And just what does she mean by cite external sources? And other final paper concerns.....

I am seeing a lot of action around final paper work.  This is a great sign that most of the papers are now in progress and I am pleased about this.

Several students have asked about citing outside sources and what is acceptable.  Since this is a paper for teachers, I am not looking for extensive literature reviews.  I am looking to see that you have knowledge of what others are doing in your topic area.  Thus, if you are writing on implementing Moodle in your school, you would want to check out what other K-12 schools are doing with Moodle.  Your sources will probably be from the web and will be based on practical experience and they will broaden the effect of your paper.  Web citations are fine for this assignment.  My interest is that you show an awareness of the work of others around your topic---a typical 505 final paper might have 2-6 references.  Use APA format for the references---Evrim's paper illustrates this format.

Evrim's paper seems to have created some anxiety-----her paper was beyond expectations for 505 and she has continued to work on it for publication.  A typical 505 paper is 8-12 double spaced pages and can't be much longer for publication in most practitioners' journals.

I remain available to read your drafts, if you wish.  You can email your draft to me and I will try to comment asap.

I will work to keep up with the outlines as they are turned in this week and to make sure your idea is on the right track.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!