Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Writing IV: Portfolio, §§1a & 1c (template)

This portfolio template is for you to:
  • Copy with permission, under license from the Writing Studio Blog (License, below);
  • Paste into a new post on your own blog;
  • Complete with data from, and reflections upon, the body of your writing on your blog for Writing IV, section 1a or 1c; and
  • Publish with the label "portfolios" (plural, without quotation marks).
Your complete portfolio for this semester is due – published and labeled on your blog – by Monday, December 22, 2008 (17:15, JST).

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Student ID: vwxyz
Please replace "vwxyz" (above) with
the last five digits of your student number
(without quotation marks).

Portfolio for Writing IV,
Section 1a OR 1c


[Please delete the unsuitable class section and "OR" (above), along with this line of remarks.]

(See: Note 1, below)

0.0. Overview

Reviews, Posts, Words, and More

(See: Note 2, below.)

[Please embed your proto-portfolios here; then remove this line of remarks, including the square brackets.]

1.0. Essays

(See: Note 3, below.)

Please complete this table with data gathered from essays on your blog. See the Key (below) for definitions of the symbols in row one, and complete columns four through nine with numerical values (0, 1, 2, 3, ...).

1.1. Showcase
Short titles with links
Dates
yy.mm.dd

W
C
L
P
M
Website review 08.09.29 (375+ words)








Favorite place(-s) 08.10.20 (450+ words)








Mrs. Doubtfire 08.11.04 (500+ words)








Community life 08.11.17 (default length*)








Kumamoto's best-kept secrets 08.12.01 (5+ ¶¶)








Learning with computers 2008.12.15 (6+ ¶¶)


























Totals ---
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Key:
¶: number of paragraphs five (5) or more sentences in length
W: number of words
C: number of comments
L: number of links
P: number of photos or other graphics
M: number of other media included in post
*: "long enough to cover the ... [communities] you choose," Writing Studio Blog, Preparation for Next Essays, 2008.10.29)

1.2. Best Essay

Selection and Assessment: Which of those six assigned essays do you feel is the best that you've written this semester, and why? Remember that a complete answer is better than a short answer, focus on your writing, and give at least two reasons to support your assessment.
  • [Please remove these remarks, including the square brackets, then identify your best essay, and write out your reasons for selecting it here.]

2.0. Comments

Showcase
Titles of posts with links
Dates of comments yy.mm.dd
Numbers of words in comments
Qualities of comments**
2.1. Your first comment on your instructor's blog*




2.2. Your best comment on a classmate's blog*



2.3. Best comment by a classmate on your blog*




2.4. Most comments on:
Titles of posts with link
Dates of posts yy.mm.dd Total number of words in comments
Qualities of comments**
2.4.1. Any one of your essays*




2.4.1.1. When did you respond to those comments?
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2.4.1.2. How did you respond to those comments?
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2.4.2. Any of your other posts*




2.4.2.1. When did you respond to those comments?
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2.4.2.2. How did you respond to those comments? ---
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* Current semester comments on essays and other posts
** Please list the most important qualities of comments on each type of blog post. That is, explain briefly what makes them good comments.

2.5. Recent comments display

Does your blog display recent comments from blog visitors in a prominent location, for example, in a sidebar, header, or footer widget? Where, or why not? Please explain.
  • ...

2.6. Additional reflections on comments

  • [Please remove these remarks, including the square brackets; then write out your reflections on both giving and receiving comments here.]
  • ....

3.0. Book Reviews

3.1. Showcase Short titles
with links
Dates (yy.mm.dd) Words Comments
Example:
Vampire Killer
07.05.16
39
1
2-01




2-02




2-03




2-04




2-05




2-06




2-07




2-08




2-09




2-10




2-11




2-12




2-13



2-14



2-15



2-16



2-17



2-18






































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Totals:



Note
: Please calculate and list book review Totals for words and comments without including those from the example (above).


3.2. Best Book Review

Selection and Assessment: Which of those book reviews do you feel is the best that you've written this semester, and why? Remember that a complete answer is better than a short answer, focus on your writing, and give at least two reasons to support your assessment.
  • [Please remove these remarks, including the square brackets; then identify your best book review, and write out reasons for selecting it here.]

4.0. Blog Layout, Labeling, Linking, & Media


Showcase
Yes
No
4.1. Does your blog display an archive?


4.1.1. Does the archive display the titles of posts?

4.1.2. Is the archive organized by month?

4.1.3. Is the archive at or near the top of the sidebar?



4.2. Does your blog have labels displayed in sidebar?

5.2.1. Do your labels include these required labels (typed accurately): ---
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  • "books" (plural) AND "reviews" (plural)


  • "essays" (plural) AND "portfolios" (plural, without "proto-")


  • "quickposts" (plural, with no space between quick and posts)


  • "links" (plural) AND "media" (plural)


  • "movies" (plural) AND "websites" (plural)


  • "brainstorms" (or "brainstorming"), "essay prep.," AND "free-writing" (or "free-writes")


4.2.2. Does your sidebar display other labels?

  • How many other labels have you attached to three (3) or more posts?
    • ___ other labels attached to three or more posts
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    • Which labels, and to how many posts each? Please list those labels instead of www, xxx, yyy..., and list numbers of posts instead of n, m, o... (in parentheses), below.
      • www (n)
      • xxx (m)
      • yyy (o)
      • zzz (p)
      • ...
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4.3. Links & media ---
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4.3.1. Does your blog include photos or other graphics?

