Schedule
5 Weeks | July 7 - August 9
Sections NET20, NET22, and NET23
Schedule
5 Weeks | July 7 - August 9
Sections NET20, NET22, and NET23
Students can get a little intimidated by the course workload in a five week course. Keep in mind I designed it so that the intensity decreases as the course continues and you become more vested and dedicated to the issue you are researching. Another way to think about the course is climbing a mountain. While it can be pretty strenuous and insurmountable at first, the rewards that come with it are pretty incredible and leaves you with experiences and insights that you can use for the rest of your life!
This is why I created milestones - so you can 1) maintain a steady pace, 2) check items off to build confidence and pride, and 3) stay organized in a course that has a lot of information to manage and sort through.
Zoom Sessions
Sign up for a Zoom session to discuss your final project ideas or ask questions about any assignments.
Students who attend a session--and are on camera and participate--will earn 2 points toward their final grade!
The Zoom link will be the same for all sessions.
TUESDAY, 7/29
6 -7 pm, 7-8pm
WEDNESDAY, 7/30
6 -7pm, 7-8pm
THURSDAY, 7/31
9-10 am, 10 -11am, 2-3pm
WEEK ONE: community building, information & media literacy, discourse communities
Learning objectives: Practice writing as a process involving inquiry, research, feedback, and revision; Identify an issue relevant to a discourse community
Complete all activities and assignments in Milestone 1 by the specific due dates.
The entirety of Milestone 1 must be submitted by Saturday, 7/12
Readings and videos:
Basic Concepts in Information Literacy
“A Threat to Democracy: Student Failure to Identify Misinformation on the Web”
Discourse Communities and Conventions
Chapter 1.2 Discourse Communities and Conventions
Research and Positionality Slides
Creating critical thinkers through media literacy
How deepfakes undermine truth and threaten democracy
Evaluating Sources in a Post-truth World
Birds Aren’t Real: The Prank That Turned Misinformation on Its Head
Learning objectives: Identify a research question; Assess the feasibility of a research inquiry; Identify a research plan; Analyze a rhetorical situation within a discourse community
Complete all activities and assignments in Milestone 2 by the specific due dates.
The entirety of Milestone 2 must be submitted by Saturday, 7/19
REMINDER: The deadline to complete the assignment in the Testing Center in person or virtually is Saturday, 8/2 at 1pm.
Readings and videos:
Milestone 4 and Mini Argument Essay (video by me)
Argumentative Approaches and Final Project (video by me)
Research and Positionality Slides
Rhetorical Situation (video)
Evaluating Sources in a Post-Truth World
Birds Aren’t Real: The Prank That Turned Misinformation on Its Head
WEEK THREE: building & evaluating research, organizing & citing research
Learning objectives: Build a body of research in the various stages of the research process; Evaluate the credibility of a variety of sources; Analyze arguments presented in sources
Complete all activities and assignments in Milestone 3 by the specific due dates.
The entirety of Milestone 3 must be submitted by Saturday, 7/26
Readings and videos:
My Parting Prescription for America by Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Hallegere Murthy.
Plagiarism and Paraphrasing slides
Plagiarism and Writing with Sources
Research Tutorials playlist
“Put it Together” section of Research Fundamentals
AI readings
No Regulation on AI Algorithms
The Threat of AI in the Information Age
Consumption, Materialism, and Environment
How Overconsumption Affects the Environment and Health
American Incivility and Polarization
How Rude Behavior is Contagious
Social Media and Political Polarization
The Anxious Generation
Four teens swap smartphones for flip phones
Ground-breaking research on screen time and children’s brains
Learning objectives: Develop research-supported arguments that address an issue relevant to a discourse community; Practice writing as a process involving inquiry, research, feedback, and revision; Use suitable methods of citation
Complete all activities and assignments in Milestone 4 by the specific due dates.
The entirety of Milestone 4 must be submitted by Saturday, 8/2
Readings and materials:
Milestone 4 and Mini Argument Essay (video by me)
Argumentative Approaches and Final Project (video by me)
Mini Argument Essay assignment
WEEK FIVE: creating researched texts & incorporating feedback, revising, editing, self-assessment
Learning objectives: Create researched print and/or digital texts that respond to rhetorical situations; Use suitable methods of citation
Complete all activities and assignments in Milestone 5 by the specific due dates.
The entirety of Milestone 5 must be submitted by Saturday, 8/9
FINAL PROJECT assignment
Former student projects:
Troubles of Transitioning (podcast)
Gender in the Workplace (website)
Why I Don’t Shop on Shein (video)
Toxic Masculinity and Gun Violence (infographic)
Gene Editing (infographic)