For Someone Else's Month

WINDi Days

(WorldIssuesNewsDiscussion)

This assignment is meant to mimic the manner in which university courses are organized. Most university courses consist of 1-3 lectures and a tutorial group meeting each week Sometimes the tutorial group is designed so students can review the material presented in the lectures, but more often they are a forum where new work is covered. They are also a forum where students are expected to be prepared for discussions, as the groups are usually small, students can not simply hide in a lecture of hundreds of people.

For someone else's month

• You must read the distributed article and bepreparedto participate in discussion concerning the article of the week.

For Your month

• On yourmonth, you will be responsible for finding and preparing an article that details a current world issue, and you will lead the group discussion on the WINDi Day for that month. You will hand in a folder complete with annotated article, questions & answers, 5 background articles, a bibiliography, and peer evaluations immediately after the seminar in class.
• The article will be from a scholarly publication (respected newspaper, magazines or journals ) and moderate in length (500-1000words). It must be from a news event or story that has taken place within one month of your WINDi Day.
• The article must photocopied and handed outat leasttwo classes ahead of timeto allow your group members time to prepare.
• Prepare a set of discussion topics or questions which you will use to lead the 30 minute discussion that week. They are to be primarily open-ended and meant to encourage discussion. The questions are not meant to test your group's knowledge of the article (NO objective questions, but LOTS of subjective questions requiring an opinion.

WINDi Day Leader Checklist

On the current events day you must hand in to the teacher in a binder or folder (properly organized):

A photocopy of your chosen main article with what you consider the key points highlighted and annotated where needed.

An outline or a list of the questionsyou intend to use to lead discussion. At least10 questionsis suggested.Along with the questions, please provide youranswers. These should be well-formed opinions based on the articles you’ve collected. Your answers should not need to be referenced. They are your own opinion.

A selection of background articles from your study month ( at least 5 ), photocopied or properly cut and mounted and on a separate page, your bibliography page of these articles in chronological order from earliest to latest.

The peer evaluation rubrics, collected, averaged and stapled together, in your folder.

Evaluation

This assignment is worth 70 marks:

A) an appropriate, topical, annotated main article...... ____/5 marks

B) background articles and separate bibliography page ...... ____/10 marks

C) shows a knowledge of the topic beyond the article, informs group and fills in gaps...... ____/20 marks

D) subjective discussion questions (at least 10)...... ____/10 marks

E) meeting deadlines (ie., handing out articles on time, etc. )...... ____/5 marks

F) Peer Evaluation Rubric (each student in your group will evaluate your presentation)...... ____/20 marks

TOTAL ____/70 marks

Dates

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