{"id":160,"date":"2021-07-27T06:49:25","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T10:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/acr-150-literacy-in-american-society-contexts-practices-prof-barnes-fall-202\/?page_id=160"},"modified":"2021-08-24T09:45:10","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T13:45:10","slug":"week-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/acr-150-literacy-in-american-society-contexts-practices-prof-barnes-fall-202\/week-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 1: Introductions\/ You and the course"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Guiding questions<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who are you? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is literacy? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can you be successful in this class?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Activity 1: Who Are You?<\/strong>\u00a0What is your life story? Would you need to write a memoir to explain everything, or would you be able to select one event from your life that helped shape you as a person? For your introductory post, you are going to record a memoir of your life, but there is a catch\u2013you only have\u00a0six words<\/strong>\u00a0to portray yourself however you wish to get a message across. Here is a\u00a03-minute video with examples<\/a>, and\u00a0a resource site<\/a>\u00a0if you\u2019d like to learn more about the story behind the 6 word memoir and see more examples. Once you are ready with your 6 word memoir,\u00a0record your video on <\/strong>Flipgrid<\/a> (enter join code: 6af0e42d<\/strong><\/span>). <\/strong>My memoir is up there already. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

AND\/OR<\/strong><\/span> Record your video on Flipgrid<\/a> (enter join code: 6af0e42d<\/strong><\/span>) as you answer the following questions: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. What is your name?<\/li>
  2. What brings you to BMCC and to this class? <\/li>
  3. What are your hopes for this semester? <\/li>
  4. What challenges to you expect to face this semester? <\/li>
  5. What advice do you have for yourself and for your classmates regarding this semester? <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Next, comment on your classmates\u2019 videos, via video or text.<\/strong> Here are some questions to consider: Do you have something in common? Do you have any additional questions? Let’s chat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Activity 2<\/strong>: Sign up for BMCC OpenLab (see instructions here<\/a>) if you haven\u2019t done so yet. Once you are a member, either accept my invitation to join this course or request membership to the course (whichever option you see here<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Activity 3:<\/strong> How to succeed in this course? What do you think? Please review the following documents: <\/p>\n\n\n\n