28 August - 1 September 2006

This is a first response regarding the question of phone books:

"we can keep all area phone books in the RA office. The JSC switchboard usually notifies us when the phone books arrive. The RA office is open from 9pm-1am.

Other than that, the student can find a staff member to get access to the books in the RA office or he/she can always visit the public safety office or the career services office as both carry phonebooks as well."

Michele W.

Van driver training courses will be held on 1 Sep 06 at 10:00 a.m. and 8 Sep 06 at 3:00 p.m.; call Heloisa Herder at 635-1240 to register. To be certified as a driver, students must be 21, have a clean driving record, and pass the JSC drivers course (through public safety).

Schedule for Badger Bullet:

Friday, Leaves JSC @ 5pm; Leaves Burlington @ 10pm
Saturday, Leaves JSC @ 10am; Leaves Burlington @ 3 pm
Saturday, Leaves JSC @ 5pm; Leaves Burlington @ 11pm
Sunday, Leaves JSC @ 10am; Leaves Burlington @ 3 pm

Class on Thursday covered the following topics:

• interior of a personal computer
• drive mapping and folder structure
• JSC's email at mail.jsc.vsc.edu

Assignment (due 6 Sep 06): Choose a treaty, convention, or protocol from the list (or come up with one of your own) to be used in conjunction with the research project – see the syllabus for more information.

4 - 8 September 2006

Wednesday:  introduction to Bloom's taxonomy, the methods of science, and use of the apostrophe.

Each student in the class chose a treaty, convention, or protocol as the basis of their research project. Please find the original document.

Friday: A a visit from librarian Linda Kramer who will show us how to use search engines related to the JSC Library.

11 - 15 September 2006

Wednesday: 

• Quiz regarding the use of the apostrophe, Bloom's taxonomy, and the methods of science.
• Introduced the Decision Making model.

Friday: 

• A short visit by Andrea Kelly from Counseling Center Services.
• Email redirection in BlackBoard and Web Acess.
• Construction a initial grading rubric for the research project.

 Assignment (due 22 Sep 06): First draft of project (based on the grading rubric).

Assignment (due 20 Sep 06): Sections and footers in Word

• Submit a three-page document broken into two sections.
• The first section should contain the title page; it should be one page long with no footer.
• The second section should have a footer that is labeled page 1 and this section should be two pages.
• Force a new page (Ctrl-Enter) as the second page of the second section; it should have the same footer as the first page of this section.
• Send a properly written email, with signature block, and the attached document.

end of assignment.

18 - 22 September 2006

On Wednesday, meet in Bentley 102; Dr. Mireault's psychology class will join us for a discussion of the decision making model.

25 - 29 September 2006

Wednesday: review features of Word and an introduction to PowerPoint.

See the deadlines for the upcoming assignments below.

Continue to read and do research related to the treaty.

Friday: take the Quantitative Literacy exam...

General comments from the first draft of the project (the assigment that was due on 22 Sep 06):

• Write in the positive form; for example, instead of saying "not any" say "absence".
• Use subheadings.
• Create a new section (with a unique footer) in the document for Appendices; put a copy of the treaty in the appendix.
• Put a title on the top of the treaty page.
• Use 1.5 line spacing.
• Separate the facts from the interpretation.

2 - 6 October 2006

Fall Break begins on Wednesday and continues through Tuesday of the following week. That schedule means that we won't be meeting this week.

9 - 13 October 2006

Wednesday: review of the decision making model and discussions related to the research project.

Assignment (due 13 Oct 06): Continue development of the Word document; include several paragraphs, data and images; proper references (for figures, in text, and in reference list). Create a third section in the document and label it Appendix 1. Put the text of the treaty in this section. Use the following format for the page numbers in this section: A1, A2, A3...

Organize your writing by creating subheadings in a Word document that address all of the issues. Consider the following subheadings:

• Thesis statement
• Abstract
• Purpose of the treaty
• (more subheadings related to the treaty)
• Efficacy of the treaty decision
• Conclusions
• References
• Appendices (Appendix A would be a copy of the treaty)

A grading rubric for this assignment has not yet been created, but do use the following guidelines:

• The following definitions come from the Compact Oxford English Dictionary (1979):
• Thesis: A proposition laid down or stated, esp. as a theme to be discussed and proved, or to be maintained against attack.
• Abstract: A smaller quantity containing the virtue of the power of the greater. A summary or epitome of a statement or document. To make an abstract of; to summarize, epitomize; to abridge.
• Epitome: A brief statement of the chief points in a literary work. A summary or a condensed account of anything; a compendium of a subject

The order:

1. Title page [section 1; no page numbers]
2. Abstract [start of section 2; start with page number 1]
3. Thesis statement
4. Body of the text (with appropriate subheadings)
   Introduction
   Many subheadings
   Areas for future work
   Summary or conclusions
   Include: figures, graphs, tables and other imagery
5. Reference List
6. Appendix [start of section 3; start with page number A1]

Assignment (due 20 Oct 06): PowerPoint presentations will be made to the class; 15 minutes per person. Follow the grading rubric below. 

16 - 20 October 2006

Jerry Anderson, Margo Warden, Gina Mireault (and her class) will join us on Wednesday for a discussion of the decision making model; presentations begin on Friday.

23 - 27 October 2006

Presentations will continue on Wednesday.

Tentative plans for visiting Cara's farm on Friday...

30 October - 3 November 2006

Cara gave her PowerPoint presentation.

Assignment (due 10 Nov 06): Improve the Word document regarding the topic you chose; follow the grading rubric.

Registration for First-Year students is Thursday, 16 November 2006; let's meet and talk about your plan of study. Please come by my office (soon).

6 - 10 November 2006

Continued work with the decision making model and Illustrator.

13 - 17 November 2006

The Decision Making Model...

Use of Word and Illustrator...

20 - 24 November 2006

Thanksgiving Break begins after the last class on Friday, 17 Nov 06. Please be careful.

27 November - 1 December 2006

Dr. Jim Black will join our group for a discussion of the Decision Making Model on Wednesday; representatives of the Student Government Association will join us on Friday.

Assignment (due 6 Dec 06): Chex will submit her Illustrator project; Tim, Cara and Will will submit a Word document. Follow the slightly modified grading rubric for this draft.

Assignment (due 13 Nov 06): Everyone submits a PowerPoint presentation and makes a 20-minute presentation. Follow the grading rubric (the same one we used for the previous draft).

4 - 8 December 2006

Class will be held on Wednesday; no class on Friday, 8 Dec 06.

Wednesday: Course evaluation by Margo Warden and use of Illustrator.

11 - 15 December 2006

Wednesday: PowerPoint presentations

Friday: Discussion of the Decision Making model with Dr. Michael Winkelman.