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Summary of today, and looking ahead to May

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Today we reviewed your blog posts on process documentation, critiquing the quality and thoroughness of the documentation examples. Next week we’ll start the group documentation project and organize into working groups; I’ll distribute guidelines for the documentation project and for the group presentation then. For Monday, think about what kind of documentation project you would like to work on: a research tool, an information resource, or an educational game.

Final research paper guidelines are now available on the course site; refer to them or ask me if you have questions about the final paper. The final version of the research paper is due Monday, May 11 by 10 a.m.

~Prof. Leonard

Process Documentation

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This YouTube video is a documentation of the steps involved in created a hanging indent for a works cited page in MLA format. What is great about this form of documentation is that it is easily understood and very direct. In addition this video record preservs knowledge thanks to the aid of the internet. Most of us if not all, have been in the situation where we needed to refresh our minds on formatting a works cited page for a research paper. Luckily this knowledge is preserved and readily available for access. Another Good feature about this process of documentation is that the message is clearly brought across directly and quickly  to the viewer. In this video there is commentary, direction aswell as images all packed in one and because of this it’s safe to assume that one day, video records may become the number one form of documentation. Last but not least, because the video documentary is educational, the creator gives permition for reuse which further benefits the academic community.

Process Documentation

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I chose a video on How to Steep Tea.  According to David Wong, “There are three “how’s” of steeping: how hot the water should be, how much tea to use, and how long to steep.” Wong says that when you bring water to a full boil, your boiling the oxygen out of the water which can flatten the taste of your tea.  Next, he says that if you brew the tea longer than 3-5 minutes, you start to over brew the stems which causes the tea to become bitter.  Lastly, the amount of tea he suggests is 3-5 grams, which is usually about a teaspoon.  In conclusion, I do believe that the video was documented thoroughly, and I also learned new ways on how to make a good cup of tea.

Review of today, and reading/blogging for Wednesday, April 29

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Today we discussed styles and standards for documentation & citation. You created your own citation styles by identifying the most important parts of a citation. Several elements were common to most: author, title, date, and source. On Wednesday we’ll return to process documentation. Please read Badke Ch. 9 and browse Purdue OWL’s APA and MLA Style sections. Write one process documentation blog post in response to this prompt:

 Irene Edge describes process documentation as “a thorough conveyance of thoughts and processes.” Select one example of process documentation in any format, read it, and write one 100-word blog post in which you describe, summarize and critique it. Does it document thoroughly and completely the process that it claims to document? If you choose a video, please embed the video into your blog post so that we can all view it easily.

Be prepared to discuss your example in class. Instructions for embedding a video into a blog post on the OpenLab are here. You may find it helpful to review the Edge and Robinson articles to guide your selection of a good quality example of process documentation. Questions about this final blogging assignment? Get in touch.

On Wednesday I’ll distribute final research paper guidelines.

~Prof. Leonard

Summary of today, and assignment for Monday, April 27

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Today we discussed practical applications of documentation, including process documentation.  We quickly reviewed the Edge and Robinson articles, and we’ll return to them next week for the process documentation blogging assignment (details next week)

The draft of your research paper is due on Monday, April 27, emailed to me as a draft by the beginning of class. I’ll distribute guidelines for the final paper on Monday and post them to the OpenLab.

Good luck, everyone!

~Prof. Leonard