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List Serve

Our class will use a list serve housed at Yahoo.com. Click on the "Group home page" link below, and follow the instructions. You must sign up for the list; all list serve assignments go to the link below:

Group home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/325winter07

Group email: 325winter07@yahoogroups.com




During the term, you will post two (2) kinds of information to the list serve:
  1. Valuable research findings. These must include the following information.
    • A bibliographic citation for the information in MLA format. Use http://webapps.calvin.edu/knightcite to format the entry.
    • A brief summary of the major points of the source.
    • The database or search engine used to locate the material.
    • YOUR NAME !!!!!
  2. Answers to questions asked by classmates. All posted answers will contain the original question.

These postings can raise your grade as much as 5%; failing to usefully contribute may lower your grade by as much as 5%.


English 325


Assignments
  1. Four Background Memos
    DUE:
            #1: January 17
            #2: February 12
            #3: March 12
            #4: April 2

  2. Analysis of Student SWOT
    DUE:
            January 29


  3. JCM Ideological Analysis.
    DUE:
            February 19


  4. Funder Analysis.
    DUE:
            March 19


  5. Recommendation Report.
    DUE:
            April 23

  6. Informing Clients [tentative]


Research Tools
  1. FLITE Databases

  2. Google.com

  3. Dogpile.com

  4. scholar.google.com


Writing Resources
  1. Tools, links, etc.


Expectations
  1. Grading Criteria


Online Help
  1. Instructor Email hugh@culik.com

  2. Peer Assistance [list serve]