Next week groups will work on their documentation projects in A540, the library’s eclassroom. On Monday, May 11 all groups will submit a short progress report, and on Wednesday, May 13 we will determine the order of group presentations, which will take place on May 18 and May 20. The final research paper is due on Monday, May 11 by the beginning of class – good luck, everyone, and don’t wait until Sunday night to contact me with any questions.
~Prof. L.
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
Today we discussed documentation and citation from the book excerpts by Hauptman and by Bugeja and Dimitrova, and also reviewed the research paper writing process. We watched a video on how to use the Notebook feature of EasyBib. More EasyBib tutorials are available here.
On Wednesday we’ll continue our documentation discussion, moving into the practical applications of documentation. Please read the following 2 articles:
Edge, “Write it Down!”
Robinson, “Documentation Dilemmas”
Your blogging assignment is to comment on one or 2 of your classmates’ blog posts totaling at least 100 words. The research paper draft is due by 10 a.m. on Monday, April 27 and the research paper final is due by 10 a.m. on Monday, May 11.
~Prof. Leonard
Today we discussed writing an academic research paper. Slides from today are available here. The writing prompts are adapted from the book They Say, I Say, available at the City Tech library (2014 and older editions available).
On Monday we will discuss the rationale for documentation and citation. Please read the following: Hauptman, pp. 7-13 (distributed in class; if you missed class you can get it on reserve in the library with this call number: PN171 .F56 H38 2008) and Bugeja and Dimitrova, “What, in fact, causes footnotes to vanish?” pp.33-39 from their book Vanishing Act (download from the City Tech library using the barcode from your college ID to authenticate). Write one 100-word reading response blog post for those articles by 10 a.m. on Monday, April 20. Because I overlooked assigning 2 articles before Break, there is another blog post due tomorrow (not today as the outline was due). Please read the following 2 articles: Fister, The Devil in the Details and Grimmelman, The Google Dilemma and write a 100-word reading response blog post, due by 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 16.
We watched a video showing how to track changes in Word:
I’ll try to return your outlines by the end of the week. Questions about upcoming assignments? Get in touch.
~Prof. Leonard
Today we reviewed the guidelines for the research paper outline (due Wednesday 4/15) and the research paper draft (due on April 27 – 2 weeks from today!) and played the evaluation game. Two teams (Alessandra, Kelly, Jay; Wil, Jonathan, Adonas) received perfect scores, so we’ll have a tie-breaking round on Wednesday, time permitting. On Wednesday we will discuss writing a research paper. Please read Badke, chapter 10 and Appendix One, pp. 263-286.
Before Break, I overlooked assigning 2 articles that discuss the importance of evaluating information in any format. Please read the following 2 articles: Fister, The Devil in the Details and Grimmelman, The Google Dilemma. Write a 100-word reading response blog post by 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 16.
Remember, your research paper outline is due on Wednesday, April 15 by 10 a.m., preferably emailed to me as an attachment, though you may submit a printed copy in class that day. Questions about this assignment? Get in touch!
~Prof. Leonard
I have had some minimal difficulty in choosing a topic for my research paper; because I had to work on narrowing my topic in order to focus on one piece of information . Other than that my first draft of my paper is done. Now I am focusing on building my paper. I am a little worried that I may not be able to find information relating to my topic in books and scholarly journals since my research topic is somewhat new, finding content may be challenging . I am also excited to see what kind of new information I will find relevant to my topic for this paper.
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