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.

Summary: I was pleased because since the past class, you have been able to develop your knowledge and skills about your issue and discussed your findings on the stories you collected from your community in your notes 4 and journalling 4.

Individual Project Journaling 1-7: Human Rights and Children Rights

Making Local & Personal Connections

A Quick Guide to APA 7th Edition: This is for documenting where you got your information from in the Google Doc

Homework due uploaded to your Google Drive Shared file by Friday 05/19/2023 by 3 PM, so I can check it.

The steps, which should take about two hours:

1. Please stick with the same issue you would like to explore that you feel like you can speak you close people about it. This time you will focus on how to make an academic blog (only two academic blog articles and two pages of notes).
2. Do several readings related to the topic.
3. Take notes in keywords and not long sentences so you can speak about what you found in class on paper or a notebook.
4. Take a picture of your notes with your cellphone or tablet.
5. Upload the picture of your notes in your Shared Google file under the section “Project Notes 5.”
6. Under the photo, type the titles, authors names or publication if there is no author and be sure to copy/paste the URL onto the Google doc. This is important so you can find where you got your research from and go back to the original article if needed. Follow the APA quick guide for this, please.
7. Then, have a conversation with friends or family members, colleagues at part-time work places, or with other students in your clubs about what you learned. This part can be in any language.
8. Finally, type your reflections in “Journaling Notes 5” 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.

Summary: First, we moved the desks and chairs out of the way. Then, I focused on supporting your writing. Afterwards, you discussed your findings on two affected communities from your notes 3 and journalling 3.

Individual Project Journaling 1-7: Human Rights and Children Rights

Making Local & Personal Connections

A Quick Guide to APA 7th Edition: This is for documenting where you got your information from in the Google Doc

Homework due uploaded to your Google Drive Shared file by Sunday 05/14/2023 (Extra time for you to speak to people in the community).

The steps, which should take about two hours:

1. Please stick with the same issue you would like to explore that you feel like you can speak you close people about it. This time you will focus on speaking to people in your community.
2. Do several readings within Japan related to the topic.
3. Take notes in keywords and not long sentences so you can speak about what you found in class on paper or a notebook.
4. Take a picture of your notes with your cellphone or tablet.
5. Upload the picture of your notes in your Shared Google file under the section “Project Notes 4.”
6. Under the photo, type the titles, authors names or publication if there is no author and be sure to copy/paste the URL onto the Google doc. This is important so you can find where you got your research from and go back to the original article if needed. Follow the APA quick guide for this, please.
7. Then, have a conversation with friends or family members, colleagues at part-time work places, or with other students in your clubs about what you learned. This part can be in any language, but in your community.
8. Finally, type your reflections in “Journaling Notes 4” 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.

Summary: First, we moved the crammed desks and chairs out of the way so students could actually speak in pairs. Then, you discussed your findings on the global focus of project notes 2 and journalling 2.

Individual Project Journaling 1-7: Human Rights and Children Rights

Making Local & Personal Connections

A Quick Guide to APA 7th Edition: This is for documenting where you got your information from in the Google Doc

Homework due uploaded to your Google Drive Shared file by Friday 04/28/2023.

Steps, which should take about two hours:

1. Please stick with the same issue you would like to explore that you feel like you can speak you close people about it.
2. Do several readings on the global or universal issue related to the topic.
3. Take notes in key words and not long sentences so you can speak about what you found in class on paper or a notebook.
4. Take a picture of your notes with your cellphone or tablet.
5. Upload the picture of your notes in your Shared Google file under the section “Project Notes 3.”
6. Under the photo, type the titles, authors names or publication if there is no author and be sure to copy/paste the URL onto the Google doc. This is important so you can find where you got your research from and go back to the original article if needed.
7. Then, have a conversation with friends or family members, colleagues at part-time work places, or with other students in your clubs about what you learned. This part can be in any language.
8. Finally, type your reflections in “Journaling Notes 3” 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.