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ECS

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Essential Citation System

Footnotes

Use footnotes at the end of paraphrased or quoted information to cite the source. The ECS citation includes the following information, punctuated and formatted as shown.

Type: Principal. Title, edition. Publisher, date. Location.[1]

Not all sources will have every piece of information. Use judgement in skipping pieces.

Do you have enough information to evaluate the source?
Will you reader be able to locate the source with this information?

Cross-Reference: When citing a source multiple times (with the same location) on the same page, use the word processor’s cross-reference feature.

Alternatively, insert the number of the original citation in superscript font (the number will not automatically change if you move or insert new citations).

Use a complete citation the first time; on subsequent pages, use a short form containing:

Type: Principal. Title. Location

Type: The source type reflects the quality of work and is stated up front, cluing readers in to the quality and currentness of the information from the beginning of the citation.

The type categories are based on the quality of the information process rather than the medium of the information. Any source can have both a print and online version of the information. The ECS does not differentiate based on how the information is accessed.

Type can be general (in bold) or specific, based on desired preference. The types are laid out in descending order of level of review—which reflects the reliability and quality of a source.

Book	Periodical	Media	Agency	Personal
Book	Journal	Video	Wiki	Recording
Reference	Government	Audio	Composite	Email
Literature	Newspaper	Artifact	Organization	Blog
Sacred	Magazine	Performance	Business	Social
	Conference			Self-pub

Source Identification

In order to determine the source type, essential citations rely on researchers making informed decisions about their sources. Information is created through a process, and its quality depends on the quality of that process. Evaluate a source (see the guide on evaluating sources for more on how to do this) and select a source type that reflects the quality of that process. For example, here are three articles, belonging to three different types.

An article in a scholarly journal is a Periodical type (peer- and editorially- reviewed).
An article on Wikipedia is an Agency type (internally- and crowd- reviewed).
An article on NASA’s blog is a Personal type (not reviewed).

Principal (plain text): A single person primarily responsible for the final version of information.

Last name, first name. Titles (Dr., etc.) or suffixes (Jr., III) come after.

Multiple authors[2]: List the first author, followed by & to indicate more authors.
Quoting another source[3]: Source author first “quoting” second author.

Media Productions: The final version produced differs from the written script/copy.

Cite by director (coordinator, tv/radio news producer, conductor, etc.).

Agency[4] sources: If there’s no author, skip it and list the agency as the publisher.

Title (italics): The title of the work using standard capitalization rules for titles (No ALL CAPS).

Collections[5] (anthology, collected series, television series, online collection, etc.): title of the specific work in the collection name (television Video[6]: episode of).
Social media[7]: Put the first sentence of the post (Tweet, etc.) as the title.

Edition (plain text): The specific version of the information (which can change).

Applies to the issue, volume, or number of magazines, newspapers, and journals or even television news programs (evening edition, 10 o’clock news, etc.).

Publisher (plain text): The one responsible for publishing the information in its current form.

Periodicals: Use the name of the periodical as the publisher.
Social media: Use platform instead of publisher: Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, etc.
Artifacts: establishment (museum, library, etc.)/owner name of where it’s displayed.

Date (plain text): Identifies the source by time as some publications publish throughout the year.

Always put the most precise time information you can locate for the date.
Format: dd, mmm. yyyy (5 Mar. 1999).

Location (plain text): Where, specifically, the information came from.

Print sources: The page number (line number for short poems).
Online sources: The URL (web address) or the DOI (digital object identifier).

Always use a URL shortener website such as https://goo.gl or https://bit.ly/.
Multiple web pages: use the specific page you are citing information from.

Works with internal divisions: These are usually literary works such as plays (Hamlet,5 Spanish Tragedy), sacred books (Bible[8], Qu’ran), and long poems (Odyssey, Inferno).

Divisions can be books, chapters, acts, scenes, parts, verses, line numbers, etc.)
Use a combination of divisions, separated by periods, to locate sources.

Artifacts[9]: City, State abbreviation, Country where the artifact can be viewed.

Source Types

Warning!

The description of sources below are generalized guidelines, only. Many types of sources crossover or fit in-between the descriptions below. Researchers must examine sources and use their best judgement to select the type of source on their own.

