Blog Homework due 4/11

Please learn about and explore at least two platforms you could use for the final project

Prezi
Weebly
Google Sites (Google Sites overview)
Wix
Or something else

What are the pros and cons of each one? Do you like using it?

Using one of the platforms, create an example project/site with your name and class (My example: "Andrew Walsh's LIBR 1101 Final Project"). Fill the front page with some brief background text about your research topic.

Post a link to this example project in your blog post.

After doing this exercise, what platform (Physical poster, digital presentation, or website) do you think you might choose for your final poster? 

Do you have any other ideas of ways to present your research to your classmates in a visually-appealing way?

Annotated Bibliography Assignment Details

Hello all,

UPDATE: I have extended the deadline for the annotated bibliography until Friday 4/12 at 5:00pm. You can send it to me as an email attachment or bring it to my office before then. (If you want to get it out of the way, of course, you can still turn it in on Wednesday in class.)

If you can't find your handout with the assignment details, I have included a link below where you can save or download it.

Link to Annotated Bibliography Assignment and Grading Rubric

Blog Homework due 4/4

Please read the following short articles

Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students

When Is It Plagiarism? 

Answer on your blog: How are the digital age and the internet changing the concept of plagiarism? Can you give an example when someone used another's ideas and it is not obvious whether it is plagiarism or not?

Plagiarism in Presidential Speeches?

Debate Coverage


Original Speeches

Notes on Current Grades 4/1

Your current grade is out of 540 points. (The semester total will be 1000)

Assignments included:

Topic Selection Assignment

Mid-Term Exam

Analysis of Personal Information Consumption

State of the Project Presentation

Blog Posts (14 posts out of 18 total for semester = 195 pts)

Blog Commenting (7 + Presentation Feedback = 20 pts)

Blog Post Grading:

• All required posts are included 
• Posts are appropriate length
• Posts address the prompt effectively and use specific details and/or examples for support

Blog Homework due 4/2

What are two key sources that will help answer your research question? Your two sources should be of different types (book, newspaper article, journal article, credible website or other).

Please cite these two sources in APA or MLA format.

Also please include your research question above the two sources.

Notes for Annotated Bibliography Assignment

The annotated bibliography is due at the beginning of class on W 4/10.

Example of a Source in MLA with Annotation (You only need to include the research question once in your bibliography)

Research Question: How is social media changing how businesses and customers interact?

Jones, Steve. “Blogging as a Two-Way Communication Medium” Journal of LIBR 1101. 4.1 (2013): 100-152.

This article by Jones, a media and communications professor at the University of LIBR 1101, outlines how blogging is radically different from traditional media such as radio and television due to its two-way nature; that is, it allows people to consume as well as create information in the form of comments and their own blog posts. I will use this resource to demonstrate how blogging, a key type of social media, must be used differently by businesses than their other promotional channels due to this difference. Instead of merely broadcasting information to their customers, they must include those customers in the conversation and allow for them to share their own thoughts and opinions.

Additional tips

For websites, you should demonstrate why the chosen source is credible and trustworthy in your annotation (by briefly mentioning the organization behind the content and/or the identity of the author, for example).