Finding and Sharing Good Information

As a seminar, we are working both independently and collectively. We are exploring new topics and ideas, and we are teaching and learning from each other. The next assignment does all of this explicitly.

Creating a Collaborative Bibliography
The assignment due in class on Friday has four parts:

• Find an on-line scholarly article on a topic related to learning. It can be a primary or well supported secondary article as long as it includes strong supporting evidence and good references. Opinion pieces and overly simplistic popular articles won't work. (Make sure you are not posting an article that someone else has already posted.)
• Post the link to your article in the comments on this blog post. I will review the posts as they go up and let you know if your article doesn't meet the above criteria.
• Download and do a close reading of your article with purposeful annotation. (Harvard's "Thinking Intensive Reading)
• Write a short précis (summary) and be ready to discuss it in class. On Friday, everyone will introduce his/her article to the class for discussion.
• Your annotated article and summary are to be turned in to me at the end of class on Friday.