Week Fourteen Blog

Hello!

I hope everyone enjoyed a relaxing Thanksgiving break! For this blog, please focus on the topic you want to use for your brochure. What are you arguing?

In this space, write what you know about your topic. Explain its relevance to society and why people should "care" about the topic you have chosen.

The semester is almost over!

Week Twelve Thought Question

Thank you for your posts regarding plagiarism--what it is and how to avoid it. These are important things to know when you begin incorporating sources into your papers. Remember to use signal phrases and parenthetical citations when using quotes, paraphrases, or summaries.

For this particular blog, please discuss the space that you are analyzing. Describe it and discuss your thesis. What is the deeper significance or meaning that you hope to discover regarding your space? Use David Guterson's article about the Mall of America to help you.

Thanks!

Week Eleven Thought Question

Last week, we began discussing documentation. We will continue to practice with quotes, paraphrases, and summaries.

In this space, please discuss why you think plagiarism is such a problem these days? Why wasn't it as prevalent a few years ago? How can you avoid plagiarism? Why it is so important to avoid plagiarism? Please discuss why you would personally never try to use other people's ideas as your own.

Thanks! I'm anxious to read your replies!