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0:09Hi everyone. Today we're going to be

0:10talking about invention.

0:14Our goal this week is to review the

0:17argumentative research proposal and

0:19annotated bibliography assignment.

0:21And then to review three lectures. This

0:23one on invention, one on narrowing

0:26topics, and then one on developing and

0:27refining research questions.

0:30You will of course complete the peer-led

0:32discussion board today, and then you'll

0:34take your quiz and

0:38submit invention ideas and research

0:39questions by the end of the week.

0:43Okay, so first off, let's look at what

0:45we're ultimately

0:48trying to achieve here. Today we're

0:50going to be talking about the first

0:51step, which is invention.

0:52But ultimately, where this is leading us

0:56is the argument essay research proposal

0:58and annotated bibliography.

1:00So, this assignment requires you to

1:02propose an issue that you'd like to

1:03research and write about for the term.

1:07You will use eight or more secondary

1:09sources to write a proposal with an

1:11accompanying annotated bibliography.

1:14Which is really just a listing of your

1:16sources in APA style followed by a

1:19summary of each source.

1:21You're going to use these sources for

1:22your argument research essay. And the

1:24topic you choose should be something

1:26that emotionally moves you, something

1:28that you're emotionally connected to.

1:30Um and something that you'd like to

1:32spend the entire semester studying.

1:36So, in terms of the project details, you

1:39have some choice in determining the

1:41issue and the topic that you explore.

1:43But the issue that you choose should be

1:44researchable with lots of information on

1:46the issue. You should be able to find

1:48two sides of the issue, at least. It

1:51should require extensive research, and

1:53it should enable to you to make a claim

1:55and support it with research.

1:57At this point you shouldn't be able to

1:58have all the answers. You shouldn't

2:00necessarily even know how you stand on

2:02the issue because this is something that

2:03we're going to research.

2:07Initially, this paper shouldn't be

2:09anything that you've already researched

2:10or written about for previous classes

2:12because that counts as a form of

2:13plagiarism.

2:14I do have certain topics that I don't

2:16want you to write about because they've

2:19already been extensively covered unless

2:21you can find some new interesting angle

2:23to them. I don't want you to write about

2:24euthanasia, teen pregnancy, cloning,

2:26childhood obesity, genetically modified

2:29food, paying college athletes,

2:31minimum wage increases, video games and

2:33violence or learning, drunk driving,

2:35stem cell research, social media and

2:37depression, suicide or body image,

2:39vaping, animal testing, global warming,

2:42abortion, contraceptive use, religion,

2:44gun control, legalizing marijuana,

2:46legally uh legalizing the drinking age,

2:49gay marriage, capital punishment,

2:50steroids, gambling, college loans,

2:54economics, COVID testing or shots or

2:56fracking.

2:58There's many other things that you can

3:00write about and I'll talk to you about

3:01those once we cover the lecture on

3:04invention.

3:05I do reserve the right to veto your

3:07research topic, so you might have

3:09several backup topics just in case.

3:12All right. You also want to keep in mind

3:13that all of the assignments this term

3:15are going to be scaffolded, which means

3:17one assignment will lead to another,

3:18which will lead to another. So, if you

3:20complete the smaller assignments, you

3:22ought to be able to very well complete

3:24the larger ones later on, including this

3:26paper.

3:28In terms of proposal formatting and

3:29guidelines,

3:30this particular paper should be

3:31formatted as a memo. It'll be

3:33single-spaced,

3:34and you'll use Avenir or some other

3:38font, 11 or higher.

3:41You can use bullets and headers to help

3:43you organize a proposal.

3:45You'll In the proposal, you'll need to

3:47have a memo header that includes to,

3:49from, date, and subject headings. For

3:51example, like this.

3:53To Dr. AJ, from Jasmine Jensen, proposal

3:56to write about the sustainability of

3:57bamboo paper products, and then the

3:59date.

4:00You then have a short introduction. That

4:02introduction will provide context or

4:04background. Why are you writing the

4:06memo?

4:08If there is background that I need to

4:10know about, go ahead and provide that.

4:12You'll state the topic and the issue you

4:14want to investigate.

4:15You'll state the relevance or

4:16importance, why we should care about

4:18this topic, and then you'll forecast

4:20cast the content. How is the proposal

4:22How is the proposal organized?

