Writing Question
Description
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Introduction / Purpose / Instructions
If you are a little bit of a troll at heart, you will enjoy this exercise. Here is what you’ll do:
First, look through your academic papers that you have written for other classes. You want a good APA-styled social-science paper for best results, and the longer and more citation-heavy, the better.
Next, go to the Beall’s List Website, which is here at https://beallslist.net/ Links to an external site.. You’ll remember, this is the list John Bohanan talked about in his open-source journal sting and his chocolate-weight loss gambit. It’s a huge list of suspected fake journals.
- Look through the list for the fake journals with the most legit sounding name that seems like a good match for your paper. Pick three of them. Follow the link to the three and make sure they are not dead; turnover is pretty high with these. Remember, your goal is to get accepted in a predatory journal, not a legitimate one; so look for signs of disreputability such as creative punctuation, careless spelling errors, etc.
- Pick one of these three. Following the writer’s guidelines in your target journal, submit your paper for publication. Don’t lie to them, but don’t tell them you’re doing this for a class assignment either. You’re just an undergraduate student with an academic paper you’re proud of, looking into the possibility of publishing it. (Here is a Word document with some suggested text Actionsto use in your cover letter.) Above all, DO NOT PAY OR GIVE THEM ANY CREDIT-CARD INFO. Your goal is to get an e-mail back from them advising you that your paper has been accepted.
The journal will most likely respond by telling you your paper has been accepted, and that the publication fee is several hundred dollars, and that as soon as they receive it, they’ll publish. At that point, reply politely and professionally that you have decided the paper is not yet ready to publish, and that you’ll get back in touch when it is.
Take a screenshot of the acceptance e-mail (or rejection, if that happens, although it probably will not) and attach the screenshot in your submission for this assignment. If you like, you can also attach your paper that you submitted, although this is not required. (It is also possible that you will receive no reply at all. If that happens, submit a screenshot of your outgoing e-mail instead.)
Write a 300- to 600-word account of your experience doing this.
Formatting requirements
Write 300 to 600 words. (1 point penalty per bloc of 100 words too many or too few)
Use paragraph breaks — one every time you change subjects. (1 point penalty)
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Overview
- Based on your readings, lectures, and lab this week, you should be noticing the tremendous power that improved energy efficiency can have in reducing energy demand, which in turn can resolve conflicts over energy supplies and address global greenhouse gas emissions.
So, let’s take this information from the abstract to your real life. First, find out if there is a Climate Action Plan for your city, state, etc. and what it includes – particularly plans for energy transition and efficiency! OSU has a Climate Action Plan too!
Then, google ways to save energy everyday in your life – you might be surprised how easy it can be!
Respond to the prompts below, and to your classmates.
Important reminder: We require all discussion posts to be uploaded to the companion TurnItIn Check assignment so it can be evaluated to assess your use of sources and effective paraphrasing. If you do not submit your response to BOTH assignments you cannot receive credit.
You may want to review the discussion guidelines.
- Discussion Prompt
- Please follow the instructions outlined below for your initial and response posts.
- Initial Post (10 points)
Climate Action Plans
Does your city or your state have a climate action plan? Look here (Links to an external site.)for states. Do an online search of “[city name]” and “climate action plan”. If your city is large, look here (Links to an external site.) to see if it is participating in the C40 initiative.
What are actions being proposed to combat the effects of climate change locally? This info should pop up in the above internet searches.
Your carbon footprint
Go back to your Ecological Footprint and recall how many tons of carbon dioxide you emit each year OR
Go to the EPA carbon calculator Links to an external site.and get a more accurate estimate
Where does your electricity come from? How much is from fossil fuels, how much is from renewables?
There are a number of resources you can use to answer this question
For US: Visit eia.gov Links to an external site.– if you want another state than Oregon, use the drop down menu at the top of the screen
For Oregon specific data: Use the Oregon.gov page on electricity production Links to an external site.– Navigate to the ERM by Utility tab to find your utility’s energy mix – there is a ton of info here so take your time to explore a little!
For the rest of the world: there’s no one great resource, so google and let us know what you find out!
Google ideas on how to save energy in your daily activities
Pick three and describe them – they can be a simple or ambitious as you’d like!
Describe why you chose these actions and what you will do.
How easy or hard to do you think it would/will be to follow through, and why?
Note, if you already do some of the things you found – awesome, tell us about them and pick some new ones!
Cite at least 1 external source you use in your post.
Include the author or publisher, year/date, title, and url.
No credit for URL alone.
- Response to Peers (8 points)
Finally, you must respond to at least two other students’ posts with comments that respectfully challenge, clarify, or expand upon the original post. Note that responses that consist simply of “I agree” or that repeat or restate the original author’s idea are not sufficient.
Your total discussion contribution (original post and response(s)) should sum to at least 200 words.
- Due Dates
Initial post – Monday Week 10 by 11:59 PM Pacific
Initial post submission to TII check – Monday Week 11 by 11:59 PM Pacific
Responses to peers – Monday Week 11 by 11:59 PM Pacific
Grading Criteria
This discussion is worth 20 points. Late submissions are not accepted.
- Your total discussion contribution (original post and response(s)) should sum to at least 200 words. There is a detailed grading rubric for this discussion. To view, select Show Rubric from the three-dots menu in the upper right.3
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- Overview
This assignment is the last step in the Townhall Summit lab. Be sure that you have carefully reviewed the Townhall Summit Part III Instructions and Background file.
Assignment
- Use the LAB Townhall Summit Part III Script Template.docxActions to help draft your script.
- Upload your revised final script to this assignment.
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