Visual Editor
Katy Heyborne
I chose to write about the ADA and ADAAA as it's appropriate to the area of education, as many children and adults with disabilities have rights, and get discriminated against.The charter schools and public schools paper is relevant as many parents debate about educating their children in a charter school instead of a public school. The paper on the National Association of Single-Sex Education (NASSPE) paper covers the area of education and why single sex education is an issue. I included it instead of my Single-Sex Education report because it better fits the topic. My photo-essay was done on four different types of schools. I did this with the intention to get readers to understand the issues, including both the pro's and con's of each school so the parents can choose the school that best fits their child's needs.
When making revisions to my Charter Schools paper I tried to fix the repetition and organization as well as add more opinions to it. In my Memoir I condensed it to only three events so that it sounded much clearer and more concise. I choose a photo-essay and profile so that the profile covers a perspective of an organization that deals with single-sex education. Also the photo-essay talks about four types of schools including: charter schools, public co-educational schools, single-sex public schools, co-educational schools with a single-sex option, and private schools. Educating parents and educators about schooling issues related to the children's education is important because it allows them to make informed decisions regarding their kids.
My Memoir was on the Importance of the ADA and the ADAAA. I decided to include this in the our project because I felt like it held a strong message that needed to be heard. My paper, National Association of Single-Sex Public Education (NASSPE), relates to the issue of single-sex schools as an adaptation to my original report paper of single-sex public schools. Public Schools Beat Charter Schools (my position paper) is about how public schools are at an advantage in terms of allowing more (ELLS) English Language learners and children with special needs in their schools. Finally, I did a photo-essay as my translation titled Four Types of Schools. For every school I addressed the pros and cons that could be associated with each so the audience would be informed, giving them the knowledge they needed so that they could meet the needs of their own child.
I chose to write about the ADA and ADAAA as it's appropriate to the area of education, as many children and adults with disabilities have rights, and get discriminated against.The charter schools and public schools paper is relevant as many parents debate about educating their children in a charter school instead of a public school. The paper on the National Association of Single-Sex Education (NASSPE) paper covers the area of education and why single sex education is an issue. I included it instead of my Single-Sex Education report because it better fits the topic. My photo-essay was done on four different types of schools. I did this with the intention to get readers to understand the issues, including both the pro's and con's of each school so the parents can choose the school that best fits their child's needs.
When making revisions to my Charter Schools paper I tried to fix the repetition and organization as well as add more opinions to it. In my Memoir I condensed it to only three events so that it sounded much clearer and more concise. I choose a photo-essay and profile so that the profile covers a perspective of an organization that deals with single-sex education. Also the photo-essay talks about four types of schools including: charter schools, public co-educational schools, single-sex public schools, co-educational schools with a single-sex option, and private schools. Educating parents and educators about schooling issues related to the children's education is important because it allows them to make informed decisions regarding their kids.
My Memoir was on the Importance of the ADA and the ADAAA. I decided to include this in the our project because I felt like it held a strong message that needed to be heard. My paper, National Association of Single-Sex Public Education (NASSPE), relates to the issue of single-sex schools as an adaptation to my original report paper of single-sex public schools. Public Schools Beat Charter Schools (my position paper) is about how public schools are at an advantage in terms of allowing more (ELLS) English Language learners and children with special needs in their schools. Finally, I did a photo-essay as my translation titled Four Types of Schools. For every school I addressed the pros and cons that could be associated with each so the audience would be informed, giving them the knowledge they needed so that they could meet the needs of their own child.
Research Manager
Hailee Richman
I choose "The Ignorance of Abstinence" and "Hope For Our Future" simply because they were written better than my profile, I was a more experienced writer when I wrote these two papers.I loved how my replacement poem turned out so I definitely wanted to incorporate a version of that into the magazine. My profile essay was a mess and I didn't think I would be able to salvage any of it, but I decided to adapt it into a poem. Of course all of them needed a lot of revising, some of the major problems I had was getting them to flow well and to fix how repetitive they sounded, but I think they turned out how I wanted and I am happy with the outcome.
I choose "The Ignorance of Abstinence" and "Hope For Our Future" simply because they were written better than my profile, I was a more experienced writer when I wrote these two papers.I loved how my replacement poem turned out so I definitely wanted to incorporate a version of that into the magazine. My profile essay was a mess and I didn't think I would be able to salvage any of it, but I decided to adapt it into a poem. Of course all of them needed a lot of revising, some of the major problems I had was getting them to flow well and to fix how repetitive they sounded, but I think they turned out how I wanted and I am happy with the outcome.