4:24So, this would be an example here. You

4:26can read this on your own time. I've

4:28posted the assignment as well as

4:30an example from another student online

4:33so that you can look at.

4:34After that, you'll provide research

4:36questions, which we're going to talk

4:37about today.

4:38You'll have an overarching research

4:39question, something that says, "My

4:41argumentative research essay is going to

4:43talk about these research

4:45questions." Primary research question,

4:48should bamboo be used to make paper

4:49tissue products?

4:51Secondary research questions, which

4:53we'll talk about, will also be listed.

4:55And then, you'll list your annotated

4:57bibliography. Again, you'll find eight

4:59to 10 sources

5:01online, from the library, etc.

5:04And you should strive to have variety in

5:07terms of your

5:09sources, okay? This is just a guide for

5:11you to follow. I just don't want

5:13everything to be

5:14a .com source.

5:17All right, so this would be an example

5:19of what the annotated bibliography would

5:20look like. You'd say annotated

5:21bibliography. We haven't yet talked

5:23about APA style, but we'll talk about

5:25that before you submit this assignment.

5:28We basically here have

5:29the

5:32source

5:34in APA style, and then a summary of the

5:37source beneath it. And you'll do that

5:38for each of your eight to 10 sources. In

5:41terms of grading, this assignment is at

5:43least worth 150 points, including our

5:46two including our teacher student

5:48conference and the proposal and

5:49annotated bibliography.

5:51And so you'll be graded on formatting,

5:54the introduction, the research

5:55questions, the annotated bibliography,

5:57source articles, uh spelling,

5:59punctuation, and grammar, and then clear

6:01language. So again, you can read through

6:03all of these

6:04things.

6:06All right. Let's go ahead and we will

6:09then

6:10look at invention.

6:12So first, you might ask, well, what is

6:14invention? It's basically just a process

6:16of coming up with ideas for writing,

6:18including such things as cognitive

6:19mapping, which your book also calls

6:22calls clustering,

6:23free writing, looping, listing,

6:25brainstorming, Larson's problem solving,

6:27which we might use uh a little bit

6:29later.

6:31All right, why is invention necessary?

6:32Well, it's important to generate as many

6:35ideas as possible

6:37because that will allow you to

6:39discern between effective and

6:41ineffective ideas. And if you have an

6:43ineffective idea, then you can go back

6:46and look at your prewriting or your

6:48invention and decide if there's a

6:50different topic that might be

6:52better.

6:54Some things that you want to keep in

6:55mind about this is you don't want to

6:57censor yourself yet. You don't want to

6:58criticize yourself. Don't edit yourself

7:00yet. Don't settle on one idea yet.

7:02That's the worst thing you could do at

7:04this point. You want to explore all

7:06ideas as fully as you can before you

7:08choose a topic.

7:10All right, so one activity that you can

7:13use to invent ideas is cognitive mapping

7:15or as your book says, clustering.

7:17So you might think of a global,

7:19national, or community issue that

7:21interests you and

7:23you might map out as many issues and the

7:24things that you wonder about them. So an

7:27example here, there's lots of different

7:29things that I've that I'm really kind of

7:31interested in and passionate about.

7:33So in terms of world news, US news, uh

7:36I'm really interested in uh

7:39unaccompanied child migrants. I used to

7:41live, you know, Paso Texas, which is

7:43right along the border of the US and

7:45Mexico. And so I'm

7:47really concerned about the people who

7:49are coming over.

7:51And I have sort of first-hand account of

7:55the kinds of things that they

7:57encounter when they come to the US. And

8:00so anyway, I'm interested in

8:02unaccompanied child migrants. Why do

8:03they come to the US? What challenges

8:05they might face along their journey and

8:07what happens to them when they arrive at

8:09the border.

8:11Another topic that interests me a lot is

8:13these ICE arrests. Um

8:15so I wonder about should ICE agents be

8:18allowed to arrest university students

8:19with visas or with protected status?

8:22I wonder is ICE overstepping its bounds

8:24and what can be done to again help the

8:26children of illegal immigrants who are

8:28arrested by ICE. I also love chocolate.

8:30So another controversy that is in the

8:32world news is

8:34related to the farming of cocoa products

8:36in Africa.

