The Interactive Voice

1. Either create a LinkedIn page or post your resume to your blog. Again, these first few assignments are a bit awkward under a pseudonym, but I am more interested in the writing of your objectives and experience over any details of where and when. If your resume is mostly bullet points, write a few complete sentences about each job experience. Those of you being creative with the assignments can continue, writing a character history or using the LinkedIn format for something unexpected.
2. Write an About The Author page utilizing your bio, your subject credibility argument, and the comments you receive from the class this week. Your second assignment every week is a rewrite of the previous week’s work. For this reason, it is not required by the following week. It can’t be because you won’t get everyone’s comments on your work fast enough. The weekly rewrite is for your final review at the end of the semester. You will build up a portfolio of revised works. Your final post will review and link to these preferred drafts of your work. Don’t delete any previous rough drafts.
3. Read your assigned classmates’ bio and credibility assignments, and leave critique in the form of posted comments. Remember that the best critique informs writers how they are either succeeding or not succeeding in reaching you. Rude critique is not constructive, and neither is overly polite critique. Be honest and helpful.
4. Make one additional post to your blogs developing your voice further, or post here under the lecture with your thoughts.
5. Tweet five times this week trying different versions of a byline. A byline is a quick sentence or two at the end of a blog post identifying who you are and what you write about. For example: Robert Kalm’s lecture was written for The Interactive Voice, a course blog in Quinnipiac University’s Graduate Interactive Media program. Find more lectures at www.dotkalm.com/ivoice. (Use the #506iv hashtag.)
6. Read my lecture on Brevity posted below. Read Zinsser Chapters 8-10 and 14 and refer to Strunk & White with questions of grammar or style.

1. Write a one page biosketch and post it to your blogs by next Monday night. (With your pen names intact, this should not present a problem. No one can search for you. Keep it non-specific where needed. Bob worked for a local television station in the year 2000.)
2. Each of you has picked a subject that interests you this semester. Write a one page argument for your chosen subject and why you are the one to cover it. Post to your blogs by next Monday night.
3. I will post your group critique assignments at the end of the week. This week, read any classmates’ writing samples, and leave critique in the form of posted comments.
4. Make one additional post to your blogs developing your voice further or here on the course blog with your hopes for the weeks ahead.
5. Tweet at least five times this week generally on your voices and subjects. (Use the #506iv hashtag.)
6. Read my lecture posted below. Purchase and read Zinsser chapters 1-7 and refer to Strunk & White with questions of grammar or style.