Information in print, in databases, on microform, or online do not affect the type or quality of the information. These forms are merely how researchers access the information. Each type of source described below can be accessed in any number of ways.

Book

Books are the long-term, long-form storage of the information world. Book subjects are always detailed, and go into far more depth than any other source type. Books are as diverse as periodicals in terms of audience and authorship, so take care in their evaluation.

Prior to the internet, book publishers carefully controlled who would be published, but internet publishing firms and e-books have made it so anyone can publish. The book type refers to books published by an actual publishing company which reviews and edits the information.

Any book can also be an anthology, a collection of shorter works such as essays, short stories, or poems. These follow the title rules for a collection.

Book: All non-fiction books. However, non-fiction does not mean they’re reliable as these also include commercial works such as tell-alls, self-help, and other popular books.
Reference: Encyclopedias, dictionaries, etc. for quickly referencing information.
Literature: Novels, stories, plays, poems, and other constructed fiction that are not subject to any kind of review. These can be translated from original language sources.
Sacred: Works considered sacred to certain religions. These are often translated from original language or syntax, but, like literature, are unchanged and will not be reviewed.

Periodicals

Periodicals are published multiple times a year, ranging from daily to yearly to inform specific audiences about subjects—such as The Wall Street Journal’s focus on financial news. The articles in periodicals are shorter and less in-depth than those found in books.

Periodicals have a wide and diverse audience and authorship, ranging from ordinary people to accomplished experts. Some are scholarly or scientific, while others are for entertainment only.

Journal (few times a year): Written by and intended for experts, and have the most rigorous review process.
Government (when needed): Documents published by and reviewed by individual agencies within the government (dept. of Agriculture, Interior, Education, etc.).
Newspaper (most frequent): The focus on speed can cause slips made in editorial review, and articles tend to lack depth of other sources.
Magazine (weekly, monthly, quarterly, etc.): Magazines take the time to get more information, and their articles are frequently more in-depth than a newspaper.
Conference (varies): Conference presentations are usually based on journal articles or scholarly books, but these are live with Q&A session, which can go “off-script.”

Media Source types

The audio, visual, and tangible sources produced by organizations, not individuals. Media creators process their work according to their organization’s standards (studio, co., editors, etc.).

Video and Audio: These are the primary forms of recorded, produced media.
Artifact: These are any physical objects, most commonly works of art, examined by the researcher, whether crafted (a sword) to naturally occurring (moon rocks).

Organizations review and authenticate the artifacts, but seldom produce them.

Performance: These are live instead of a processed recording. Material is often rehearsed, but cannot be edited afterwards.

Recordings of live performances are still performances.

Agency Source types

Agency sources are created by groups of people for their own purposes and, usually, to target specific audiences. The information review process is not formalized or made public, so you must question the quality of the information.

Wikis: Crowd-sourced information hubs edited by users. Wikis do not require users to demonstrate expertise or provide sources for information.

Wikipedia now asks for citations of sources in reference sections and wants credentialed editors. They’ve also instituted review prior to edits taking effect.

Composite: These sources will republish information from other sources and contribute its own articles (often unreviewed), usually to a theme to target a specific audience.
Organization: Information from groups with a cause or political agenda. The information is mostly persuasive, and isn’t independently reviewed.
Business: Information put out by companies to sell goods and services to consumers. The information is largely persuasive, and not subjected to independent verification.

Personal Source types

Personal source types generally do not undergo any kind of formalized review process. There is no step between a person getting the information and immediately distributing it to the public in some manner. While this kind of information guarantees immediacy—such as tweets during the Boston Marathon bombing—people can post false information. The person may even believe the information, but it has not been verified.

Recording: Recordings are audio, video, photographs, or other media taken by a person.
Email: electronic correspondence between two or more people.
Blog: Short for weblog, an informal platform for posting information.
Social: Social media. Posts are most often, short, pieces of personal information.
Self-pub: Everything else, including live speeches, presentations, books, etc.

Print-on-demand (POD), vanity presses, or digital distributors (such as Amazon).

