Value Added

The value you add to your peers experience in this class is based on three things:

  1.  Attendance  | You are expected to attend all classes and to arrive to class before it starts. You should be seated and ready to start at 1230. If you need to miss a class, let me know so we can expect that you won't be with us.
  2.  Deportment  | Be courteous to your classmates. Turn off cell phones, pagers, and other devices that might disrupt class. Use your information tools to support current course activities only. Pay attention. Try not to pursue other interests during the class session.
  3.  General Participation  | Class participation consists of doing the following: being prepared for class, making observations about the readings, asking questions, taking notes, actively working on in-class exercises and actively listening. Everyone will get the chance to participate through.
    • Two-minute review: One of you will be asked to summarize what was covered during the last class. The purpose of this activity is to help refresh everyone's memory. Reviewing PPT from the last class will help you prepare for this small presentation. Only ONE of you is expected to present, but ALL of you should be prepared.
    • Two-minute preview: One of you will be asked to summarize the assigned reading(s) for the current class. The purpose of this activity is not to test you, but to encourage you to read before coming to the class. Only ONE of you is expected to present, but ALL of you should be prepared.
    • Introduction to an information world: Each of you all is an expert in an information world that you know. We will use this class as an opportunity to introduce others to our information worlds. We will ask for volunteers, but everyone should plan to start a session at some time during the semester with a short introduction to your information world.
  4. Additionally, since we all may not get an opportunity to present in class, you should plan to do at least one blog posting every two weeks. That means you should have something that you feel would be interesting to your peers and post it at least once each four class sessions. We may discuss postings in class, if they generate interest.

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Standard

This will be earned daily

  Grade What it means
  A You have done a superlative job of adding to your peers' experience in this class.
You were engaged in class, with pertinent comments and/or questions;
you took the opportunity to comment on the blog on topics of interest to you and, in your estimation, to your peers as well;
your review/preview presentations were organized, understandable, relevant, and professional;
and you took the opportunity to discuss an info world to your peers, in an organized, understandable, and professional manner.
  A- A totally acceptable performance demonstrating an adequate level of adding to your peers' experience in this class.
You were engaged in class, with pertinent comments and/or questions;
you occasionally took the opportunity to comment on the blog on topics of interest to you and, in your estimation, to your peers as well;
your review/preview presentations were organized, understandable, relevant, and professional.
  B+ You were engaged in class, with pertinent comments and/or questions, but the quantity and/or quality of your engagement was not as high as hoped for;
you didn't take the opportunity to comment on the blog on topics of interest to you and, in your estimation, to your peers as well;
your review/preview presentations were organized, understandable, relevant, and professional.
  B You were disengaged in class, and didn't have much to say, either in class or on the blog;
your review/preview presentations were organized, understandable, relevant, and professional.
  B- Good, but not as good as it could have been; but you didn't detract from your peers' opportunities;
your review/preview presentations were not as organized, understandable, relevant, and professional as they should have been.
  C+ A marginal performance.
You were disengaged in class, and didn't have much to say, either in class or on the blog;
your review/preview presentations were not as organized, understandable, relevant, and professional as they should have been.
  C You were disengaged in class, and didn't have much to say, either in class or on the blog;
your attentiveness to the topic of the day was inadequate and detracted from your peers' opportunity to concentrate;
your review/preview presentations were not as organized, understandable, relevant, and professional as they should have been.
  C- You were disengaged in class, and didn't anything to say, either in class or on the blog;
your attentiveness to the topic of the day was inadequate and detracted from your peers' opportunity to concentrate;
your review/preview presentations were not as organized, understandable, relevant, and professional as they should have been.
  D+ You were disengaged in class, and didn't anything to say, either in class or on the blog; your activities in the classroom detracted from your peers' opportunity to concentrate;
your review/preview presentations were poor in terms of organization and professionalism.
  D Your presence was a negative factor in the classroom dynamic.
  F For whatever reasons an unacceptable performance.
If it's unacceptable, it is unacceptable; it should be as obvious to you as it is to the instructor

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