Post underneath if you would like to meet with me on Monday in order to meet with me about your paper (and to pick up your paper) before your paper is due. This is not mandatory, but it may be helpful. All of your grades will be available next week, if you need to meet with me before Thrusday, please meet with me.
To pick up your papers:
Make sure you post below and I will make sure your paper is ready for pickup.
For more in-depth meetings, my schedule is:
12:30-12:40 - Jonathan Juges (blue)
1:30-1:40 - Carion (blue)
2:00-2:10 - Britany (blue)
2:10-2:20 - Marshal (green)
2:20-2:30
2:30-2:40 - Brian (blue)
2:40-2:50 - Britnay (green)
3:00-3:10 - Kayra (green)
3:10-3:20 - Ian Slone
3:20-3:30
3:30-3:40
3:40-3:50
4:00-4:10
4:10-4:20
4:20-4:30
4:30-4:40
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Thursday, October 23, 2008
Meeting Time Sign Up for Yellow, Red, and Orange Classes
Sign up for your time by replying to this message board post. The purpose of this meeting is so we can go over your midterm grades, for you to receive your first paper, and to get feedback on your paper before you turn it into me.
I will meet with you all individually IN MY OFFICE for 10 mintues, so please make sure you are on time:
UPDATED MONDAY
Tuesday (For All Classes)
8:00-8:10 = Alex Keever (red)
8:10-8:20 = Dina Roberts (red)
8:20-8:30 = Walter Leniton (orange)
8:30-8:40 = Janine (red)
8:40-8:50 = David Orwan (red)
9:00-9:10 = Kasey W (?)
9:10-9:20 = Robert Greene (?)
9:20-9:30 = S. Genus (red)
9:30-9:40 = Laney C (yellow)
9:40-9:50 = Jessica Murrin (yellow)
10:00-10:10= Aliva (Yellow)
10:10-10:20= Erika (Yellow)
10:20-10:30= Samantha Jennings (red)
10:30-10:40= Scott Campbell (red)
10:40-10:50= Yilmarie Rosado (yellow)
11:00-11:10= Kristi deGraw-Higgins (Orange)
11:10-11:20= Christina Baldeon (orange)
11:20-11:30= Brian Cook (yellow)
11:30-11:40= Taylor (Red)
11:40-11:50= Joanna (orange)
12:00-2:00 = Break
2:00-2:10 = Chris Waters
2:10-2:20 = Gena (orange)
2:20-2:30 = Joshua Spencer (yellow)
2:30-2:40 =
2:40-2:50 = Michael young (orange)
3:00-3:10 =
3:10-3:20 = josh digregorio (yellow)
3:20-3:30 = nathan agular (red)
3:30-3:40 = Chelsea Smith (yellow)
3:40-3:50 = Thara (red)
4:00-4:10
4:10-4:20
4:20-4:30 = Daniel Taveras (orange)
4:30-4:40
4:40-4:50
Wednesday: (for All Classes)
8:00-8:10 =
8:10-8:20 =
8:20-8:30 =
8:30-8:40 =
8:40-8:50 = Cailyn Dilauri (Yellow)
9:00-9:10 = Chermika (yellow)
9:10-9:20 = Joshua Aliston (yellow)
9:20-9:30 =
9:30-9:40 =
9:40-9:50 =
10:00-10:10=
10:10-10:20= Emily
10:20-10:30=
10:30-10:40= Anthony (orange)
10:40-10:50= Mallory (orange)
11:00-11:10=
11:10-11:20=
11:20-11:30=
11:30-11:40=
11:40-12:50= Marcus Hicks (red)
12:00-2:00 = Break
2:00-2:10 = James McGriff (yellow)
2:10-2:20 = Alex Feinstien (yellow)
2:20-2:30 = Dylan Hannah (red)
2:30-2:40 =
2:40-2:50 =
3:00-3:10 = Robert Annis
3:10-3:20 = Linh Tran (red)
3:20-3:30
3:30-3:40
3:40-3:50
4:00-4:10
4:10-4:20
4:20-4:30
4:30-4:40
4:40-4:50 Click Here to Read More..
I will meet with you all individually IN MY OFFICE for 10 mintues, so please make sure you are on time:
UPDATED MONDAY
Tuesday (For All Classes)
8:00-8:10 = Alex Keever (red)
8:10-8:20 = Dina Roberts (red)
8:20-8:30 = Walter Leniton (orange)
8:30-8:40 = Janine (red)
8:40-8:50 = David Orwan (red)
9:00-9:10 = Kasey W (?)