[1] Journal: Stevens, Christy. Citation Generators, OWL, and the Persistence of Error-Ridden References, vol. 42, issue 6. The Journal of Academic Librarianship. https://goo.gl/SdcTfZ

[2] Newspaper: Cloos, Kossandra &. Hundreds of Nude Photos Jolt Colorado School. The New York Times, 6 Nov. 2015. https://goo.gl/BLk6JG. 25. Jan 2017.

[3] Literature: Bradbury, Ray quoting Latimer, Hugh. Fahrenheit 451. 70.

[4] Wiki: Space Elevator. Wikipedia, 24, Dec. 2017. https://goo.gl/mfB94f.

[5] Literature: Shakespeare, William. Hamlet in The Complete Pelican Shakespeare. Viking Press, 1977. 3.3.57.

[6] Video: Bole, Cliff. Hollow Pursuits episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Paramount Television, 1990.

[7] deGrasse Tyson, Neil. If you never make mistakes then you are not on the frontier of discovery, for there is where mistakes are made all the time. Twitter, 10 Feb. 2016. https://goo.gl/EuoNNZ

[8] Sacred: Attridge, Harold. The Harper Collins Study Bible, NRSV. Harper One, 2006. Gen.19.20-25.

[9] Artifact: Schomburt, A. Thomas. Rocky. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1981. Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Eng 091 Grade Scale

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	A 90-100% Can independently perform basic research for critical reading and synthesize various ideas in own argument.
	B 80-89% Reads and writes well, critically, struggles with argumentative writing.
	C 70-79% Reads critically, but still struggles with writing.
	D 60-69% Struggles with applying concepts of critical reading and writng.
	F < 60% Understands some basic concepts of critical reading and writing, but cannot apply them

Eng 091 Books & Materials

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091 Books & Materials

Books &	Materials
The Great Gatsby Pocket Style Manual 5th, 6th, or 7th ed. Writing Today MS Word (required) Internet Access	by F. Scott Fitzgerald by Diana Hacker (required) by Johnson-Sheehan (optional) (Free for students!)
Textbook List on Amazon

“There's no greater education than one that is self-driven.” –Neil Degrasse Tyson

Eng 091 Syllabus

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Table of Contents

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Instructor	Books	Grading Scale
Requirements	Criteria	Attendance
Etiquette	Responses	Communication
Success	College Resources	Plagiarism

The Path from Information to Skill

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Tabula Rasa

The beginning. No first-hand information. The only information about the subject is what has been heard in passing, and that has not been verified.

Example: Red Riding Hood is a fairy tale about a little girl in the forest. She might have laser vision and know kung fu.

Barrier: Does not try to find out information on own. Expects someone will tell what is important to know about something and blindly trust that information.

Breakthrough: Engage with information. Don't wait to be told the answer, search out the information.

Information

The facts, snippets of information like the meaning of key words (the ones in bold in textbooks), names of characters, description of events.

Example: Red is a girl with a basket of goodies for Grandma. The Wolf is hungry living in the woods. Grandma lives in the woods. The Wolf eats Grandma and Red.

Barrier: Cannot move past the snippets. In "Spark Notes" mode. Still expecting to be told what's important. Not fully engaged.

Breakthrough: Do not skim for information. Important parts won't "jump out" at you. Look at it as a whole instead of for the pieces. Slow down!

Knowledge

The bigger picture, the sequence and overt message, what the author's point was. The whats and the hows.

Example: Red talks to the Wolf, giving him the idea to eat both Grandma and Red. He exploits Red's willingness to talk and makes a trap for her. The author is sending a message about not talking to strangers because they are dangerous.

Barrier: Can only summarize. Can't move beyond presented facts, the obvious point, or the author's point.

Breakthrough: Slow down even more! Ask why at every opportunity. Make notes. Look beyond what was said for what has NOT been said.

Understanding

The deeper picture, how pieces fit together to mean something more. Asks questions and looks for hidden messages, makes connections between things that don't seem connected. The whys.

Example: The Wolf, Red, and Grandma are all connected in some way. They mean something more as a whole than apart. Why doesn't the Wolf eat Red right away? Why pretend to be Grandma? Why does Red take off her clothes before crawling in bed with the Wolf? Why the big eyes, big hands, teeth, etc?

