2 pm students meet in Steffee B212

3 pm parents meet in Steffee B212

1:30 pm

students meet with professor in Steffee B212

7 pm

students meet with PLs in Steffee B212

Catalog Assignment 

(APL1)

sometime between 7 am and 6 pm:

students have individual half-hour meetings with professor in B219;

preparatory meeting with PLs in B212 immediately beforehand

10 am to noon:

Arena Registration in Wise

meet with PLs at entrance

First day of class:

Introductions

PL panel: First-year issues at Allegheny College

Syllabus and time planning discussion

PL presentations and discussion:  The Backyard as an Ecological Place

small-group writing: description of an important place outdoors

description: draft 

WebCT logon instructions

password change

upload instructions

network orientation in Murray 117

computer scavenger hunt: getting help at Allegheny

and / or presentation by Eric Pallant: CEED website

Goldberg: The Power of Detail (R)

computing policy

Walk through Meadville neighborhoods, meet in Steffee C103

peer review instructions

Adams: Soils & Plant Communities (R)

Excel Tutorial

responses to peer reviews 

Front Yard Analysis: Group Data Analysis, Reports, and Discussion in Murray 117

Writing Workshop: descriptions

McKinney (R)

DeVito (R)

Group Data Presentations

peer evaluation form

instructor feedback form

grading rubric

Group Project: Brainstorming

Hacker: R1-a

potential group project topics

Book Reserve List

all groups

 

thoughts on group project topics

description:
final paper

Group Project: Distributing Topics and Tasks (30 min)

Workshop: Searching the internet / Evaluating websites

meet in Murray 117

Hacker: R1-b, c & e; R2

McMillan p. 5-14 (R)

Web Searching and Website Evaluation

websearch assignment   

website summary

Workshop: Searching Allecat / Locating print sources

meet in Foyer of Pelletier Library

  Hacker: R1-d, f

 

Discussion: Avoiding Plagiarism

Group Project: Discuss source list for project, assign sources to group members for summary

Discussion: Species composition in urban spaces & Succession in eastern deciduous forest ecosystems

  Hacker: R3 & C4 

McMillan 14-19 (R)

McKinney (R)

Constantz (R)

Adams: Ecological Processes (R)

summary: draft due on WebCT

Class canceled for individual advising meetings: Come to my office at the time for which you signed up

 

peer reviews for summary drafts 

Writing workshop: Summaries (group workshop, followed by class discussion)

peer review evaluation criteria

PL panel: Study Styles

summaries and sources for summaries

follow-up peer review

WebCT Quiz

Wildflower Photography

meet in Steffee C103, rain or shine

  summary:
final paper

due in Dr. C's mailbox

Wildflower Photography

meet in Steffee C103, rain or shine

Goldberg: Be Specific (R)

Williams (R)

   bibliography for research paper

web survey

summary presentations on print sources

content assessmentform

delivery evaluation form

instructor feedback form

grading rubric

 

web assignment 1

PL-led discussion

  PL-selected general reading

Hacker C1

Computing Workshop: Creating Webpages in DreamWeaver

meet in Murray 117

Computing Workshop: Creating Webpages in DreamWeaver

meet in Murray 117

PL-led discussion: Janovy Reading

Discussion: Citing Correctly

Web Assignment 3: Collecting Info on Your Plants

PL-selected reading

Hacker: APA-2

McMillan Chapter 6 (R)

Computing Workshop: Introduction to PowerPoint

meet in Murray 117

Hacker C1-d

PowerPoint Hand-out

City of Gardens  

Emilie

Academic Plan

  (APL 3)

Individual Advising:

See me in B219 at the appointed time;

meet with your PL before your appointment

Research Project Presentations and Discussion

Delivery Assessment Form

Content and Slide Assessment Form

group selected

Hacker: C3

optional assignment: Poetry Response

Individual Advising:

See me in B219 at the appointed time;

meet with your PL before your appointment

Last Day of Class: Reflect and Relax!

PL Panel: What's next?