Reading Records:
A Means of Sharing Sources
a. Finding a strong source, b. Writing your reading record and c. Posting it
| Finding the source: | |
| 1. | Read the page on our 3950 website which tells you what the purpose of these records is. |
| 2. | Hunt through books, journal articles, the internet for strong trustworthy sources. |
| 3. | Evaluate these sources based on two criteria: a. How relevant it is for the general problem at large, and this particular problem, and b. How much we can trust this source. (We will discuss trustworthiness in depth in one of our next classes.) |
| 4. | If the source does well on these two criteria, copy the entire article, chapter, etc. including the front page or pages that identify how to find this text, such as date published and publisher. Be sure to copy all of the pages such as footnotes and bibliography. |
| 5. | Read your source thoroughly and carefully. Often, you will need to read particularly strong sources several times, |
6. |
Find and copy the reading record form on my website. |
| 7. | Paste it on a blank page of your word-processing program, |
| 8. | As best you can, fill it out. Keep them in electronic form, |
| 9. | We will come back to your reading record when it is time to post it. |
Preparing to use Nicenet.org |
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| 10. | Go to www.nicenet.org |
| 11. | Click "Join a Class" |
| 12. | Enter by using the Class Key (I've included all 3 of the keys so we can all benefit from the best sources.) Set up your personal account. ES 3950 Groups A & B: B2ZZZ22E93 (Monday nights)ES 3950 Groups C & D: D2ZZZ27E26 (TR afternoons)ES 3950 Groups E & F: F2ZZZ28E27 (Tuesday nights) |
| 13. | Join the discussion or post your reading record (see below). |
| Posting your reading record | |
| 14. | Copy your filled-out reading record, |
| 15. | Go to the NiceNet website and click 'document' |
| 16. | Paste your reading record there as a new document |
| 17. | Read the other reading records already posted, and |
| 18. | Investigate links others have found.. |
Send comments regarding this page to: Pillsbury@wmich.edu
Last revised: 8/30/01