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Notes from today, and reading & blogging assignment for Monday, December 3

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Today we discussed standards, methods and styles for process documentation. What is the best way to document the process of completing a task so that any other person or group can replicate it without assistance? Slides from today are available here.

On Monday, 12/3, we’ll discuss the practical applications of documentation. Your blogging assignment is to locate one example of process documentation in any format, read it, and write one 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!

Reading: Edge, “Write it down! The importance of documentation”
Robinson, “Documentation Dilemmas”

The final version of the research paper is due on Wednesday, December 5 at the beginning of class. Refer to the guidelines or contact me with any questions.

Good luck, everyone!

~Prof. Leonard

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Notes from today, and reading/blogging assignments for Monday, November 26

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Today we discussed documentation and the rationales for acknowledgement, attribution, tracing, validation, and commentary.

For Monday, please read Badke, chapter 9 and review the OWL MLA and APA style guides. Pay special attention to the MLA guidelines for in-text citations. Your blogging assignment is one 100-word comment on a classmate’s blog post (or 2 comments totaling 100 words).

Remember, your research paper draft is due on Wednesday, November 28. Please get in touch with any questions you have about the assignment.

Slides from today are available here.

Enjoy the holiday weekend!

~Prof. Leonard

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11-21-2012 Blog Post – Ahmad Woods

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Reading an excerpt from Howard’s “Hot Type: A Modern Scholar’s Ailments: Link Rot and Footnote Flight”  describes the purpose of citation and there’s six of them;  acknowledgment, attribution, tracing, validation, protection against accusations of misconduct. I think probably the most important reason for citation is validation.  It’s nice to have that cushion to know someone has done some sort of research on on this because then you know that the topic may be actually worth researching. Needless to say it also makes you look good when you pull out all sorts of references; it validates your research since now you have evidence to support you claims.

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Notes from today, and homework for Wednesday, November 21

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Today we discussed writing an academic research paper and outline. On Wednesday, we’ll discuss the rationale for documentation and citation. Please read Hauptman pp. 7-13; if you missed class get the book on reserve in the library (call number PN171 .F56 H38 2008) and also Howard, Hot Type: A Modern Scholar’s Ailments: Link Rot and Footnote Flight. Your blogging assignment is one reading response blog post of at least 100 words.

Remember, the research paper outline is due by 10 a.m. Wednesday, either emailed to me as an attachment or handed in at the start of class! Please get in touch with any questions you have about the assignment.

If you are looking for links to help with in-text citations, working with Track Changes, or anything else we discussed in class, slides from today are available here.

~Prof. L.

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Notes from today, and reading/blogging assignments for Monday 11/19 (also, blogging amnesty for the 11/12 blogging assignment)

Posted on November 14, 2012 by | Leave a comment

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:

 

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:

1.advanced internet searching
2.searching library catalogs
3.searching article databases.
•What have you learned in these classes that’s new to you?
•How do you see yourself using your new skills outside of our course?

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

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Notes from today, and reading/blogging/writing assignments for November 14

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Today we discussed using library databases to find articles. On Wednesday, we will discuss how and why to evaluate sources in any format. Please review the following 2 websites:

UC Berkeley Library, Evaluating Web Pages:  Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask
Cornell University Libraries, Critically analyzing information sources.

and read the following 2 articles:

Fister, B. (2003). The devil in the details: Media representation of ritual abuse and evaluation of sources. SIMILE: Studies in Media and Information Literacy Education, 3(2), 1-14.

Grimmelman, J. (2008/2009). The Google dilemma. New York Law School Law Review, 53, 939-950.

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.

The annotated bibliography is due on Wednesday, November 14. Please get in touch if you have questions about the assignment.

Slides from today are available here.

CUNY posted more Hurricane Sandy help and information that might help with any questions you have about financial aid, enrollment, and attendance.

~Prof. L.

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Notes from today, and reading and blogging homework for Monday, November 12

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Today we discussed finding information (books and other media) in library catalogs, including the CUNY catalog and WorldCat As you search for information on your topic, don’t forget about other resources available to you, including those of the New York Public Library, Brooklyn Public Library and Queens Library systems.Remember that resources in other academic libraries in Brooklyn are available to you via the ALB consortium.

On Monday, November 12 we will discuss finding information in library databases. Please read Badke pp. 94-120, and pay special attention to section 5.9, for further study. Your blogging assignment is to comment on a classmate’s blog post — either one 100 word comment or 2 comments totaling 100 words.

The college has made a plan to make up for the instructional time missed during Hurricane Sandy. Friday, December 21 will be the last day of classes, on which we will finish up the group presentations.

Slides for today are available here.

Please get in touch with any questions you have about the annotated bibliography, which is due on Wednesday, November 14. I will be out of town from tonight through Sunday evening but will make an effort to check email regularly.

 

~Prof. L.

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Reading and blogging homework for Wednesday 11/7

Posted on November 5, 2012 by | Leave a comment

By tomorrow we should get an update of how we’ll make up the classes missed due to the college closure during Hurricane Sandy. I’ll let you know as soon as I find out. In the meantime, I posted an updated schedule of readings and assignments. Today we discussed advanced internet searching, including Google Scholar and the importance of setting up Library Links in your Google Scholar settings, various browser add-ons such as LibX for searching and Zotero for citation management, and briefly touched on EasyBib, which we investigated a few weeks ago. EasyBib also has browser extensions for Chrome (and Firefox?) that allow you to quickly cite or evaluate a website or online article or e-book. Please note that the library’s EasyBib demo now ends on November 30. On Wednesday, we’ll discuss searching & finding in library catalogs. Please read Badke, ch. 5 pp. 89-93 and review the Library of Congress Classification Outline.

Please write one research journal blog post in response to the prompt below:

In class today you tried out advanced search strategies and scholarly internet resources from the Badke reading to search for sources on your research topic. Describe 1 advanced strategy or scholarly resource you used. Did you find different information sources than you found doing a regular internet search (just using Google, Yahoo, etc.), and if so, how are they different? Did you encounter any difficulties that you haven’t encountered in a regular internet search?
Slides for today are available here.
Go vote tomorrow! Check the updated list of NYC polling sites that have been changed due to Sandy damage if you think there’s a chance that your usual polling site has been moved.

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Classes will resume on Friday, November 2

Posted on October 31, 2012 by | Leave a comment

hi everyone,

The latest CUNY alert tells us that classes are cancelled again tomorrow, Thursday, November 1:

ALL scheduled Day and Evening classes at ALL CUNY campuses have been canceled for Thursday, November 1, 2012. Classes will resume on Friday, November 2, 2012.

See you all on Monday; we’ll pick up where we left off with the reading/blogging assignment originally due on 10/29. I’ll distribute an updated schedule of readings, discussion, and blogging assignments as soon as I can. Stay safe!

Best,
Prof. Leonard

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Reading and blogging for Wednesday, October 31

Posted on October 29, 2012 by | Leave a comment

I hope everybody is safe for the duration of Sandy.

For Wednesday, October 31 please complete the reading and blogging assignments originally due on Monday, 10/29.We’ll discuss advanced internet searching. Please read Badke, chapter 6 (all) and chapter 7, part 7.7 (pp.161-162) and view the web search strategies video. The research journal blog post originally due Monday 10/29 is now due on 10/31. I’ll update the schedule of readings and assignments later this week.

Stay safe, everyone!

~Prof. Leonard

 

Stay safe and dry, everyone!

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