Slides from Day 6 in EWRT 2, Spr 18

1. CREM EWRT 2
Day 6
Experts and Library Skills

2. NYT Evening Briefing Quiz #2
 1. The President hosted the leader of which country at the White House last
night (it’s the President’s first state dinner)? During this visit, the two leaders
will discuss changes to a nuclear deal relating to which country?
 2. On Monday, there was a mass murder (which killed at least 10 people) in
which Canadian city? What weapon did the murdered use?
 3. U.S. regulators fined which bank $1 billion for various abuses and frauds?
 4. The President secretly sent Mike Pompeo to North Korea several weeks ago
to begin negotiations. Name either the government position Pompeo held at
the time or the government position which he will likely soon be confirmed
for.
 5. One obstacle in previous negotiations with North Korea was their demand
that the US withdraw troops from what country? In these negotiations, what is
the US trying to convince North Korea to do?
 6. President Raúl Castro resigned as president of which Caribbean country?
 7. The FDA is concerned about the sale of what items to minors?

3. Business / Participation for today
 Paper 1 due Friday, 9 AM, on
Canvas.
 “Fake News: How It Works” may be
relevant as a source as well!
 Participation:
 2 points if you participate in the
pair activity and someone from
your pair reports back.
 1 point if you say something during
our full discussion (including during
the NYT quiz discussion).

4. Your Works Cited
Paper 1 is due Friday, 9 AM, on Canvas.

5. General considerations
 1. The top of your page should say “Works Cited.” It should be centered.
It should be in regular size font. No underlines, bold, or italics.
 2. Your sources should be in alphabetical order, by author’s last name.
 3. All of your sources should be formatted with a hanging indent. That
means that the second (and third and so on) line of each entry should
start with an indent. It looks like this:
 Here is an example of a hanging indent. I am going to write a lot of text
and then when it comes time to move on to a new line, I will indent
that next line. And I will keep doing it if I go onto three lines. Do
you see?
 4. Double space the whole thing, but do not skip lines in between each
entry.
 I will hold you to these formatting rules and will deduct points if you do
not follow them.

6. Citing a book
 Here is the standard format for citing a book with one author in your Works
Cited:
 Lastname, Firstname. Title of the book in italics: subtitle also in italics.
Publisher, Year.
 Example:
Obama, Barack. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance. Three
Rivers, 1995.
 Book with 2 authors:
Lastname, Firstname, and Firstname Lastname. Title of the book in italics:
subtitle also in italics. Publisher, Year.
 Book with 3 or more authors:
 Lastname, Firstname, et al. Title of the book in italics: subtitle also in italics.
Publisher, Year.

7. Citing an online article
 Here’s how you do it:
 Lastname, Firstname. “Name of article in quotes: Subtitle also,” Name of
website in italics, publication date (see below), URL. Date of access.
 Example:
 Kardashian, Kim. “I love Kanye: He’s my husband,” The New York Times, 20 Apr. 2014,
www.nytimes.com/fake_story/I_made_up.html. Accessed 1 May 2018.
 Notes
--you follow the same rules for multiple authors as you do for books.
 --IF the article has a publication date (most news articles and opinion pieces
will), you should write the publication date in the following format: day
abbreviated month year.
 Example: 12 Jun. 1974
 Example: 25 Dec. 2005

8. Expertise
 Daniel: When did you get “expert” advice that was not
actually expert?
 Expertise as a social judgment: a comparison. (Marvin)
 How do you conduct this comparison?
 Is it infallible? Can they make mistakes?
Why should we still trust them? (Sylvina)
 What are some markers or signs of expertise?
 --How do we verify these things? (Mayela)

9. Expert Scavenger Hunt
 1. For each of the situations, use your devices to
identify an expert that might be able to help you (or
give you good advice). The idea is not just to identify
an expert, but the best possible expert you can come
up with.
 2. You are allowed to do any searches you want,
EXCEPT you cannot use the word “expert” in your
search.
 3. Identify the expert by name. (Assume that the
expert would be happy to be contacted be you. And
assume you would have the money to get their
advice.)
 What are the expert’s qualifications?
Experience, credentials, recognition, license,
education?
 Should your expert be local or national (or
international)? Why might that matter in this situation?
 How current should their knowledge be? How can you
determine that?
 What process (of reasoning and searching) did you use
to find this expert? What comparisons did you make?
The Situations:
1. Someone you care about is a promising college
athlete. They seriously injure their ACL. Find the best
surgeon to consult on this injury.
2. Your best friend at De Anza wants to eventually
transfer to Stanford, but isn’t sure they’re getting
the best advice to prepare for transfer. Find the
person who will give them the best advice for
transferring to Stanford.
3. You want to become a movie director, but you
don’t even know how to get started in the industry.
Figure out who would be the best person to talk to.
4. You and your best friend have written an excellent
app and you want to put together a startup here in
Silicon Valley. But you have no idea how to finance
this kind of thing. Who should you get advice from?
5. Someone you care about has been wrongly accused
of a serious felony crime. Find the best lawyer to
represent them in the Bay Area.

10. Homework
 Paper 1 is due by 9 AM on Friday,
April 27. Submit it on Canvas.
 Read for Mon., Apr 30:
 Levitin book: “Counterknowledge”
 “As Fake News Spreads Lies, More
Readers Shrug at the Truth”
 “UW professor: The information
war is real, and we’re losing it”
 “Here Come the Fake Videos, Too”
 Post Discussion 6 by 6 PM on
Sunday, Apr 29 and your response
to a classmate's question by 9 AM
on Mon, Apr 30.
 Don’t forget today’s participation:
 2 points if you participate in the
pair activity and someone from
your pair reports back.
 1 point if you say something during
our full discussion (including during
the NYT quiz discussion).