  • Does your blog profile include a photo or graphic representation?


  • How many of your blog posts this semester include photos or other graphics?
    • ___ posts including photos or other graphics
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4.3.2. Does your blog include posts with multiple links?

  • How many of your posts this semester include three (3) or more links?
    • ___ posts including three or more links (including this portfolio!)
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4.3.3. Does your blog include other media?

  • How many of your blog posts this semester include other media?
    • ___ posts including other media
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  • What kind(-s) of media have you included in posts this semester? Please list the kinds here:
    1. ...
    2. ...
    3. ...

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  • What media content that you originally produced, if any, do your blog posts for this semester contain? Please list and explain each item briefly, and add short links and dates (yy.mm.dd) for reference.
    1. ... (short link, date)
    2. ... (short link, date)
    3. ... (short link, date)

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4.4. Overall presentation

What have you done to enhance the overall presentation of your blog? List and explain the three most important content, display, formatting, layout, or other presentation changes that you have made on your blog this semester.
  1. ...
  2. ...
  3. ...

5.0. Additional reflections on your blog and your writing on it

Please feel free to include reflections on both spring and fall semester work, as well as on the content of this portfolio (proto-portfolios, showcases, and reflections).
  • ...
  • ...
  • ...

6.0. Advice and suggestions for yourself, your peers, and your successors

  • ...
  • ...
  • ...

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Notes:
  1. This portfolio template derives from the templates for Writing IIIc and Writing IVc portfolios (2007-08), and Writing III, §§1a & 1c (Fall, 2008).
  2. Please use the same code in section 0.0 that you used to embed your proto-portfolios (PPFs) in the footer of your blog, which you should already have revised to display your 2nd (fall) semester PPF first.
  3. The essays section (1.0. Essays, above) derives from Proto-Portfolio 2-02 (2008).
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License:

This portfolio template is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Please attribute to "the Writing Studio Blog" (without quotation marks).

Creative Commons License

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7 comments:

  1. If you have concerns or questions about how to use this portfolio template to collect and reflect upon your writing, please share them in class on December 17, 2008. If additional concerns or questions arise after the class meeting, please spell them out in comments on this post well in advance of the due date specified at the beginning of the template.

    Likewise, if you find errors, inconsistencies, or omissions in this portfolio template, please let me know about them as soon as possible. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

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  2. What should we write on "2.6. Additional reflections on comments"??? What means "additional reflections"??

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  3. As I spelled out in a minor revision after posting the portfolio template (2008.12.16), you should "write out your reflections on both giving and receiving comments" (item 2.6., bullet point one, emphasis added). In other words, how did you feel about commenting on each others' blogs, and getting feedback on your own blogs in return?

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  4. Today a student sent gmail concerning how to embed Proto-Portfolios (PPFs)in section 0.0. Here are snippets of my reply:

    Hello K..,

    Thank you for writing, and asking about development of portfolio posts. Your message creates an opportunity to explain, again, where to post comments, questions, and requests. I take your comment, "I don't know how ..." (Dec 21, 2008 at 2:18; ...), as a request for assistance, of which your classmates and peers may also be in need.


    The quick and dirty way to embed your PPFs in your portfolio (PF) is to copy and paste the code from the widget in the foot of your blog into your new PF.

    Cheers.

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  5. There are detailed instructions for republishing your proto-portfolios (after moving your fall semester worksheet to the left) in the Publish section of the Google Docs and Spreadsheets Jumpstart (LLD Project Wiki).

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  6. Sorry, instructions and screenshots for initial steps in the Publish section of the Jumpstart tutorial (previous comment) are already obsolete. You need to start with the Share tab on your Proto-Portfolios spreadsheet, and look for the web sharing options from there (or from Share options at your Docs list level).

    It goes something like this today (2008.12.21):

    Share,
    Publish,
    Auto... (be sure to select this option),
    ...,
    More publishing options;
    ...
    File format: HTML to embed...,
    Generate URL.


    Then copy from the code onset, ("iframe" between angle brackets), to the end of the code ("/iframe" between angle brackets); and paste that into section 0.0.

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  7. N... asks, "How many ...[books]...?" (personal correspondence, 2008.12.22). In reply, I wrote:

    That is almost a good question, "How many books...." (revised; from Dec 22, 2008 at 12:06 AM; ...). Why did you gmail it only to me?

    As I've said repeatedly, "Do the math." Targets are 150% of those for last semester. Since those included 12 book reviews, ....

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