Week 8:

• Dates: Monday, 10/23 and Wednesday, 10/25, plus Thursday 10/26 (optional, but please consider joining!)
• Meeting Info: This course meets in person for 100 minutes twice per week, Mondays and Wednesdays from 12:00-1:40pm, in Namm 602A. By the end of each week, I will post an agenda that will outline the next week’s work. It will include instructions for you and links to readings, discussion questions, and other work. We will work on developing community both in our classroom and in our online written community.

Objectives

• To draft introductions for Project 2
• To continue Project 2 research
• To draft citations and annotations for our sources
• To revise our research questions as needed
• To understand our Midsemester Grades

To Do Before Week 8

Just in case you haven’t already, please:

• Brainstorm to find a research topic you are passionate about. Develop an open-ended question to research for this inquiry-based research (vs thesis-driven) research project.
• Catch up on any readings or discussions you’ve missed following Project 1–you can review the Weekly Class Agendas to see what we covered. If you haven’t yet submited Project 1: Education Narrative and the cover letter (paper copy distributed in class), please reach out to me to discuss a plan.

To-Do This Week

Monday, 10/23

Texts:

• texts for your research project–remember you want to read more than 4 to find the best sources for your project.
• Project 1 responses: if you published your project on our site, please find my letter in response and grade as a comment on your project post.

Writing:

• draft your introduction for Project 2
• draft citations and annotations for your first and second sources
• Discussion: what is your research topic and question?

In Class:

• What belongs in the introduction to Project 2?
  • review the Project 2 details
  • consult with the Reflective Annotated Bibliography examples
    • “Black Holes” by Hashim Khan
    • “Why Haven’t we Found a Cure for Diabetes?”  (uncredited)
    • “When a School is a Cemetery” by Sabina Uddin, in City Tech Writer
  • What do they do that we want to do? What do they leave out that we want to do? What do they do that we want to leave out?
  • These examples introduce their topics or questions, what they want to find out about. might include the question, or a statement about what they are looking to find out
  • use content from your research as quotations in your introduction to the work you’re doing, or ideas from prior knowledge. consider why there are gaps in prior knowledge, what you need to do to understand your new topic
  • Begin drafting your introduction, using what the Project 2 details outline for you and the examples help you see as important in the introduction.
• Search terms
  • try doing a google search and see what you get!
  • what new search terms can you find that will fine-tune your search to help you get better results?
• What kinds of sources are we finding?
  • genres
  • quality
  • how do we know if we want to use a source?
• Questions for our library session
  • 10/25 at 12:00–so we will meet outside the library on the 4th floor
  • our session is only 45 minutes, so let’s come prepared with questions to ask:
  • how do we know if a source is credible?
  • help with creating citations
  • how do we find sources?
  • search terms
  • using the library databases
  • google scholar
  • google filters, advice for searching
• What is your research question? Please submit it so that I can establish your working groups.

Wednesday, 10/25

Texts:

• texts for your research project–remember you want to read more than 4 to find the best sources for your project.
• Find your Midsemester grade.

Writing:

• Continue drafting your citations and annotations, and share them in our discussion about next sources
• Continue drafting your introductions for Project 2 and share them in our discussion about introductions

In Class:

• 12:00-12:45: Library Session (meet at the 4th floor of the Library Building. We will work in the classroom, located within the library on the 5th floor.)
• Library website
• Databases: Pubmed; SpringerLink ejournals; Business Source Complete; Academic Search Complete; Gale Academic OneFile Select; for media: ArtSTOR, AVON; for video: Kanopy (for documentaries), SWANK (movies); NexisUni for news sources and more; New York Times Digital, New York Times Historical.
• Visit the Reference Desk in the library for support with your research
• Use the Ask A Librarian for 24-7 support. M/W/F 9am-2pm for Eirini, but someone is always on the reference desk when the library is open.
• After the library session, we will continue to work on choosing and evaluating sources. Find an additional source, either using library databases or your own searching preferences.
• In the final portion of class, we will peer-review annotated bibliographies in our working groups–return to this on Monday, 10/30
• For our event: What are the walls of your cave made of? How I would think about that question: What obstacles do you feel prevent you from seeing clearly? What holds you back that your future self might see a way through?

Thursday, 10/26

• Let’s celebrate Plato’s Allegory of the Cave with Pizza, Prizes, Games & Activities!
  • Who: All FYLC + CT101 Students and Faculty
  • When: Thursday, October 26, 2023; 12:45-2:00pm
  • Where: Room A209; Academic Building, 285 Jay Street
  • Please let me know if you’re coming so we order enough food!