your audience find appeals based on logos to be persuasive? Where and how will you appeal to your audience through logic and reasoning?
*Again i will provide real life examples from credible resources.

Reason 1 uneducated young people contribute to the spread of STD's.
Warrant connecting reason 1 everything possible should be done to better the health of the population
Evidence 1 There are tons of statistics out there.
Warrant connecting evidence 1 to reason 1 people want to be healthy and we should arm them with the capability to do so.
Evidence 2 Opinions from teens and teachers.
warrant connecting evidence 2 with reason 1 give people the option to become educated.
Evidence 3 people who contract STD's or have an unplanned pregnancy wish the would have had the knowledge
warrant connecting evidence 3 to 1 there are testimonials out there of people saying their peace i will gather this info from blogs or something.

i get the point of this but its not really doing much for me to be honest, so I'm going to leave it at that.

D#10 HW#8 Develop Emotional Arguments

How and why are you invested in this topic? What motivates you to continue researching and writing about this topic when you are tired and worn out?
I've had experience with the topic good, bad , and indifferent. The importance of making people aware of the problem is what motivates me to continue researching when I'm tired and worn out. I really do believe its important for people to know, get involved, and get educated!

How and why are your audience members invested in this topic? How does this topic affect
-my audience members are invested because they are all affected.
*your audience members' finances?
-the taxes they pay go to programs to teach either abstinence only or comprehensive sex ed.
*your audience members' living situations?
-if they have kids, whether or not they are adequately educated about sex.
*your audience's families or close circles of friends?
-If they are informed and healthy individuals.
*your audience members' employment or employment processes?
-hmmm i just don't know about this one.

D#10 HW#7 Develop Your Authorial Ethos

What is your experience with this topic? Do you have first hand or detailed knowledge about the topic that gives you authority to research and discuss it?
-I've recently had a cousin who got pregnant at the age of 16. I had a very close friend contract an STD. Also i have received sex education and know the benefits versus someone who has not. So yes i do feel like i have the authority to research and discuss the topic.

What is your experience with your audience members? Do you have first-hand or detailed knowledge about them that will allow you to make explicit connections to their wants and needs?
-I have wrote blogs and Wp#1 and 2 and received feedback from my peers. I don;t really have much detailed knowledge about them =/

What resources have you located that demonstrate authority and credibility? Do you have resources by experts on the topic? Do you have research studies or experiments conducted by qualified researchers?
-I found a blog from a high school senior who talks about the topic, which is one of my target audiences and i feel like her opinion is valid. Also news reports and journal postings about government involvement. I don't really have much on studies because everything i found was done in other countries.

And finally, what would be most persuasive to your audience? Which members of your audience would be most persuades by an appeal based on credibility?
-I think first hand info would be most persuasuive, give people who haven't had much expirence an idea of whats going on out in the world. I feel like the parents and teachers would be most persuaded by an appeal based on credibilty since they are more critical.