Editor-In-Chief
Brandon Lukens
With this paper I choose to include my memoir, Is America the Land of Dreams, for this magazine because it helps provide a close look into the situation of teachers pay. The position paper, Teacher's Salaries: Increase or Merit Pay, did a great job of showing different solutions to the problem of teachers salaries. To give a fresh look into different opinions on teachers pay my report, Merit Pay: Good or Bad, was done as a slideshow. This allowed it to have visual elements while also showing the conflicting views of teachers pay. These papers were chosen over other papers due to the high quality and high amount of research that was put into them.
With this paper I choose to include my memoir, Is America the Land of Dreams, for this magazine because it helps provide a close look into the situation of teachers pay. The position paper, Teacher's Salaries: Increase or Merit Pay, did a great job of showing different solutions to the problem of teachers salaries. To give a fresh look into different opinions on teachers pay my report, Merit Pay: Good or Bad, was done as a slideshow. This allowed it to have visual elements while also showing the conflicting views of teachers pay. These papers were chosen over other papers due to the high quality and high amount of research that was put into them.
Lead Writer
Corril Ochsenbein
I chose to revise my proposal paper, It's Time to Make A Change, so I could change the issue that I was talking about, as well as change the genre type. My evaluation, Is A College Degree Really A Guarantee Anymore, was the second paper that I decided to revise. Part of this had to do with the fact that I liked my memoir and wanted to incorporate its meaning into a different medium. Another crucial component that played a role was the realization I had, that I struggled with writing other genres. It wasn't necessarily the genre itself, but conforming to that style of writing and then having to use sources to help back up my point and what I said.
I took this opportunity to try and learn how to do that. In doing so I felt like both papers had to change. Most of what I wrote had to be revised and the original copy kind of got trashed. As a writer I still feel like I haven't mastered this yet. I can say what I want and how I feel, but when it came to finding sources that had the same idea as me, it was somewhat of a struggle.
I chose to revise my proposal paper, It's Time to Make A Change, so I could change the issue that I was talking about, as well as change the genre type. My evaluation, Is A College Degree Really A Guarantee Anymore, was the second paper that I decided to revise. Part of this had to do with the fact that I liked my memoir and wanted to incorporate its meaning into a different medium. Another crucial component that played a role was the realization I had, that I struggled with writing other genres. It wasn't necessarily the genre itself, but conforming to that style of writing and then having to use sources to help back up my point and what I said.
I took this opportunity to try and learn how to do that. In doing so I felt like both papers had to change. Most of what I wrote had to be revised and the original copy kind of got trashed. As a writer I still feel like I haven't mastered this yet. I can say what I want and how I feel, but when it came to finding sources that had the same idea as me, it was somewhat of a struggle.
When we began revising our papers we had to look at our papers in a new light. Instead of thinking of them as completed papers we had to look at them as a new draft. All of our papers were put under a scientific microscope to see how well we addressed our issues. The research that we had put into our papers had to be examined as well so that it was relevant to our topic. Even though we thought that our papers were well done, after close examination we found that we still had a lot that needed to be done.
One of the main things we all learned throughout this process was that some things have to be let go. We may have thought that it was a great sentence or reference, but when viewed it from another angle it didn't make sense or always work like we thought it had. We all seemed to have a problem with redundancy and were left with the decision on what parts we should keep and what parts we needed to let go.The final piece that was taken into the most consideration was making sure our audience was properly addressed in each genre. We each had to make sure that we didn't lose the proper voice we needed to have but still keep our own voice that makes the paper ours.
One of the main things we all learned throughout this process was that some things have to be let go. We may have thought that it was a great sentence or reference, but when viewed it from another angle it didn't make sense or always work like we thought it had. We all seemed to have a problem with redundancy and were left with the decision on what parts we should keep and what parts we needed to let go.The final piece that was taken into the most consideration was making sure our audience was properly addressed in each genre. We each had to make sure that we didn't lose the proper voice we needed to have but still keep our own voice that makes the paper ours.
Everyone found that the issue they had chosen was something that they were really passionate about. This was a hindrance as well as a strength that was portrayed in all of our papers. As shown in the picture, their passion is portrayed and it seems as if there isn't any restriction. The water allows their fluid movement without the touch of gravity, but it also takes away their air and leaves them that much closer to death. Like this example, the passion we had was able to sell our case, but in the same sense could take away the credibility that was developed in our paper. This happened because we were only portraying our side. When doing our revisions we had to think of a way to show some middle ground on the problem.
