Discourse community at mediated minds-
While attending mediated minds I felt as I did not fit this discourse community. Many of the people around me were dressed business casual while I was wearing jeans and a t-shirt. I think the majority of the people were informed/told to dress this way because they were presenting. On an average day when walking in Walters, you would not see these many people dressed up. I think the discourse community changed because of the event that was going on.
A. Individual journalistic text (Soft news).
What makes UCBA the right choices?
“We make it possible. You make it happen.” That is what this campus is all about. With small class sizes, professors who care, and cheaper prices UCBA makes it possible you just have to make it happen. How do you make it happen? Going to class. Without attending class, you are not taking advantage of your education. Also, all assignments should be done on time and all test should be studied for. Higher education is not cheap so I highly suggest taking full advantage of studying, doing homework, and attending class.
UCBA also offers the writing center and math lab. These are great things to take advantage of. Some teacher even offers extra credit if you attend the writing center. The writing center has walk-in Wednesday or you can make an appointment with starfish. You can always walk in the math lab and find help if you need it.
UCBA has many clubs or groups that you can join to get involved. UCBA has clubs that connect to your major or interest. There are also things you could be involved in such as student newspaper, student orientation leader, honors program. You can find more ways to get involved on the UCBA website.
Why is UCBA the right choice? This campus is a mixture of a big university feel, but a community college size. UCBA has the small class sizes, professors who care, cheaper prices, and free academic help, but still has many clubs and ways to get involved on campus.
B. Collaborative project
Welcome Back UC Collaborative Project
C. Discourse community final project plan.
I plan to do all parts so I can fully show my understanding of this topic.
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I did my observation in a special education classroom at Manchester elementary school. This was the elementary school I attended as a child, but I have not been to this school for many years and did not know any of the students and only knew a few of the teachers. It was an unfamiliar discourse community because I had the teachers perspective.
Why You Should Choose UCBA
A discourse community has a broadly agreed set of common public goals. As a UCBA education major, I am part of a discourse community. In this community, we all share many common long and short-term goals such as passing classes, acceptance into our program, graduating, seeking a job, and providing an educational experience to others.
Genre is a complex topic with many sub-topics or sub-genres. Genre is how writing is classified into topics such as academic and journalistic writing. When analyzing these genres I compared two sub-genres an academic journal and journalistic list.
Johanna Schoster
Professor McLaughlin
Intermediate Composition (006)
1 March 2018
What are genres? A class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form content, technique or the like (http://www.dictionary.com/browse/genre?s=t). The genre is divided into categories based on similarities. Genres can be divided into many sub-genres How do you define genre? Genres are both social and cognitive this means the text is socio-cognitive schemas that can be reformed for different context. Genres are purposeful, or at least, responsive. When writing it should have meaning. Are you trying to inform, entertain, or persuade your audience? Genres are named by those in power or by the writer’s purpose. Genres are clustered or grouped. Grouping depends on the research backgrounds. Genres are conventional. When a genre is conventional it is a genre that is normal to your writing or reading style. Genres vary considerably in terms of prototypically. When you read or write one genre it is similar to others in that genre, but not the same. (https://canopy.uc.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-26966686-dt-content-rid-73685830_1/courses/2181-1_28ENGL2089006/student%20schedule%20Unit%20II%281%29/Click%20here%20for%20Unit%20II%20material%2C%20including%20the%20essay%202%20assignment%20Johns%20article/Johns_Ann_M.pdf)
How does genre affect writing?
Academic writing refers to a style of writing researchers use to define the intellectual boundaries of their disciplines and their specific areas of expertise (https://www.google.com/search?q=academic+writing+definition&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS702US702&oq=acidemic+writing+de&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l5.7021j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) Academic writing main purpose is to inform the reader. In most cases academic writing is done by a researcher in their specific area of expertise or they do the research to become an expert on the topic. In most cases the audience is a teacher, professor, classmates, or anyone interested to the topic. Most academic writing has several sources or the writer conductus their own research. When the writer has sources or provides their own research it gives there work credibility. Most academic writing is in MLA or APA formatting depending on what is required. With these formatting type they tell you the font size, font type line spacing, and margin size. If your academic writing is an assignment, it will be graded by the professor. With an academic paper you must provide a work cited page and in text citations to give credit to others work. Ever academic paper varies, but these are the most common genre awareness of academic writing.
Journalistic writing is the work of finding, creating, editing and publishing news, or material written and presented for a newspaper, magazine or broadcast new source (https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS702US702&ei=iouYWq-aKMTZ5gKfl56gCw&q=journalistic+writing+definition&oq=jour+writing+definition&gs_l=psy-ab.1.0.0i7i30k1l3j0i8i7i30k1l4j0i7i5i30k1.160650.177486.0.178980.22.16.6.0.0.0.157.1651.1j14.15.0….0…1c.1.64.psy-ab..1.17.1459…0i7i10i30k1j35i39k1j0i20i263k1j0i8i13i30k1.0.GKMGi-XqvmQ) . The purpose of journalism is to inform readers or viewers, but with the upraise in social media there is false journal with the purpose to entertain the audience. The role of the writer can be interviewer or researcher. The audience of journalistic writing depends on the topic. The audience of this kind of writing is very large because it is brocade casted through newspaper, television, social media, radio, and magazines. Journalism writing does not have to have sources, but should be creditable. Journalistic writing should follow the format of the publisher. The publisher also decides the font type and size. Journalism such be your own work and credit should be given if outside sources are used. It should also be unique so the audience is increased to read the article. Journalism has many sub genres so this only applies to journalism as a whole.