9:10-9:20 = Robert Greene (?)
9:20-9:30 = S. Genus (red)
9:30-9:40 = Laney C (yellow)
9:40-9:50 = Jessica Murrin (yellow)
10:00-10:10= Aliva (Yellow)
10:10-10:20= Erika (Yellow)
10:20-10:30= Samantha Jennings (red)
10:30-10:40= Scott Campbell (red)
10:40-10:50= Yilmarie Rosado (yellow)
11:00-11:10= Kristi deGraw-Higgins (Orange)
11:10-11:20= Christina Baldeon (orange)
11:20-11:30= Brian Cook (yellow)
11:30-11:40= Taylor (Red)
11:40-11:50= Joanna (orange)
12:00-2:00 = Break
2:00-2:10 = Chris Waters
2:10-2:20 = Gena (orange)
2:20-2:30 = Joshua Spencer (yellow)
2:30-2:40 =
2:40-2:50 = Michael young (orange)
3:00-3:10 =
3:10-3:20 = josh digregorio (yellow)
3:20-3:30 = nathan agular (red)
3:30-3:40 = Chelsea Smith (yellow)
3:40-3:50 = Thara (red)
4:00-4:10
4:10-4:20
4:20-4:30 = Daniel Taveras (orange)
4:30-4:40
4:40-4:50
Wednesday: (for All Classes)
8:00-8:10 =
8:10-8:20 =
8:20-8:30 =
8:30-8:40 =
8:40-8:50 = Cailyn Dilauri (Yellow)
9:00-9:10 = Chermika (yellow)
9:10-9:20 = Joshua Aliston (yellow)
9:20-9:30 =
9:30-9:40 =
9:40-9:50 =
10:00-10:10=
10:10-10:20= Emily
10:20-10:30=
10:30-10:40= Anthony (orange)
10:40-10:50= Mallory (orange)
11:00-11:10=
11:10-11:20=
11:20-11:30=
11:30-11:40=
11:40-12:50= Marcus Hicks (red)
12:00-2:00 = Break
2:00-2:10 = James McGriff (yellow)
2:10-2:20 = Alex Feinstien (yellow)
2:20-2:30 = Dylan Hannah (red)
2:30-2:40 =
2:40-2:50 =
3:00-3:10 = Robert Annis
3:10-3:20 = Linh Tran (red)
3:20-3:30
3:30-3:40
3:40-3:50
4:00-4:10
4:10-4:20
4:20-4:30
4:30-4:40
4:40-4:50 Click Here to Read More..
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Video Games and Peer Review ~ Blue, Green
Quiz:
1. (Ultilitarian) Some players and developers argue that video games are better at teaching logic and problem solving skills than many school curriculums. And undeniably, video games bring players pleasure. How would we weigh these benefits against the potential harms that have been attributed to games, such as addiction, gender stereotyping, and the promotion of violence?
2. (Rights)Are video games a form of speech, and if so, do they come under the protection of the right to free speech? Should we try to regulate this "speech" if it degrades women? If it leads to violence?
3. (Virtue) Understanding that there are only 24 hours in a day, how much time should you fill up with video games, and what kind of person will that make you? Is there anything inherently more virtuous about reading than about playing video games?
4. (Common Good) What effect does video gaming have on the community? At what point-five hours a week? 25 hours a week?-does gaming interfere with people's obligations to their families and communities? Is gaming an asocial activity, or does it involve players in a different kind of community?
5. (Fairness) Currently, video games appeal overwhelmingly to males. Only 7-8 percent of video game developers are women. Are women being excluded? Is this a problem?
A Framework for Thinking Ethically
What is Ethics?
Simply stated, ethics refers to standards of behavior that tell us how human beings ought to act in the many situations in which they find themselves-as friends, parents, children, citizens, businesspeople, teachers, professionals, and so on.
It is helpful to identify what ethics is NOT:
1. Ethics is not the same as feelings.
2. Ethics is not religion.
3. Ethics is not following the law.
4. Ethics is not following culturally accepted norms.
5. Ethics is not science.
Why Identifying Ethical Standards is Hard
There are two fundamental problems in identifying the ethical standards we are to follow:
1. On what do we base our ethical standards?
2. How do those standards get applied to specific situations we face?
If our ethics are not based on feelings, religion, law, accepted social practice, or science, what are they based on? Many philosophers and ethicists have helped us answer this critical question. They have suggested at least five different sources of ethical standards we should use...
