Category: Post Prompts

Professional Bio

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Directions

Respond to the prompt in 200-300 words. Please include at least one photo of yourself in addition to the prose text.

Prompt

Please write a short biography of your professional accomplishments and interests.  Your bio should include the following: Your name; current position and what it is/what you do; company or school name and what they are/do; one professional accomplishment; briefly state your values or work philosophy, and how your values/philosophy inform your career.

Since the audience you imagine writing this for will shape your choices, please consider the following as you write: should you write the Bio in first or third person? Should you show what kind of person you are outside of work? Can/should you include examples, if so what kind? Should you include “jokes” and/or what sort of tone should you use?

Tools

To set up your Blog go to https://classblogs20.iac.gatech.edu/wp-iac-signup.php (Links to an external site.). Please see the IAC Blogs How-To Slideshow for more on how to create and configure IAC Class Blogs.

Assessment

As long as you publish your post to your IAC WordPress class blog on or before the assigned time/date, you will earn full points per document. Remember these activities are designed to develop skills we will use throughout the class and in the major projects. The documents also provide an opportunity for invention and revision.

Submission

Paste the URL from the post on your IAC WordPress site into the field in the Canvas Assignment Page. Don’t hesitate to email me with any questions if you run into any technical problems.

 

Key Term Definition

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Directions

Respond to the prompt in 400-500 words. Please include at least one in-text citation from the assigned class readings.

Prompt

The authors we have read so far this semester investigate terms key to environmental communication. For this short response, choose a key term from one of the readings (e.g., sustainability, risk communication, futurity, green infrastructure, etc.) and define the term according to both the author(s) we read. After you define the term, please respond to the following: how does the term you chose shape relationships between experts and audiences.

Tools

To set up your Blog go to https://classblogs20.iac.gatech.edu/wp-iac-signup.php (Links to an external site.). Please see the IAC Blogs How-To Slideshow for more on how to create and configure IAC Class Blogs.

Assessment

As long as you publish your post to your IAC WordPress class blog on or before the assigned time/date, you will earn full points per document. Remember these activities are designed to develop skills we will use throughout the class and in the major projects. The documents also provide an opportunity for invention and revision.

Submission

Paste the URL from the post on your IAC WordPress site into the field in the Canvas Assignment Page. Don’t hesitate to email me with any questions if you run into any technical problems.

 

Annotated Bibliography

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Directions

Please cite and annotate 2-3 scholarly sources you plan to incorporate into the final draft of your Paper. Please see the Week 3 Supporting Materials and Class Plan for annotation models and how to locate and assess scholarly sources.

Prompt

Please respond to the following to compose your annotations:

  • 1. Cite the scholarly sources in APA format
  • 2. In 1-2 sentences provide a general overview of the aims/scope of the article or book chapter, e.g., what are the main claims/goals OR what hypothesis does the article test?
  • 3. In 1-2 sentences describe the qualifications of the author(s), e.g., what are their institutional affiliations and/or where was the article or book published?
  • 4. In 1-2 sentences explain the author(s) methodology and briefly cite a passage that supports your annotation of the article or book chapter. (You may want to choose a citation that you can also use in your Paper)
  • 5. In 1-2 sentences, evaluate the relative success of the article or book chapter, e.g., how well did the author(s) meet the goals they established for themselves AND/OR explain how well (or not) the article or chapter will support your research.

Tools

To set up your Blog go to https://classblogs20.iac.gatech.edu/wp-iac-signup.php (Links to an external site.). Please see the IAC Blogs How-To Slideshow for more on how to create and configure IAC Class Blogs.

Assessment

As long as you publish your post to your IAC WordPress class blog on or before the assigned time/date, you will earn full points per document. Remember these activities are designed to develop skills we will use throughout the class and in the major projects. The documents also provide an opportunity for invention and revision.

Submission

Paste the URL from the post on your IAC WordPress site into the field in the Canvas Assignment Page. Don’t hesitate to email me with any questions if you run into any technical problems.

 

Paper Draft

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Directions

Please upload a 2-3 pages of your essay draft  to your peer review group in Canvas.

Prompt

How does the language experts use to transmit environmental devastation to various audiences constrain and enable both efficacious communication and the implementation of environmentally beneficial projects? To respond to this question choose and define a term or terms key to one or more of the readings for the first unit and develop your claim through the analysis of a project or communications campaign. Be sure to include citations from both the in-class reading at least 2 more academic sources.

Tools

To set up your Blog go to https://classblogs20.iac.gatech.edu/wp-iac-signup.php (Links to an external site.). Please see the IAC Blogs How-To Slideshow for more on how to create and configure IAC Class Blogs.

Assessment

As long as you publish your post to your IAC WordPress class blog on or before the assigned time/date, you will earn full points per document. Remember these activities are designed to develop skills we will use throughout the class and in the major projects. The documents also provide an opportunity for invention and revision.

Submission

Paste the URL from the post on your IAC WordPress site into the field in the Canvas Assignment Page. Don’t hesitate to email me with any questions if you run into any technical problems.

 

Proposal Abstract

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Directions

Write a Project Summary OR Abstract to help you develop and hone your topic and begin collecting sources. You can complete the assignment in any tool you choose: just upload the URL from a blog post or Google Doc, .docx, or .pdf to the Canvas assignment page.

