Tracking Calendar
COURSE: COMM150 INSTRUCTOR: dasilva
TERM: SPRING 2010 DAYS/TIME: MONDAY 6P
| WEEK | CLASS DAY & DATE | CONTENT: TOPICS | COURSE OUTCOME(S)
| METHODOLOGY [teaching & learning activities] | ASSIGNMENTS / ASSESSMENTS TEXTBOOK & SUPPLEMENTAL READINGS | DUE DATES |
| WEEK 1
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MONDAY 5 10
| - Introductions - Review of course syllabus & supplement - Diagnostic survey - Intro to the Writing Process |
CO #1 | - Log in to BS Website/Log in to Virtual Library, Review Campus Links page, G drive - Individual completion of diagnostic survey - Writing activity – One biographical para | Re-read course syllabus & supplement; sign and return "Student Acknowledgement" |
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| WEEK 2
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MONDAY 5 17
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Intro to research Database Access Essay Review/Rubric Outline Essay
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CO #1 2 3 5 |
Digital review "Data Bases You have Access to" Hand out, -Digital Quick read "What is Information Literacy and Why Should I care?" -Pairs interactive: "Sources for Courses" - As a class: complete the "May 17 Group Work: Essay fill in" handout and the '9 workplace competencies' hand-out -Complete essay in interactive ESSAY MAPS |
-Digital review "Data Bases You have Access to" Hand out, -Digital Quick read "What is Information Literacy and Why Should I care?" - interactive "Sources for Courses"
| May 17 Essay fill in" handout Interactive ESSAY MAP NETS and NETS hand –outs are due, "What is Information Literacy and Why Should I care?" "Data Bases You have Access to" Hand out—quiz next class |
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MONDAY 5 24
| Search Skills Booelan Using Quotations, Citations APA Guide VL Sources Review "Research Strategies for a Digital Age" -essay rubric
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CO #1 2 3 4 5 | Review NETS, DataBases, QUIZ, REVIEW essay maps, lab assignments (H.O.3, 4, 5) -search skills PPT -digital interactive: "Boolean made Simple", "Research it Right - Review Boolean operators and search strings/Handout = wk5_review_boolean -digital interadctive "You Quote It, You Note it."
| Read: "Research Strategies for a Digital Age" Chapter 7 – answer all of the questions at the end of the chapter - Research Strategies: pages 101-106; 151-177; Bryant & Stratton APA Style Guide, pp. 1 – 5; 7 – 9; 17, 38; bring the textbook, Internet Research, to class as an aide for a possible quiz question.
| Assign 1st esay rough draft WITHOUT Citations Submit essay to Smarthinking, Work on paper come to class with any questions about content or format |
| WEEK 4
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MONDAY 5 31
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NO CLASS!!!!! |
No class |
No class |
No class | Work on all assignments/essay |
| WEEK 5
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MONDAY June 7
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Plagiarism Works Cited PowerSearching Essay |
CO # 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10
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-APA How to interactive/ Monster -Review discuss Rubric-- including References to two database articles. -Is it Plagiarism? http://www.sdst.org/shs/library//isitplag.html -WoRKS CITED AND works consulted page -POWERSEARCHING PPT LAB Work on paper come to class with any questions about content or format. | Review: -search skills PPT Work on Esssay Re write Use Rubric Checklist | Rough draft due-narrative essay |
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WEEK 6
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June 14 MONDAY |
Review Weeks 3,4, 5 Search engines Blogs, feeds, social webs
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CO # 3,4,5,6,7,8 10, 11 | Turn in Essay Internet search engines/ Handout = wk7_search_engines Discuss- group lab:Describe and use distinctive features - Handout = wk7_blogs, feeds, etc - Handout = wk7_social_web -QUIZ
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Reading: Designated pages in Internet Research, and in Research Strategies |
Final essay due at beginning of class |
| WEEK 7
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MONDAY June 21
| Essay 2 APA Review Resaerch skills Descriptive essay rubric Internet Sources abd Content |
CO #3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 | Review/Discuss Essay 2 Group- outliune in class What do you want to know?so far Handout = wk8_descriptive_essay_format Find four different Internet sources and content for detailed characteristics of your most preferred career specialization (job). Handout = wk8_annotated_web_references LAB- start essay outline Descriptive essay rubric Handout = wks8-9_checklist QUIZ