More Here
Peer Review:
- Read over your classmate's paper. Answer the following questions about their paper:
1) What can you suggest to narrow the thesis that may make it more specific and interesting for the paper?
2) What do you think of the way the ideas are organized in the draft? Can you phrase the organizing pattern in a way that shows how the ideas progress? Try to see an alternative to the organizing pattern that the writer might consider.
3) Can you see the logic of how ideas in the draft progress to the conclusion? Do you see how the conclusion advances the thesis into the essay's whole idea? Has the writer avoided merely restating a thesis as a conclusion? How can they improve on this connection between the thesis and the conclusion?
4) Think about the development of key points. Do you see if they are linked to the thesis (or not)? Can you offer reader feedback to confirm or redirect the writer's intended effects about any of the essay's points? Has the writer been fair and seen ideas and issues from several points of view?
5) What about the essay did you find most worthwhile knowing? Can you use your enthusiasm for some of the essay's ideas to encourage the writer to develop more thinking?
6) Are the sources in the paper integrated smoothly into the writerπs ideas? Can you suggest or imagine other sources?
7) As the essay's audience, can you point to a place in the essay where you became confused or where the writer might analyze ideas more carefully?
8) Can you suggest new ways for the writer to frame or support his or her ideas? Can you think of additional points, insights and specific details that could add interesting thinking or better guide other readers?
9) What did you find least effective about the essay? Explain specifically why you think something isn't working.
10) Has the writer followed standard formatting? Can you point out some problems with grammar, punctuation, titles, and/or spelling? Has the writer followed MLA style of documentation?
11) Consider what are and are not ethics from the questions above. What types of ethics is the writer considering in their paper? If the writer isn't writing about ethics, how can he/she frame their paper so that it talks more about ethics?
Final Draft Due Next Week. Your paper should have:
1. All the quizzes
2. Writing Draft
3. Rough Draft of Annotated Bibliography and Paper
4. Final Draft of Annotated Bibliography and Paper Click Here to Read More..
1. (Ultilitarian) Some players and developers argue that video games are better at teaching logic and problem solving skills than many school curriculums. And undeniably, video games bring players pleasure. How would we weigh these benefits against the potential harms that have been attributed to games, such as addiction, gender stereotyping, and the promotion of violence?
2. (Rights)Are video games a form of speech, and if so, do they come under the protection of the right to free speech? Should we try to regulate this "speech" if it degrades women? If it leads to violence?
3. (Virtue) Understanding that there are only 24 hours in a day, how much time should you fill up with video games, and what kind of person will that make you? Is there anything inherently more virtuous about reading than about playing video games?
4. (Common Good) What effect does video gaming have on the community? At what point-five hours a week? 25 hours a week?-does gaming interfere with people's obligations to their families and communities? Is gaming an asocial activity, or does it involve players in a different kind of community?
5. (Fairness) Currently, video games appeal overwhelmingly to males. Only 7-8 percent of video game developers are women. Are women being excluded? Is this a problem?
A Framework for Thinking Ethically
What is Ethics?
Simply stated, ethics refers to standards of behavior that tell us how human beings ought to act in the many situations in which they find themselves-as friends, parents, children, citizens, businesspeople, teachers, professionals, and so on.
It is helpful to identify what ethics is NOT:
1. Ethics is not the same as feelings.
2. Ethics is not religion.
3. Ethics is not following the law.
4. Ethics is not following culturally accepted norms.
5. Ethics is not science.
Why Identifying Ethical Standards is Hard
There are two fundamental problems in identifying the ethical standards we are to follow:
1. On what do we base our ethical standards?
2. How do those standards get applied to specific situations we face?
If our ethics are not based on feelings, religion, law, accepted social practice, or science, what are they based on? Many philosophers and ethicists have helped us answer this critical question. They have suggested at least five different sources of ethical standards we should use...
More Here
Peer Review:
- Read over your classmate's paper. Answer the following questions about their paper:
1) What can you suggest to narrow the thesis that may make it more specific and interesting for the paper?
2) What do you think of the way the ideas are organized in the draft? Can you phrase the organizing pattern in a way that shows how the ideas progress? Try to see an alternative to the organizing pattern that the writer might consider.
3) Can you see the logic of how ideas in the draft progress to the conclusion? Do you see how the conclusion advances the thesis into the essay's whole idea? Has the writer avoided merely restating a thesis as a conclusion? How can they improve on this connection between the thesis and the conclusion?
