Comments for English 505: Rhetoric of Science and Technology

Comment on Discussing Barbara Biesecker’s “Rethinking the Rhetorical Situation From Within the Thematic of Différance” (the movie!) by Nicki

Nicki — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:48:35 +0000

Thank you for posting this video, Professor Krause. My English 362: Intro to Rhetorical Studies class at UWRF (River Falls, Wisconsin) discussed Biesecker in class on Friday, but I was out of town and have been struggling to wrap my head around this article. Your video and the discussion that followed helped me wade through the article.

Comment on The final is live! by Emily Vontom

Emily Vontom — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 03:03:28 +0000

Totally forgot about that, thank you!

Comment on The final is live! by Steve Krause

Steve Krause — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 22:26:01 +0000

Actually, here’s a link to the post where I explain that from back in October:

http://engl505.stevendkrause.com/2010/10/24/good-news-consigny-available-online-sort-of/

Comment on The final is live! by Emily Vontom

Emily Vontom — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 21:25:44 +0000

I feel silly for asking, but I’m trying to find the Scott Consigny article on ereserves and it isn’t going so well for me. Is it not there anymore?

Comment on While you’re doing peer review, what about the final? by Brian Schick

Brian Schick — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:52:51 +0000

I would like to see a short-answer question along the lines of “which article do you find most troubling and why?” There were several times this semester when I was discouraged after reading about trends, and especially with the gender issues we just finished up, this would be a chance to relate them to the industry at large.

Comment on While you’re doing peer review, what about the final? by Emily Vontom

Emily Vontom — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 02:28:30 +0000

I agree with the questions about visual rhetoric and even the gender stuff. Since they were the last things we covered it would be nice to talk about them a bit more indepth.

Comment on While you’re doing peer review, what about the final? by Ashlee Wolfe

Ashlee Wolfe — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:11:35 +0000

I definitely support the idea of having one of the questions ask us to do something similar to the essays we have done– taking a concept discussed in class and applying it to a practice, item, etc. in society. I also think that one of the questions should ask us to use some of the content discussed in the book about the more foundational concepts of rhetorical theory– perhaps defining some of the terms in our own words, applying it to this or that, etc. Lastly, I would like one of the questions (perhaps just one of the short questions) to pull from the readings at the end of the term on visual rhetoric. We haven’t really gotten too much of a chance to dwell on those and they were actually very interesting to me.

Comment on While you’re doing peer review, what about the final? by Steve Krause

Steve Krause — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:00:28 +0000

Um, that isn’t what I’m really asking, folks. As I said above, I am debating with myself some of the issues of how many questions to ask, but I’ll decide that. What I’m asking for is what sorts of questions do you think would be good questions.

Remember this, too: the final is worth as much as both of the essays, so the stakes here are a little higher than I have done in the past. So, you know, suggesting stuff like “make it easy” is probably not going to get y’all too far…

Comment on While you’re doing peer review, what about the final? by Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:01:09 +0000

I would appreciate 1 long and 2 short.

Comment on While you’re doing peer review, what about the final? by Adam H

Adam H — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 01:12:26 +0000

I would have one long essay and two short ones would showcase our mastery of rhetoric,