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Complete essay outline-interactive essay Find at least two articles to use in Essay 2 from EBSCO databases. Homework is to complete a rough draft of the Descriptive Essay, including References with annotations for four Web sites | Rough outline due next class Reading: Designated pages in Research Strategies (pages are identified in the weekly handouts) ; Bryant & Stratton College APA Style Guide under tab for Reference Desk in Virtual Library
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| WEEK 8
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MONDAY June 28
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Ethics and Honesty- Plagiarism and Copywright Fair Use Creative Comons |
CO #2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | Scored Descriptive essays are returned Examine the issues of academic (intellectual) honesty: Handout = wks9-10_plagiarism, copyright /Practice with paraphrasing a part of another person's work (and crediting the source). - Do exercises related to avoidance of plagiarism and copyright infringement, fair use, "common knowledge. -Distinguish plagiarism and copyright infringement. -Summarize the purpose of U.S. Copyright Law and the rights given to authors/artists. -Explain each of the Fair Use guid Identify examples of fair and unfair uses for each of the four guidelines. Distinguish Creative Commons' licenses and different permissions for use. How to use and cite images with Creative Commons' rights.
| Review and complete rough outline of third essay, dcue next class. |
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| WEEK 9
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MONDAY JULy 5th No class |
No class |
No class |
No class |
No class |
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| WEEK 10
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MONDAY July 12 July 14, Portfolio Development Day (PDD |
Organization Appropriate content Three parts review and discuss
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CO #16,7,8,9 | Start The third "Process (Evidence) Essay" -Organize and analyze the format for the Process Essay/ -Handout = wks10-12_process_essay_format Determine appropriate content under the essay's three section headings -- Handout = wks10-12_process_essay_content /First section: Explain how to avoid plagiarism and how to create citations and References-Second section: Describe the purpose of U.S. Copyright Law & the five legal rights given to authors/artists; Third section: Describe the four Fair Use Guidelines with examples of a fair and an unfair use under each guideline; explain how you would follow each of the four Fair Use Guidelines. Handout = wks10-12_grammar_presentation, Handout = wks10-12_assessment_form, Handout = wks10-12_checklist Work in LAB
| Reading: Designated pages in Internet Research and Research Strategies (pages are identified in the weekly handouts); Bryant & Stratton College APA Style Guide under tab for Reference Desk in Virtual Library
| Homework is to complete the rough draft of the Process Essay, acquire materials for the portfolio, and complete the self- assessment form.
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| WEEK 11
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MONDAY July 19
PORTFOLIOS TURN IN JULY 21
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Final Product/Quality Grammar and presentation Self Edit |
CO #5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | Lab- Work on essays Review/Discuss Handout = wks10-12_grammar_presentation Handout = wks10-12_assessment_form Handout = wks10-12_checklist
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| Reading: Designated pages in Internet Research, and in Research Strategies |
| WEEK 12
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MONDAY July 26
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Oral Presentations Rubric and Scoring
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CO #1, 2, 4, 7 | Handout = wks10-12_grammar_presentation Handout = wks10-12_assessment_form Handout = wks10-12_checklist Labtime, practice 'Prepare for an oral presentation; The handout for the oral presentation = wks13-14_oral_prep |
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| WEEK 13
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MONDAY August 2
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Oral Presentations Rubric and Scoring Assessment |
CO #1,2, 9, 10, 11 |
-Complete a Diagnostic Assessment as an ungraded post-test - Present an oral report and self-assessment of your experience in working on the |
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| WEEK 14
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Monday Aug 9
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Final Assessment |
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take the Final Test |
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STUDENT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT STATEMENT
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