ICR Class 06: Cycle 3 Workshop Preparations for Your Research Presentations
Summary: You discussed in pairs the possible actions and solutions to your issue. Then, we discussed ways to prepare for your presentation on November 7th. Finally, you reflected on the three questions 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:
6. Samples of Chuo Students’ PowerPoint Presentations
Homework due on Friday, 11/04/2023 by 2 PM: 第6回 Cycle 3 pair and small-group presentations (Assigned on Class 05) Please email your PowerPoint or Google Slides presentation to svye001@g.chuo-u.ac.jp 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 send back to you.
Note: The 6 presenters need to send their final revised slideshow via email, thank you!
Presentation Checklist:
IRD_Presentation-ChecklistDownload
Presentation Samples (Not APA, but MLA formatting, sorry!)
Presentation 1: Vertical Farming
ICR Class 05: Cycle 3 research on global issues: Possible actions & solutions
Summary: In the class and also in research pairs, you focused on discussing actions and solutions, but you also spoke and reflected on your past work on your issue, including the basics historical information, data, the causes, and then the effects, and possible solutions or at least some relief to the situation that is your close reading. Afterward, you learned about strategies to synthesize your notes as a template as an outline for your upcoming APA formatted presentation.
References-Formatted-with-URL-LinksDownload
Synthesizing-Your-Issue-on-4-A4-Papers-1Download
Making Great Research and Research Questions
Homework due on Friday 10/27/2023 by 2 PM:
1. Please write your four or five questions related to your topic that you are researching and categorizing your notes on six articles on three A4 papers as shown in the sample images and the downloadable “Synthesizing Your Issue on 4 A4 Papers” PowerPoint above, which is like mind-mapping:
https://sites.google.com/view/brd-ird-resources/3b-mindmapping-1
2. Then, use your research questions to categorize your notes into five or six sections in three pages of notes. The research questions become your paragraph topic thesis statements in your paper. Each section should have at least two citations and note the paragraph numbers and pages, especially your quoted material, so you can remember where you got the information from to make the paper easier to write with the necessary in-text citations. Please take photos and place them in your Google Document under the Synthesized Notes section
2. Please include your references in the document APA style on the fourth page and insert the corrected clean copy of your references in alphabetical order in your Google Document at the end of your Synthesized Notes section. Please provide the details of the author’s name, date published, the title, pages (if needed), and the publisher (or organization). We have already formatted many of your references, so refer to the edited format provided for your references and use that content.
Note: Your reference section should be in alphabetical order based on the author’s last name or the organization if there is no author.
ICR Class 04: Cycle 3 research on global issues: Case analysis
Summary of Class 04: You shared your research notes with different groups and pairs by discussing the effects of your issue. Our focus was more on documenting, organizing your work.
Furthermore, making reflection questions about your issues to get informative research for your discussions and presentation. We again also focused on help with doing online searches, note-taking, and mind-mapping to help make sense of and discuss your research. Finally, you wrote refections of your learning in class in your Google Doc:
1. How did you participate in class today? Please describe as best you can.
2. What did you learn about your issue? Your speaking pairs issues?
3. What are your next SMART (simple, manageable, attainable, real, timely) learning goals?
Homework is due on 10/20/2022 by 2PM. Please upload the pictures of your notes in your Shared Google file under the section “第 4回 Cycle 3 sharing research notes 4: Possible Actions and Solutions.”
Please, research the SAME research issue using 2 Internet, book, newspaper, or journal articles about a topic you are passionate about discussing. The theme should be on what are the Solutions or Recommendations about your issue. Then take three to four pages of notes for each reading or viewing using the keywords on the pages.
Remember to write on your notes also the author’s name(s), the date, and page or paragraph numbers if you use direct quotations. These actions will help you not copy/paste when you are note-taking and summarize in your own words or use quotation marks using the authors’ exciting thoughts, data, and vocabulary.
