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Introduction |
Instructor: Dr. Eddie Blick Office hours: 1:30-3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. These times are reserved for drop-in conferences. I will be available at other times, too, but ask me or call the office first. Text: Find It Online by Alan M. Schlein. (Facts on Demand Press 2004) It is available from the Louisiana Tech Bookstore and should be available from sources such as Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com. Journalism 222 is designed to prepare you to use
the Internet effectively for research in various areas -- especially for
journalistic purposes. The course will help you will learn about
the kinds of resources that the Internet provides and how to
make the best use of them. You will also learn how to evaluate information that you find on the Internet. These skills can
be useful to you in other classes, in your personal life and
in your profession after you graduate.
Objectives Students in Journalism 222 will demonstrate the following skills (among others):
Journalism 222 is designed to prepare you to
use the Internet effectively for research in various areas -- especially
for journalistic purposes. The course will help you will learn about the
kinds of resources that the Internet provides and how to make the best use
of them. You will also learn how to evaluate information that you find on
the Internet. These skills can be useful to you in other classes, in your
personal life and in your profession after you graduate. Nature of Course Content Your work in this course will involve hands-on activity in
addition to reading from this Web site and the textbook. Activities
are designed to increase your awareness of Internet resources
and how to use those resources most effectively, and they will allow you
to put into practice what you learn. Students in Journalism 222 will be evaluated on their ability to complete the following tasks (among others):
You will be evaluated on two examinations and a group of assignments. Each exam will count one-third of your final grade, as will your average on the group of assignments. Letter grades will be assigned to your final numerical average on the following scale:
You should use your textbook as a supplement to the material on this Web site. Not everything in the book applies to this course. Where material is relevant I will indicate a reading assignment for a particular topic. The assignment will usually appear at the top of the first page of the section to which it applies. Homework Homework will be posted on pages on this Web site. You will
return completed assignments via e-mail. Look for the "Homework"
link in the navigation bar for each section. When you are ready
for your assignment, go to that link. When you have completed
the assignment, e-mail it to me. Unless otherwise indicated,
partial submissions of assignments will not be accepted. You
will lose points for incomplete portions of homework. Send homework only
in the body of e-mail messages. Do not send attachments. Exams will be handled by e-mail. Notify me when you are
ready, and I will send you your questions. The first exam will
cover the first six sections of the course as indicated in the course
outline. When you are ready
for that exam, use the e-mail link above to contact me. Ask me
to send you questions for Exam 1. Similarly, when you are ready
for questions on the second half of the course, use the e-mail link to ask me to send you
Exam 2. One advantage of a Web-based course is its flexibility. You don't have to be in a specific place at a specific time to take it. That flexibility has limits, though. Homework and exams must be submitted by the deadlines listed in the course outline. Late submissions will be penalized. No homework will be accepted more than two weeks after the specified deadline. At the beginning of the quarter I will create an e-mail discussion group for this course. It will allow me to make announcements to all of you, and in turn you can post questions or comments to me or to the other students in the class. You will receive instructions on how to participate in the group. Return of Graded Material I normally try to grade homework assignments within one working day of the time I receive them. Thus, if I receive your completed assignment on Tuesday, for example, I will try to reply to you with your grade and relevant comments by Wednesday. Occasionally the process may take longer if I receive a lot of submissions at the same time or if I have other duties related to my job that demand my time and attention. Replies to exams will take longer because they have more content to grade. I do not usually check my e-mail on weekends, so if you send something that arrives after 5 p.m. Friday I probably will not see it until Monday morning. |