Annotated Bibliography

2 Feb. Green IT & Big Data

February 2, 2021 admin Leave a comment

Featured Image: Data Visualizations – Aerosols and Clouds, GDFL/NOAA

Class Meeting Agenda

The Following are the topics/goals we will cover into today’s class session:

1. Overview of Houser, H. (2016). Human/Planetary. (pp. 144-160).
2. Group Discussion 1: Breakout rooms
3. Overview of Moller, M., et. al. (2019). Participation through place-based e-tools. (pp.245-255)
4. Group Discussion 2: Breakout rooms
5. Annotated Bibliography & How-To Find Sources

Data Collection & Climate Modeling

Remote Class Video 1

DQ: Breakout Session 1

Please respond to the following in your breakout sessions. Just write down as much information as you need to respond during discussion:

1. Check out this Carbon Footprint Calculator and then consider: according to Houser and your own experience what are the Calculator’s advantages and disadvantages?
2. Check out this Climate Modeling Data Visualization page, and then consider: according to Houser and your own experience what are the Calculator’s advantages and disadvantages?

Participatory Tools

Remote Class Video 2

DQ: Breakout Session 2

Please respond to the following in your breakout sessions. Just write down as much information as you need to respond during discussion:

1. Which of the tools the authors examine (Or that I covered in the slideshow) do you find most effective and why? What are the advantages/disadvantages to these participatory tools?
2. Given the opportunity, what sorts of participatory e-tools would you design to engage audiences in topics related to sustainability and climate change?

Annotated Bibliography & Valid Sources

Remote Class Video 3

Class Plans

Directions

Please cite and annotate 2-3 scholarly sources you plan to incorporate into the final draft of your Paper. Please see the Week 3 Supporting Materials and Class Plan for annotation models and how to locate and assess scholarly sources.

Prompt

Please respond to the following to compose your annotations:

1. Cite the scholarly sources in APA format
2. In 1-2 sentences provide a general overview of the aims/scope of the article or book chapter, e.g., what are the main claims/goals OR what hypothesis does the article test?
3. In 1-2 sentences describe the qualifications of the author(s), e.g., what are their institutional affiliations and/or where was the article or book published?
4. In 1-2 sentences explain the author(s) methodology and briefly cite a passage that supports your annotation of the article or book chapter. (You may want to choose a citation that you can also use in your Paper)
5. In 1-2 sentences, evaluate the relative success of the article or book chapter, e.g., how well did the author(s) meet the goals they established for themselves AND/OR explain how well (or not) the article or chapter will support your research.

Tools

To set up your Blog go to https://classblogs20.iac.gatech.edu/wp-iac-signup.php (Links to an external site.). Please see the IAC Blogs How-To Slideshow for more on how to create and configure IAC Class Blogs.

Assessment

As long as you publish your post to your IAC WordPress class blog on or before the assigned time/date, you will earn full points per document. Remember these activities are designed to develop skills we will use throughout the class and in the major projects. The documents also provide an opportunity for invention and revision.

Submission

Paste the URL from the post on your IAC WordPress site into the field in the Canvas Assignment Page. Don’t hesitate to email me with any questions if you run into any technical problems.

Post Prompts