Hi Class,

Some Shelf Portrait INFO and Resources:

Here is a document that may guide you. It is ONE possible format that your Shelf Portrait document can take.

Here is a short list of Citation Help sites in case you are having trouble understanding citations.

And finally, here is a short video in which I try to re-frame or otherwise clarify the direction of this assignment.

As I state in the video, IF you have NOT already spoken with me either personally or in email about your Shelf’s focus/topic, you MUST do that ASAP — before you hand it in.

Hi Class,

As you know, there is no in-person class for us next week (Mar 25–29). Instead, I will be having 10-minute, One-on-One Conferences with each of you on Zoom. I do this at mid-term so I can give you your Mid-Term Grade, go over how you are progressing in the class, and also so that you can get any last-minute help with your Capstone 2 project due at the end of the week.

You must attend a Conference to get attendance credit for the week.

Here is the link to the Sign-Up Sheet. If it fills up, please put your name at the side, as indicated, and I will try to see you during drop-in hours / during and alternate time.

FYI, Mid-Term Grades are abbreviated as follows:

P = passing

BL= borderline

U=unacceptable

Have a great week-end. Reach out to me if you need me.

Hi Class,

Our Librarian, Rachel, can’t come to our classroom tomorrow morning; instead, she wants us to meet her at the Library. So we will meet in the classroom first, take roll, etc., and then go to the Library together.

Rachel is really a great Librarian. I think she will be happy to adapt to what you want to discuss. I am going to put some of the main topics that I have gotten from you, below.

Elon Musk

“Starship” and Mars/space exploration and colonization

The core values of gracious professionalism and coopertition, as well as those of Robotics competitions

New York City — is it livable? How is it really doing?

Oceanography

Soccer and in particular Real Madrid — what makes them so competitive?

I got most of these from Worksheets that were completed on time. I am not going to take any more late Worksheets, so, if you want to add more topics to ask her about, I welcome you to add them as a Comment to this post.