Monday, October 1, 2012

make research fun: web-wise and more!


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okay, maybe it wasn't quite like that....
I AM EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR DAY TOGETHER! PLEASE BE READY TO REVIEW WHAT YOU DISCUSSED WITH SOME EXAMPLES TO SHARE! I will share a bit about my conference and the paper I presented. 

Thursday 27 Sept – CLASS ON ITS OWN: KATIE AT SLSA CONFERENCE 
WMST (Berger & Radeloff), chs 5 & 6 
[note for the next class (when Katie gets back): read ahead in Berger, and pick 2 things to do serious web research about. Be sure you spend at least as much time doing all this as you ordinarily do reading for class.] 

Today as a class you get to run the show: decide what in WMST (Berger & Radeloff) helps you think through where you are in women’s studies now. What are your plans? How does women’s studies help you as you reflect on your life and your future? What will you be doing next? 





Tuesday 2 Oct – Social media web research: beyond google and the Wikipedia, where do you go?  How to do this seriously? 
HOW TO WRITE PAPERS, CREATE HANDOUTS, USE CITATIONS, AND FIND CITATION STYLES ON THE WEB
 (Notice what you need to do for Thursday too – plan out how to get it all done for the week)

=What did you choose in Berger to research on the web and why? what were your results? 

=bring in the results of your serious web research!
=be prepared to talk with each other about why this information is on the web, who made it, what it is for, who is using it and why, and what that all means. 

=How did you get your web research results? 
=what records did you need to keep to demonstrate both the results and the methods for us? 
=Did you come across pictures that mattered in this research? 
=What about data visualizations and did you come across any in this research? 


COME PREPARED TO TELL US WHAT YOU FOUND IN THE INTERSECTIONAL APPROACH TO DO RESEARCH ON THE WEB ABOUT! 

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Thursday 4 Oct – Feminist Successes and Success Stories? 
find out everything you can about the different editions of Our Bodies, Our Selves. Look BOTH on the web and GO TO THE LIBRARY TOO! 
LOGBOOK #1 DUE

Okay! You now have many tools for projects for our class! Make sure your plans to accomplish it all are in order! Show them off in logbook #1. Be sure you and your partner have ways of helping each other stay on track and work with care. What have Davis and Zandt already taught you about feminist reading and research? What does each one teach you about the other? What does the web add to it all? What does working and being physically present in the library add? Let’s get onto moving feminisms! 



Our Bodies Our Blog!!! 
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1 comment:

  1. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/unofficial-prognosis/2012/09/23/study-shows-gender-bias-in-science-is-real-heres-why-it-matters/

    I found this article that I thought was pretty cool- Not entirely relevant to this post, but I think relevant to the idea of "who creates knowledge?" that we discuss in class.

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