8:38So there's quite a few human rights

8:41violations that are occurring including

8:43how including the fact that children are

8:45being used to farm cocoa and it's very

8:48dangerous.

8:49I wonder about how Westerners can help

8:51and I wonder how it's affecting children

8:53who work on the farms. So this would

8:55have been example of a cognitive map.

8:57Yours would not need to include the

8:58images, but you you ought to have the

9:01topic and an exploration of the topic.

9:05You could also do cognitive mapping

9:06about fascinations, the things that have

9:08fascinated you throughout your your

9:10years of learning and to map as many

9:12issues that you can think about and

9:14things that you wonder about them. This

9:15is just a very quick map. I would prefer

9:18that yours be a little more detailed,

9:20but as an example of things that

9:21fascinate me,

9:23I love octopuses. So I'm fascinated by

9:25them. Um I love the idea of being happy

9:30and the science of happiness. I'm

9:31interested in how we can have social

9:33justice for all.

9:35I'm really interested in things like

9:37dark matter. I don't really understand

9:39it all, but it's interesting to me.

9:42I I have, of course, two dogs, and so

9:45the science of canine cognition is also

9:47very interesting. As is finding other

9:50humans. So, these would be various

9:52topics that I'm interested in. I don't

9:54know that they're necessarily debatable.

9:56I would have to investigate them to see

9:58where I could find points of debate.

10:02Another invention activity would be to

10:04write about the things that you care

10:05about most.

10:07What interests you about them? What do

10:08you already know about them? What do you

10:10want to find more about? You're not

10:11worried in a free writing about

10:13spelling, punctuation, or grammar. Your

10:14goal is to just write for 10 minutes as

10:16much as you can to get everything you

10:18can down on paper. And if you run out of

10:20ideas,

10:21and the 10 minutes is not up yet, you

10:23begin saying things like, "I don't know

10:25what to write about, but today I had

10:27this or that for lunch. Oh, and by the

10:28way,

10:29the idea here is that as you write, you

10:32generate ideas. It stimulates thinking.

10:36So, this is an example of free writing.

10:37I'm free writing about Dr. Quinn,

10:39Medicine Woman.

10:40And this is The slides will be available

10:43for you online, so you can read through

10:44them at your leisure.

10:47Another related invention activity is

10:49looping.

10:50Essentially, what you do is you begin

10:52free writing. You circle a word or

10:54phrase that most interests you, and then

10:56you begin free writing about that word

10:58or phrase or concept. And you do that as

11:00many times as you can until you come up

11:02with a new idea that interests you.

11:04So, again, this is my initial

11:07um looping activity, and it led me to

11:09this idea of a curandero, which is a

11:12tradi- A curandero is a traditional um

11:15Mexican healer.

11:17And they use herbal remedies to help

11:20heal people.

11:22I'm really interested in in that. Um

11:25So, I started off here talking This is

11:27the loop, okay? I did another free

11:28writing, and this one talked about women

11:31doctors and stereotypes, but then really

11:33I got interested in the concept of

11:35curanderos and I started talking about

11:37them and how my family

11:39my on my mother's side of the family

11:41there was a curandero.

11:43And that brought me to this idea of a

11:45vet. As I continued writing it brought

11:47me to this idea of a vet who was

11:49holistic.

11:50And uh he sometimes did things like cat

11:53acupuncture. And so that was something

11:55that I thought that could be

11:56controversial and I might want to write

11:58on you know, acupuncture for pets.

12:04Another thing you could do to develop

12:06ideas is listing. You develop a list of

12:08topics for as many of the categories

12:10listed here as possible. Things like

12:12places, trends, technology, people,

12:14controversies in the news, jobs,

12:15hobbies, historical movements and

12:16events.

12:18And then you just list all of the things

12:20that interest you.

12:21Examples of past successful topics have

12:23included things like the benefits of

12:25bamboo paper versus toilet paper.

12:28Problems associated with male or female

12:29circumcision, uh problems of transgender

12:32inclusion in winter in women's sports.

12:34These are issues that other students

12:36have written about and have done pretty

12:38well.

12:40The next video tutorial will show you

12:42how to narrow a topic to a specific

12:45issue.

12:46If you have questions or concerns,

12:47please let me know. I'm always happy to

12:49help you.