Missed your oral presentation?

Missed your oral presentation? Rather than getting a zero, you can make up this work as follows:

4 sources for your annotated bibliography rather than the required 2-3 sources. Follow the same directions.

or

An enhanced version of your presentation of your research that has a minimum of 8 images [15 images or one every 20 seconds recommended] carefully credited on the slide and in your bibliography.

Missed a fieldtrip? How to make up the work

Missed a field trip? Rather than getting a zero, you can make up this work as follows:

4 sources for your annotated bibliography rather than the required 2-3 sources. Follow the same directions.

or

An enhanced version of your presentation of your research that has a minimum of 8 images [15 images or one every 20 seconds recommended] carefully credited on the slide and in your bibliography.

The Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center is hosting the following event that could be helpful to some of your research. Remember that interviews and lectures can count as original sources.

The May Breakfast Talk will feature Joanne Witty who will speak about her book:
Brooklyn Bridge Park: A Dying Waterfront Transformed 

May 19, 2017
8:30 AM-10:00 AM
New York City College of Technology
300 Jay Street
(Room A632)

RSVP Here

Upcoming deadlines and deliverables

Thursday 4/27, we’ll talk more about the outline and focus on more research in class. Here are our upcoming deadlines:

  • Outline 5/2; Podcasting tech overview
  • Annotated Bibliography 5/9 [eclassroom not avail. from 11:30 to 12:30]
  • Share Research Findings 5/11
  • Final Deliverable Assignments 5/16 (script + prelim recording) LAB recording
  • LAB recording 5/18 
  • Formal Presentation of Podcast 5/23
  • Rf 5/25

Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) Archives, Thursday 4/6

In advance, please take a couple of minutes to explore the digitized material in the MTA Archives. Rebecca, one of the two archivists who work there, tells me that most of their material is not digitized! They also have another location on 130 Livingston Street near to City Tech which has a lot of Brooklyn material but can’t accommodate an entire class at once. You can visit either, as with any archive, by appointment. We will get more information when we are on site.

Since it will be raining, we will meet in the actual archives which are on the 4th floor of an office building (details below). Please be ready with questions especially if you are researching a transportation topic. As usual, bring a pencil and no flash on photography. You are expected to do the usual Archives site visit assignment.

The MTA Archives are located at 882 3rd Ave., Brooklyn 4th Floor, [between 32nd and 33rd Streets], Sunset Park/Greenwood Heights area

  1. Nearest subway station: 36th St. D, N, or R [express station] [R train takes you back to City Tech]
  2. The archives are in Industry City (if you have time, check it out afterwards)
  3. tell the guard at the sign-in desk that you’re going to the MTA Archives
  4. take the elevator
  5. door on the left when exiting the archives, ring the bell to enter
  6. call 718 613-0575 if you can’t get in to contact Rebecca or 718 613-0577 to contact Desiree the other archivist

Consider visiting the Transit Museum if possible on your own. We don’t think they give CUNY students a discount but ask.

Homework for 3/30, preliminary outline, please follow instructions

For homework for 3/30, please develop three to five bullet points in a preliminary outline. This means identifying three to five subtopics to your research question/topic.

Add it to your cloud doc for your research question after the work you’ve done so far. see https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/aptekar-berger2205sp2017/assignments/11-328-in-class-research/ for instructions …

If you did not link to your document on the shared timeline, do so now!!!

We will go over this with you again next time we’re having class on campus but try your best.