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Notes from today, and your reading and assignment for Monday, September 26

Posted on September 21, 2011 by | Leave a comment

We’ll be moving into discussions about issues in information and media. On Monday, we’ll be discussing access to information — personal and institutional. Over the next few weeks we’ll read and discuss other information issues: privacy, ethics, copyright and fair use. For Monday, please read Martin, The politics of research, from his book Information liberation: Challenging the corruptions of information power and write one reading response blog post.

Classes are cancelled Wednesday, September 28 through Friday, September 30. The college and library are open.

Slides from today are available here.

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Notes for Monday, September 12

Posted on September 7, 2011 by | Leave a comment

For Monday, September 12, please read Pavlik pp, 1-7 (distributed in class). Also read Harrington and Meade pp. 6-9 (the Executive Summary, parts 1.1 through 1.10) and view two short videos: Blogs in Plain English and  Wikis in Plain English. Your writing assignment is one 100-word reading (or viewing) response blog post.

Remember that the OpenLab is on the open web for anyone to see, and you do not need to log in to read the latest blog posts. You will need to log in to post your own blog posts, of course.

We are a day behind the printed syllabus I distributed on the first day of class. When I get word about how the college plans to make up Monday classes that were canceled, I’ll update the syllabus and make a PDF available to download here.

I’ll get in touch with the OpenLab tech support folks and keep you updated. Do not hesitate to get in touch, either by email or by leaving a comment here, if you have questions about course readings, blogging assignments, etc.

~Prof. Leonard

 

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Navigating to the Dashboard and creating a new blog post

Posted on September 1, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Once you have created your OpenLab account and are ready to start blogging, you’ll need to get to the Dashboard to create a new post. After you log in, go to to My Sites > LIB 1201 Fall 2011 > Dashboard, and then click on Posts> New Posts. You can also try this: go to My Sites > LIB 1201 Fall 2011 > New Post. Hope this is helpful! ~Prof. Leonard

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Notes for Wednesday, August 31

Posted on August 31, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Since we missed the first day of class on Monday, the reading response blog posts due today will be due Friday, September 2 instead. Read the Preface, Chapter 1 and Chapter 8 from the textbook Research Strategies by William Badke (available at the City Tech bookstore or as an eb00k). Your first reading response blog post should be at least 100 words. In a reading response blog post, you should identify a topic or theme from the reading, briefly summarize it, and analyze it in relation to other readings and themes in the course. For more help with blogging, refer to the Blogging Guidelines on the course website or distributed in class, or contact me

The blog is hosted on City Tech’s OpenLab, an online platform for teaching. You will need to use your City Tech email address to sign up for the OpenLab. Visit Live@CityTech if you need to look up your City Tech email username.  Visit https://mail.citytech.cuny.edu to log in to your City Tech email. Once you have created your OpenLab account, check your City Tech email for the link to confirm your account. Then you can sign in and request membership in LIB 1201. Once I approve your request, you’ll be able to post on the class blog.

Enjoy the holiday weekend!

~Prof. Leonard

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