This is the course blog for BIS 490. I will mainly use it to make announcements and adjustments to our schedule; you will use it to post your answers to any homework exercises I may give, and to extend our classroom discussion.
You can preview the course syllabus for the Monday night section and the Tuesday afternoon section.
Please write a test post in the reply below so I can make sure the blog is working for everyone. You can either use an existing Google/Gmail I.D. or make a Blogger I.D. Let me know if you have any difficulty and I can help. It would be best if your test post was some kind of question or comment about the syllabus. Read it carefully!
As noted in my email, I recommend Graff and Birkenstein's They Say / I Say and I recommend against the Strunk and White guide on the bookstore's required reading list. The other textbooks are ones you already bought for previous courses, or articles I will post or xerox.
I look forward to meeting all of you soon.
Dr. Winter,
ReplyDeleteThank you for the advance copy of the syllabus. I am excited to get started and looking forward to your class next Tuesday.
V/R,
John
Dr. Winters,
ReplyDeleteIt was nice meeting you at the 491 presentations.
This is a reminder to post the Boix Mansilla and Duraisingh "Targeted Assessment of Students' Interdisciplinary Work" article to the course blog!
Walter Via
Hi Dr. Winter
ReplyDeleteTest, it worked, see you Tuesday.
Bryan
Hello, Dr. Winter:
ReplyDeleteHere is my test. See you Tuesday.
Bethny
Hi Dr. Winter,
ReplyDeleteA quick note to mention that for Section 002, I believe that the dates listed on page nine of the syllabus should read: 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29, 4/5, 4/12, 4/19, 4/26 and 5/3.
Thanks very much for sending your syllabus in advance of our first class.
See you soon,
Gail
Good Morning Aaron -
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed the 'Lessons Learned' section in the syllabus - look forward to adding my own. Although it will probably look something like the advice a friend has given me about running: respect the distance, relax, and let it lay a totally insane but rejuventing claim on your soul!
See you this evening,
Elena
Hello
ReplyDeleteHere is my test. See you Tuesday
Lisa
This is test entry.
ReplyDeleteYo...
ReplyDeleteGreat to see familiar faces again.
ReplyDeletePresent!
ReplyDeleteHello Dr, Winter,
ReplyDeleteIt is so great to have you as my professor again this semester. I look forward to all of the headaches I will have because of this proposal.
Hello everyone! The test worked.!!
ReplyDeleteIt's go time!
ReplyDeleteOh, no! I just realized that I don't have one of the required texts - "Target Assessment of Students' Interdisciplinary Work: An Empirically Grounded Framework Proposed."
ReplyDeleteNever-mind. :)
ReplyDeleteHi, everyone! Just a note to Aaron...Valentine's day is Monday the 14th, not Tuesday the 15th. I'm sure you know that somewhere in your mind, but it may be an important date to you!
ReplyDeleteJulie
Madiha
ReplyDeletethis is to let you know that I know how to use this.
Madiha
This is it....
ReplyDeleteHey everyone. Can't wait to get this started and over with at the same time. Last semester!!!
ReplyDeleteWilliam
woo-hoo, I remembered my login information!
ReplyDeleteSincerely,
Kristina
I've only had about one week over break not working on this project. Back to work.
ReplyDeleteGregg
Hello Dr. Winter:
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the first class and meeting you!
Victoria
Nice meeting everyone yesterday, I look forward to a productive and exciting semester.
ReplyDeleteJim
Hello Dr. Winter,
ReplyDeleteI have posted my project to google doc. let me know if you can view it.
thanks
Madiha
good evening, it's snowing crazy! i have shared my project proposal wiz gail, julie,madiha, and aaron. pleez let me know if u can't see it in your inbox. sorry if i sent it twice...still trying to learn how to use google docs^^. see u next week. miyuki
ReplyDeleteHello, I've posted my 390 proposal on Google docs. I will add a few more students tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteThe syllabus states that we have to add 15 new entries to our annotated bibliography. In class something was said about dropping entries from the old ones which do not have to be replaced? I need some clarification on that next week.
Have a nice week. -iris
I don't know if you check your e-mail often, but I submitted my proposal that way as Google docs wasn't relaying my charts and graphs.
ReplyDeleteBethny
It was nice to meet you on Monday night. This is my test posting. I will need a little more help with google docs as my sharing efforts were unsuccessful. I am in New Mexico as of Friday for a Memorial service and will return very late Sunday night. I won't be able to respond to any postings over the weekend due to limited internet access. See you Monday night.
ReplyDeleteBethny & Helga... go ahead and use email as a backup for when you're having trouble with Google Docs, no problem.
ReplyDeleteAaron,
ReplyDeleteI forgot my background survey on desk in computer lab. I am sure it has landed in the trash and I need to fill out again. I did not read anything about it being accessible online - I could be wrong. Could you have a new form for me on Tuesday? I am sorry about the inconvenience.
I thought about your comments in class and I want to stick to my original plan in regards to Methods. Thank you for that!
Jim and Ben, could you please provide me with your email address. We did not exchange them last Tuesday. Mine is iwhite@gmu.edu. This way I can share my google documents with you and vice versa. Otherwise this just has to wait until Tuesday. Thank you. -iris
Here is another test bogg for 490..
ReplyDeleteAnd yes I could switch to Monday nights
I'm happy to be a floater .. I can not this Monday
Due to the first meeting of 491
However I can the following .. Is it at 7:20
Same meeting place
Thank you
Michele
I do believe my project was received via email
Hi,this is Beckyanne and this is my test post.
ReplyDeleteHere is my assessment on the paper about CONTRACT MANAGEMENT IN IRAK:
ReplyDelete- Identifies and evaluates relevant and reliable research
Criteria: Competent
I identified three disciplines in this project: contract management, law and public policy. I think that the project can be considered competent overall with some areas under development, since there are not enough scholarly sources for all disciplines. The author quotes the Journal of Contract Management, Government Contracting and Contract Management which I believe to be scholarly journals, but I did not find enough references to legal sources, other than Jrank.org, an online database of legal cases. However I believe that the discipline of Public Policy is properly represented in the proposal, with relevant descriptions of acts and laws enacted by the government and audit reports issued by government commissions which are clearly justified for the topic and can be relied upon to draw conclusions. I find that there may be too much reliance on media reports (BBC, CBS News, Business Week) that may be biased or inaccurate but their use maybe justified to provide the average reader with a general context of the problem.
- Demonstrates disciplinary grounding
Criteria: Competent
The author gives good examples and proper explanations. I did not get that impression from the introduction (I think the introduction is the most difficult part of the project so I totally relate here!) but as I kept reading the paper became more robust, especially in the analysis section, with very accurate descriptions of contract mismanagement from scholarly journals and other appropriate sources. I also think that most of the author’s claims were supported with evidence.
Hi,
ReplyDeleteThis is my test post.
Jen
A little late here, but I'm testing too! :)
ReplyDeleteAnnika