Group+Notes


 * NOTES FROM October 28, 2011**

CHANGE QUESTION: What barriers do displaced workers face?

HOMEWORK:

1. Individual Draft Lit Review due Friday, November 4.

2. Assignment #3 Martie will provide the link to our article that we will write on (from assignment #2).

Agnes and Gene: Choose from the following topics to write a paragraph on and let the team know as soon as you decide: Intro and background info; methodology; sample; results and analysis.

Write one paragraph and a sentence about why the article is relevant to the "class problem" and post both to wiki no later than 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, A1. Citation - Martie A2. Gene - A3. Agnes - A4. Jose - Conclusion and discussion B - Irene

Irene and Jose will work together to prepare our document to submit no later than 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday.


 * NOTES FROM October 14, 2011**

HOMEWORK: Each group member respond on the wiki to midsemester assignment no later than 10:00 am on Sunday. Martie will write a collective response and share with the group Sunday afternoon.

Starting Sunday, we will discuss our assignment due on October 28.


 * NOTES FROM October 7, 2011**

HOMEWORK: Each group member to review their own annotations from Assignment #1, answering questions 1 though 5 from the written assignment (see Special Assignment No. 2 page) no later than noon on Sunday, October 9. Thereafter, review the other notes made by the group members and add additional comments as desired. Agnes and Irene will work together to compile all responses and submit our paper. Irene, Agnes and Martie will each add one more annotated citation as part of their homework to add to the assignment.


 * NOTES FROM SEPTEMBER 30, 2011**

Reading assignment for Chapter 9, read assigned portion, write summary, provide to entire group no later than 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 6:
 * Agnes ||  || 541 – 551 ||
 * Jose ||  || 552 – 562 ||
 * Martie ||  || 563 – 573 ||
 * Gene ||  || 574 – 584 ||
 * Irene ||  || 589 – 598 ||

Suggest answer to complete questions 3 and 4 on Special Assignment #1 and write 1 annotated citation. Send response to group no later than noon on Sunday, October 2nd. Martie and Irene will communicate later on Sunday to write and submit the final group document to the instructors.

**NOTES FROM SEPTEMBER 23, 2011**
Reading assignment for Chapter 8: Gene (pages 431 through 451) Irene (pages 452 through 472) Agnes (pages 473 through 493) Jose (pages 494 through 514) Martie (pages 515 through 534)

After reading the above portion, either write a summary on the wiki page or in an email to the group by next Thursday.

By midnight on Wednesday, post on the wiki or by email your personal analysis of "The Problem" written on page 8 of the September 16th slides handout. Provide just one annotated citation as discussed tonight that is in alignment with your analysis of "The Problem".

If possible, we can all meet next Friday, September 30 at 3:30 p.m. at Mountain Mikes on La Riviera and College Town Drive. We can have an early pizza dinner and discuss the reading. If you can't make it, especially Agnes and Jose, we will fill you in when we can.

Have a good productive week all!

**NOTES FROM September 16, 2011:**
Group affirmed adoption of Rules of Engagement.

Voted Gene as the presenter.

Worked on group to summarize Chapter 1 and make a class presentation. (Other groups summarized article and chapters 2 and 3.)

Discuss applying what we learned to problem of governmental agency dissolving. What is the problem? 1. Where is the work going to go that is being done at the agency? 2. Where are the 50 workers going to go? Layoffs? Transfers? Retirements?

HOMEWORK for the week: Read Chapters 4, 5, 6, 7. Establish a SacLink account if you don't already have one before next class.

Chapters 4 & 5: Irene & Agnes Chapters 6 & 7: Martie, Jose, Gene

Post a summary of your reading of your reading no later than midnight on Wednesday, September 21, 2011.

NOTES FROM September 9, 2011:
(see members and group rules above)

Irene will provide a copy of ground rules from a team handbook.

HOMEWORK for the week: Read Chapters 1, 2 and 3 and Part I: What is Research Design? (Dr. Bass de Martinez sent by email.)