Work for the Weekend

Everyone:

I hope that you are all going to have an enjoyable weekend. I wish we could just take the weekend off, but the 4 week class doesn't really allow for that! However, I've kind of tried to create a plan that will give you a chance to take a breath as you move on to next week's assignments and towards your research projects.

So read carefully -- these are the activities you'll need to complete.

(1) Finish up the two last readings on online dating stuff (I attached them to an email yesterday) Post in the discussion group -- remember your goal of 30 posts for the week and also try to employ some of the suggestions I made in my email.

(2) Go the the Discussion Forum titled "project topics" sometime over the weekend and make a brief post that describes your project idea -- doesn't have to be formal, just get something up there!

(3) Complete the "You are Here II" Assignment -- The Due Date for this is next Tuesday. You'll find the assignment in the folder titled "Readings & Assignments: Week 2." This assignment is to create an "annotated bibliography" for your project. I've created a "sample annotated bibliography," so you can see what I'm expecting -- you can find it in the "Readings & Assignments:week two" folder or you can link to the google doc version here: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B0vrL-DffM_dYWE0MDJkNmQtNGYzMS00NzViLWFkZWUtNTNlOTE3YWYzNTEy&hl=en_US&authkey=CIns3bgE

PLEASE NOTE: You can turn your assignment into the drop box in Blackboard that I've created, but you could alternately place your bibliography on your blog space if you would rather do that.

(4) Finally, as you begin your research on your topic, let me know if you find an article that you think might have wider appeal -- that you'd like me to assign so that we can all talk about it. This is a GREAT way to get your topic out there and have the group help you think through it. But we can only have so many, so I'm only going to be able to use the first 5-6 good suggestions I get. So you should jump on this if you'd like the class to help you with your project!


Grades & Grading: I will be looking at your labnotes over the weekend (I'll have comments to you by Tuesday) and I'll also be taking a second look at your Proof-of-Learning reports so that I can give you feedback (I'll have that to you by wednesday). Then, towards the end of next week, we'll be doing a 2nd round of review of the discussion posts -- but this time you will be doing them (more on that next week).