60% Assignments/ Technological and Information Literacy

• Five Issues: 2%
• Essay I 3%
• Research Plan Worksheet: 5%
• Mining Resources 8%
• Pro/Con website evaluation 4%
• Timeline of topic: 7%
• Data and Topic Information (with citations): 8%
• Annotated Bibliography: 8%
• Outline 5%
• My Instructor private session 2%
• First Version of paper: 5%
• Peer review 3%

10%: Oral Presentation

15%: Independent Presentation-Written (Final Version) 

5% I expect you to pay attention in class and participate in class discussions. The nature of this class requires sincere effort from all participants. Missing classes is to be avoided at all costs. Attendance will be kept and used to help foster class participation. Coming to class late is disruptive and will be noted. If there is any reason you cannot attend class, it is your responsibility to make arrangements with me before class.

Be sure to turn in all class assignments on time by the due date.  

When considering how to demonstrate outstanding class participation during class discussions consider the following:

Relevance: Your comments should pertain directly to the materials at hand. If you have to start off your comment with "this may not relate" you are probably quite correct. Does your comment clarify the issues or does it take us off the track?
Advancement: Your comments should deepen the analysis. They should also incorporate the tools that we are trying to develop. Do your comments move us forward or do they require us to backtrack or detour?
Logical: Are your comments logical? Are they consistent? Do they relate and connect to that which other comments have revealed? Are you drawing upon your interdisciplinary knowledge?
Originality: Are you being creative? Do you point out relationships to other subjects which we have discussed in the past? Are your comments mundane or repetitive or are they new, offering fresh insight to the subject matter?
Factuality: Your comments must be factually based. Until we agree on the facts of the case, analysis is spurious. This does not mean that there is only one interpretation of the facts, it simply means that will want to constantly clarify the facts as we progress.

General Etiquette:
• Please turn off volume on cell phones while in class.
• Please enter quietly and unobtrusively if you arrive late.
• Please participate only in the primary discussion (sometimes the most interesting conversations are with your neighbor - so please include the entire class).

e-portfolio

5% (plus up to 5% extra) The portfolio will be used to help assess what you have learned as a result of having taken this class. It is my desire that by critically evaluating yourself, the class, and me as an instructor you can gain a better understanding of the education process and how your actions relate to what you get out of your classes. As mentioned in my statement of teaching philosophy, I am attempting to help you learn. It is an active process requiring at least two willing participants.

This portfolio should be a unique course history of your experiences in Issues in Science and Technology at FGCU.   
The portfolio should contain your work and an assessment on whether and how the assignment helped you meet the course learning goals.

You will use googlesites to chronicle your progress in this course.

Instructions on how to set up your site

The template be found at this site: https://sites.google.com/site/fgcuscitech2012/

It should also contain summativeresponses to the following:

   
    Self-evaluation    
    Course evaluation   
    Instructor evaluation  

Remember that your portfolio is a step in the process of gaining a quality education. Evaluations are most useful with the addition of CONSTRUCTIVE criticism. If you have a problem, or issue with a particular method of teaching style, then offer a suggestion on how to improve it as opposed to just saying you don't like something. 

• Cheating, dishonesty, and plagiarism will not be tolerated and may result in failure of the assignment and/or course. If necessary, please review these articles on plagiarism:"How to Avoid Plagiarism"; "Avoiding Plagiarism"

• If you have a reasonable explanation for needing to turn in assignments at any time other than that assigned, see me to discuss arrangements for your situation.

  Academic Behavior Standards and Academic Dishonesty

  All students are expected to demonstrate honesty in their academic pursuits. The university policies regarding issues of honesty can be found in the FGCU Student Guidebook under the Student Code of Conduct and Policies and Procedures sections.  All students are expected to study this document which outlines their responsibilities and consequences for violations of the policy.   The FGCU Student Guidebook is available online at http://studentservices.fgcu.edu/judicialaffairs/new.html

  Disability Accommodations Services

  Florida Gulf Coast University, in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the university’s guiding principles, will provide classroom and academic accommodations to students with documented disabilities. If you need to request an accommodation in this class due to a disability, or you suspect that your academic performance is affected by a disability, please contact the Office of Adaptive Services. The Office of Adaptive Services is located in Howard Hall 137. The phone number is 239-590-7956 or TTY 239-590-7930

  Student Observance of Religious Holidays

  All students at Florida Gulf Coast University have a right to expect that the University will reasonably accommodate their religious observances, practices, and beliefs.  Students, upon prior notification to their instructors, shall be excused from class or other scheduled academic activity to observe a religious holy day of their faith. Students shall be permitted a reasonable amount of time to make up the material or activities covered in their absence. Students shall not be penalized due to absence from class or other scheduled academic activity because of religious observances. Where practicable, major examinations, major assignments, and University ceremonies will not be scheduled on a major religious holy day. A student who is to be excused from class for a religious observance is not required to provide a second party certification of the reason for the absence.