3/22
Campus Class is cancelled for Tuesday, 3/23, but use the time/computer lab to complete your Proposals. Email them and bring a hard copy to class on Thursday.

Make sure you have read Chapter 9 carefully for Thursday's class because we will do class exercises relevant to those chapters.

Online class, chat is cancelled for Tuesday. Email your proposals by end-of-day Thursday. Also, complete the assigned reading (Ch. 9) for this week by Thursday. You will receive email instructions for completing an exercise relevant to this chapter. The exercise is due by 5pm Monday, 3/29.You will read Ch. 11 for next Tuesday's chat.


3/09 Agenda for Online Chat:

• Evaluation forms for Proposals
• documentation styles--Appendix
• Group communication-rules, wiki pages

3/02 6:00 pm -- Agenda for Online Chat:

• Internet Resources review
• Using Databases
• Primary Research

2/25 10:50 am

A few students have said they could not view the tutorial in the Net.Tutor link without registering as an OSU student. I went to BW117 (the computer writing lab) and typed in http://liblearn.osu.edu/ and had no trouble accessing the tutorial and was not asked to log in or register. If you have difficulty from a computer lab on campus, you might try typing in the url instead of clicking on the link or going to aother computer lab such as BW117, where we know it works just fine.

2/19/2010
Schedule has been slightly revised-take note.
Week 6 focuses on Secondary Source research strategies and is divided into two sections: conducting internet searches and using academic databases.

• Read pages 113-132 in Ch.6.
• Read Week Six-Research Strategies in this wiki.

By the end of class (Tuesday, for campus class and Wednesday for online class), each student will complete a Memo to the instructor (see p.378 on writing Memos) which provides answers to the questions/prompts in the Guidelines. As you gain more knowledge about your subject and refine your approach to the topic, you will revise this Memo and add it to your wiki page.


Campus Class, 2/18/2010:
Today's class will take place entirely on the wiki and will be directed by you students.

Use the discussion board during class time to organize your research group and test whether
your idea will make a good research project. The guidelines linked below will help you answer critical
questions to focus your group's project and activities.

I will be "lurking" throughout the period inserting questions and suggestions in
the discussion topics. (I also have gmail open for chat, but only for 'emergency')

9:20 Class is officially over. I did not post comments to topics which had 1 or no replies. Continue this assignment
for homework until all guideline questions are answered.

Remember the requirement to be completed before the end of class: "Brainstorm
answers to the prompts with your group in the discussion board. By the end of the class period, make
sure you have provided the following information..."

Postings count toward participation grade. Look for an email by Sunday evening!

Guidelines

2/09: Online chat in WebCT tonight 7:00 pm. Agenda:

• Answer any questions about assignments
• Discuss some key principles from Chapter 10 - writing effective sentences -we'll view the accompanying material under the Week Four link.
• At 7 pm Monday, 2/15, I will email you a test over the material that will count as Assignment 3 (A3). You will have until 7 pm Tuesday to complete the test and email it to me, and you may use your text.
• Introduce the semester projects and perhaps generate a few ideas so that you may form groups for the projects-3 or 4 people per group

2/05: Online class-- See the attachments below containing the second set of exercises you are to complete and an answer sheet; it is not necessary to rewrite entire sentences. Note that some items have been omitted. Please email me your answers by noon Tuesday. Online class:Note extension for homework below:

2/03: Reminder about grammar exercises: complete and email to me by noon Friday. Complete the 2 exercises on Words Confused, 2 on Apostrophes, 1 on Pronoun reference, and 1 on pronoun agreement, all of which are attached to the appropriate pages within Week Three. If you missed the chat, you will do an additional apostrophe exercise, which we did together in the chat. 2/10: Answers to second set of grammar exercises are now attached below.

1/26/10: Schedule is now updated!

1/25/10: Online class will meet tomorrow evening using the Gmail chat tool. As we test this tool, we'll decide whether to plan future chats using Gmail chat or switching to the WebCT chat.

Online and F2F classes, for Tuesday's class, read the information in the link "Week Two-Using MSWord 2007." Tuesday we will use the reviewing tool for collaboration. Thursday we will use the styles tool.