Summary:

Homework Due on 10/6/2023 at 3 PM, My Global Issue in Japan:

Note: Each homework assignment should be one to two pages, and please include a word count. Try to be as specific as possible with the issue

Class 02: Project Notes 2: Focus on communities/regions within Japan for Cycle 2

Three parts:

1. Please find and take notes on two different articles on your issue, but related to local or regional communities in Japan (take pictures of your notes and upload them to the google doc).
2. APA References (type the two references).
3. Journaling 2: My opinion about this issue so far (type your opinion).

Instructions for APA (MLA formatting will be provided in Cycle 4)

A Very Quick Guide APA 7th

APA 7th Edition Quick Guide

Some Free Database Engines off to collect research for your Cycle 3 research in Japan (Especially Zenbird): 

Carrot 2 Carrot helps you find topics related to your search term. After entering the term you enter and then click on ‘search,’ you can choose to see the results as a list, tree map, or pie chart that helps you visualize your issue and narrow your search at the same time.

CORE Research Engine UK: This research search engine claims to be the largest open-access research database in the world giving free access. This website is very informative and easy to understand, where you might find research on your issue.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ): DOAJ is a community-designed and maintained online journal directory that provides you access to robust, open access, peer-reviewed journals. This search engine is independent, and it is free including being indexed in DOAJ. Please use this engine for topical issues and authors, and you might find research that provides evidential content for your academic essay. DOAJ is an educational outreach search engine that focuses on high-quality applications and submissions.

Google Scholar: Google scholar helps you do a broad or narrow search of articles. It also helps you cite your “references” for APA and “work cited” for MLA!

Learning About Global Issues–Specifically in relation to Chuo University Faculty of Law English courses, this website has been designed by Andy Barfield and his research team for supporting student research from 2014 in the Basic Research and Writing. More generally, his team hopes that this website is useful for students and other people in Japan (and in other countries) to develop our knowledge and critical understanding of different global issues. Thank you, Andy!

Zenbird Media: Topics & Issues. Do you often think about researching issues related to your local community, or Japan in general, but find the data in the Japanese language. Then, Zenbird Media is for you! They make a beautiful website for professors, so we can focus on giving students feedback rather than building websites.

Welcome back to class!

Cycle 3

In an Opinion Piece on a global issue the writer expresses their own view and thoughts on a specific global issue, taking a strong position and looking at the issue from both local and international perspectives. Often the writer includes their key argument – or thesis – in the headline for the Opinion Piece and/or near the start of the text. A well-chosen image can also help to reinforce the central argument that the writer aims to make.

グローバルな問題に関する意見書では、書き手は特定のグローバルな問題についての自身の見解と考えを表明し、確固とした立場をとり、そして地域的および国際的な観点から問題を考察します。多くの場合、書き手は彼らの重要な議論（あるいは論文）を意見書の見出しで、そして/または、テキストの始めの方に含めます。適切に選択されたイメージは、書き手が言おうとしている中心的な主張を強めるのにも役立ちます。

Homework for Class 01 that is due on Saturday, 9/30/2023 at 5 PM:

Cycle 3 Short Project Opinion Piece https://sites.google.com/g.chuo-u.ac.jp/resources-for-pbl/student-products-from-short-projects/opinion-pieces?authuser=0

          My Global Issue in Japan:

Note: Each homework assignment should be one to two pages, and please include a word count. Try to be as specific as possible with the issue

Class 01: Project Notes 1: Choose a global issue that affects/involves Japan for Cycle

Three parts:

1. Please find and take notes on two different articles on the basic information of your issue (take pictures of your notes and upload them to the google doc).
2. APA References (type the two references).
3. Journaling 1: My opinion about this issue so far (type your opinion).

Instructions for APA (MLA formatting will be provided in Cycle 4)

A Very Quick Guide APA 7th

APA 7th Edition Quick Guide

Summary: Everyone filled out the course survey and reflected on the class. Please have a wonderful summer. There are a few points I would like to inform you of:

1. Many students did a wonderful blog and presentation of your research. I will contact students if they would like to share their Cycle 1 Blogs anonymously on the Chuo Law Project based learning course website: https://sites.google.com/g.chuo-u.ac.jp/resources-for-pbl/home?authuser=0
2. Very Important! Please fill our our class survey in our class section of Manaba if you did not come to class on July 17th.
3. There are some sweets in our classroom for class 14 to get some sugar energy for your finals.

Summary: We had eight lovely Cycle 2 blog discussions today.

Homework Reminder: If you have not already, can you send me your Cycle 2 Blog Presentation final version via email attachment and not through OneDrive, because I do not have this account at Chuo. In addition, make sure you have posted blogs for each of the other students on their Cycle 1 blog posts. Some of you are finished, but many are not.

Summary: We had eight lovely Cycle 2 blog discussions today.

Please consider this Learner Development 30th Anniversary Conference for students at Gakushuin University. Why not present on your blog?

