Reflective Journal Information for Impacts of Science and Technology on Society: (20% of final mark for the course)

Here is what is written about this assignment on the course syllabus:

“As a social sciences/humanities course, you will be expected to reflect on some of the ideas and questions that are raised. On the classes that are marked ‘dispersed’ (please see the schedule below) you will be expected to write a brief reflection or tentative answer based on the question detailed for that week. Journals will not be graded on spelling or grammar, and each entry should be about 2-3 paragraphs in length (that is, about 300/400 words, typed, double-spaced). Your journal will be graded at the end of the term. Entries will be graded based on quality of engagement with the topic.”

Due date: Monday, April 7th/2014 (by 11:59pm)—after 11:59pm submissions will be docked 5% per day.

Submission process: Through the drop box created for this purpose in the Contents folder of the Blackboard course website.

-This is also going to be automatically checked through Turnitin.ca once the journals are submitted through the dropbox. As with any other assignment, plagiarism will result in a 0/F grade.

-If you quote/reference a particular text or source you MUST provide an adequate reference to page, date, and author, and you MUST provide a Bibliography at the end of the journal. The nature of these journals is such that I am looking for your ideas on these matters, NOT someone else’s ideas. In this sense, must like with the short paper earlier in the term, I would suggest that students refrain from using/quoting sources. These are reflection journals, not research papers.

Here is what I’m looking for in terms of content/structure:

-Everything on ONE document (not a different document for each entry)

-Entries clearly separated by several spaces

-Date