Moreover, here is are the IRD links and docs for your homework below for your convenience:
Resources for students and teachers in Basic and Improving Research & Discussion
Note-taking on Age Discrimination
Note-taking on a Right to an Education
And more search engines:
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.
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! You can also get the quick guides to both systems below.
CORE Research Engine UK: This research search engine claims to be the largest open-access research database in the world giving free access.
And important quick guides for how document your sources through references or works cited. You do not have to be perfect on the system and the focus is more on the content of your research:
ICR Class 03: Cycle 3 research on global issues: Cases (or Causes)
Summary of Class 03: You shared your research notes with different groups and pairs by discussing the causes or cases of your issue. Our focus was more on documenting, organizing your work. Furthermore, making reflection questions about your issues to get informative research for your discussions and presentation. We also focused on help with doing online searches, note-taking, and mind-mapping to help make sense of and discuss your research.
Homework due on 10/13/2023, Friday by 2 PM Please upload the pictures of your notes in your Shared Google file under the section Class 04 Cycle 3 sharing research notes 3: Effects.”
Please, research the SAME research issue using 2 Internet, book, newspaper, or journal articles about a topic you are passionate about discussing. The theme should be on what are the Effects of Your Issue.
Then take one to two pages of notes for each reading or viewing using the keywords on the pages. Remember to write on your notes also the author’s name(s), the date, and page or paragraph numbers if you use direct quotations. These actions will help you not copy/paste when you are note-taking and summarize in your own words or use quotation marks using the authors’ exciting thoughts, data, and vocabulary.
In Class 02 and 03, none of the students notes were long enough. Simple is best, so two research articles and about four pages of notes with the detailed references please and NOT seven articles over two pages, which is nearly impossible to find where the original sources are from unless you document very carefully.
Moreover, here is are the IRD links and docs for your homework below for your convenience:
Resources for students and teachers in Basic and Improving Research & Discussion
Note-taking on Age Discrimination
Note-taking on a Right to an Education
And more search engines:
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.
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! You can also get the quick guides to both systems below.
CORE Research Engine UK: This research search engine claims to be the largest open-access research database in the world giving free access.
And important quick guides for how document your sources through references or works cited. You do not have to be perfect on the system and the focus is more on the content of your research:
ICR Class 02: Cycle 3 research on global issues: Basic information
Summary of Class 02: You shared your research notes with different groups and pairs by discussing the basic information about the issue of your choice. We also looked at ways of shifting the research from basic information to cases or causes related to your issue. Students who did not do the homework did so in class. This is rare. Is everyone alright?
Finding Research: Successful Presentation or Paper
Samples of Chuo Students’ IRD PowerPoint Presentations
Homework is due on Friday, 10/06/2023 at 2 PM. Please upload the pictures of your notes in your Shared Google file under the section “第 3 回 Cycle 3 sharing research notes 2: Causes.”
Please, research the SAME research issue using 2 Internet, book, newspaper, or journal articles about a topic you are passionate about discussing. The theme should be on what are the Causes of Your Issues. Then take three to four pages of notes for each reading or viewing using the keywords on the pages. Remember to write on your notes also the author’s name(s), the date, and page or paragraph numbers if you use direct quotations. Also, the URL is very convenient to include and search later from the Google Doc. These actions will help you not copy/paste when you are note-taking and summarise in your own words or use quotation marks using the authors’ exciting thoughts, data, and vocabulary.
Moreover, here is are links and docs for your homework below for your convenience:
Resources for students and teachers in Basic and Improving Research & Discussion
Note-taking on Age Discrimination
Note-taking on a Right to an Education
Instructions for APA
ICR Class 01: Review of the Spring semester, Autumn semester requirements, student interests and goal-setting for Cycle 3; introduction to the Learning about Global Issues website
Summary of Class 01: We had an orientation to autumn course explaining the documents below, including what is expected of you and how you can excel with the new research. You learned about the course introduction and requirements, goal-setting, introduction to social, political, and business issues; web-based research and websites; and student-choice of researching the issue you would like to research.