Barrier: Can ask the questions, but cannot formulate own answers, or cannot justify the reasons behind their connection. Must be told what the deeper meaning is instead of creating and articulating it on their own.

Breakthrough: Get creative in making connections; be wild and crazy with the ideas. “If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.” –Albert Einstein. Test connections with logic and reason using evidence from within the source(s). Be aware that there is not a single answer or even a "right" answer, but the answer you can articulate and support after it survives your tests.

Skill

Your own point, using every previous stage to see the pieces in a new way. Independently form new understandings, that advance the whole discipline.

Example: The Wolf is a sexual predator. He deceives his victims, lulling them into safety before he attacks and rapes them (devours them). However, Red was willing because she took off her clothes voluntarily.

On the way to developing a skill, any skill, you will fail. Often. You will become discouraged at points, but you will never reach the skill if you do not continue to thoughtfully try. Look at failures as an opportunity to discover what went wrong. Understand the error, correct it, and resume the path to new skills.

Mastering a skill is simply the result of correct practice, experience, dedication, and more failure. “I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.” –Thomas Edison

Using Assignment Template

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Click to go to Assignment Template Download Page. Follow the instructions on that page to install the template. You can open the template by double-clicking it (if you’ve installed it in your template folder, you can find it by starting a new document and selecting my templates).

Click on ID#, Class Handle, and Response # and make your selection (hints appear above selections. Click on the title area, and type in your own title. After this, click below the title and type in your assignment.

When finished with your essay, click on Save As (not Save). The file name is automatically put in. Make sure that the save as type is a Word Document (*.docx). Click the Save button, and you’re done.

Research Workflow

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Research Pitches

You will pitch three different Wikipedia articles as potential topics for your research paper. The pitch topics must be about some kind of technology (the theme of the class). Make sure that your pitches are not too broad. Always look for the most specific sub topic within the main topic. For instance, video games are far too broad of a subject. Video games as an educational tool is much more specific.

The research pitches are a mandatory assignment. You will not be allowed to do the next assignment (the research proposal) until you have received approval on at least one of your pitched research topics.

Research Proposal

After being approved for at least one pitch topic, move ahead with the proposal. The proposal is an in-depth study of your Wikipedia article. Thoroughly know the general aspects of your subject, and convey that expertise to the reader.

More importantly, you will need to understand what the potential issues and arguments are for your chosen topic. You don’t need to pick an argument yet (in fact, you shouldn’t), but you do need to be able to express an understanding of the issues, the sides, and the stakes regarding your topic.

Caveat: The issues are more complex than for or against an issue. There are always, always exceptions and conditions. Find the issues. Define the circumstances and exceptions, and provide your reasons. Look to create your own side of the issues.

Like the pitches, proposals are mandatory. You cannot move forward until you have done the proposal. The comments and questions from my feedback are the basis of the Defense.

Defense

Taken from the term used by graduate students with their theses and dissertations, this is a one-on-one meeting with me. The goal of the conversation is to assure me that you know where you are going with your topic, and to flesh out the potential issues and arguments regarding your topic. Your graded proposal will have questions or requests by me to help you prepare for the defense.

Annotated Bibliography

After you have finalized your topic and know the issue you want to examine, you need to find sources. At this level, Wikipedia is no longer acceptable. You need real and credible sources. In the annotated bibliography, you will summarize the important details and look critically at one or two issues regarding the sources: compare them to one another, examine the source’s authority, or its specific audience.

By the end of the annotated bibliography, you must be well-read on the subject, almost an expert. You’ll know the important players, what’s currently going on, and where it’s headed. Now, refine your argument to a specific thesis statement. The best argument is the one you create. Be original; don’t rely on existing arguments.

Research Paper

The big enchilada. This is the culmination of all your work. You will not rely on existing positions for arguments. You will make your own position where you propose ideas and solutions to the issue you’ve researched. The paper is formal, exact, and meant to be read by the true experts of the field.

Imagine your specific audience. They can be other scholars, government officials, heads of corporations. This is your time to impress them with your ideas. The goal is to gain acceptance, for these people to recognize the worth of your argument, and take action. This is your application to become an expert yourself.

