Monday, February 1st

ABSENT LAST FRIDAY?!

• Please see Friday's DP and make-up everything listed under 6th period! (Student work is displayed in the hallway to the right of Dan Thurber's classroom door. Add yours to the mix.)

• Be sure to email me your artist statement and any other electronic work related to your STS mini-project

Starter #9 
1. Read "Ink on Paper"
2. How do you typically take notes?  Why do you prefer this method?
3. Does this article change the way you think about taking notes in any way? 
4. Why annotate?  Why not (if you don’t)?
 
Class Biz
Review Senior Project Deadlines and Expectations
This week's schedule and benchmarks
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Agenda
1. Exemplar Critique Protocol 
*Open the above link, follow the instructions.  Choose ONE of the student examples based on the discipline of your own research question. (If your question is more humanities-based, choose Molly's. If it is more sciency, choose Tony's)

• Student Example Option #1: Molly B., Educational Philosophy, Education and Standardized Testing
• Student Example Option #2: Tony W., Neuroscience and Music Theory, Music and the Brain

2. Deep Reading Lesson/Assignment Overview_
  1.  Pair/share:  What does it mean to deeply read something?  What does this process look like?
  2. Individually, read the "Deep Reading" assignment handout
  3. Ask Ashley/Lori questions you have about it
  4. A note on Matt’s feedback:  Students hate this at first (and in the middle), but it’s been one of the most influential pieces in shaping their arguments, questions, and conclusions!
  5. Need more examples for how to deep read? Watch Matt Hughes' screencast, "Deeply reading an academic text" embedded on the Senior Project page on my DP.
 
3. Database Access Video

1. Go to the Senior Project page on my DP
2. Scroll down to the first youtube videos embedded on this page, entitled "Remote Access to Library Catalog)
3. Watch it
4. (THIS IS WHY YOU NEEDED YOUR LIBRARY CARD BY TODAY!)

4. WORK TIME: Find Sources!

1. Aim for 3 articles from academic journals (EBSCO host) that relate to your research question. 
2. Begin reading! Get as deep into the readings as you can today.