September 18th

REMINDER: SCHOOL PICTURES are on WEDNESDAY!

1. Introduction to the Annotated Bibliography.

An annotated bibliography is a critical review of specific secondary source material that will be used in a research project/paper. This assignment requires that you read a source carefully, be able to summarize the argument, assess its value as source material, reflect upon its usefulness in aiding your research.

Think to a works cited page at the end of a paper/project. This is a list of books/articles/etc. that have been used in constructing an effective argument within a paper. An annotated bibliography is this list, but notes (annotations) are added with each source explaining the following 3 things:

• Summary of the source
• Assessment of the source
• Reflection of the value of the source to a specific project

2. We will first look at a sample annotation. We will be calling one source (i.e. book/article) with its explanation of the three actions above as an "annotation".

As you look over the sample annotation, please label/mark the following components:

1. Header with last name and page number
2. MLA standard heading (with name, instructor, etc.)
3. Colon method title
4. Double spacing :)
5. Correct citation for the source (book)
6. Block indention for all three paragraphs
7. Source Summary Paragraph
8. Example of a summary statement. 
9. Source Assessment Paragraph
10. Example of a sentence where the source is being assessed. 
11. Source Reflection Paragraph
12. Example of a sentence where the author is reflecting in how this source can be used. 
13. 3rd Person POV writing

3.  After you have marked the important "to notice/replicate" items on the sample annotation, please look over the full sample of an annotated bibliography found here: Annotated Bibliography with INSTRUCTION

4. To get us started on our Annotated Bibliography, I am going to make this round a little easier on you all, by giving you the foundation of a thesis/claim/argument, which you will be finding two articles to support.

Pick your argument

• Technology enhances learning in a secondary classroom by giving students access to more information. 
• Technology detracts from learning in a secondary classroom by minimizing the need for critical thinking skills. 

I will also be supplying your first source for this argument. You will be writing your first ANNOTATION FOR THIS SOURCE.  FOUND HERE: Book World: Technology in the Classroom 

FOR TUESDAY:
1. Read and take notes on the "Book World" article.  Remember, you are going to be asked to summarize it, assess it, and reflect upon its use for your argument. Go through the process of assessing a source (learned from the LMC presentation).  Mark specific quotes that are supportive of the stance you are taking. Thoroughly take notes. This will help the next step of creating our first annotation (on Tuesday). Source evaluation is IMPORTANT... use this process to thoughtfully train in evaluating sources.