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Class schedule (subject to change—watch this space)
Topics, readings
Assignments
Due
Jan. 19 Introduction, syllabus, website, topic areas; introductions    

Jan. 21

The Internet (see this WIRED article); a fun chart of the top 20 sites; the process approach (lecture), and How to Start a Paper (new Library page); the Writing Situation; our Internet survey;
Notes from the whiteboard for this class.
Research journal  
Jan. 26 Freewriting; fun Carr video; and long version; Read: Carr, "Is Google Making Us Stupid?"; the hype cycle curve; topic areas; a counterargument? Essay 1: Rhetorical analysis of Carr  
Jan. 28 Rhetoric review of: K&L 1, 2, 3 (Rhetoric in Theory, pp. 3-31); slides; discuss Carr

A citation generator (try it with Carr);

 

   
Feb. 2 Purdue OWL and their sample APA paper; OWL Rhetorical Situations; (the Thesis section; and Using Research and Evidence (OWL->General Writing->Academic Writing->Establishing Arguments); For APA, start with our APA style LibGuide and take a look at the Purdue Owl style guide (but they get some things wrong!); the spurious correlations page; Rhetoric review II; a page from MLA on using the singular "they/their" and (finally) a new book and article on IOT security — it's a thing!    
Feb. 4 H&A (Who Says?) Preface, Ch.1, 2; Here's a link to my paper in JVL; A fake news test from The New York Times; the Citizen's Guide from UCSB

Read K&L 4, 6

  Carr essay
Feb. 9 Enrichment Day: Race, social justice, diversity (no class)    

 

Feb. 11 MSWord lab (follow along at home); use this file and here is a "handout" of tips for using Word; Wage info exercise    
Feb. 16 Topic selection, development; Google: start with this intro video; Google to the max (UCB) and their Google Guide, Fun Google Tips) ; Other Google tools; Google Search Help; synthesis articles: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
 Topic ideas  
Feb. 18 Research writing; image searches; Read H&A 4; here's another good APA guide (try the How Do I cite? tab)

Essay 1b: Synthesis  
Feb. 23 Library session (Zoom)   Topic ideas
Feb. 25 Topics; be prepared to discuss your topics in class, and synthesis articles.
   
Mar. 2 Finish notes synthesis articles; topic ideas; Evaluating online resources, CARDS; Current Issues Lib Guide and the College Writing one; Read H&A 6, 5    
Mar. 4 Research review; research writing, Research page on our library's site; here's their APA Style LibGuide, and the new LibKey resource; discuss topic choices Group source presentation assignment Synthesis essay
Mar. 9 Group source presentations; proposals and biblio; synthesis citations; prepare for conferences; La Salle Learning Support tools Proposal, initial bibliography Group sources written
Mar. 11 Conferences I: (meet with me individually on Zoom)    
Mar. 16
Conferences I: (meet with me individually on Zoom)    
Mar. 18 Quotes, paraphrases, plagiarism; post-conference notes and my version of the synthesis citations; Read: H&A 3; here are "handouts" from Lehigh, Hacker's handbook, and Indiana.    
Mar. 23 In-class writing, critical reading of this article; for tutoring on your term paper, contact Jake Alspaugh    
Mar. 25 Analyzing research papers, and our paper to analyze (Social Media + Society) which comes from this open source journal; reading charts and graphs Research paper analysis Proposal, initial bibliography
Mar. 30 Social Media + Society research paper discussion; "fake" academic journals: what do you think of this journal (check archives). Or this? this? or the Center for Promoting Ideas home page and the Director's name; try Google Earth with that address or the one here in Madison, Wisc; note the length and quick turnaround of the Kashmir article here; look at the authors here. And here's a piece from the Chronicle of Higher Education on these "predatory journals."    
Apr. 1 No class—Easter break; Take a look at the Information literacy tutorials here; also for bibliographies, here is the APA video

 

Apr. 6 Research strategies and conundrums; Google on scholarly research; Google's tools; search help, and help on all products; Google's Search Education  Annotated bibliography Part 2 Research paper analysis
Apr. 8 First, here is our synthesis reference list for reminders about APA style. When drafting your final paper, remember to deal with responses, counterarguments, as in Cleveland Indians sample outline; another outline example; Slides on using sources, quoting; Outlining (and handout); Read: H&A 7, 8, 9 Outline (extra credit)
 
Apr. 13 Introductions, conclusions (OWL->General Writing->Common Writing->Argument papers or here): look again at the sample APA paper; videos on Summon and scholarly papers; LibGuide; Revising, editing, language (writing tips), cliches; conference ideas, times Final paper/ draft (draft is extra credit, but all should read this);

Apr. 15 Library study hall, discussion—how's it going?

  Annotated bibliography 2
Apr. 20 Conferences II (meet with me individually on Zoom)   Outline (extra credit)
Apr. 22 Enrichment Day: Academic Showcase (no class)    
Apr. 27 Conferences II (meet with me on Zoom)
Apr. 29 Final APA tips; H&A 10; this is the checklist for the final paper Prepare oral presentation Full draft (extra credit)
May 4 Oral presentations of final paper Group 1 on Zoom  
May 6 Oral presentations of final paper Group 2 on Zoom   Research journal
Final papers due Monday, May 10

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