Tuesday, Jan. 30

Made corrections on and cleaned up RSVCP outlines. Most issues came in one of these three areas. Check out the info below to help:

OBJECTIVE SUMMARY
Answer these questions when writing objective summaries
1.Who is the author?
2.What is the article's topic?
3.What is that articles main point about the topic?
4.What are some ways the article describes that main point?

EXAMPLE: 
This blog by The Room 241 from Concordia lists the top 5 benefits of phones in school. These students analyzed the benefits through research. The benefits are that phones are smart, fast, and reliable tools that can help students with their studying and learning. Also, phones give students the ability to help each other and with a social learning environment. The blog also stated, that phones can be distracting but outlawing them overall shouldn’t have to be the case. Furthermore, implementing them into learning environments can benefit students to learning more.
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CITATIONS:
FULL CITATION
Wingfield, Nick. "Amazon to Share New Building with Homeless Shelter in Seattle." Nytimes.com,The New York Times, 10 May 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/10/technology/amazon-  homeless-shelter-seattle.html, Accessed 11 May 2017.

IN TEXT CITATION:
We're just doing these. Start at the top and if you can't find the information to cite, use the next one down the list. (e.g. if you can't find the name of the author, use the article title)

1. (Author last name)
2. (“Article Title”)

EXAMPLE: Stanford University professor Clifford Nass said, “Music with lyrics is very likely to have a problematic effect when you’re writing or reading” (Castello).


SUPPORTING IDEAS:
Begin with this structure (you can add to it of course) for each of your body paragraphs in an outline.

• Main idea
  • ​Topic Sentence
    • ​Quote supporting topic sentence. Be sure to introduce quote and add your in-text citation so you know where it came from.
    • Explanation and analysis of that quote

Example:

• Cellphones = Fast access to info
  • Digital devices, if used correctly, can provide faster learning and allow for independent learning lead by the student. 
    • A Concordia College educational blog states, “In some situations, a student may not ask for clarification to a question he or she has in an open classroom—because they can use their smartphone to get the answer they’re looking for” (“5 Benefits of Using Cellphones”).
    • Despite their obvious distractions, cell phones and other digital deceives can assist students find answers to problems and get assistance in real time instead of relying on a teacher or other traditional methods.