4) Think about the development of key points. Do you see if they are linked to the thesis (or not)? Can you offer reader feedback to confirm or redirect the writer's intended effects about any of the essay's points? Has the writer been fair and seen ideas and issues from several points of view?
5) What about the essay did you find most worthwhile knowing? Can you use your enthusiasm for some of the essay's ideas to encourage the writer to develop more thinking?
6) Are the sources in the paper integrated smoothly into the writerπs ideas? Can you suggest or imagine other sources?
7) As the essay's audience, can you point to a place in the essay where you became confused or where the writer might analyze ideas more carefully?
8) Can you suggest new ways for the writer to frame or support his or her ideas? Can you think of additional points, insights and specific details that could add interesting thinking or better guide other readers?
9) What did you find least effective about the essay? Explain specifically why you think something isn't working.
10) Has the writer followed standard formatting? Can you point out some problems with grammar, punctuation, titles, and/or spelling? Has the writer followed MLA style of documentation?
11) Consider what are and are not ethics from the questions above. What types of ethics is the writer considering in their paper? If the writer isn't writing about ethics, how can he/she frame their paper so that it talks more about ethics?
Final Draft Due Next Week. Your paper should have:
1. All the quizzes
2. Writing Draft
3. Rough Draft of Annotated Bibliography and Paper
4. Final Draft of Annotated Bibliography and Paper Click Here to Read More..
Ethics and Gaming ~ Red, Yellow, Orange
Quiz 7:
1. (Ultilitarian) Some players and developers argue that video games are better at teaching logic and problem solving skills than many school curriculums. And undeniably, video games bring players pleasure. How would we weigh these benefits against the potential harms that have been attributed to games, such as addiction, gender stereotyping, and the promotion of violence?
2. (Rights)Are video games a form of speech, and if so, do they come under the protection of the right to free speech? Should we try to regulate this "speech" if it degrades women? If it leads to violence?
3. (Virtue) Understanding that there are only 24 hours in a day, how much time should you fill up with video games, and what kind of person will that make you? Is there anything inherently more virtuous about reading than about playing video games?
4. (Common Good) What effect does video gaming have on the community? At what point-five hours a week? 25 hours a week?-does gaming interfere with people's obligations to their families and communities? Is gaming an asocial activity, or does it involve players in a different kind of community?
5. (Fairness) Currently, video games appeal overwhelmingly to males. Only 7-8 percent of video game developers are women. Are women being excluded? Is this a problem?
A Framework for Thinking Ethically
What is Ethics?
Simply stated, ethics refers to standards of behavior that tell us how human beings ought to act in the many situations in which they find themselves-as friends, parents, children, citizens, businesspeople, teachers, professionals, and so on.
It is helpful to identify what ethics is NOT:
1. Ethics is not the same as feelings.
2. Ethics is not religion.
3. Ethics is not following the law.
4. Ethics is not following culturally accepted norms.
5. Ethics is not science.
Why Identifying Ethical Standards is Hard
There are two fundamental problems in identifying the ethical standards we are to follow:
1. On what do we base our ethical standards?
2. How do those standards get applied to specific situations we face?
If our ethics are not based on feelings, religion, law, accepted social practice, or science, what are they based on? Many philosophers and ethicists have helped us answer this critical question. They have suggested at least five different sources of ethical standards we should use...
More Here
Homework:
- Read over your classmate's paper. Answer the following questions about their paper:
1) What can you suggest to narrow the thesis that may make it more specific and interesting for the paper?
2) What do you think of the way the ideas are organized in the draft? Can you phrase the organizing pattern in a way that shows how the ideas progress? Try to see an alternative to the organizing pattern that the writer might consider.
3) Can you see the logic of how ideas in the draft progress to the conclusion? Do you see how the conclusion advances the thesis into the essay's whole idea? Has the writer avoided merely restating a thesis as a conclusion? How can they improve on this connection between the thesis and the conclusion?
4) Think about the development of key points. Do you see if they are linked to the thesis (or not)? Can you offer reader feedback to confirm or redirect the writer's intended effects about any of the essay's points? Has the writer been fair and seen ideas and issues from several points of view?
5) What about the essay did you find most worthwhile knowing? Can you use your enthusiasm for some of the essay's ideas to encourage the writer to develop more thinking?
6) Are the sources in the paper integrated smoothly into the writerπs ideas? Can you suggest or imagine other sources?
