Information Science Freshmen Experience: Techniques for Problem Solving
To view lecture notes for a given lesson follow the links below. Lecture notes will be added the day of each lecture. Assignments will be listed for each section. Assignments are due before class.
Final - 12.8.11
Please submit via email (tswallace@ualr.edu) your final paper and peer evaluations no later than 12:30pm today. Late submissions will not be accepted. If you have not filled out the course evaluation please do so below. I have enjoyed having you all this semester. We will not meet in the classroom .
Service Learning Project Work - 11.17.2011
Service Learning Project Work - 11.3.2011
You should cover the following at you in class team meeting.
- Service Learning Project Topic - Submit for Approval
- Team Organization - Who is responsible for what. Everyone should have a role.
- Project Scheduling - Book your date and time with the DSC for your booth (Week Before Finals)
- Submit to me as a Google Doc your project proposal (1 Per Team). This document should include all of the information listied above. Due to me by the end of the day. Be prepared to give a status report to the class on Tuesday (one per team).
Virtual Reality Center - 11.1.2011
- Meet in the VRC
Bioinformatics - 10.27.2011
- Dr. Steve Jennings
Assignment: Blog Post - Discuss a research interest of one of the IFSC faculty that you found particularly interesting
Service Learning - 10.25.11
- Betsy Hart - Office of Community Engagement
- Project Requiremnts
Assignment: Blog Post - What does Service Learning mean to you?
Information Science Faculty - 10.18.2011
- Dr. Rolf Wigand
- Dr. Serhan Dagtas
- Sign up for the Society of Computing and Information Technology (SOCIS)
- Grade Review
Jobs in Information Science - 10.13.2011
- Dr Elizabeth Pierce
- Sign up for the Society of Computing and Information Technology (SOCIS)
What is Information Science? - 10.11.2011
Assignment: Blog Post - In your own words answer the question "What is Information Science?"
MBTI Debreif - 10.6.2011
- Catherine Lowry
- 5 Minute Presentations
Blog Assignment: Discuss what you learned about yourself by completing the MBTI
PowerPoint Presentations - 10.4.2011
- 5 Minute Presentations
PowerPoint Presentations - 9.29.2011
- 5 Minute Presentations
Assignment: Blog Post - Reflect on your presentation. What were your strengths & weaknesses? Identify areas you could improve and discuss possible strategies for doing so. Please be thorough.
PowerPoint Lab- 9.27.2011
Please review the content below in preparation for your presentations on Thursday. Remeber to use your search skills if you are having a specific issue that you can't resolve. I'll be checking email periodically throughout the day if you have any questions
MBTI - 9.22.2011
- Catherine Lowry
Blog Assignment: Discuss what you learned about yourself by completing the MBTI
PowerPoint - 9.20.2011
PowerPoint - 9.15.2011
- Best Practices
- Project Requirements
- Outline your presentation and begin collecting resources
Assignment: PowerPoint Presentation - Presented 9.29.11 in class - This will be a short presentation about you and your interests.
Getting to know EIT - 9.13.2011
- Katie Young - EIT Dean's Office
- In-Class Assignment:
Create a Google Doc that includes a list of three things you learned from Katie Young's talk on EIT. Also in this document I would like you to write a minimum three paragraphs on the experience you had during the scavenger hunt last week. Discuss how your team decided to tackle the hunt, whether or not you felt like you worked as a team, and what you would do differently. When you complete this assignment you should share this document with tswallace@ualr.edu. Do not email me this document!. Use the built in sharing functionlity of Google Docs. If you do not know how to do this you can look here for help.
Teamwork - 9.8.2011
- Scavenger Hunt
Information Discovery - 9.6.2011
- Resources
- Web Based Service Discussion
Information Discovery - 9.1.2011
- Resources
- In-Class Activity
- Read and watch this overview of the social bookmarking site Delicious.com - Overview
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- Create a Delicious Account
- Tag in Delicious at least three articles related to defining and explaining folksonomies
- Display your Delicious account bookmarks RSS in your blog sidebar
Assignment: Review your favorite web-based service from the list on this page (or another service that that you already use) and write a blog post explaining it's functionality, the pro's and con's of using the particular service, and discuss the service's potential for impacting the way you work. Please be prepared to discuss in class on Tuesday.
Information Discovery - 8.30.2011
Using Wordpress - 8.25.2011
- Applying a Theme
- Customizing the Sidebar
- Widgets
- Video: Tom Friedman - The World is Flat
Assignment: Customize your blog sidebar. Write a blog post on your thoughts from the Tom Friedman Video
Blog Orientation - Selecting a Theme - 8.23.2011
- Getting Started with your Wordpress Blog
