July 12 agenda
1. Sign in
2. Reminder: Portfolio Day is REQUIRED and worth 10points.
Review Hand out: How your Grade is determined. (Missing quizzes? It is probably killing your grade. Come see me at break for a quick makeup grade so at least you can pick up one of them.)
3. Check for completion of take home plagiarism/fair use assignment
http://www.lib.umn.edu/copyright/FU-checklist.pdf
http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/
p58 comic book
4. Hand back essays.
5. YOU SO OWE ME: If your grade is lower than an 80, and would like to do so, you may resubmit your revised work for a possible increase in your grade. They must be turned in by THURSDAY, July 15th at midnight- otherwise I will not have time to look at them.
6. Complete essay improvement hand out together.
7. TAKE A BREAK!
8. Your next essay is due at the end of the class on July 26th, along with your portfolio.
The essay is about:
• Describe the ethical dimensions of doing research.
• Explain how to avoid plagiarism by using citations and References;
• Summarize the purpose of U.S. Copyright Law, and the five legal rights provided to authors/artists;
• Explain how you would follow each of the Fair Use Guidelines with examples of fair and unfair uses.
• Cite a source relevant to crediting sources, to copyright, or to Fair Use. Provide the in-text citation and Reference for the source. Use a source, which does not appear in your handouts or in an earlier essay.
• Use Smart thinking
9. Review Process essay hand out.
10. Getting ready for the Portfolio- For our next class:
Buy a binder and tabs.( The best binder is a thin three-ring notebook, with tabs.)
Make sure all of your paper’s revisions are done.
Homework: Take home quiz (glossary) HINT: this may re-appear on your final exam.
Buy a binder and tabs.( The best binder is a thin three-ring notebook, with tabs.)
Make sure all of your paper’s revisions are done!! Turn in any revisions for review.
****If it were me, I would SO start a rough draft of the next paper.**************
