• Team Reports
• Service Learning Project Requirements
• Teams

Assignment

• Project Leader Should send a google calendar invite with time and location information (tswallace@ualr.edu)
• After the project is completed, be sure to submit a paper reflecting on the entire process – Be sure to discuss initial reaction to the project, how you planned to get the project completed,  a difficult moment during the project and how you dealt with the situation, what you would do differently if you had to do it all over again, an evaluation of your teammates performance, and a thorough discussion of the benefits of Service Learning. This should be a minimum of two pages and submitted to me no later than 5:00pm on October 12, 2016. This is a firm deadline. Assignment is worth 15% of your total grade.

• Betsy Hart – UALR Community Connection Center
• Complete Presentations
• Service Learning Project Requirements
• Teams

Assignment

• 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 listed above. Due to me by next Monday. Be prepared to give a status report to the class (one per team).
• You are welcome to meet as a team later this week and begin work on the project. I’ll try and get your topic approved within 24 hours of submitting your proposal. After today, you’ll have next weeks session to work on the project.

• Presentations
  • Speaking Order

Assignments

1. Complete the final two sessions of Power Searching with Google.
2. Write a blog post about 5 new tips/tricks you learned from the Power Searching with Google course. Please explain each technique and a situation where you might use it to find valuable information. Due September 26th.
3. After your presentation, Write a 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. In addition to the post please share the presentation file with me via Google Drive or email.

• Presentation Guidelines
• Speaker Order

Assignments

1. Complete the third and fourth sessions of Power Searching with Google. Continue to take notes in your shared Google document.
2. After your presentation, Write a 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. In addition to the post please share the presentation file with me via Google Drive or email.
3. Write a blog post reflecting  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.

https://archive.thomaswallace.net/courses/freshman-experience/fall-2016/speech-order/

Staying Engaged through student Organizations

• Society of Computing and Information Science (SOCIS)
  • Facebook Page
  • Subscribe to the Mail List
    • Send Email to listserv@ualr.edu. Subject Blank, In the body write subscribe socis@ualr.edu
• UALR eSports
  • Facebook 
  • Friday 5-9 in Student Services Lab

WordPress Q&A

Web Based Services and Presentation Technologies

• Resources
• Presentation Technologies
  • Best Practices
  • Powerpoint
    • Powerpoint Overview
    • Powerpoint Workspace
    • Working with the Slide Master
    • Custom Shows
    • Alternate Presentation Formats
    • Extracting and Converting Video
    • Audio and Video
  • Prezi
    • Tutorials
  • Google Slides

Scavenger Hunt

• Scavenger Hunt Rules – This should be completed before class on September 12, 2016 – Team Assignments

Assignment

1. Before class on September 12  complete the first two sessions of Power Searching with Google course. Create a Google doc and share it with tswallace@ualr.edu. In this document, I’d like you to take notes from the Power Searching with Google course. Once we have completed the course you will use these notes to craft a blog post containing lessons learned from the workshop. Do not email me this document!. Use the built in sharing functionality of Google Docs. If you do not know how to do this you can look here for help.
2. Write a blog post reflecting  on the experience you had during the scavenger hunt this 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.
3. Be prepared to to present to the class on September 12. Make sure you follow the requirements listed here. It will take two sessions to get through the entire class but everyone should be prepared to present the first day. I will randomly generate a list for presentation order. If you are not prepared at your selected time you will have to visit the Communication SCIL Center and record your presentation. These will be distributed to the class. It is in your best interest to be prepared and present in your allotted time.

• Syllabus
• Web Site Orientation
• Using the Virtual Machines
  • What is a Virtual Machine?
  • Verify Access
• Introductions
  • The Interview
• Getting Started with your WordPress Blog
  • WordPress.com
  • What is a blog?
  • Publishing Content | Video Tutorial
  • Pages vs Posts
  • More Resources

Homework

(Due 8.29.16):

Set up a new blog account on WordPress.com. If you need assistance, spend some time with the documentation. Please make sure to apply a theme to your blog and personalize it to the best of your ability.

Write your first blog post reflecting on your personal expectations for the semester. Make sure you categorize and/or tag the post. If you are feeling adventurous try adding a photo to the post.

Send the URL of your newly created blog to tswallace@ualr.edu

• 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 listed above. Due to me by next Monday. Be prepared to give a status report to the class (one per team).
• You are welcome to meet as a team later this week and begin work on the project. I’ll try and get your topic approved within 24 hours of submitting your proposal. After today, you’ll have two full sessions to work on the project before the Thanksgiving Holiday. Working ahead is in your best interest.

