You should have received an email invitation to join this blog. If you have not, please let me know. I would like to establish a few guidelines to ensure that the blog develops smoothly and in a way that makes it accessible to everyone. So as a rule of thumb please do the following whenever you post.
1. Include the url link to the site
for media you can usually use the embed code from the site of origin to bring the file right into your post. At a minimum, however, please copy and paste the URL into your post.
2. Add a label [or tag] in the Labels box on the bottom right so that we can organized posts by themes. For example I am labeling this under help so that all blog use related posts can be categorized, and found more easily as more posts get added to the blog. Multiple labels can be separated by commas. For example - NY Times, Special Education, LD - could be the labels or tags for an article you read on the New York Times about Learning Disabilities.
3. Use an annotated bibliography format to write up your reviews. I provided a template for this in class but the key information for the different types of source reviews [Journal, Book, or Media] should provide the following details:
JOURNAL
Article Author name(s)
Title of article
Title of journal
Date of publication
Volume of the journal
Issue number of the journal
Article Page numbers, e.g. “pp. 13–23”
Summary:
Topic
Introduction (Background, Review of the Literature)
Intended audience
Key Points
Relevance
BOOK
Author name(s)
Title of book
Date of publication
City of publication
Publisher
Summary:
Topic
Introduction (Background, Review of the Literature)
Intended audience
Key Points
Relevance
BOOK CHAPTER
[All of the above, plus the title of the specific selection
EDITED BOOK SELECTION
Author name(s)
Title of selection
Page numbers of the selection, e.g. “pp. 66–82”
Title of book
Name(s) of editor(s) of book
Date of publication
City of publication
Publisher Topic
Introduction (Background, Review of the Literature)
Intended audience
Key Points
Relevance
WEBSITE/MULTIMEDIA
Creator Information
Title
Complete URL
Date retrieved
Summary:Topic
Introduction (Background, Review of the Literature)
Intended audience
Key Points
Relevance
