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2nd September, Wednesday

Good morning! I will be attempting to film demos for Word, PowerPoint, and Excel today by using multiple laptops to get around the license issue. If you have any demo requests, please email them to me this morning so I can add them to my list.


Today's Zoom schedule:

8.30 - everyone - mandatory

11 - CES peer workshop - mandatory (will be in Breakout Room)

11 - office hour - drop ins

11.30 - SSS lecture Q&A - mandatory

Everybody:


Midweek is a good time to check your schedules (and the Monday post) to confirm if your course lasts one or two weeks. As per the Lab Policies document, all of your assignments are due the final Friday of your course at 4pm. Refer to the Policies document and the welcome video for my policies regarding late submissions, extensions, and academic integrity. I have resources for writing, citing, etc which do not violate integrity - these are linked at the bottom of the Citations tab.

If you are experiencing any issues with accounts, software, etc, please let me know with screenshots. See this post if you need further instruction: https://caitlinbaird1.wixsite.com/thelab/post/technical-difficulties-what-to-do

Please watch the Wednesday video and come prepared with your questions to the morning meeting at 8.30.


Course-specific instructions:


SSS, BC-PRD - free work: citation assignment; Enriched Academy. Remember this is a one week, pass/fail course, with both the certificate from Enriched Academy and your citation assignment due at 4pm Friday.

Yesterday you were assigned the three lecture videos. I hosted a meeting from 11 until just past 11.30, as covered in the morning meeting and morning post, but only one student attended. I'm feeling gracious, so at 11.30am today, we will have a second meeting to discuss the lecture material from yesterday, at which point I will take questions.

A recap of your citation assignment:

- one topic of your choice

- must involve research, of course

- can be persuasive (with a thesis) or can be purely informative (report style)

- approx 500 words, not including quotations

- minimum five sources, any type of media (books, websites, videos...)

- an APA citations page (bibliography*) which includes all five sources

- minimum of two quotations incorporated into your own writing

- minimum of one clearly attributed paraphrase

- APA in-text citations for all quotations and paraphrased information

- no block quotes (unintegrated quotes; three lines or longer)

- does not need to use or include APA style for other formatting elements

*Note that a bibliography, a citations page, and a references page are all the same thing, just different names.


CES - today is the peer workshop. I have uploaded your submitted documents to the DropBox. Make sure you've submit your master ad, cover letter, and resume.

Your job today is to read your peers' work and provide thoughtful feedback. Compare the resume and cover letter to the master ad. Is there anything important missing? Is it easy to read and understand? Are the experiences listed appropriate for the field?

Watch the various videos on resumes and cover letters on the lab site; you can apply these tips to your edits. All the resources on your Courses page are clearly labeled.

In the DropBox, check out the document "resume example 1" which has the green text box at the bottom. The comments in the green text box are examples of pros, cons, and suggestions. Use this as a guide for the type of feedback you are to provide for your classmates. Write out your feedback in separate documents and email them to me. I will put them in the DropBox so that tomorrow you can use each others' edits to make changes to your own work. My edits for you will also go up in the DropBox today, but may not be there in time for your peer workshop.

At 11am, we will have a meeting (the workshop) so you can discuss your work together. Tomorrow, I will give my feedback at the end of the morning meeting.

To recap: email me your master ad, cover letter, and resume if you haven't yet. Read through your peers' work in the DropBox and write down your feedback. Join the meeting at 11 to interact with your classmates. After the workshop, email me your written feedback for your peers.

ITC week 1 - continue using the chapters linked on your Courses page to fill in your week 1 study guide. When you've found the answers, watch the ITC Review 1 video on the Lectures tab. Towards the end of tomorrow's class, we will have a meeting to discuss the material during which I will answer any questions you had, so please write down your questions as you progress through the material.

If you haven't yet, download the Assignment instructions from ECampus. Remember you can complete the three assignments in any order. Use the walkthrough demo video on your Courses page to complete the Excel assignment.


MSE, MSW, MSP - continue with Pearson. If you are having trouble accessing Pearson, please send me a screenshot.

OSK week 1 - continue with your assignment booklet, downloadable from your Courses page. Remember there is a video on the Lectures tab which gives an overview of the expectations from the booklet. These are in-class exercises, and do not need to be as perfect as a project for which you are given more time.

I suggest you begin filling in your study guides (downloadable from your Courses page, labeled "Practice Midterm" and "Practice Final." As you progress through the material, make notes of any questions or confusion. You can send these queries as emails, chat with me during office hours, and/or wait as we will discuss everything the Thursday before your exam.

OSK week 2 - if you are presenting tomorrow, use today to finish your slides and practice. If you haven't already, check out some of the resources on the PowerPoint Courses page - particularly, there's a video called "How to avoid death by PowerPoint" which I strongly suggest. Remember the grading rubric is on your Courses page to download.

If you have already presented, focus on the study guides for Friday's exam. To fill them in, read through the PPT files on the OSK Courses page. If you need more information on a subject, refer to your textbook (upper right corner of your Course page on ECampus). Today and tomorrow, use the Review videos on the Lectures tab - in these, I go through the study guides and the answers. Remember you take the exam in your second week of OSK. It's your choice whether you present in your first or second week, but typically students choose the penultimate day of class.

See you at 8.30.

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