• Betsy Hart – UALR Community Connection Center
• Complete Presentations
• Service Learning Project Requirements
• Team Assignments

Assignment

Write a short blog post discussing the visit to the EAC and your thoughts on the potential for this technology to change the way we work

• Dr. Dan Berleant

• Volunteer for the EAC open house by emailing Kendra Boyle <kpboyle@ualr.edu>. For more details please view the flyer.

Assignments

1. Complete the final two sessions of Power Searching with Google.
2. Write a blog post about 5 new tips/tricks you learned from the Power Searching with Google course. Please explain each technique and a situation where you might use it to find valuable information. Due October 20th.
3. After your presentation, Write a 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. In addition to the post please share the presentation file with me via Google Drive or email.

• Cheryl Johnston MBTI Debrief
• Individual Presentations

Assignments

• On your blog, Discuss what you learned about yourself by completing the MBTI. Do some research regarding the outcome. Do you feel it is an accurate representation of your personality? How is this information useful when working with others?

• After your presentation, Write a 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. In addition to the post please share the presentation file with me via Google Drive or email.

• Resources
• Presentation Technologies
  • Best Practices
  • Powerpoint
    • Powerpoint Overview
    • Powerpoint Workspace
    • Working with the Slide Master
    • Custom Shows
    • Alternate Presentation Formats
    • Extracting and Converting Video
    • Audio and Video
  • Prezi
    • Tutorials
  • Google Slides

Assignment

1. Be prepared to to present to the class next Monday. Make sure you follow the requirements listed here.
2. Complete the third and fourth sessions of Power Searching with Google.
3. Upcoming Sessions
   • 9/28 – MBTI Debrief and Individual Presentations
   • 10/5 – Individual Presentations
   • 10/12 – Fall Break
   • 10/19 – Robotics w/ Professor Dan Berleant
   • 10/26 – Emerging Analytics Center Visit

• Google Docs/Drive Overview
• Resources

Assignment

1. Complete the first two sessions  of Power Searching with Google. Create a Google doc and share it with tswallace@ualr.edu. In this document, I’d like you to take notes from the Power Searching with Google course. Once we have completed the course you will use these notes to craft a blog post containing lessons learned from the workshop. Do not email me this document!. Use the built in sharing functionality of Google Docs. If you do not know how to do this you can look here for help.
2. Write a blog post reflecting  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.
3. Please complete the MBTI located at this web site (http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp).  Save your results and bring to class with you next Monday for a debrief. Have a nice weekend.
4. Extra credit: Attend Web Scraping with Python on Thursday Evening. Sponsored by SOCIS. Write a blog post about the presentation and what you learned.

• Jennifer Moody – EIT Student Services
• WordPress Questions
• Scavenger Hunt

Assignments

Watch The World is Flat 3.0

http://video.mit.edu/watch/the-world-is-flat-30-9321/

Write a blog post reflecting on your thoughts of Tom Friedman’s The World is Flat 3.0 video. Do you agree or disagree with the author’s perspective on globalization? Please do a through review of this piece and share your thoughts on the topic. This should be a thorough review and critique. Due before we return to class on 9/14/15

• Staying Engaged through student Organizations
  • Society of Computing and Information Science (SOCIS)
    • Join us for our first meeting of the semester this Thursday at 6:00!
    • Facebook Page
    • Subscribe to the Mail List
      • Send Email to listserv@ualr.edu. Subject Blank, In the body write subscribe socis@ualr.edu
  • UALR eSports
    • Facebook 
    • Friday 5-9 in Student Services Lab
• Introduction to WordPress
• Blog Settings
  • Applying a Theme
  • Customizing the Sidebar
  • Widgets
  • RSS Feeds

• RSS Feed Aggregators
  • Feedly
  • Digg Reader
  • Newsblur
  • The Old Reader

Assignments

(Due 8.31.15):

Customize your blog. Apply a new theme. Customize the sidebar. Add a few widgets. Display an rss feed from a site that you frequent.

Write your first blog post reflecting on your personal expectations for the semester. Make sure you categorize and/or tag the post. If you are feeling adventurous try adding a photo to the post.

Send the URL of your newly created blog to tswallace@ualr.edu

• Syllabus
• Web Site Orientation
• Using the Virtual Machines
  • What is a Virtual Machine?
  • Verify Access
• Introductions
  • The Interview
• Getting Started with your WordPress Blog
  • WordPress.com
  • What is a blog?
  • Publishing Content | Video Tutorial
  • Pages vs Posts
  • More Resources

Homework

(Due 8.24.15):

Set up a new blog account on WordPress.com.

Write your first blog post reflecting on your personal expectations for the semester. Make sure you categorize and/or tag the post. If you are feeling adventurous try adding a photo to the post.

Send the URL of your newly created blog to tswallace@ualr.edu