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Week 1 Plan:

Class Meeting:
Monday, September 11th, 4:00-6:45pm ET on campus and in Zoom.
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  1. Course overview and welcome. Technical notes on the course (Zoom, wiki).
  2. Introductions
  3. Brief freewriting activity on hopes for the course.
  4. Activity on examining our assumptions about literature and the arts.
  5. Extended overview of course notes and processes, discussion on Collaborative Exploration format and multi-week themes (Week 1 Notes/Slide Overview)
  6. Review of the case for Theme 1
  7. Think-pair-share discussions on Theme 1

Assignments Due Next Week (Sept. 18):

0. Submit this form indicating your interests and goals for the course.

1. Readings:

2. Review the course wiki and general materials, and become familiar with all of them, especially the Course Notes and Instructions. Organize your personal calendar or to-do list to keep track of due dates. Post one question about something that you don't understand and that is not already answered in the course materials on the General Course Q & A discussion area of the wiki.

3. Organize your system for your course notes. Consider setting aside a place (notebook, computer file) where you'll capture notes on readings (such as the "Quotes and Questions" format mentioned under Participation Item P1 in the Course Notes and Instructions document) and keep your ongoing list of "Principles and Practices" statements (see Written Assignment W1 in the Course Notes and Instructions document), where you capture ideas that help you to move directly toward developing the Written/Creative Product for the Theme according to your specific interest.

4. Start to explore possible sources to use for your Literature/Arts Reflection Journal (and make your choice/start journal entries by week 3).

5. Keep thinking about what you might want to create as your Theme 1 Written/Creative Product. Continue to consider the possible connection between: freedom and constraint in support of creativity and the overall Theme 1 topic, "everyone can be a creative thinker"
and start to look for outside sources that help you make sense of this connection. We will discuss these further next week. Use the Theme 1 discussion board page to post any thoughts or ideas to share, and check this weekly and read posts made by others.