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Podcasting in a Writing Class? Considering the Possibilities

 

 

Assignments from Episode 4:

 

Episode 4: Podcast Assignments 2—Media and Message Assignments

Overview

In this episode, I present four possible podcast assignments that focus on media and message concerns: Week in Review, Media & Message Comparison, Option from List of Various Media, and Regular Individual Podcast Series. I have included many clips from student work as examples. Without further ado, let us begin Episode 4: “Podcast Assignments 2—Media and Message Assignments.”

 

 

Table 4.1: Student Rated Contributions of the Week in Review to their Electronic Writing and Publishing Knowledge and Skills

Knowledge and Skills

Contribution

Audience  4.7
Purpose 4.7
Context 4.4
Ethos 4.2
Pathos 4.2
Logos 4.3
Tone 4.5
Ethics 3.2
Critique & analysis 4.2
Media differences & issues 4.2
Genre 4.1
Internet writing strategies 3.7
Visual design 3.3
Interface design  2.7
Copyright and fair use issues 3.4
Written communication  3.0
Oral communication  4.6
Technological literacy 4.5

Overall electronic writing and publishing
(putting it all together)

4.2
Scale: 1-5; 1 = no contribution; 5= significant contribution

Table 4.2: Student Rated Contributions of the Media Analysis Project to their Rhetorical Knowledge and Skills

Knowledge and Skills

Contribution

Audience  2.4
Purpose 2.6
Context 2.6
Ethos 2.7
Pathos 2.3
Logos 2.7
Invention 2.4
Arrangement 2.8
Style 2.6
Memory 2.0
Delivery  2.4
Common topics 2.2
Kairos 2.3
Proofs 2.2
Visual Rhetoric 1.9
Transitions 2.0
Three parts of a “text”:
introduction, body, & conclusion
2.0
Transitions 1.8
Tone 2.3
Critical thinking  2.7
Ethics 1.9
Critique 2.4
Analysis 2.7
Medium (differences & issues) 2.3
Genre 1.9
Oral communication skills 2.0
Written communication skills 2.9
Technological skills 2.3
Overall applied rhetoric skills
(putting it all together)
2.8

Scale: 1-3; 1 = no contribution; 3= significant contribution

Table 4.3: Student Rated Contributions of the Podcast Capstone Projects to their Electronic Writing and Publishing Knowledge and Skills

Knowledge and Skills

Contribution

Audience 
4.7
Purpose
4.7
Context
4.5
Ethos
4.5
Pathos
4.2
Logos
4.5
Tone
4.7
Ethics
4.2
Critique & analysis
4.7
Media differences & issues
4.3
Genre
4.3
Internet writing strategies
3.8
Visual design
3.0
Interface design 
3.0
Copyright and fair use issues
4.3
Written communication 
3.8
Oral communication 
4.7
Technological literacy
4.5

Overall electronic writing and publishing
(putting it all together)

4.5
Scale: 1-5; 1 = no contribution; 5= significant contribution

 

Student Podcast Clips:

These clips are listed in order based on the topic and start time for the clips (transcripts unavailable for student clips).


Week in Review Clips

Graduate Student Clips

Link in the Transcript: