Reporter Duty
CSC 300, Turner, Spring 2008.
Each lab team has the duty to take notes for 5 consecutive classes and
produce a document to reflect the highlights of the class
meetings. The document will be reproduced and given to all those
attending CSC 300 in both sections. You may produce 60 copies
yourself for distribution, or I would be glad to make the copies from a
single master.
Lab teams will be formed and will make a choice about the 5 consecutive
classes they'd like to cover. This is a Team Duty, the team is to
determine its own way to produce the document and execute its own form
of quality control. The team may be interviewed or surveyed to
ensure some participation by all team members in the activity.
The document is for the benefit of the team doing the organization of
notes as well as the rest of the class in providing a high level series
of class notes.
The document consists of two parts - the report, and the administrative
notes.
The report document to be
produced may be no longer than 2 pages (one page double sided).
The basic goal is to cover the important highlights of the class
discussion, to capture any references that may be important to
remember, and to summarize the major arguments and any conclusions that
were reached. Fine detail is not needed (or desired). The
document should be fairly high level, yet precise enough to recount the
sense of the classes, what was exciting, interesting, the nature of any
arguments, useful references and further questions generated by
discussion.
The administrative notes are
to capture important deadlines, dates, or changes in course
requirements. If a question is asked about a course requirement
and Turner explains things, changes things or corrects mistakes, it
should be noted. Pronouncements Turner makes regarding writing
standards and the importance of logical bases of argument (for your
termpaper and presentation) are critical to note and heed.
References or recommended external standards for class evaluation
should be included.
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