Monday, Novermber 2

As discussed in class today, the rest of the term will be focused on:

1. Observing sessions to gather data for your research essay (minimum 5 observations)
2. Gaining experience tutoring (minimum 5 sessions)
3. Writing your research paper

Today you looked at the google.docs bibliography and added references you have found so far. Continue to post references you find on your topic under an appropriate heading.

You checked out the links on this blog to the writing center journals, and I directed you to the Kean University data bases available through the library. The most important writing journals to check are College Composition and Communication; Composition Studies; and other journals listed at here

We talked about how to work on the annotated bibliography - and you will work on completing that document in class on Wednesday. Basically you need to list your sources in MLA format along with summaries of the sections relevant to your project and a brief description of how the reference connects to your study.

You also checked the writing tutor's schedules and made arrangements to begin your observations. You signed the list with your proposed time to observe. Be sure to:
1. speak to the tutor you will observe prior to the session you hope to observe to make sure it is OK
2. have both the tutor & student sign permission forms BEFORE the session begins; be sure to get my signature on the form; give both the tutor and the student a copy of the form AND keep a copy for yourself. Turn your copy in to me.
3. make sure you are unobtrusive during your observation
4. provide a copy of the debriefing form to student + tutor, and have the student fill out a copy of the session evaluation form from your book.

What to do for class Wednesday: I will be reading over your preliminary writing for your research projects tonight and will be giving you some feedback on blogs 13-15 on Tuesday - so make sure your postings are up to date. This is the last "retrospective" I will do for blogs - any entries not up to date at this time will be marked as one of the skipped blogs (you get to miss 3).

Post Blog 16 after you observe a session (I understand that this may not happen before Wednesday).

We will spend Wednesday working on your annotated bibliographies and further refining your research questions. The Annotated Bibliography is due as an attachment on Monday, November 10.

I will bring the sign up sheet for observations/tutoring to class on Wednesday. Keep your sessions up to date. See you on Wednesday.