Expert Topic Information

By this time you have all selected an expert topic http://www.psychologicalscience.com/psychology_of_violence/2011/01/expert-topic-127-10pm.html

and in some cases already modified, refined, or changed it altogether :)

Now is the time to start really developing expertise.

Weekly, on your MyPage, I'd like you to provide a quick update of information, links, articles, sources, ideas, effort, work etc, that you have found, done, thought, or pursued. These are not blog posts and do not need to be lengthy. They should simply document what you have done for the week on your expert topic and provide a place for you to store information (links) about your topic. Your first update (due this thursday, at your regular MyPage update time) might have a lot, because most of you have already been working. I can see that a typical update might be "Found www.xyz.link that provided useful definitions; went to xyz place and picked up pamphlets; called so-and-so and spoke briefly about services offered; read xyz article; looked up info that came up in class related to my topic" etc, you get the gist.

Your MyPage won't/can't be the sole location for keeping your information on your topic. I expect that you will likely keep some sort of folder (digital or otherwise) where you are jotting down ideas, documenting information, and basically collecting all the stuff you are learning.

You will be expected to speak up during class discussions and group work (in a meaningful way) if your expert topic relates. This is your responsibility to speak up, not mine to remember that you might have something to say :) If at the beginning of class there is something you want to report on since last class (say we asked you to follow up on something, or you just did on your own), then please speak up.

During the final you will report on the product of your expertise. You will only have about 10 minutes so it is not a time to fully display your expertise, but rather to show/discuss/talk about your experience in developing the product, and what that product is. The product itself that you will turn in to me, is where you will demonstrate the depth and breadth of your work and knowledge.

So, what kind of product you ask?!  ANYTHING! Ha, I know you hate that :) So here are some ideas, but really, stretch your brain and come up with others:

Research paper

Presentation-quality PowerPoint presentation (as if you were a key note speaker at some conference directly related to your topic)

Specific Community Intervention Project

Development of a Program, Service, or Center

Short Film

Community Service Announcement, or Commercial

High-quality Information Brochure

Website

Podcast, App, or other Digital Product for Mobile Technology

Presentation/Short Program/Demonstration Geared for Children

Development of Information, Events, Programming for a "X Awareness Month"

.....?

Other ideas?  Post as a comment here!