GLE 101 01 - FIRST YEAR INQUIRY SEMINAR

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Peer Leader: Alex 860.729.2103

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Final Exam Period

Wednesday 5/14 @ 8-10 AM
DUE
  • FINAL Poster Presentation 2-5 minutes
  • FINAL Career and Education Plan
Use Forums for Peer Review BEFORE submitting the Final Drafts--please email Prof Z w/ ANY questions
    Post the written REVIEW of your video practice presentation for 50 EXTRA CREDIT POINTS!
    • See Coursework, I-Paper Paper & Poster
    • Poster Presentation Practice Video Review

    Week #15 May 5 Last Week of Classes!

    Monday 5/5
    DUE
    • Final Draft of I-Paper! Coursework
    • DRAFT of Presentation: Slide (ppt) and presentation script (Word) 
    Peer Review of slide and script 
    Begin Education and Career Plan
     
    Wednesday 5/7
    DUE
    • Draft of Education and Career Plan for Peer Review
    Review of Class
     
    Friday 5/7
     DUE
    • Draft of Education and Career Plan and/or slide & script for Peer Review
     Practice Presentations
     
    Final Exam: Presentation Wednesday 5/14 @ 8 AM 
     
    Wait Listed? Answers from the Registrar
    •  If seats become available, students are moved in and notified.  
    • Waitlists are maintained until the week before students arrive for the Fall semester
    • Please participate in Add/Drop through Friday, May 9 th  at 4:30pm and drop Wait-listed classes if you do not want to wait until Fall semester.     
    Honors Convocation will be held on  Friday, May 9, 3:30 p.m. in the Fieldhouse . In order to allow all classes to meet, the schedule for the day has been changed. Class length will be 40 minutes and the breaks between classes will be five minutes instead of ten.   
    Usual Time
    May 9  Schedule
    8:00-8:50
    8:00-8:40
    9:00-9:50
    8:45-9:25
    10:00-10:50
    9:30-10:10
    11:00-11:50
    10:15-10:55
    12:00-12:50
    11:00-11:40
    1:00-1:50
    11:45-12:25
    2:00-2:50
    12:30-1:10
    3:00-3:50
    1:15-1:55
    4:00-4:50
    2:00-2:40

    Week #14

    Monday 4/28
    DUE
    • Later Draft for Peer Review
    Wednesday 4/30
    DUE
    • Near Final Draft for Peer Proofreading
    Friday 5/2 
    DUE
    • Begin Poster Draft 

    Week # 13 April 21

    Monday 4/21
    DUE
    Wednesday 4/23
    DUE
    • Finish Outline
    • Begin Early Draft of Inquiry Paper
    Friday 4/25 
    DUE
    • Early Draft of Inquiry Paper 

    Week #12 April 14

    Monday 4/14
    DUE
    • Annotated Bib in Coursework 
    Wednesday 4/16
    DUE
    • Annotated Bib in Coursework for peer review in forums 
    Friday 4/18
    DUE
    • Final Annotated Bib!
    Begin drafting inquiry paper 

    Week #11 April 7

    Monday 4/7
    DUE  
    • E. Assessment using CRAAP Test for FOUR popular sources 
    Wednesday 4/9
     DUE 
    • F. Annotated Bibliography Instructions & TWO Popular Sources: citation, Your Summary, assessment & reflection
    Friday 4/11
    DUE
    • ADD TWO Scholarly Sources 
    • F. Due Friday 4/11: Add 2 Scholarly Sources to the 2 Popular Sources: citation, Your Summary, assessment & reflection
    Develop Intro and finish annotating all eight references for Monday 4/14
      How do you introduce your annotated sources so we can follow your thinking about how your question is answered by these sources and what still needs to be answered? 
       

      Week # 10 March 31

      Monday 3/31
      Registration Prep
       
      Wednesday 4/2
      Check in w/ Registration
      Review Inquiry Part D.
       
      Friday 4/4
      Begin Inquiry Part E. 

      Week # 9 March 24

      Monday 3/24
      DUE
      Sign Up for Advising Conferences
       
      Wednesday 3/26
      DUE
      • Mid-term Reflections in Forums
      • Reply to each other's posts--what elements are similar to your own posts? What is different?
      • D. in Forums
      Friday 3/28 Meet in Library Instruction Room with Center for Academic Excellence Staff & PL Alex!
      DUE
      • Registration materials 

      Week # 10 March 31

      Monday 3/31
      DUE
      Begin annotating sources

      Week #8 March 10

      Monday 3/10
      DUE APP Assignment
      Bring PRINTED Copies to Class
      • Print From Catalog 
      • Major
      • Minor
      • Certificate
      Select, for the sake of this exercise, a major, minor and certificate program that interests you 
      Go to Catalog--see link under Resources, Required Links--Print ALL the information about the major, minor and certificate
      • Print From Campus Web
      • Grades & Transcripts, Unofficial OR Course History --print
      • Mid-Term Report--print
      DUE Inquiry Assignments
      Post in Forums in Inquiry 
      • Complete Inquiry assignments A, AB, AC
      Wednesday 3/12
      DUE
      • Inquiry Assignment B. Research Prep for Keywords
      Friday 3/14
      DUE
      • Inquiry Assignment C. Databases Research & Sources--see Forums for links and instructions

      Week #7 March 3

      Monday 3/3
      DUE  
      Describe the connections you notice between your preliminary research on your topic with each of the sources we have explored in class--see Forum for instructions
      Tuesday 3/4 Extra Credit Opportunity @ 4:30 today in Mount Washington First Year Lounge
      • Writing Resumes and Cover Letters 
       
      Wednesday 3/5
      DUE
      • Rate the questions and post in Forums
      Friday 3/7
      DUE
      • Post YOUR inquiry question and guesses you have about how it might be answered or what different viewpoints might be on the question. 
      Begin registration and advising.