I would like to remind everyone that you need an introduction, conclusion, references, and in-text citations on each slide so you can say where you got your work from. Also, I emailed your presentation back to you with corrections and feedback, so check your Chuo Gmail inboxes.

Please do not use your old draft PowerPoints while discussing. Please download my attachment with feedback because as I am trying to help you improve your presentations!

Cycle 2 Presentations on 07/03/2023: (Order Decided in class on 07/03/2023)

Cycle 2 Blog Discussions on 07/10/2023 (Order decided in class on 07/03/2023)

Summary: Guidelines for your Presentation in addition to the information in the presentation of your issue document.

1. Your talk should be about 7-8 minutes and then 2-3 minutes for questions, comments, and answers.

 
2. There are usually 12 to 16 slides.

3. You’ll have a Reference page to show where you got your work from. Please include the author’s name, date published, the organization or publisher, and the URL link.

4. In the slideshow, please write and say where you got the information from in the form of in-text citations such as (Miller, 2020, para. 3). You can also do narrative in-text citations such as Suzuki (2020, p. 5) suggested that… If you use the author’s exact words, you need to use “quotation marks,” but you do not need quotes if you summarize in the keywords. 

5. Here are two free websites where you can download free and beautiful images and pictures:

Pixabay

Creative Commons

6. Samples of Chuo Students’ IRD PowerPoint Presentations

Attachment:

PBL_Blog-Discussion-ChecklistDownload

Homework due on Wednesday, 07/05/2023 (for July 10th blog presentations) by 1 PM (for the last two students): blog slideshow to to my Chuo Gmail via attachment and not in your Google Document due to formatting. Please look for the email I will send you with feedback on your presentation. Please use the show that I will send back to you.

Summary: Group 1 practiced their presentation of their blog published in Cycle 1 to students who are in Group 2. Group 1’s Blogs will be presented on 07/03/2023 and Group 2 will present their Blogs on 07/10/2023. In Class 11 and Class 12, each group will have time to get advice and reflections from classmates.

Finally, you reflected on Journaling for Class 10 in your Google Doc. 

Summary: Guidelines for your Presentation in addition to the information in the presentation of your issue document.

1. Your talk should be about 7-8 minutes and then 2-3 minutes for questions, comments, and answers.

 
2. There are usually 12 to 16 slides.

3. You’ll have a Reference page to show where you got your work from. Please include the author’s name, date published, the organization or publisher, and the URL link.

4. In the slideshow, please write and say where you got the information from in the form of in-text citations such as (Miller, 2020, para. 3). You can also do narrative in-text citations such as Suzuki (2020, p. 5) suggested that… If you use the author’s exact words, you need to use “quotation marks,” but you do not need quotes if you summarize in the keywords. 

5. Here are two free websites where you can download free and beautiful images and pictures:

Pixabay

Creative Commons

6. Samples of Chuo Students’ IRD PowerPoint Presentations

Attachment:

PBL_Blog-Discussion-ChecklistDownload

Homework due on Monday, 06/26/2023 (for July 3rd blog presentations) by 12 PM or 07/03/2023 by 12 PM blog slideshow to to my Chuo Gmail via attachment and not in your Google Document due to formatting. Please look for the email I will send you with feedback on your presentation. Please use the show that I will send back to you.

Summary: You either gave feedback to others on their blogs, revised and published your own blog, or are behind and are still making your blog because of errors or missing parts. Then, we discussed ways to prepare for your presentation on July 3 or July 10. I decided this format instead of a group project for Cycle 2 because many of you worked hard on collecting your blog images, but they could not be displayed on Padlet (only one photo). Therefore, a slideshow will help others view your blog and you’ve already got a blog script for your talk.

Finally, you reflected on Journaling for Class 10 in your Google Doc. 

Summary: Guidelines for your Presentation in addition to the information in the presentation of your issue document.

1. Your talk should be about 7-8 minutes and then 2-3 minutes for questions, comments, and answers.

 
2. There are usually 12 to 16 slides.

3. You’ll have a Reference page to show where you got your work from. Please include the author’s name, date published, the organization or publisher, and the URL link.

4. In the slideshow, please write and say where you got the information from in the form of in-text citations such as (Miller, 2020, para. 3). You can also do narrative in-text citations such as Suzuki (2020, p. 5) suggested that… If you use the author’s exact words, you need to use “quotation marks,” but you do not need quotes if you summarize in the keywords. 

5. Here are two free websites where you can download free and beautiful images and pictures:

Pixabay

Creative Commons

6. Samples of Chuo Students’ IRD PowerPoint Presentations

Attachment:

Homework due on Monday, 06/26/2023 (for July 3rd blog presentations) or 07/03/2023 by 12 PM blog slideshow to to my Chuo Gmail via attachment and not in your Google Document due to formatting. Please look for the email I will send you with feedback on your presentation. Please use the show that I will send back to you.

