Cotton Mather (CM)

ੈ♡˳ CNU English Major 2023 - Writer - Lit Fic Connoisseur

[Cotton Mather (CM) @CottonMatherDH]

@kendyll_engl350 I enjoyed peer review too! A lot of course underutilize its potential in our class settings. I also enjoyed being able to give other students in the class feedback for the betterment of their work!

[Cotton Mather (CM) @CottonMatherDH]

I am currently working on my reflection for our final. I've realized how much I learned in the course about the humanities, and this class has exposed me to a lot of great things I can use in the future! Putting GitHub on my resume

[Cotton Mather (CM) @CottonMatherDH]

This week I did peer review with @Malcolm_engl350. Since our topics for our grants were both on sports, I thought it was really interesting to see things from his point of view! Both of us will have to keep getting our word count lower, but I know we can do it!

[Cotton Mather (CM) @CottonMatherDH]

@Malcolm_engl350 I did the same thing! I'll have to avoid jargon when making my edits. Condensing the grants will be a challenge, but I purposefully but so much so there would be more cuts to make than additions.

[Cotton Mather (CM) @CottonMatherDH]

My meeting with @dr_stover went well! Luckily, my draft will mostly need cuts and a few additions to be where it needs them to be. I know I'll be able to make these changes quickly. Hopefully can get the word count down with a few words switches too.

[Cotton Mather (CM) @CottonMatherDH]

@DarcyM_engl350 and I peer reviewed each other's grants on Friday. As I was reading her grant, it inspired me to add more information about my project process itself in the project description, instead of just info-dumping. Was really eye-opening for me and helped me complete it!

[Cotton Mather (CM) @CottonMatherDH]

@kelsey_engl350 Dr. Stover suggested that we start with a story or narrative to hook our readers--since we are writing these grants for people, ultimately they will be interested in stories about other people!

[Cotton Mather (CM) @CottonMatherDH]

Grant drafting has been fun; I have basically been info-dumping on one of my favorite topics. I know there will be A LOT of cuts to make, but I am prepared! See everyone on peer review day on Friday!

[Cotton Mather (CM) @CottonMatherDH]

The Gorsevski article on Grant Writing put all the information we've been slowly learning into perspective. Just as the humanities suggests, these projects are for real people--Grant Writing is different from academic writing with its more personable elements.

[Cotton Mather (CM) @CottonMatherDH]

@kelsey_engl350 I think it will be a struggle at first for me too! I think once we can ease into it though, grant writing will actually be more enjoyable than most academic writing.

[Cotton Mather (CM) @CottonMatherDH]

I am excited to explore a slightly more creative style for my grant (as it is much different than academic writing)! I will keep this document as a guide. (2/2)

[Cotton Mather (CM) @CottonMatherDH]

Porter's “Why Academics Have a Hard Time Writing Good Grant Proposals," is eye opening but comforting at the same time. I know the grant will be daunting, but that's what the drafts are for. (1/2)

[Cotton Mather (CM) @CottonMatherDH]

Today I met with @dr_stover ! We discussed our upcoming grant drafts and she gave me great inspiration for how to "hook" my readers! Genuinely excited to get started (since I get to write about ESports. #DRXWIN #T1Fighting )

[Cotton Mather (CM) @CottonMatherDH]

@Annabellecnu22 I agree--some of the sketches they showed in the article were pretty messy/incomplete, and just like rough drafts, that is fine! I'll still have to consider the navigation, but have some ideas for the front page now!

[Cotton Mather (CM) @CottonMatherDH]

The "Wireframing" reading was somewhat familiar to me--my bf does this practice frequently for his CS classes when building websites and applications. The article emphasizes that wireframes don't need to be excessive. Just brainstorming + rough sketches can be most effective.

[Cotton Mather (CM) @CottonMatherDH]

The Lean Canvas worksheet seemed really daunting at first! I had never thought of some of the questions, like who my audience would be, or what "problems" I wanted to solve. While it took an extra bit of thinking, having the information organized in boxes will be very helpful!

[Cotton Mather (CM) @CottonMatherDH]

@Malcolm_engl350 @Rachel_Jess_124 I agree! Although showing others our work can be daunting, I think doing so many peer reviews in class has helped me feel more comfortable doing them.

[Cotton Mather (CM) @CottonMatherDH]

I'm glad we got to have another successful peer review in class! @softlivin and I both reviewed each other's review blogs. I am glad we both found blogs that were so helpful in our grant topics. I took inspiration from @softlivin 's blog format for my own blog too!

[Cotton Mather (CM) @CottonMatherDH]

The tech explained in the article (twitter bot, marginalia) seemed difficult to make, and I wonder what resources are available in DH to help us (as DH ppl) to learn more how to get started? What are other good models and routes to take? (2/2)

[Cotton Mather (CM) @CottonMatherDH]

The Schofield reading for today was fascinating to see what kinds of technology could go into an archival DH project. (1/2) #cnuengl350