Prompt

Collect

  • Find: 2 or 3 source articles related to your group’s chosen topic, which include abstracts
  • Provide a citation for the article in APA

Analyze

  • Read: the abstracts carefully and skim the articles as needed
  • Identify: Is the abstract effective at conveying information, why or why not? What could have been included, but was not? What should have been excluded or replaced?

Write

Write an abstract for your Proposal, as you envision it so far, in 150-200 words. Be as thorough as possible at this early stage and follow the guidelines laid out in Hewitt:

    • Open with a statement of what work needs to be done/what problem needs to be solved
    • Describe the methods that will be applied to the problem
    • Encourage your audience to care about your project, i.e., the problem, and your solution
    • Explain the context of the problem (and also your solution)
    • Finally, describe your unique contribution AND/OR possible application of your solution



Tools

To set up your Blog go to https://classblogs20.iac.gatech.edu/wp-iac-signup.php (Links to an external site.). Please see the IAC Blogs How-To Slideshow for more on how to create and configure IAC Class Blogs.

Assessment

As long as you publish your post to your IAC WordPress class blog on or before the assigned time/date, you will earn full points per document. Remember these activities are designed to develop skills we will use throughout the class and in the major projects. The documents also provide an opportunity for invention and revision.

Submission

Paste the URL from the post on your IAC WordPress site into the field in the Canvas Assignment Page. Don’t hesitate to email me with any questions if you run into any technical problems.

 

Proposal Draft

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Proposal Draft Peer Response Workshop

Group: Attach a draft of your Group proposal (as a .docx or .pdf file) to the Canvas Discussions Reply window (just one file draft per group) by Wednesday, March 10 at noon.

Individual: Each student needs to respond to one draft posted by another other group in their section by Friday, March 12 at 11:59 using the Canvas Discussions Reply function

Proposal Draft Requirements

  • Summary/Abstract, which can be adapted from the week 6 Blog Post
  • 2-3 pages of “Project Description”
  • References you have collected so far, list in APA format (approx. 3-5)
  • You may also want to block out or design the whole document, and just fill the unwritten sections with Lorem ipsum. Also, feel free to reuse the bios you wrote for the first Blog Post in both the draft and the final versions.

Peer Response Requirements

Choose a peer Proposal Draft posted by one of the other groups in your section, and respond to it by answering the following questions (approx. 10-12 sentences) in the Canvas Discussions Reply function:

  • What argument does the Proposal you read make in the Objectives and Significance section?
  • What problem does the Proposal you read plan to solve, and is the proposal explicit about how a lack of clear, consistent, multimodal language precipitates that problem?
  • What sort of verifiable evidence does the proposal cite and summarize in the Background and Needs section? Is it convincing, why/why not?
  • How will the proposed solution benefit its audiences?

Infographic Draft

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Directions

Please upload your responses to the following (in a format that works best for your group, i.e. .pdf, .jpeg, etc.). Please note: This is a group activity. Please submit a single document with the content below.

Prompt

Part One
Respond to the following in (approx. 200) words: Who is the audience for your graphic? What is your topic? How has your topic been politicized due to a public communications failure? How does your infographic illustrate ways you redress communications failure? What does the graphic communication to audiences that other modes on your website do not?

Part Two

Create a basic Outline of your graphic: In a design tool of your choice, arrange Headings, Subheadings, and General Findings. Include a draft of 2-4 panels of your graphic OR a draft of 2-3 main visuals, (e.g. text boxes, charts, graphs, icons, etc.)



Tools

To set up your Blog go to https://classblogs20.iac.gatech.edu/wp-iac-signup.php (Links to an external site.). Please see the IAC Blogs How-To Slideshow for more on how to create and configure IAC Class Blogs.

Assessment

As long as you publish your post to your IAC WordPress class blog on or before the assigned time/date, you will earn full points per document. Remember these activities are designed to develop skills we will use throughout the class and in the major projects. The documents also provide an opportunity for invention and revision.

Submission

Paste the URL from the post on your IAC WordPress site into the field in the Canvas Assignment Page. Don’t hesitate to email me with any questions if you run into any technical problems.

 

Feature Story Drafts

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Directions

For this individual Blog Post, please submit, a draft of your Feature Story for your Website Project. You are welcome to submit the Feature Story at whatever draft stage it is in, e.g if you only have a very rough draft, upload that OR you are welcome to upload a draft that is nearly complete. Please just submit as much (or as little) as you would like to receive feedback on. You are welcome to submit the draft a format of your choice.

For Your Consideration

As I explain in this week’s supporting materials and class session, a successful Feature Story should include the following rhetorical features: direct appeal to audience; strong opening lead; description of an otherwise overlooked topic, place, event; factual supporting evidence; background information; and a directive conclusion.

Tools

To set up your Blog go to https://classblogs20.iac.gatech.edu/wp-iac-signup.php (Links to an external site.). Please see the IAC Blogs How-To Slideshow for more on how to create and configure IAC Class Blogs.

Assessment

As long as you publish your post to your IAC WordPress class blog on or before the assigned time/date, you will earn full points per document. Remember these activities are designed to develop skills we will use throughout the class and in the major projects. The documents also provide an opportunity for invention and revision.

Submission

Paste the URL from the post on your IAC WordPress site into the field in the Canvas Assignment Page. Don’t hesitate to email me with any questions if you run into any technical problems.