ENG 101 MTC GA5 AI Brainstorming Question – Description
GA5 (AI Brainstorming)
1. Look back at what you wrote in the last AI question in the Week One-Course Orientation. Look back at what you wrote in #1 in Groundwork Assignment 1. Make a list of topics you want to find out more about based on what you wrote. Make a list of questions that you have related to AI from these thoughts and memories.
Copy of #1 for GA1: On a piece of notebook paper, (or a blank word processing document), make a list of all of the important memories from your life that are connected to technology, artificial intelligence, robots, and/or automation. These memories might be connected to using computers or other electronics, vacuuming with a Roomba, talking to a chatbot, using grocery store automation, traveling with technology, searching online, Zooming for a class or work, using ChatGPT or a similar program, using DALL-E 2 or a similar program, playing video games, interviewing electronically, using Google Maps when you travel, paying a bill electronically, or anything else that feels connected. It might be helpful to think about the way that your life has changed since you were a child. (Take at least ten minutes to do this, and make an exhaustive list of anything and everything that pops into your head.)
2. Skim over the AI Source Quote Gallery. What did these quotes make you think about AI? What questions do you have? (Really think about topics and questions that interest you. You want to find out more about these topics. You want to find answers for these questions. I know some of you might not want to do any research, but what topics might be more bearable to research than others?)
3. Watch the following video about generating search terms. Then, make a list of possible search terms related to the AI topics and questions that most interest you right now.
4. Use an internet search engine to see what kind of search results are related to some of the search terms you recorded in #3. Try searching for at least three different search terms. What do you notice? What are the most popular links? (Be specific about where you searched and what you noticed.)
5. Narrow your search by clicking on “News.” What kinds of news articles are related to some of these search terms? Copy and paste the URL links for at least two news articles. (These articles might not seem relevant specifically to your topic because an article just might contain your word and not be all about it, but still record at least two.)
6. Now switch, and narrow your search by clicking on “Video.” What kinds of videos are related to your search terms? Copy and paste the links for at least two videos. How does changing search terms change the results?
7. Now, use Google Trends to make some notes on AI and some of the related search terms” Take notes about what you notice related to time and to location. Be specific about the words you try out in the search box.
8. Next, use Google Image search to search for some of the possible search terms. Be specific about what you did and what you notice. Describe the results, and copy and paste at least one specific image found along with its link.
9. Add “meme” with some of the search terms in the Google Image search. Describe the results, and copy and paste at least one meme found along with its link.
10. What did these searches make you notice? Did they help you to narrow your possible research question or topic? Why or why not? Did these searches give you any other possible ideas for research? Record at least two more possible research questions.
GA6 (Searching for Sources & Following Threads)
Now, you are going to do some more searching, read laterally and fact check at least one possible source.
1. Looking back over GA5, at this moment, what specific question and topic related to AI are you most interested in researching? Why? Make a list of keywords connected to this specific question/topic.
2. Describe your current beliefs related to this topic.
3. Use the MTC library to generally search for your specific question/topic. What specific terms did you use? What kind of results do you get?
Are there any physical or electronic books related to your activity?
What ways could you change or narrow this search to get more or less results? To get better results?
(If you need help, check out the Getting started in MTC Library lib guide: https://libguides.midlandstech.edu/welcome)
4. Watch this video about online research tips:
Search at least TWO specific MTC databases for your question/topic making notes about your specific search terms and the results. Record the specific name and other details of the selected databases. Make notes about the two specific databases you selected, why you selected them, and what you noticed. What kind of results did you get? How does this search change as you changed your search terms etc? Be specific about what you did and what you notice. Record at least two texts found through the MTC library databases that seem connected to your topic/question.
5. From all your searching in GA5 and GA6, select one important source related to your research question/topic. (This source should be “meaty” in some way, and it should have connections to other sources.) Record the relevant citation details for the source (especially who wrote it, the title, and where it is located), and record the URL for the source.
Fact check and back track this source. Specifically write down notes about the way you did this and what you discovered. Look into who created the source and where it is located. Look at any images, charts, hyperlinks. Look at everything. Be thorough and complete.
Read laterally to find out more details about the writer and place of publication and any other containers. Find out if the source was published anywhere else. As you fact check the source, record and label any other URLS that you come across. Make sure to fact-check hyperlinks. For example, if you look outside of the source to find out more information about the writer of the source, and you find the writer’s website, include the URL for the website and notes about what you discovered.
None of this needs to be organized in paragraphs or even sentences right now. These are your notes about the source. You should have at least a half page of notes as you investigate the source and push out from it. You are trying to understand the web of conversation connected to your topic online.
6. What did this search activity make you notice about searching? What did it make you notice about AI and your specific research question/topic What are some of the important conversations related to this topic that are happening at the moment? Who seems to be discussing your topic? Who cares about it? Where are people talking about this topic Is there any common knowledge that most people seem to agree on connected to AI and your topic? Have you figured out any of the expert voices (people) to trust related to your topic? What else have you discovered so far? Do you think that this information feels complete, or do you think there are other places outside of the online world where this topic is being covered? What is missing from this online information?
MA3 (Annotated Bibliography)
Now, you will create an annotated bibliography of at least 5 sources that you found that shed light on a specific research question/topic related to AI. When you were finding sources, you just were asked to include the URL link for the source. Now, you need to create MLA citations for each source.
An annotated bibliography is like a works cited page on steroids. Use the information in WGWH ch. 14 to create your annotated bibliography. Remember, most annotated bibliographies are arranged in alphabetical order exactly like works cited pages.
You must include:
An intriguing title that sets up/shows the relationship of the sources and the specific question/topic related to AI. (Think about the way the title draws readers into your research.)
An introduction before the source entries. The introduction should give details about the specific research question/topic related to AI. Why did you select this question/topic. What have you noticed so far with your research?
An entry for 5 sources (Each entry should include the citation for the source and an annotation for the source. Remember, annotation in this context is a little different than the annotations we have been doing this semester.)
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