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The (tentative) Plan, the KCF version
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As SLP mentioned in the above post we are so excited to get to writing together and documenting the process by which we do so. Yes, the cool, jazzy, name has not come to us yet, but it will!  My post here is to document the plan we have created to actually accomplish the writing part of the article – we will of course be reflecting on the plan and the use of this blog as we work together to write our article.

So – without further ado, here is our “plan” (plan in quotes because I don’t want SLP to feel too caged in with something that can’t be manipulated or changed as we move along).

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Our (tentative) Plan!!!

We will be writing every Friday together in person and during the week we will be using our blog to exchange ideas about our writing to prepare ourselves for our writing session.

(From our abstract – we will be discussing one topic which we will determine the week prior to our writing dates.) Topics:

  • Visibility
  • Creating Community
  • Training
  • Engagement and Evaluations

Proposed Structure and Timeline:

Part I/Intro: Why we like blogs each write this section (on the blog) – why we use blogs in our teaching and with our own writing. What is it about blogs that excite us and relates to our ideas on pedagogy and access in the feminist classroom? Coming with our own pieces on what has worked for us in the past we will then weave this together for the introduction. Each of us should aim for 300-350 words by July 9th. General questions to consider below:

  • Why do we like/use blogs?
  • The goal is to position ourselves to the questions at hand – where are we coming from?
  • How does it connect to our teaching and our research/writing?

Part II/Dialogue for each section (a. initial thoughts posted by each of us to the blog; b. come together and have the conversation about the topic; c. transcribe and clean it up; d. discuss the processes behind thinking and writing – our meta-analysis.)

For each topic we will devote one meeting to writing and the week before we will set ourselves up with ideas of what we wanted to focus on for that section which we will be writing on the blog.

Here is our (tentative) writing and thinking plan for the next two months.

July 9, 2010

  • Part I/Intro (see above)
  • Create our blog project.
  • Entry number one: what do we want to include on our blog? Each of us would write our own initial thoughts and then comment on each others’ entries.

July 16, 2010

  • Writing time – solidifying our introductions.
  • Reflection on the blog so far. Create “About me” etc. pages.
  • For next week – prep for conversations around Topic #1 (discuss which topic we’re going to write on and then set parameters for each of our blog entries).

July 23, 2010

  • Writing time – polishing up and expanding blog posts with our conversation and reflections on Topic #1.
  • Reflections on what is working with the blog – writing our meta-analysis.
  • For next week – prep for conversations around Topic #2

July 30, 2010

  • Writing time – polishing up and expanding blog posts with our conversation and reflections on Topic #2.
  • Reflections on what is working with the blog – writing our meta-analysis.
  • For next week – prep for conversations around Topic #3

August 6, 2010

  • Writing time – polishing up and expanding blog posts with our conversation and reflections on Topic #3.
  • Reflections on what is working with the blog – writing our meta-analysis.
  • For next week – prep for conversations around Topic #4

August 13, 2010

  • Writing time – polishing up and expanding blog posts with our conversation and reflections on Topic #4.
  • Reflections on what is working with the blog – writing our meta-analysis.

August 20, 2010 Come prepared with comments for revision.

August 27, 2010 Prepare final manuscript

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I will take a look at the Kitchen Sink link that you posted and include my thoughts in the comment to your entry. And may I suggest this link, that might be of interest to you – have you seen this special issue of The Scholar and Feminist Online entitled, Blogging Feminism: (Web)Sites of Resistance. RR turned me onto it and I think some of the articles look interesting and might help us think about some of the topics that we are going to discuss. This will make me read some of the articles which I haven’t gotten around to yet. I’m very much looking forward to getting our conversations and writing going!

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1 Comment to “The (tentative) Plan, the KCF version”

  1. SLP says:

    Yes, that special issue on feminist blogging is great! I often assign articles from it to my students. I also wrote about it on my trouble blog last year. I would love to read more of it and discuss it. Thanks for taking such great notes and keeping our plan flexible–you know how rigid rules and me don’t really get along (ha!).