7) As the essay's audience, can you point to a place in the essay where you became confused or where the writer might analyze ideas more carefully?
8) Can you suggest new ways for the writer to frame or support his or her ideas? Can you think of additional points, insights and specific details that could add interesting thinking or better guide other readers?
9) What did you find least effective about the essay? Explain specifically why you think something isn't working.
10) Has the writer followed standard formatting? Can you point out some problems with grammar, punctuation, titles, and/or spelling? Has the writer followed MLA style of documentation?
11) Consider what are and are not ethics from the questions above. What types of ethics is the writer considering in their paper? If the writer isn't writing about ethics, how can he/she frame their paper so that it talks more about ethics?
- Revise your paper and your annotated bibliography (if you need to) for Thursday's Class Click Here to Read More..
1. (Ultilitarian) Some players and developers argue that video games are better at teaching logic and problem solving skills than many school curriculums. And undeniably, video games bring players pleasure. How would we weigh these benefits against the potential harms that have been attributed to games, such as addiction, gender stereotyping, and the promotion of violence?
2. (Rights)Are video games a form of speech, and if so, do they come under the protection of the right to free speech? Should we try to regulate this "speech" if it degrades women? If it leads to violence?
3. (Virtue) Understanding that there are only 24 hours in a day, how much time should you fill up with video games, and what kind of person will that make you? Is there anything inherently more virtuous about reading than about playing video games?
4. (Common Good) What effect does video gaming have on the community? At what point-five hours a week? 25 hours a week?-does gaming interfere with people's obligations to their families and communities? Is gaming an asocial activity, or does it involve players in a different kind of community?
5. (Fairness) Currently, video games appeal overwhelmingly to males. Only 7-8 percent of video game developers are women. Are women being excluded? Is this a problem?
A Framework for Thinking Ethically
What is Ethics?
Simply stated, ethics refers to standards of behavior that tell us how human beings ought to act in the many situations in which they find themselves-as friends, parents, children, citizens, businesspeople, teachers, professionals, and so on.
It is helpful to identify what ethics is NOT:
1. Ethics is not the same as feelings.
2. Ethics is not religion.
3. Ethics is not following the law.
4. Ethics is not following culturally accepted norms.
5. Ethics is not science.
Why Identifying Ethical Standards is Hard
There are two fundamental problems in identifying the ethical standards we are to follow:
1. On what do we base our ethical standards?
2. How do those standards get applied to specific situations we face?
If our ethics are not based on feelings, religion, law, accepted social practice, or science, what are they based on? Many philosophers and ethicists have helped us answer this critical question. They have suggested at least five different sources of ethical standards we should use...
More Here
Homework:
- Read over your classmate's paper. Answer the following questions about their paper:
1) What can you suggest to narrow the thesis that may make it more specific and interesting for the paper?
2) What do you think of the way the ideas are organized in the draft? Can you phrase the organizing pattern in a way that shows how the ideas progress? Try to see an alternative to the organizing pattern that the writer might consider.
3) Can you see the logic of how ideas in the draft progress to the conclusion? Do you see how the conclusion advances the thesis into the essay's whole idea? Has the writer avoided merely restating a thesis as a conclusion? How can they improve on this connection between the thesis and the conclusion?
4) Think about the development of key points. Do you see if they are linked to the thesis (or not)? Can you offer reader feedback to confirm or redirect the writer's intended effects about any of the essay's points? Has the writer been fair and seen ideas and issues from several points of view?
5) What about the essay did you find most worthwhile knowing? Can you use your enthusiasm for some of the essay's ideas to encourage the writer to develop more thinking?
6) Are the sources in the paper integrated smoothly into the writerπs ideas? Can you suggest or imagine other sources?
7) As the essay's audience, can you point to a place in the essay where you became confused or where the writer might analyze ideas more carefully?
8) Can you suggest new ways for the writer to frame or support his or her ideas? Can you think of additional points, insights and specific details that could add interesting thinking or better guide other readers?
9) What did you find least effective about the essay? Explain specifically why you think something isn't working.
10) Has the writer followed standard formatting? Can you point out some problems with grammar, punctuation, titles, and/or spelling? Has the writer followed MLA style of documentation?
11) Consider what are and are not ethics from the questions above. What types of ethics is the writer considering in their paper? If the writer isn't writing about ethics, how can he/she frame their paper so that it talks more about ethics?
- Revise your paper and your annotated bibliography (if you need to) for Thursday's Class Click Here to Read More..
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