Local Fieldwork: Students will identify a social, political, or ethical issue related to their local community or partnering agency. As part of this assignment, students will generate research questions pertaining to the topic and their inquiry. Local research may include field observations, consulting local and primary sources, collecting surveys, and conducting interviews. (Review the FYC e-handbook and instructor’s guidelines and layout).
As a reminder: There are four components:
Scaffolding: Part I: Extended Critical Annotated Bibliography (CAB1) with detailed references to include four research questions (CAB 1) (Part I): For consulting local and primary sources (CAB 2 will continue into Module 4)—need at least 4-5 sources
Extended Critical Annotated Bibliography One: (CAB1) with detailed references to include four research questions Critical Annotated Bibliography to include four research questions for the issue/topic. Detailed guidelines will be provided in Blackboard. Students will submit FOUR research questions for approval and complete the citation analysis with a Critical Annotated Bibliography as an activity assignment to begin work on the Broader Community Study. Use APA style. Detailed guidelines will be provided in Blackboard
There is a peer-review session for the CAB assignment. Go to the discussion thread.
Part II: Develop Ten Survey Questions based on the Four Research Questions. Embed into the final local fieldwork assignment.
Part III: Conduct an Observation—original observation or use a video or audio clip as an observation. Embed into the final local fieldwork assignment.
Part IV: Write a report discussing your findings on the primary research. Embed all primary research into the final local fieldwork assignment. (Make sure to review guidelines and instructions). Parts I, II, and III will be included as appendices and integrated within the report.
Deliverable: The Genre of a Memo Report. Review the assignment handout folder with student examples within Blackboard.
Note: Please acknowledge if you used Microsoft Word Editor or Grammarly to proofread your work. Discuss your experience using these AI tools for editing and revising purposes. Was there a significant change in your revised work? Write your acknowledgment on the cover page of the assignment submission.
Set up of Cover Page (APA style): First and last name, name of assignment, title of work, date, and ACKNOWLEDMENT: ……[see note above for content to add].
DO NOT use any AI tool to write your assignments completely.
Provide a short disclaimer and a reflection at the top of the submission stating the following:
This submission [label work] was aided by AI technology.
Include a short reflection of no less than 200 words. In this reflection, you will include the following discussion.
· What AI technology did you use? (example: Grammarly, Microsoft Editor, etc…)
· How did you use the technology? Describe. (For example: I used AI technology, [Grammarly], to help with sentence structure to help revise, edit, and reword sentences).
· How different was the original section and then the revised version? Provide an example-original / revised versions.
· How was your experience with using AI technology? Illustrate.
· Will you consider using this AI program? Why or why not?
· Is there anything else you want to share with your instructor?