You will be doing research and uploading it to your Google doc. You will not need to read graded readers or listen to the news this term.
APA (for Cycle 3)
Kurokawa, S. (2020, October 20). Residents in northern Hiroshima pref tormented
by low-flying jets. The Mainichi.
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20201019/p2a/00m/0dm/022000c
MLA (for Cycle 4)
Kurokawa, Shinji. “Residents in Northern Hiroshima Pref. Tormented by Low-flying
Jets.” The Mainichi, 20 Oct. 2020,
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20201019/p2a/00m/0dm/022000c
Homework due uploaded to your Google Drive Shared file by Friday 09/29/2023 at 2 PM.
Note: Please do not research only in the Japanese language and translate because it does not support your English reading skills. Some research related to law and Japan is fine, but explore studying in English with a variety of publications and not one source.
Please upload the pictures of your notes in your Shared Google file under the section “第 1 回 Cycle 3 sharing research notes 1: Basic Information.”
- Please, research the SAME research issue using 2 Internet, book, newspaper, or journal articles about a topic you are passionate about discussing. The theme should be Basic Information about an environmental, global, legal, political, or social issue you are very interested in. Then take two pages of notes for each reading or viewing using the keywords on the pages. Remember to write on your notes also the author’s name(s), the date, and page or paragraph numbers next to the notes frequently to find your work and document later. These actions will help you not copy/paste when you are note-taking and summarize in your own words or use quotation marks using the authors’ exciting thoughts, data, and vocabulary.
2. Typing the APA reference of your research: As best you can, please try to type the American Psychological Association (APA) formatted references typed in the document above your notes for Research Articles #1?. There is an APA quick guide you can download below for you to view.
The details needed are:
Last name, initial. (20??). Title of the article. Publisher. https//:…..
Note-taking Sample on the Internet and Privacy Issues:
Shahbaz, A., & Funk, A. (2020). Freedom on the net 2020. Freedom House.
https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/202010/10122020_FOTN2020_Complete_Report_FINAL.pdf
Note-taking Sample on the Connections Between Child Labor and Poverty:
Unicef. (2021, October 9). Child labor. Unicef.
https://www.unicef.org/protection/child-labour
And here is are the IRD links and docs for your homework below for your convenience:
Resources for students and teachers in Basic and Improving Research & Discussion
Note-taking on Age Discrimination
Note-taking on a Right to an Education
Instructions for APA
Workshop_15: The MLA Presentation Day
Summary: Six students successfully presented their proposals. I did not provide student samples other than the instructions because this is a writing class, but on reflection, I will provide presentations examples in the future. If you would like to volunteer to put your presentation on this website, please let me know. We had an excellent presentation day and you have the video recording in your inboxes.
Stratvert, K. (2020, July 24). How to properly present PowerPoint slides in Zoom [Video]. Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNOZRa089-U
How to properly present PowerPoint slides in Zoom
Summary: Guidelines for your Presentation are not included in the document.
1. Your talk should be about 8-10 minutes and then 3-5 minutes for questions, comments, and answers.
2. It is good to practice your presentation several times on ZOOM so you can focus on your content while speaking to the camera.
Homework other than your presentations:
An option to write a Write & Improve
Five improved essays were due by 02/06/2023. You can choose the essays and the time of writing freely, but write and improve on no more than one essay each week. Please write and resubmit your essays to improve your score by level.
Workshop_13: The MLA Presentation Design
Summary: The summary is up to you and your progress. I will update when I get feedback closer to the workshop.
Guidelines for your MLA Proposal Presentation Draft that are not included in the document.
1. Your talk should be about 8-10 minutes and then 3-5 minutes for questions, comments, and answers.
2. It is good to practice your presentation several times on ZOOM so you can focus on your content while speaking to the camera.
