Class Schedule
| Week | Date | Topic(s) | Homework/Activities |
| Week 1 | January 3 | Introduction to the course Course expectations, requirements and content | Homework: Research concept mapping I Am Here: Finger exercises for the Internet novitiate |
| . | January 5 | Information/Publication Cycles: How, why, and when information is produced, published, and broadcast | In-class brainstorming activity |
| Week 2 | January 10 | Task Definition: Organizing your research and writing problem | In class activity and homework: Mapping your research |
| . | January 12 | Information Structures 1: The Internet and its Players | In-class activity Essay assignment: Due: Jan. 24 |
| Week 3 | January 17 | University Holiday | No class |
| . | January 19 | Information Structures 2: Databases & Reference Sources | Essay assignment due Presented in class (5-10 mins. each) Table of search concepts |
| Week 4 | January 24 | A survey of government information resources related to foreign policy issues | Guest speakers, Cass Hartnett & David Maack, Government Publications Librarians Homework: select article and analyze its argument Bring article to class on Wed., 1/26 |
| . | January 26 | Evaluating sources | Evaluating Sources assignment Online Worksheet Due: Feb. 2 Internet Model |
| Week 5 | January 31 | Searching the Web | Web evaluation exercise Due: Feb. 14 |
| . | February 2 | Web Search Engines | Search Engine exercises Evaluating Sources assignment due Reading: Truth, Lies, and the Internet Don't forget to take the hoax test! |
| Week 6 | February 7 | Open work day | Consult |
| February 9 | Open work day | Consult | |
| Week 7 | February 14 | Open work day | Consult Web evaluation assignment due |
| . | February 16 | No class | Work day |
| Week 8 | February 21 | University Holiday | No class |
| . | February 23 | Presentation and speaking skills | READING: Tips for Speakers |
| Week 9 | February 28 | Review | Question analysis/Task definition Information cycles Selecting sources Search queries World Wide Web issues |
| . | March 1 | Open work day | Consult |
| Week 10 | March 6 | Final projects due, group 1 | Present final projects to class: Darcie Chinn Michelle DeMille Ryan Hass Caroline Phan Cindy Tan |
| . | March 8 | Final projects due, group 2 | Present final projects to class: Kyle Duchein Monica Ghosh Bryan Haney Heidi Schultheis |
Last Updated:
12/29/99
Contact the instructor at: jwholmes@u.washington.edu