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* Intro to the challenge.
* Intro to the challenge.
* Discuss Abbott reading.
* Discuss Abbott reading.
* Durkheim ''Suicide'' reading + exercise.
* Discuss Durkheim ''Suicide'' reading + short writing exercise.
* Paired discussion of your work (pairs listed below).  
* Paired discussion of your work ("pairs" listed below).  
** Take a few minutes to read each other's submissions (the hard copies)
** Take a few minutes to read each other's submissions (the hard copies)
** Some possible discussion prompts:
** Discuss! Some possible discussion prompts:
*** Talk about the feedback you each received.
*** Talk about the feedback you each received.
*** Given the puzzles conversation today, what feedback/suggestions do you have for yourself? for your partner?
*** Given the puzzles conversation today, what feedback/suggestions do you have for yourself? for your partner?
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'''"Pairs":'''
'''"Pairs":'''
* Sara Abdulla + Jesse Zier
* Sara Abdulla + Jessi Zier
* Ling Zhao + Haohan Shi
* Ling Zhao + Haohan Shi
* Annie Chu + Molly de Blanc
* Annie Chu + Molly de Blanc
* Sky E + Savanna Kerstiens
* Sky E + Savanna Kerstiens
* Aidan Fitzsimmons + Matt Gaughan + Charlotte Li
* Aidan Fitzsimmons (absent?) + Matt Gaughan + Charlotte Li
* Lizzie Li + Redd Roseboro
* Lizzie Li + Redd Roseboro


=== Break! ===
=== Break! ===
Get up, move around. Highly optional third floor FSB scavenger hunt:
Get up, move around. Consider a highly optional third floor FSB scavenger hunt:
* The ping pong table.
* The vending machine(s)
* The vending machine(s)
* The CSD copy room (it has a nice view)
* The CSD copy room (it has a nice view)
* There used to be a ping pong table. If you find it, please let me know where it is (the dept used to have ping pong balls and paddles we could borrow)...


=== Part 2. Guests ===
=== Part 2. Guests ===
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Duri Long and Jeremy Birnholtz
Duri Long and Jeremy Birnholtz


== Reminders ==
== Reminders & Announcements ==
* I should have mentioned this last week: I created all assignments and discussions in Canvas as "graded" because this makes it simpler for me to use Canvas to keep track of whether I'm missing assignments from anyone. In general, I "grade" these as complete/incomplete and emphasize substantive feedback more heavily than grades. If you have questions, please let me know.  
* Shawffice hours
*
** [[User:Aaronshaw/OH#Current_quarter_signups|Sign up here]]
** Reminder re: wiki use.
** Location.
* Canvas stuff
** Apologies for springing a Canvas "peer review" assignment on all of you without prior warning. In all honesty, I forgot that I had enabled this on the assignment and while I think it worked out okay, I'll try to alert you ahead of time in the future.
** I created all assignments and discussion provocations in Canvas as "graded" because this makes it simpler for me to use Canvas to keep track of whether I'm missing assignments from anyone. In general, I "grade" weekly assignments as complete/incomplete and emphasize substantive feedback. If you have questions, please let me know.  
* Week 3 advising reflection and collaboration assignments
** "Pairings" for the Week 3 assignments are the same as for today. If members of your group missed class, please contact them and please be responsive to their questions about what happened in class this week.
** I will '''not''' assign "peer review" in Canvas for these. You are responsible for circulating/commenting on your group members' materials.

Latest revision as of 22:03, 27 September 2023

Agenda[edit]

Part 1. Research puzzles[edit]

  • Intro to the challenge.
  • Discuss Abbott reading.
  • Discuss Durkheim Suicide reading + short writing exercise.
  • Paired discussion of your work ("pairs" listed below).
    • Take a few minutes to read each other's submissions (the hard copies)
    • Discuss! Some possible discussion prompts:
      • Talk about the feedback you each received.
      • Given the puzzles conversation today, what feedback/suggestions do you have for yourself? for your partner?
      • How can you sharpen the motivation for the research inquiry you have proposed in this assignment?
  • Debrief from paired discussion

"Pairs":

  • Sara Abdulla + Jessi Zier
  • Ling Zhao + Haohan Shi
  • Annie Chu + Molly de Blanc
  • Sky E + Savanna Kerstiens
  • Aidan Fitzsimmons (absent?) + Matt Gaughan + Charlotte Li
  • Lizzie Li + Redd Roseboro

Break![edit]

Get up, move around. Consider a highly optional third floor FSB scavenger hunt:

  • The vending machine(s)
  • The CSD copy room (it has a nice view)
  • There used to be a ping pong table. If you find it, please let me know where it is (the dept used to have ping pong balls and paddles we could borrow)...

Part 2. Guests[edit]

Duri Long and Jeremy Birnholtz

Reminders & Announcements[edit]

  • Shawffice hours
  • Canvas stuff
    • Apologies for springing a Canvas "peer review" assignment on all of you without prior warning. In all honesty, I forgot that I had enabled this on the assignment and while I think it worked out okay, I'll try to alert you ahead of time in the future.
    • I created all assignments and discussion provocations in Canvas as "graded" because this makes it simpler for me to use Canvas to keep track of whether I'm missing assignments from anyone. In general, I "grade" weekly assignments as complete/incomplete and emphasize substantive feedback. If you have questions, please let me know.
  • Week 3 advising reflection and collaboration assignments
    • "Pairings" for the Week 3 assignments are the same as for today. If members of your group missed class, please contact them and please be responsive to their questions about what happened in class this week.
    • I will not assign "peer review" in Canvas for these. You are responsible for circulating/commenting on your group members' materials.