12/19

 INSTRUCTOR STATUS

11/30

  **WEEK 12 (11/30 - 12/12)**

 Video Lecture for Week 12

This final lecture gives some help for the Final Draft, which is due on Mon. 12/12.

 Week 12 Task List

 Research Paper Milestone #4: Final Draft -- DUE MON. 12/12 (11:59 pm)

A REVISED FINAL DRAFT OF THE RESEARCH PAPER IS DUE MON. 12/12 (11:59 PM)!

Please submit your paper to our Submit page at:

      submit103.lagcconline.com

In Word (or Google Docs), GRADED DUE MON. 12/12 (11:59 pm)

 Top 10 Hints for Revising Your Drafts

 Prof. Dragan's Scholarly Article: Portraying a Mind on the Autistic Spectrum in James Joyce (a famous Modernist writer)

11/21

  **WEEK 11 (11/21 - 11/30)**

 MILESTONE #3 -- RESEARCH PAPER PRELIMINARY DRAFT is DUE on WED. 11/23 (11:59 pm) -- EXTENSION TO MON. 11/28 (11:59 pm) IF YOU NEED MORE TIME

Please upload your draft to our Submit page at:

     submit103.lagcconline.com

 Video Lecture for Week 11

This week's Video Lecture goes over submitting Milestone #3 / The Preliminary Draft for Wed., 11/23 with help with improving your Body Paragraphs and setting our Virtual Peer Editing exercise, which will let you peer edit a classmate's paper.

 Week 11 Task List

 Body Paragraph 'Checkup'

 'Major' Online Activity Week #11 - Virtual Peer Editing Exercise

The Screencast walks you through this Virtual Peer Editing Exercise. You will read and comment on a paper by another student from class this week.

In Google Forms, GRADED DUE MON. 12/5 (11:59 pm)

 (FROM WEEK 10) Reading: Nicholas Carr, "Is Google Making Us Stupid?"

This is an extra, 'supplementary' reading from Week 10 -- on how using the Internet is affecting our attention span and memory

 Reading Questions on Nicholas Carr's "Is Google Making Us Stupid?

FOR EXTRA CREDIT -- On Google Forms, GRADED DUE MON. 11/28

(Because this is an extra assignment, late responses will not be accepted.)

11/14

  **WEEK 10 (11/14 - 11/21)**

 Video Lecture for Week 10

This week's video has a reading on connecting the parts of your paper with reading questions, an optional / extra credit reading by Nicholas Carr and important advice on finishing your Preliminary Draft.

 Week 10 Task List

 Grading Rubric for Research Papers

This rubric can help you plan and target areas of your paper that need work before turning in the final draft.

 Reading: They Say, I Say, Chapter 8

This reading is explained in the Screencast.

 Online Activity: Reading Questions on They Say / I Say Ch. 8 -- Connecting the Parts of Your Paper

In Google Forms, GRADED DUE MON. 11/21 (11:59 pm)

 What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains

View this short video to understand Nicholas Carr's main argument about the effects of the Internet (and social media) on the way we think and remember

 Reading: Nicholas Carr, "Is Google Making Us Stupid?"

This is a EXTRA CREDIT, 'supplementary' reading for this week -- on how using the Internet is affecting our attention span and memory

 (OPTIONAL / EXTRA CREDIT) Major Online Activity Week 10: Reading Questions on Nicholas Carr's "Is Google Making Us Stupid?

FOR EXTRA CREDIT -- On Google Forms, GRADED DUE MON. 11/28 (11:59 pm)

 Prof. Dragan's Scholarly Paper on "˜Portraying a Mind with Autism'

This scholarly paper looks at how autism is portrayed in two novels, James Joyce's Ulysses (1922) and Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003)

11/7

  **WEEK 9 (11/7 - 11/14)**

 Video Lecture for Week 9

This week's video gives you a lot of help on writing Body Paragraphs, improving your citations and understanding counterarguments for Milestone #3 -- The Preliminary Draft DUE WED. 11/23

 Week 9 Task List

 Activity -- Turning Quotes into Body Paragraphs

This guide can turn your quotes into body paragraphs using a Quote Board with samples. It's covered in the Screencast.

 How to Write Your Research Paper

A step-by-step guide -- also covered in the Video Lecture

 They Say / I Say, Chapter 6 -- Counterarguments

E-text of the reading for this week

 Online Activity: Reading Questions on They Say / I Say Ch. 6 -- Counterarguments

In Google Forms, GRADED DUE MON. 11/14 (11:59 pm)

 5 Rules for Citing Sources

 'Major' Online Activity Week #9 -- Practice with Paraphrasing / Quotes (DUE 11/14)

The online activity for Week 9 is to practice using paraphrases, cites and quote sandwiches working through the material on the online quiz/questionnaire.

In Google Forms, GRADED DUE MON. 11/14 (11:59 pm)

Examples of Responsible YouTube Videos

Some examples of 'responsible' YouTube videos. (You can use a responsible YouTube video for one of your sources only.)

 Sample 'Responsible' vid. on AI (Stephen Hawking, Physicist)

You can find responsible YT vids. for your extra 'miscellaneous' source

 Google Talk on AI (Jerry Kaplan, AI Researcher)

 Sample Link on the Dangers of AI

...from Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk and Bill Gates