Lecture slides from EWRT 2 Day 7

1. EWRT 2
Day 7
EXPERTISE. AND LIBRARY SKILLS.

2. Business
1. Transfer fair tomorrow.
2. Evening Briefing quiz on Wednesday:
don’t forget!
3. Why are you letting Aaron’s bitmoji do all
the work in our lecture slides?
What participation looks like today:
1. Two points total.
2. 1 point for saying something in the full class
discussion.
3. 1 point for participating in the group
activity—if someone from your group reports
back your results to the class.
Don’t forget to turn in the self-report at the
end of class.

3. Expertise
Dean: Levitin states that there are two types of ways that experts talk. The first way is by
reviewing facts and evidence, and the second way is by talking just to share their opinion. Which
way do you think experts should portray their analyses to the public? Why?
Geni: Why does having a degree or title automatically make someone an expert/ credible? As
stated in the text, not all experts agree with each other which means that their knowledge and
information are different. So how do you choose which expert to believe?
Laura: There are assumptions that people are "experts" because of their educational
backgrounds. Is there a way distinguish capabilities gained from experience,
from that of someone who has no experience but has a formal education in
the field, and how can that effect how well they perform that job?
Review of Levitin: What are some good signs of expertise?

4. Groups for today. Let’s mix it up again!
Aaron, Joey, Justin,
Karen, Alex
Jasmine, Brandon,
Stephanie, Aren,
Dominic
Dean, Rishi,
Evelyn, Patricia,
Montana
Lourdina, David,
Toshihide, Kim,
Lizzie
Geni, Ramon,
Genevieve, Tuan,
Robert
Esmeralda, Rhodel,
Dexter, Laura, Talita

5. 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?
◦ What process (of reasoning and searching) did you use to find this expert?

6. Library Skills 1
(And HW #5)

7. HW for Wednesday
HW #5 (that we worked on today).
Evening Briefing Quiz
There is also reading and a discussion forum post.
Give Aaron’s bitmojis a break.