In some cases (like our report) we struggled with conforming to the genre. This was due to the problem that we wanted to show our opinion and side to the conflicting issue, but were only supposed to give the facts and perspectives of the different sides. Something we found was that you can kind of manipulate your writing to conform to the genre. If you know what the genre is and what you need to have, you can add a twist in your writing that still shows the things you want the audience to see. You don't have to get rid of everything when you revise. For example, on the report we were able to find sources that had the same opinions as us and add that to one of the sides that we had mentioned. This followed the genre, but also allowed the opinion we agreed with to be shown without actually stating our own opinion.
As we wrote and revised each paper we all realized that with experience comes more confidence. Each time we were tasked with a new paper we realized that we could slightly tweak the things that we did before to change the things . Our research methods become more developed because we learned the best ways to research while finding the exact information we needed. Even though each paper was slightly different in what needed to be addressed and what our audience was, our process never fully changed. As other groups begin their work into the magazine they need to remember to let things go. Do not get offended when somebody says you need to change something or it doesn’t work because they have the best intentions. Trust in your peers and realize that your papers are already great. They just need that little extra touch to make them amazing papers.
In some cases (like our report) we struggled with conforming to the genre. This was due to the problem that we wanted to show our opinion and side to the conflicting issue, but were only supposed to give the facts and perspectives of the different sides. Something we found was that you can kind of manipulate your writing to conform to the genre. If you know what the genre is and what you need to have, you can add a twist in your writing that still shows the things you want the audience to see. You don't have to get rid of everything when you revise. For example, on the report we were able to find sources that had the same opinions as us and add that to one of the sides that we had mentioned. This followed the genre, but also allowed the opinion we agreed with to be shown without actually stating our own opinion.
As we wrote and revised each paper we all realized that with experience comes more confidence. Each time we were tasked with a new paper we realized that we could slightly tweak the things that we did before to change the things . Our research methods become more developed because we learned the best ways to research while finding the exact information we needed. Even though each paper was slightly different in what needed to be addressed and what our audience was, our process never fully changed. As other groups begin their work into the magazine they need to remember to let things go. Do not get offended when somebody says you need to change something or it doesn’t work because they have the best intentions. Trust in your peers and realize that your papers are already great. They just need that little extra touch to make them amazing papers.
The Course objectives are to adapt strategies of argumentation & styles for a given writing situation we have done this as a group through learning to write Memoirs and Profiles (Story-Telling), Position/Proposals (Persuasions) and Reports or Evaluations (Informative) papers. Also through photo-essays and other adaptations we have looked at our issues in a creative light and by writing different papers we have learned to write and adapt to multiple genres. Our Group has learned how to analyse and research different topics and figure out how to include different forms of rhetoric. The writing falls apart until we found the connections that put it all together. This was done by putting it into our own words and make the writing our own. Through the help from the Works Cited Editor, Haliee Richman, we have been able to check our sources and fix any mistakes that may have been made so they are cited correctly using MLA format.
We have learned how to have a conversation with the audience through different forms of writing. This project showed us how to work collaboratively on writing tasks as a group by our assignments and put our individual differences aside so the project can get done smoothly. More than anything this has taught us how to edit and revise our writing without starting over. This was done with the help of our Lead Writer, Corril Ochsenbein. The layout and design has been developed by the Visual Editor, Katy Heyborne. Bandon Lukens did a great job as our Editor-In-Chief and helped keep the group where they needed to be. Sometimes things didn't always turn out as planned or get done at that exact time, but he did a fantastic job keeping everything going and dealing with any unexpected delays. Overall our team did great (if I may say so).
We have learned how to have a conversation with the audience through different forms of writing. This project showed us how to work collaboratively on writing tasks as a group by our assignments and put our individual differences aside so the project can get done smoothly. More than anything this has taught us how to edit and revise our writing without starting over. This was done with the help of our Lead Writer, Corril Ochsenbein. The layout and design has been developed by the Visual Editor, Katy Heyborne. Bandon Lukens did a great job as our Editor-In-Chief and helped keep the group where they needed to be. Sometimes things didn't always turn out as planned or get done at that exact time, but he did a fantastic job keeping everything going and dealing with any unexpected delays. Overall our team did great (if I may say so).