Research Basics

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Few words bring as much dread to students as “research paper.” The comic relates the stress involved.

The fault comes from lectures of plagiarism, citations, more plagiarism, and finding a requisite number and specific types of sources. Let’s not forget the desperate midnight searches on the internet to find something that can be included into the paper before it’s due at 9:00 am (hence the coffee in panel 3).

But this doesn’t have to be stressful and fill you with dread. Research is not just for academics. We do research every day without thinking about it: looking something up on a search engine, consulting a dictionary, asking a friend about a good movie, reading product reviews on Amazon. Research is about finding good information and learning.

Your friend’s movie recommendation

If your friend said the latest action movie was “meh,” would you consider seeing it? You trust your friends, but is she reliable when it comes to action movies? She likes “slash ‘em up” horror movies more than anything, and rarely sees action movies. Maybe she wanted more people to die. Maybe it wasn’t gory enough. You have to question how she evaluated the movie. What criteria did she use?

Amazon product review

Reviews include a star-rating, a snapshot that tells you (relatively) how good the product is. It also tells you how many people have given it reviews. If 500 people average out to a 2-star review, you’re not likely to buy it. However, if those same 500 averaged out to 4.5 stars, you’d really consider buying it. Even 500 reviews have limited value if all they’ve written is “I liked this product.” And they’re anonymous. Can you trust them? What about their criteria?

Hearing from experts

When the people from Consumer Reports Magazine review a product, they will go into detail and talk about the product, and the ways they tested it out (their criteria). It’s literally their job; they have training and lots of experience. But their expertise has to relate, too. A Ph.D. in biology has no expertise in recommending what car to buy. Ask mechanics.

The best research

Research doesn’t have an easy, silver bullet solution. When you have a large number of experts (in the appropriate field) who use the same criteria all say the same thing, you can rely on the information. Scientists operate this way. One group performs an experiment and publishes their results. Other scientists don’t accept blindly, they question and challenge to see if they get the same result. They do this over and over until they’re convinced that what the first group discovered is factual. They even question their own results when it’s what they want to see. They’re never finished; they’re ready to change their minds when more research changes things.

English classes

As students, your first exposure to research isn’t in science classes, but in English, which is actually appropriate. Before scientists perform any experiments, they first have to read all the information out there already. They must research what other people write. They ask questions. They learn about the subject until they become experts themselves; they evaluate and challenge what they are reading. After all of that, they write.

Research is not about finding the answer. It’s about learning enough to become an expert and make a contribution. Maybe you join one side, preferring their answer. Or the opposite side. Or maybe, and this is the best part, you create a new side. No matter what, you’re adding your voice and expertise to the discussion.

Formal research

This isn’t about research dressed in a tuxedo or ball gown. It’s about the form, the specific shape of how research is presented. Just as those scientists follow the same criteria in their experiments, formal research is a set of standards to follow. By following these standards, you are making a statement to others that your research is quality, your voice is worth listening to, and you have something valid to contribute. This is where styles of citation, quality of sources, and rules regarding plagiarism come in. They can be tedious, but the ensure that your research is quality.

Alternate Submit

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Alchemist for Students

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Alchemist is a program I wrote to aid in my grading of papers. It scans and marks up text on certain patterns of writing, as well as providing an easy way for me to add comments. It is an add-in for Microsoft Word for Windows (not compatible with Macs, sorry).

I have made a version for students to use so that they can scan and markup their own documents prior to submitting them to me. I'm providing this free with the following stipulations:

Before downloading this, know that I am simply offering it to you. I'm not guaranteeing it will work for you, nor am I requiring it for the submission of your essays.
Do NOT contact me that you can't get it to work. I don't have time to play tech support and get it working for you.
I have included a PDF user guide, which should install in a folder in your start menu. It should cover the basics.
Do not install this on school computers.

Download Alchemist

Make an Appointment

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Click Contact & Appt Tab
Look at appointment availability
Fill out form for appointment

Appointment created in calendar.
Not set until confirmed by me.