3. There are usually 16 to 20 slides.
4. Your Reference page is single-spaced with MLA formatting.
5. The MLA in-text citation guide is provided, and the parenthetical in-text citations look like this (Miller “Fairtrade Possibilities” sec. par. 2) or Sakamoto (45). You can also do narrative in-text citations such as Suzuki (par. 3) or Tanaka (“Ecotourism Explained” sec. par. 1) suggested that…
6. Here are two free websites where you can download free and beautiful images and pictures:
Homework due on 07/26/2023 at 12:30 PM. Notice the early time.
1. Do your best on preparing a draft for your presentation slideshow. The Word document of the presentation guidelines is useful to follow while adding content and your script in notes in the PowerPoint based on synthesizing your notes. Please check your inbox for my feedback
Documents:
AEW2b-MLA-PresentationDownload
Hattaway (n.d.). TED case studies
2. Please chose and complete one new Write & Improve essay and improve it by several submissions as part of the five essays for the quarter by 07/31/2023 with improvements in your scores. This is your last week to edit your writing.
Workshop_12: The MLA Presentation Orientation
Summary: Guidelines for your MLA Proposal Presentation Draft that are not included in the document.
1. Your talk should be about 8-10 minutes and then 3-5 minutes for questions, comments, and answers.
2. It is good to practice your presentation several times on ZOOM so you can focus on your content while speaking to the camera.
3. There are usually 16 to 20 slides.
4. Your Reference page is single-spaced with MLA formatting.
5. The MLA in-text citation guide is provided, and the parenthetical in-text citations look like this (Miller “Fairtrade Possibilities” sec. par. 2) or Sakamoto (45). You can also do narrative in-text citations such as Suzuki (par. 3) or Tanaka (“Ecotourism Explained” sec. par. 1) suggested that…
6. Here are two free websites where you can download free and beautiful images and pictures:
Homework due on 07/24/2023 at 12:30 PM via email attachment. Notice the midday time.
1. Do your best on preparing a draft for your presentation slideshow. The Word document of the presentation guidelines is useful to follow while adding content and your script in notes in the PowerPoint based on synthesizing your notes.
2. Five improved essays are due by 07/31/2023. You can choose the essays and the time of writing freely, but write and improve on no more than one essay each week, and try to improve your score by accepting the suggestions in the program.
Documents:
Workshop_11: MLA -The Final Draft
Summary: I showed a good example of a paper and its sources. Also how to edit your third draft in-text citations.
Homework due via email (Sending earlier than the deadline is great for quick feedback to you!):
Do WAVE for your essay before emailing your final MLA draft!
W = Put your paper through MLA Essay Write & Improve
V = Veritus Certify! Check against Plagiarism -Leander Hughes
E = Check all Explanations attachments, download “Instructions-for-MLA-Writing_AEW2,” and type your paper directly in the document. Once finished your draft, please email it to me.
“Explanations” Attachments:
Instructions-for-MLA-Writing_AEW2-2Download
AEW2__MLA-Midterm-Assessment-GuidelinesDownload
OWL-Purdue-MLA-9th_PPt-3Download
MLA Sample Paper on Propaganda (Same as the Synthesized Notes Sample)
The final draft due 07/20/2023 before class:
1. Please use the correct draft I sent to you and accept the track changes.
2. If you are referring to your readings and it is not your original idea, please do an in-text citation of the author’s last name and page or paragraph number like this (Suzuki 22) or (Tanaka par. 3) at the end of the sentence before the period.
3. Your paper needs to be typed with double-spaced lines, and at least 1,100 words and no more than 1,500, so please use the word count tool in Microsoft Word and type the word count number at the end of your paper before the Works Cited section like this:
Word Count: 1,235
4. Please make sure that your name, draft number, AEW course name, date, and title are in the attachment file like this:
‘Your Name’_AEW2_Final Draft
An option to do Write & Improve practice essay:
Five improved essays are due by 07/31/2023. You can choose the essays and the time of writing freely, but write and improve on no more than one essay each week, and try to improve your score by accepting the suggestions in the program.