        Week #6 February 24

        Monday 2/24
        Sign Up for GRADING conferences; Held in Edgewood 001 
        In Class
         
        Wednesday 2/26
        Sign Up for GRADING conferences; Held in Edgewood 001 
        DUE
        • Post in Forums: Preliminary research on your topic
        • Our Digital Lives: Ten Talks In class Quiz Question: Each person will be randomly assigned one of the Ten Talks and answer the following question:
        • What does the talk have to do with the theories in the Wikipedia & any of the other sources we've read?
         Extra Credit Opportunity @ 4:30 today in Career Center--see email and Coursework for details.
         
        Friday 2/21 
        Ann Goodrich Bazan from Career Center !
        • Bring a copy of your About Me Letter and Plan

        Week #5 February 17

        Wednesday 2/19
        Sign Up for GRADING conferences; Held in Edgewood 001 
        In Class
         
        Friday 2/21 
        Ann Goodrich Bazan from Career Center !
        • Bring a copy of your About Me Letter and Plan

        Week #4 February 10

        Monday 2/10
        DUE
        Rhetorical Analysis of
        • Wiki Entry GLE 101 01 Your last name RA1
        • Gaming v God; GLE 101 01 Your last name RA2
        • Use notes from Friday 2/7 posted in Forums to identify main claim and minor claims
        In Class
        • University Re-Organization Information
        • What are the claims in the Wikipedia entry? in God v. Gaming?
        • Sign-up for Grading Conferences for About Me Final Draft
        Wednesday 2/10
        GRADING conferences in Edgewood 001 
        DUE: Identify Main Claim and ALL minor claims as well as examples, details, facts, etc. that support claims
        GRADING CONFERENCES in EDGEWOOD 001--class is not held
         
        Friday 2/14 Happy Valentine's Day!
        DUE

        Week #3 Febrary 3

        Monday 2/3
        In-Class
        • Procrastination & Organization Reflection
        • University Re- Organization Information
        Homework--Liz was correct and is done with her homework!
        • Answer question in FIAW Chapter 2 ONLY for rhetorical analysis of tertiary source--see Coursework
        Friday 2/7
        Welcome Jeff Ogden, Center for Academic Excellence
        • Workshop on Critical Reading for Rhetorical Analysis of Wikipedia Entry

        Week 2 January 27

        Monday 1/27
        DUE
        • Clubs, Organizations & Service
        • Receipt of Course Syllabus/ Permission: Please go to the Syllabus, PRINT, read it carefully, complete and sign the last page & hand in hard copy
        • Beginning Term Reflection 
        Wednesday 1/29
        DUE
        • FIAW Chapter 1 "Practice Sequences" Inquiring (6); Seeking & Valuing Complexity (8); Joining an Academic Conversation (10-11 Question #1 ONLY) 
        • Use the following links for Practice Sequence: Inquiring (6): Political Ads;FP for Media; US News College Compass
        About Me Draft Peer Review
         
        Friday 1/31
        DUE 
        Please write down your concerns about your own organization and planning skills--all anonymous
        • write a brief summary about a time your organizing and planning broke down
        • pass in the papers to Prof Z 
        • papers will be crumpled in a "snowball" and tossed back to students randomly
        • Students will read the concerns/stories to us
        • Tracy Mendham from the Center for Academic Excellence will offer tools, suggestions, and insight into how she would work with a student to address these concerns & situations. 

        Week 1 January 20

        Wednesday 1/22

        Welcome!

        Campus Web: Add/drop & Course Site
         
        Friday 1/24
        DUE
        • About Me Draft (GLE 101 01 YOUR last name AMD) for Peer Review
        • Clubs, Organizations & Service
        Homework
        • FIAW Chapter 1 "Practice Sequences" Inquiring (6); Seeking & Valuing Complexity (8); Joining an Academic Conversation (10-11 Question #1)
        • Use the following links for Practice Sequence: Inquiring: #1: Political Ads; #2:  FP for Media; US News College Compass
        • Receipt of Course Syllabus/ Permission: Please go to the Syllabus, PRINT, read it carefully, complete and sign the last page & hand in hard copy
        • Clubs, Organizations & Service 

        Course Materials

        Final Assignments

        Outline Instructions Here!
        (.docx, 64K)
        Download Inquiry Paper and Poster
        Reflection on the Near Final Draft to be used for peer review and self review for final revisions.
        (.docx, 16K)
        Download Inquiry Paper Cover Letter
        Newly REVISED! More tips and examples
        (.pptx, 200K)
        Download Effective Presentations

        Extra Credit

        Academic & Personal Plan

        Make this one your own by editing out the example and putting in your own schedule.
        (.doc, 38K)
        Download Example of Timesheet

        Fall / Summer 2014 First-Year online registration will open on Monday 3/31 and close Sunday, 4/6

        • Reopened from Tuesday 4/8 at 12:01am – Friday 4/11 at noon for Sophomores and Freshman,
        • Open again for all students from Monday, 4/21 at 12:01am through Friday 5/9 at 4:30pm
        • Open for the add/drop period from Friday 8/29 at 9am until Monday 9/8 at 4:30pm.
        (.pdf, 78K)
        Download How to Register
        What to COPY, PRINT & Bring From the Catalog 2013-14
        • Recommended Curriculum Guide
        • Major/Minor/Certificate Requirements that apply to you
         
        TWO Possible Schedules(Plan A & B) for Spring 2014 
        • See template for instructions 
        (.docx, 22K)
        Download Advising Conference

        Syllabus

        Resources

        Calendar