Week 5: rain garden wrap up; ER Reviewing Task due tonight
And, Friday, I open the parking lot for Assignment 1: Rain garden memo; you have a week. to turn in. Please email me when you post, so I can manage the documents and grade you quickly.
Today is Monday.
Be ontime for each each other tonight. However, you can post on Tuesday if needed. Heck, even Wednesday. However, please treat each other as you would wish to be treated.
We will walk through these documents from previous semesters to answer your questions, all in pursuit of learning cogntive frames and writing craft skills-->
- Office Hours in the Sky, a FAQ style page (Google docs) from an earlier semester
- Citation questions for Davis, aka the evaluation paragraph.
Speaking of the evaluation paragraph, here is a counting out technique that drills down a bit deeper:
Two types of environmental problems that are linked->
- storm water run off, which can lead to erosion and local flooding
- three classes of pollution, that can be sequestered/remedied by pooling in the rain garden bowl/soil media layers
- hydrocarbons
- heavy metals
- nutrients
- nitrogen
- phosphorus
I bolded the two types of environment problems, which is the knowledge conditions that leads to me asking you to offer two bits of information from one or two of Alan's peer reviewed papers that you find.
We will talk about adding a courtesy link in Davis, to support readers and keep then from hitting a paywall. We can also talk about sending people to an abstract as a good overview source but caution about the paywall.
Marybeth Shea
Hello. We will work out of this interactive, editable google doc that will focus on the evaluation paragraph. This is an Office Hours in the Sky approach. I will host on Thursday, between 7:30-8:30. You can post before that time, if you like. If you cannot make the event, well, you can look later.
Friday is the parking lot event to post your Assignment 1 for a grade. Getting real. But, you have a week to turn in. Flexibility for me but not for student-drive Eli Review work. In this way, we support students who have a variety of schedules.
Also, just think upon how much you have learned in this rain garden party. Lots! Feel proud.
We will also talk about plagiarism fears, all made worse by the new search results served up as lukewarm bland food by Google and others. Hint: signal phrases and curated links and re-arranging are your friends. Let's tackle the fire swamp of plagiarism fears with these writing craft weapons.
Marybeth Shea
Hello. No one posted in the Google doc last night. I think the information is still helpful. You have a short Eli Review Writing Tast for this evening:
- Try for 95% completion including a good take on the complex evaluation paragraph.
- Review by Monday evening to help yourself and colleagues.
- NEW FRIDAY, March 1? Post in the Parking lot for a grade.
We move on to thinking about sustainability of disposable coffee cups: is paper or styrofoam better for the environment? We will discuss next week.