Anatomy of Assignment Sheet

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Example Response with Comments

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Succesful Students

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	Top 5 Behaviors of Successful Students “Don’t fear failure. Not failure, but low aim is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious to fail.” –Bruce Lee
5 Studying and employing provided handouts 4 Preparing for and engaging in class discussions 3 Learning from failure 2 Embracing instructor feedback on assignments 1 Following directions on assignments and syllabus

Assignment Templates

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Use these MS Word Assignment templates to get the format and file name right on your assignments every time.

Essay Template Response Template

Also see the page on Using Assignment Templates

Myth Grade Breakdown & Scale

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Grading Scale

Odysseus	A 90-100% Extrapolate cultural values and connects myths of different cultures to one another.
Moses	B 80-89% Extrapolate cultural values and understand deeper meanings of myths.
Sinbad	C 70-79% Understands myths from class well, and begins to see cultural values.
Siegfried	D 60-69% Has a basic understanding of class myths. Does not understand cultural values.
Samson	F < 60% Understands some myths from class, but has large gaps. No deeper meaning or cultural values.

Mythology Syllabus Table of Contents

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Instructor	Books	Grading Scale
Requirements	Criteria	Attendance
Etiquette	Responses	Communication
Success	College Resources	Plagiarism

Myth Books

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Books &	Materials
Parallel Myths Holy Bible The Greek Myths Fangs, Vol. 2 Ebooks OK.	by J.F. Bierlein (Harper Collins Study Bible) by Robert Graves by Otto Penzler
http://amzn.com/w/35AU56LYW66EG

Warning: Sex!
Mythology studies require an academic discussion of myths dealing with sex, incest, and rape. If you find these topics offensive, you should withdraw from the course.

Aphrodite

Eng 102 Syllabus Table of Contents

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Instructor	Books	Grading Scale
Requirements	Criteria	Attendance
Etiquette	Responses	Communication
Success	College Resources	Plagiarism

Eng 102 Grade Scale

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Vincent Freeman	A 90-100% Can independently research subjects and form cohesive, documented arguments.
Richard Hanshaw	B 80-89% Argues well and does okay at research, missing fine skills.
Robert Dean	C 70-79% Can perform basic research to learn about subjects, but struggles with arguments.
Reginald Barclay	D 60-69% Struggles with applying concepts of argumentation and research.
Mildred Montag	F < 60% Understands some basic concepts of argument and research; cannot perform them.

Etiquette & Learning Statement

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Learning Statement
"There is no greater education than one that is self-driven." --Neil DeGrasse Tyson

This class is an open forum for questions and diverse viewpoints on class topics. But you can only take advantage of this if you engage.

Ask questions.

Voice your opinion.

Listen to other views.

Open your mind.

	Etiquette & Responsibilities
“The journey is part of the experience—an expression of the seriousness of one's intent.One doesn't take the A train to Mecca.” –Anthony Bourdain http://goo.gl/vELjzL Comport yourselves as professionals. • Know policies and follow directions. •Be fully prepared to learn and discuss. •Take actions that help yourself and others learn.
Students acting unprofessionally are a distraction • Distracting students will be asked to leave for the day • Students will be marked as absent

Determining this behavior is at my sole discretion.

Students are empowered to:

seek answers int he syllabus & policies

Students will be notified of changes.

understand handbook policies http://goo.gl/22EukJ

learn on their own. Seek help when you need it.

take action. Make results, not excuses.

Communications

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Communications http://goo.gl/MtnNme
Time is a scarce commodity.
Make the most of our time.

Seek policy answers instead of asking and waiting.

I will not respond to direct policy questions answered by the syllabus, FAQ, website, etc.

Be as specific & detailed as possible with messages.

Emails aren't Tweets. There are no character limits.

I can only check & respond to email 1 hour/day (M-F).
Use Appt. Form to make appointments

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Assignment Policy

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All students have the same time and opportunity.
Policies are designed for fairness to everyone:

Assignments must use provided Word template.

Do not change template format (font, spacing, etc.).
Submit typed assignments through blog.

Proper filenames ensure receipt of assignments.

I cannot open or grade certain file types.
Assignments are returned by email. Check it daily!

If none returned, I never received it.

Contact me within 48hrs if submitted assignment

Responses due before class time.

No late responses. Ever.
No makeups, no revisions. Do better on the next.

Essays due 11:59pm on day listed.

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