Agenda08: EDIT 7650

Due to snow, we stayed home. I made a podcast of the material below: go to WebCT/7650 and listen to it. We also had a chat in which "attendees" did Q&A - I recommend you read through it, too.

Tools we will refer to often:

Feedback table: beginning with your Progress Report from last semester, build an ongoing table of feedback and actions. This could be a GoogleDoc that you keep up-to-date and refer to in each assignment. Another choice is to copy/paste the same growing table in each assignment. The big idea is that feedback is answered in the next assignment, and this table will help us keep track.
Timeline: especially early in the semester, this is important. Include your expected graduation date. Take your latest version from last semester and update it. It shows up in the first assignment, and I may ask for updates. It could also be a Googledoc.

We did not get to this very much:
Beyond Results: Discussion

now you can be subjective, but label it so
Please send specific questions as you have them. I may be inspired to blog about small issues, develop content, or make a podcast if warranted.

Looking ahead as far as we dare:

This day is reserved for individual half-hour conferences. I encourage you to sign up for a slot at your convenience - between 9a and 1p (will expand those times if necessary). Or, we could plan a meeting if that seems a better plan.

8:30 Karen G.
9:00 Kate H.
9:30 Denise S. possibly
10:00 Michelle
10:30 Beth B.
11:00 Marty
11:30 Oreta
12:00 Suzanne
12:30 Jessie G.

Midterm feedback

News and business

A few clues in moving from Discussion to First Complete Draft

What the complete draft might/should look like: the AP1 Assignment

What to do with the feedback table
Making sure the recipe is clear (so we can tell what you actually did)
Beware the words “significant” and “prove”
Yes, there has been redundancy in assignments. I apologize for that. However, I’m not sure if I could have kept everybody’s project straight without this redundancy.
But in the complete AP, we must (or you must) identify the right balance of repetition vs. readers having to look back too often.
Beware anthropomorphism (now we’re really getting picky)
Ways to organize Results flowing into Discussion when you feel there is too much repetition
Fonts for online reading
How to produce the AP First Complete Draft - possible formats

Word doc submitted to dropbox (filenames: remember!)

If you go this route: try to make it one big file, if possible. Use "bookmarks" and links within the document to make it navigable. (Do we need a tech tip?)

Webpage/site, like Jennifer's or Buffy's

I'm working on a Diigo group account that will allow you to see my annotations (need to test drive this first)

Please don't .pdf for now - too hard to interact in this format

Your questions and concerns

Calendar
Global Calendar

Jan 14: End of Drop/Add:Approved preliminary contract*
Jan 18: Programs of Study, Grad Apps due for May graduates
Jan 19: Meeting 1
Jan 21: UGA holiday
Feb 2: Meeting 2; Analysis Plan due
Feb 16: Conference Day - sign up
Feb 23: Results Draft due
Feb 25: Midterm
Mar 4: Deadline for Transfer credits (May grads); Midpoint withdrawal deadline
Mar 8: Discussion, Conclusions, & Recommendations Draft
Mar 10: UGA Spring Break Week
Mar 15: Meeting 3
Mar 24: Applied Projects due to advisors (AP Complete Draft) for Apr Marathoners
Mar 28: Registration begins
Mar 28: SLM Advisory Board Meeting
Apr 5: Meeting 4
Apr 7: Applied Projects due to committee
Apr 14: Ed.S. Portfolio due (Final Assignment Page)
Apr 14: Marathon I (AP Presentation)
Apr 21: Marathon II (AP Presentation)
Apr 28: AP Final Draft
May 1: Global Due Date for Spring Semester
May 10: Graduation
May 13: Summer terms begin
May 26: UGA Holiday
Jun 13: August Grads: Grad Application due AND Program of Study due