At the end of January, I will be submitting a mass fix to your DAPRs.

The last year has been crazy as we move our program online. Lots of substitutions and all. To ensure that everything is correct and that you will graduate, I would like you to go through your coursework and provide me with an update for what you have done.

Please go to this form, and fill out the requestion information.

This exercise will help you figure out what you have taken and what you haven’t, but it will also serve as a record in case there is an issue later. We will have an account of our agreement on classes.

Mahalo.

I will convert it at my house this weekend.

Our meeting time is this Friday at 945 am. Please make sure you are all on time. The purpose of this meeting is to gather ALL of our materials, make sure we have everything, and start planning for next semester. Please do not come in with a ton of materials and ask “what should I do with this.”

What you should do with it is this: read below, make a plan for storing what we need. Raw files are mostly for you (although I would keep them for sure).

That said, here are all the instructions you’ll need to prepare for the end of class.

• Please remember to package up your production journals and place them in the BSU.ProductionJournal > TransIndy > FinalProductionJournals folder
• Also, FILL OUT THE BIOGRAPHICAL FORM SO WE CAN CREDIT YOU ON THE SITE

Producers:

• In the BSU.ProductionJournal folder are folders marked FICTION and NON-FICTION
  • Jenn’s production teams are storing all their materials on the Journalism Server, so they can ignore this; anything that was created BY the graphics team will reside there
  • Materials created by others FOR the graphics team should be stored as follows:
• Writers: both of those folders contain lots of materaisl in no particular order. By Thursday night, I want things broken down in a rational way, and I want finished copies of everything. If you need to add another folder, please do so OR ask me and I’ll do it. For example:
  • Fiction:
    • Book
    • Book.CharacterSheets
    • Scripts.Radio
    • Scripts.Video
    • Social Media
  • Non-Fiction
    • Class Bios
• Video: Please bring all video to class. I will only need the movie files, not all of the raw footage; however I will want everything we’ve created. (The scripts will be stored on the Dropbox servers)
• Audio: Please upload ALL audio to the Soundcloud server. I will not need all the raw material, but I would like final versions of everything we’ve recorded.
• Photographs: Please upload all photos being used to the TransIndy Flickr Group.

Just a friendly neighborhood reminder that our Final Exam time is Thursday from noon-2 pm. Per the lecture, there is no formal class that day; however, I will need to collect videos from each group and you’ll need to make sure that you have turned in the packets.

Please bring your videos (Trailer #2 and the Screencast Presentation) to class. I will have an external hard drive so we can simply drag and drop. (If you want to try to drop them in the DropBox, I’ll remove them as soon as I can and let you know. If you can get them to me that way: no need to see me.)

On the DROPBOX server, I’ve placed two FINAL. folders. Please make sure that you’ve given me your Final Reports with all the materials (Group1.PostMortem), and the Final Production Journal PDFS (LastName.ProdJo).

If you have ancillary materials that don’t fit in the Post Mortem, put them in that folder (Group1.NameOfSheet)

I will post the videos for everyone to see!!

I thoroughly enjoyed our time together this semester, and I look forward to seeing how you apply this in the Senior Capstone project. I have high hopes for you all.

Brad

A reminder that our class starts Tuesday, Dec 13 at 215 pm. Be prompt. If you are late, DO NOT knock or come in. We are presenting. I shall check the door before each person. If you are late and I call your name, you will receive a ZERO on your presentation.

I have 4 folders on the DROPBOX server, all labeled FINAL. — please make sure you materials are appropriately added.

Your VIDEOS should be uploaded to: www.vimeo.com (username and password emailed!)

• Title should be LastName.SiteScreencast (the words “SiteScreencast” not your actual site name)

If you are turning in your paper AFTER the start of class tomorrow, you will need to deliver the FINAL PAPER 1 to by in hard copy form my NOON on Friday. I am shutting down my Dropbox so you won’t have access to it anymore.

Questions? Email or text me. Good luck, people.

Brad

You can find today’s lecture notes on the class website, or here:

ICOM 210: How To Write an Academic Paper

ICOM 375: The Final Packet

I’m going to pass out a paper Jennifer George-Palilonis and I are submitting to the Popular Culture Association. This will help guide you in rewrites.

I’ve also attached a Literature Review sheet, which is something I use before I write by Lit Review. You’ll see how I summarize information from papers, and then you can see how that is transformed into an academic paper.

For those of you doing research papers, citations matter a great deal. But they are not easy to get right. To help out, I suggest using ZOTERO, a plug-in for Firefox. Trust me when I tell you: this will change your life.

A few notes on your papers, which you will have the ability to turn in up until noon on Friday of exam week. I will expect hard copies of your work, which means you will print them out and turn them to the main journalism office in A.J. or directly to me.

EIGHT pages means EIGHT pages. In my book, 7 1/2 pages is the same as no pages. If you write the bare minimum (8 pages), you have done average work. If you have written less than that, you have done failing work.

Standards are non-negotiable.

Thesis: Write One

Abstract: This should be a cogent summary of your points, not a meandering walk-through of your thinking. You should be able to articulate 3-5 main ideas that you will discuss. Those 3-5 ideas should have a flow to them (e.g. transitions) that connect them to each other.

Literature Review: This should be 1-2 pages, and it should include in-text citations. (King, 2011) You should use APA, MLA, Chicago or some other research-appropriate citation when you do that (and that is listed in the Works Cited area of the paper).

You have a thesis statement (right?!?). The Literature Review should be a narrative summary of the information. You are trying to encapsulate what has been written about your topic. If you write sentences such as “The authors, Beatrice and Handlebon, conducted a study in which they sought to find out exactly what happened to people when the did the study in the hopes of understanding better how these ideas happen.” then you have not grokked the Literature Review.

Your Literature Review should tell me the specifics of what the research found; If you’re using non-peer-reviewed materials, then you should have solid quantitative points to make.

You should not — and I can’t emphasize this enough — use quotes like a newspaper in your research paper. “The study found that Prof. King was not happy when you use other people’s words in lieu of you making a point about what those words meant. And yes: I realize this means you have READ all of those sources you have cited.”

You SHOULD operationalize all your definitions and histories in this section. In fact, much of what you will be doing is defining exactly what you are talking about. For instance, define these terms:

• Social Media
• Web 2.0
• Brand
• Echo Chamber
• Plagiarism
• Net Neutrality
• Citizen Journalism

You use these words as if they have one definition that everyone on the planet agrees upon. That is not the case. You must operationalize these words by doing the research (like, say, a Literature Review!!) to explain what you mean when you use that word.

Argument: This is the body of your paper. You have a thesis statement, you’ve operationalized your definition, now is the time to expand on those 3-5 main points from your Abstract  

For instance: if you’re arguing that Citizen Journalism should take an active, and prominent, role in the next political election.

Your Lit Review would focus on defining Citizen Journalism, examining its relationship with the Media, and looking at how politcal coverage has changed with new technologies.

Your argument would then be to approach this issue with research (that Lit Review) that uncovered what people were saying. You will pull in examples. You will expound on the points you are making by finding sources to back up your point and to disprove your point. (And please don’t forget your citations.)

Conclusion: You have no written a thesis, operationalized your words, and then argued a point using research. The conclusion should examine what you HAVEN’T covered, what new research needs to happen, or what people should expect. You should do that while creating a narrative summary of what is going to happen next.

Example: Any peer-reviewed literature you have read. I will also pass out a paper Jennifer George-Palilonis and I are getting ready to submit.