When comparing academic and journalistic genres, it is difficult to compare without specific academic and journalistic writings. This is because even if two pieces of writing are the same genre, does not mean they have the same affect, content, length, tone, and so on. All genres are made up of sub genres. To do a genre analysis of academic and journalistic writing I have chosen an academic journal called New Technology in Schools: Is There a Payoff? And website article called 10 Reasons Today’s Students NEED Technology in the Classroom. These two writings how similar topics, but are completely different genres.
This academic journal purpose is to inform the reader about the effect of computers in school while the purpose of the online websites purpose is to inform you on ten reasons why students need technology in the classroom. Both of these articles have the purpose to inform, but why? The journalistic article comes from a website called securEdge networks. This website is for teacher and is to inform them on all thing technology at school. While the academic journal is a study on if there is a payoff from new technology.
The role of the of the writer is very different in this academic journal then in the website. The writers of the academic journal are Stephen Machin, Sandra McNally, and Olmo Silva. These writers served as research’s and experts on if there is payoff for new technology in schools. In academic writing there is often more than one writer this is because the content of the material is much more precise, detailed, and longer. The writer of the website article Danny Mareco who is an expert in technology. Mr. Mareco does not have a background in importance’s of education just technology. This means that these are his ten opinions of why children need technology in the classroom. These writers are sharing different roles because some are sharing facts while the other is giving their opinion.
The audience of the two different genres are very different. The website article was very easy to find and by a google search reasons for educational technology. This article could be for teacher, administrators, or parents. On the other hand, the academic article is much harder to fine. I found this journal on the University of Cincinnati data base summon. To have access to this data base you must be a student or teacher at this University. The website had a much broader audience because it is much easier to find.
These two articles are extremely different when it comes to sources. The academic journal had over 50 sources. The journalistic article does not have any sources. The journalistic article is based off of opinions and there are not any outside sources. On the other hand, the academic journal is mostly facts from other outside sources with additional input from the authors. These two different genres require different sources.
The format for these articles have some similarities, but are also very different. Both the journalistic articles and academic journal use numbers to layout the format. The one sub-genre to journalism photo caption list. In a photo caption list you use numbers to separate each idea. Most of the time these articles have a number in the title that tells you have many are going to be in the list. For example, the journalistic article 10 Reasons Today’s Students NEED Technology in the Classroom. This title tells you that it is a photo caption list and the format is going to be numbered.
This image shows you how the number format is used
Numbering is not a common format in academic writing. The numbering format helps the reader distinguish the different topics and ideas. This format could be a writer’s preference or it could be the publisher’s requirements.
This shows you how the academic journal used the numbering format.
Academic:
Journalistic:
10 reason children need technology
Paper layout/comparisons:
What are genres?
How does genre affect writing?
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Tone
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audience
Collaborate project- Top 10 hidden study places
1. GENRE NAME: photo caption
2. PURPOSE: inform in a list format
3. CONTEXT: non-timed
4. WRITER’S ROLE: to inform the reader on the topic
5. AUDIENCE: UCBA students
6. CONTENT: We wrote from our own experience of study areas on campus
7. SOURCES: primary- we used our own photos and knowledge about the campus
8. OTHER SPECIFICATIONS: We were given examples and it should be a list format
9. ASSESSMENT: I think we will be graded on how well we worked as a group to produce this article.
10. MAKING THE TEXT YOUR OWN: The group chose their own topic
1. GENRE NAME: Hard news
2. PURPOSE: inform readers about a club
3. CONTEXT: non-timed
4. WRITER’S ROLE: to share facts and inform readers about a club
5. AUDIENCE: UCBA education majors
6. CONTENT: I gained this information because I am co-president
7. SOURCES: Myself and professor Heart (teacher director)
8. OTHER SPECIFICATIONS: The assignment didn’t give us this information
9. ASSESSMENT: If it is truly hard news and how well it is written
10. MAKING THE TEXT YOUR OWN: We got to choose our own topics
1. GENRE NAME: academic writing
2. PURPOSE: inform readers about a topic
3. CONTEXT: non-in class time. Student normally have a set time period to do research and write paper
4. WRITER’S ROLE: to share their opinion and provide facts that back up there opinion
5. AUDIENCE: teacher, classmates, and people interested in the topic
6. CONTENT: other academic writings, websites, books, at UCBA summon database
7. SOURCES: varies depending on length and amount of detail. I think the more sources the better.
8. OTHER SPECIFICATIONS: MLA or APA and the font that follows each format.
9. ASSESSMENT: Graded by the professor. They may provide a rubric to follow. Most are graded on content, spelling, and grammar
10. MAKING THE TEXT YOUR OWN: Most of the time you choose a topic that relates to the course.
Association of Student Educators
Association of student educators is a club that meets monthly at UCBA. The purpose of this club is for future educators to obtain resources and experiences in this education field, but everyone is welcomed. Other than meetings this club has many opportunities to participate in volunteer work. The next meeting will be Wednesday, February 21st in Flory 145 at 2:30.
In this club, we enjoy helping and playing with children’s hospital in Cincinnati. One activity we have done is making valentines for the children. If you interested in also doing this you can by clicking here.
Other volunteer opportunities are a voice drive, children’s hospital, and operation give back. All of these opportunities contribute to children and helping there needs by giving them a new voice, playing with sick children, and tutoring kid who needed help.
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