January

18th

Welcome back!

Dick – Do Androids Dream of Electric Sleep?

23rd

Dick – Do Androids Dream of Electric Sleep? No additional Reading.

Review of the essay exam, discussion of how major thematic issues relate to exam preparation.

Add/Drop ends

25th

Dick – Do Androids Dream of Electric Sleep? No additional reading.

27th

Dick – Do Androids Dream of Electric Sleep? : In-class grading of essay exams.

Deadline for students to provide advance written notification to instructors of intent to observe religious holidays.

Deadline for students to confirm their Community Engagement Projects. Volunteers: please post your organizations under the group's discussion board. Expo workers: I will email you this weekend with a list of your fellow expo contacts. InsideOuters: start taking photos!

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Watch Jonathan Haidt on TED; reread Herskovitz - "Cultural Relativism and Cultural Values" [course reader pg. 170]

13

Look at Richmond magazine in class.

Group presentation materials posted to blackboard. Look at topics and materials in class.

Receive library vs. the Kindle assignment.

20

VCU: a cultural history. Reading: look through Wigwam 1953, Cobblestone 1973, and The Rampages 1990.

In class: read "Back to Old School" and look at the 2010 NY Times ad.

Groups 1 and 2 lesson plan due

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Group 2 teaches class:

9am reading: posted on Blackboard under "Announcements," also think about different green spaces you see in Richmond.

10am: compare Decay Richmond Pictures and Pictures of Detroit

12pm: no homework

1pm: no homework

Group 5 lesson plan due

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Group 3 teaches class

9am homework: SWA - Construct a list of different factors that you think make VCU a good school/establishment. Anything that you can think of (from our sports teams to our teaching staff to Monroe Park). Put them in order of importance and give reasons as to why you chose each factor. 

ALSO for 9am: bring whatever you might need to be able to step outside during class (i.e. umbrella, sunblock, etc.).

Inside Out participants: Photo deadline! Have your images emailed to insideoutrva@gmail.com

Evening panel: 7pm, Life Sciences Building room 151. Attendance will be counted--contact Prof. Reed ahead of time if you have a reasonable conflict.

March 2

Group 4 teaches class

9am: read “Council Approves Carver Project” and “After years of VCU growth, Carver fights back.”

10am: read “After years of VCU growth, Carver fights back” and look over the 6 Year Plan

12pm: Make a list of potential pros and cons to VCU expansion

5

Group 5 teaches class

9am: Define “Green Space” in your own words. Do not Google!! And Read “Activists Protest Monroe Park Renovations”

10am: Look through the City of Richmond's Richmond Riverfront Concept Plant. Pick something you like and write up a brief explanation of why it would be an improvement. Bring this to class.

12pm: no homework

7

What makes for a good research topic? - "Our Best Guesses" from Richmond magazine [in class]

9

Research topics due: post to your research portfolios.

19

Reread your final UNIV111 paper (on a new technology) and bring to class a copy--if you were not in our fall 111 course, bring any other peice of academic writing you completed in the fall).

Discuss annotated bibliographies. What should they look like?

21

Evaluating sources test case: Kony 2012. For class:

1. Watch Kony 2012.

2. Write up a sample annontation for the video. Use MLA format for the citation.

3. Come to class with your annotation and a laptop or some form of internet access.

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Before class: use the VCU library quick search to select at least two sources for your final paper. Write a draft annotation for one of the two sources. Post these sources in your Research Portfolio in an item called “Annotated Bibliography Draft.” They should be in correct citation format.

For class: bring your laptops.

Last day to withdraw from a course with a mark of “W” – both campuses (except for courses not scheduled for the full semester).

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Library day!

Bring your ongoing Annotated bibliographies, your questions, your confidence, and any panic to the second floor of the library. I'll camp out there all day to consult with students individually. Check in with me for attendance and instructions when you arrive.

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Remember this guy?

Listen to this, or read the pdf transcript of the episode.

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No class - Annotated Bibliographies Due 5pm

April 2

Look at sample UNIV 200 papers and source analyses: Read ONE of the two UNIV 200 sample papers on Blackboard under "Documents."

Fall semester advance registration begins

4

Post to your portfolios:

1. the claim for your final paper (as a new item titled "claim" or "argument").

2. A revision of your favorite source annotation into a full UNIV 200 Source Analysis, including: 1. the full citation, 2. a statement of the source's authority, 3. a full summary of the source, 4. a short list of essential quotes from the source, and finally 5. a statement of the source's usefulness.

6

Field trip! Meet in front of the Cary Street Gym.

9

Bring to class your list of observations about Oregon Hill and Hollywood Cemetery.

Discuss: Using observational detail in an argument.

Watch Sheena Iyengar's "On the Art of Choosing."Take thorough notes on her argument.

Arguments and counter-arguments.

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Argument outling and drafting in class. Bring your laptops.

Bring your laptops to class.

Budget Proposals [or "making choices, writing proposals for solutions, and remembering that solutions demand compromise"]

Expo groups schedule a meeting with Prof. Reed this week to discuss your expo projects.

Budgetary discussion wrapup.

Introduction of individual mini-lecture assingment.

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Mini-lectures!

23

Peer editing: post a draft to your portfolios before class and bring your laptops to class.

Volunteers: volunteer hours must be completed by today.

25

In-class portfolio work, evals, etc. Bring your laptops.

Final paper due, 5pm.

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Community Engagement Wrap Up:

Volunteers: No class.

Expo: Optional work day! Meet where and when convenient.

Inside Out: Installation