Name of the Podcast

Reflections on a Podcast

!!!!!Provide clickable links that take me directly to your sources to the EXACT information (i.e., the journal article that matches your reference list or to the reputable webpage(s) where you gathered your information)

I would like you to integrate your answers into an essay format. You may (and should) include personal opinion and reflection in your discussion.

Task:

You should address all aspects of the SIX questions using complete thoughts with proper syntax. Your paper should follow the writing style and citation formatting for APA. Include a properly formatted APA reference list, but you do not need to have a title page or abstract. See instructions (above) and resources (below) for additional tips. Please double space your papers and use in-text APA citations when summarizing and discussing ideas from other sources. There are no page length restrictions, but papers tend to be 3 pages long.

Description & Instructions:

I have come across a number of podcasts that I feel make interesting supplements to our discussion of child development. This project will allow you to explore some additional topics from this course in more depth. Choosee a podcast from the List of Podcasts link in the Writing Assignment #1 portal and answer the below questions about the podcast.

I would like you to integrate your answers into an essay format. You may (and should) include personal opinion and reflection in your discussion. You should address all aspects of the SIX questions using complete thoughts with proper syntax. Please double-space your papers and use in-text APA citations when summarizing and discussing ideas from the podcast and other sources. This assignment is worth 50 points (see below and the rubric for point breakdown).

I will use TurnItIn for this assignment, but I realize that similarity reports will likely be a bit high due to the integration of questions into your discussions. However, I expect summaries and answers to questions to be in your own words.

Hints: If you are struggling with structuring your ideas, try rephrasing the questions into topic sentences to guide your discussion.

Integrate the below questions into your essays and include the following criteria:

1. Briefly summarize the content of the podcast. (2-4 paragraphs; 12 points)

a. Note: I strongly suggest you DO NOT use AI to generate summaries. AI gets many aspects of podcasts wrong. I care about what you gathered as valuable from the episode, but I will also be attending to accuracy of information when I grade your summaries.

b. Also, you should be citing the podcast in your papers, as per APA guidelines for summarizing someone elses work. You do not have to cite after every sentence, but generally at the beginning of each paragraph and when integrating ideas to better show what are your own thoughts and what is summary information from the podcast.

2. Why did you choose this topic? What interested you about the topic? (1-3 sentences; 2 points)

3. What is one new/interesting/surprising idea you learned from this podcast? Why do you feel it is new/interesting/surprising? (~1 paragraph; 4 points)

4. What is something you think about differently after having listened to this podcast and why? (~1 paragraph; 4 points)

5. What is one question you still have after listening to this podcast? Why do you think the podcast did not address your question? (~1 paragraph; 4 points)

a. Note: It is okay if your questions are not directly related to the podcast. What is important here is that you are thinking thoughtfully and critically about the podcast and research related to this topic. Your question should be something that involves a bit of research or exploration of a theme. Because I am looking for a 2-4 paragraph summary and the summary is worth ~25% of the grade for this assignment, I am looking for a more complex question than What is the definition of X?

6. Find the answer to your question using a reputable source:

a. What clues do you have that it is a reputable source (list more than one reason if it is peer-reviewed think beyond the peer-review aspect to the journal quality, the credentials of the authors, or the number of times the article has been cited, etc.). (1-3 sentences, 3 point)

b. Briefly summarize your findings from the source and be sure to reflect on how the source has answered your question from the podcast. (2-4 paragraphs. 12 points)

i. Note: Because you are summarizing information from another source, you should be citing the source during your summary of its content.

Additional criteria:

I. Include an APA formatted reference list with ALL of your sources at a minimum, you need TWO sources, including the original podcast and the source where you found your answer. (4 points)

a. Please review the Generative AI Guidelines for this course. Because of the prevalence of AI, you must adhere to the AI guidelines for the course while completing this assignment.

b. For ALL citations/sources, you must include a clickable link to the source content that will take me directly to the content you used to complete the assignment. The link cannot take me to a top-level page (like clevelandclinic.org or springer.net) but must direct me to the page or pages where you gathered your information.

i. I realize it may not be proper APA citation formatting to provide a link in all cases; however, it is now necessary given the amount of hallucinated sources and information I have received in the past few years.

ii. Yes, please also link to the podcast as part of the reference list. I realize I provided this reference for you, but it is just good habit and keeps everything parallel.

c. Note: If you do not provide clickable links that take me directly to your sources to the EXACT information (i.e., the journal article that matches your reference list or to the reputable webpage(s) where you gathered your information) then you will receive a ZERO on this assignment.

i. Your paper should be written in essay format (i.e., try to have information flow together as one single paper with no subheadings), which also has appropriate syntax, spelling, vocabulary, and APA formatting / citing using in-text citations. (5 points)