Summary: Relief for all of us! Let’s fire (not use) Blogspot and use Padlet for your academic blog. Many students cannot, will not, or do not understand how to use the first Blogspot Blogger. Therefore, please sign up yourself for:

Padlet

1. Register your name with your preferred email with our class code sent to you by Manaba on padlet.
2. Please looks at PBL Class 07 & Class 08 for advice on useful guidance in red and blue font.
3. Please post your blog from your Google Doc after Stacey writes, “Ready to Blog” on it. In the Academic blog section, you can click the ‘+’ plus mark to enter your blog. Make sure to use a photo, clipart, or GIF and add your title. You can also choose a color for your blog post by clicking the color icon.
4. After you post, please read your classmates’ blogs. Then, reflect on what information you have received and learned.
5. Following step two, please comment on at least three of your classmates’ blog posts. More posts are okay, but please check your spelling and grammar before you post. Feel free to ‘like’ or ‘react’ to your classmates’ posts. 
6. As much as you can, review your blog post and react to your classmates’ comments, and also, feel free to ‘like’ anyone’s blog posts. 
7. Be nice to each other. It is very challenging to share your work with others in another language. However, hopefully, this blog practice will help your career in the future, so just be kind and do your best. Nothing is perfect and your ideas are the most important. 

The homework listed in seven steps above is due on Friday, June 16th at 3 PM.

Note: For your final assignment you will present on your blog in groups in one of the formats suggested in the PBL Chuo Law website. The format is yet to be determined based on your progress. Many students are behind, so I will do my best to find the best solution.

Summary: We focused on finalizing your Academic Blog for our first research cycle. By a misunderstanding, most students took notes by hand and uploaded their photos. However, the Academic Blog Draft was supposed to be typed like a blog or online newspaper article. Therefore, in class, instead of speaking in pairs with classmates about your blogs, you started typing! And please add photos and images. Under the photo you would write

So Many Common Mistakes: This is what NOT to do on your Academic Blog!

-You forgot to write the author or organization’s name of where you got your research from.

-There is not title of your academic blog.

-You don’t mention your name.

-You have not images.

-You have images, but you don’t write where the image is from Image Source: ______

-There are not comments about what you found speaking with people around you.

-You’ve deleted my comments and have the original work that is not developing.

-There is no reference page.

-You didn’t set up your account through Blogger.com by finding my invitation.

-There is no data about your issue.

-The writing is very short under 250 words, when you should have at least a four page blog.

-There is not homework at all.

–You have asked another student what to do and they tell you absolutely the wrong homework, which is delaying the class. Please ask Stacey if you don’t know something. Your classmate will probably tell you the wrong information, so please ask me.

For the final draft of your blog, you will still post your writing in your Google Doc for Class 07 and then also write in your ‘Journaling Notes 7.’ This is for having your content in your Chuo Drive accounts, so I can assess your grade. Our blog is on Blogger.com

Example Academic Blog from an Individual Project on Children’s Rights and Bullying

Homework due on June 9th, 2023 by 3 PM, but I am happy earlier because I must check 16 papers before class on Monday:

Summary: We focused on making an Academic Blog for our first research cycle. For the first draft of your blog, you will still post your writing in your Google Doc for Class 06 and then also write in your ‘Journaling Notes 6.’ Later after your second draft after I give you feedback we will post in some forum online. It is decided that we will use Blogger.com to share our work, but always add your homework to the usual Goggle Doc file with your Chuo Gmail account. I will post the information on Manaba and teach you how to blog in class. I am sorry that Manaba forums does not seem to upload pictures, so we need a blog forum to upload post to share with other students, but still have privacy to post within our class and not on the world wide web.

Example Academic Blog from an Individual Project on Children’s Rights and Bullying

Some references for your Blog, thanks to Takumi:

Campbell, L. M. (n.d.).What is academic blogging and how can you use it to build your professional profile?

Kima Blog. (2023, March 29). What is a blog post structure? How to create one and the steps involved! It makes writing slick and easy. https://kimablog.org/article-structure/

Taylor & Francis. (n.d.). How to write an academic blog post. Author services. https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/research-impact/how-to-write-an-academic-blog-post/

University of Waterloo. (n.d.). Writing academic blog posts. https://uwaterloo.ca/writing-and-communication-centre/writing-academic-blog-posts

Homework due on May 26th, 2023 by 3 PM, but I am happy earlier because I must check 16 papers before class on Monday:

I will provide more instructions for your first draft here, but you are gathering your notes 1 to 6 in one document. Please try not to include new information. You will use the references and sources that you have documented already. Your draft for Class 06 in the Google Doc is about 4 or 5 pages.

Finally, type your reflections in “Journaling Notes 6” about what you learned in English, so I can support your work and give you feedback in the comment section of this document in our shared Google Drive. The journalling should focus less on your notes and more on the people that you speak with this week.