Today we discussed how and why to evaluate information in any format. The Grimmelman article merits a second read for those of you who are investigating the political, social, or economic aspects of information, so please review. If you did not get a chance to review the website evaluation guides, please do so:
- UC Berkeley Library, Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask
- Cornell University Libraries, Critically analyzing information sources.
On Monday 11/19 we will discuss the writing of an academic research paper. Please read Badke Ch. 10 and Appendix 1 pp. 235-238. Your blogging assignment is one research journal blog post; prompt follows:
Over the past few weeks we read about and worked on:
Also, don’t forget about the blogging amnesty I announced on Monday:
Blogging Amnesty: Because there has been confusion about the due dates of reading and blogging assignments, you have until Friday, November 16 to complete the blogging assignment originally due today (November 12). This blogging assignment is to comment on a classmate’s blog post — either one 100 word comment or 2 comments totaling 100 words.
Your research paper outline is due on November 21 and the first draft of the research paper is due on November 28. Please get in touch with questions about either assignment.
Slides from today are available here.
~Prof. L
