tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37974826511087131522024-03-08T15:52:09.642-08:00AP Capstone Seminar 2016-2017Crumptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03508563344976425548noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797482651108713152.post-77412432518027453292017-01-10T06:57:00.001-08:002017-01-10T07:41:31.249-08:00Nautilus - The Uncertainty Baked Into NSA Surveillance - and the InternetOnline Article: <a href="http://nautil.us/blog/the-uncertainty-baked-into-nsa-surveillanceand-the-internet" target="_blank">The Uncertainty Baked Into NSA Surveillance - and the Internet</a><br />
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<li>Consider claims/arguments and counter arguments, factoring in multiple perspectives, balancing reasons with <b>evidence</b>. You will use the article above as a starting point to brainstorm ideas for a class debate.</li>
<li>Keep a keen focus on document validation strategies and fallacies. </li>
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<li><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-CtrbF6ns91YV9KZlYxdWNZN1E/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Fallacies</a></li>
<li><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-CtrbF6ns91eUlCTXN1eHhSalU/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">CRAAP Test</a></li>
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<li>Post possible debate topics on the blog.</li>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797482651108713152.post-28263373400374334282016-12-14T08:00:00.000-08:002016-12-14T08:00:10.009-08:00S2 - Vaccinations and Autism Part 1<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;">
Review both resources and in<span style="font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><b style="font-size: 13.2px;">50 words or less</b><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">, comment on the issue of "Vaccinations and Autism". Yes, in</span><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><b style="font-size: 13.2px;">50 words or less</b><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">.</span></h3>
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<br />Resource #1: <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/autism.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</a><br /><br />Resource #2: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q62DcaNs_0M" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">CDC Whistle Blower Admits MMR Vaccine Causes Autism</a></div>
Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797482651108713152.post-76426913926302916952016-12-12T06:45:00.002-08:002016-12-12T06:45:35.711-08:00S1 - A Class Divided (Day B)<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;">
Go to: <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/class-divided/" style="color: #888888; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">A Class Divided</a><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"> and watch the video. Comment on the following questions:</span></h3>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Was the "Brown-Eyed-Blue-Eyed" experiment/activity conducted in an ethical manner?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Could/should the "Brown-Eyed-Blue-Eyed" lesson/activity be done in today's classrooms?</li>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797482651108713152.post-38983882735708007762016-12-02T11:25:00.001-08:002016-12-02T11:25:48.502-08:00Day B: Response to "Yes, You're Irrational, and Yes, That's OK"<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Day B Students: In 150 words, post a reply to <a href="https://docs.google.com/a/epsb.ca/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZXBzYi5jYXxjcnVtcHRvbi1lbmdsaXNofGd4OjdlYWFhYjQwZGYxMDc0NGM" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">"</a>Yes, You're Irrational, and Yes, That's OK" (Berreby, 2015). Within your reply, summarize the article and propose a question or critique regarding the article.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Day A Students: In 150 words, respond to a post from Day B, rephrasing their main point and respond to their question(s) and/or critique. </span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797482651108713152.post-42020590508274866832016-11-30T10:16:00.003-08:002016-11-30T10:36:18.439-08:00<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Day A: In 150 words, post a reply to <a href="https://docs.google.com/a/epsb.ca/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZXBzYi5jYXxjcnVtcHRvbi1lbmdsaXNofGd4OjdlYWFhYjQwZGYxMDc0NGM" target="_blank">"When Photographers Are Neuroscientists" (Keats)</a>. Within your reply, summarize the article and propose a question or critique regarding the article. AND, while you achieve this feat, consider our discussions in our H1 unit:</span></span><br />
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<li>flattening of dimension through language</li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">signifier, signified, and real</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">symbolic, imaginary, and real</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">world for us, world without us, world unto itself</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">as a borromean knot</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">as a gordian knot</span></li>
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Day B: In 150 words, respond to a post from Day A, rephrasing their main point and contributing a new layer upon their understanding of H1 (and the bullets above).Crumptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03508563344976425548noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797482651108713152.post-34373332943909115972016-11-07T11:26:00.001-08:002016-11-07T11:26:27.940-08:00Debate #1 - Universal Income<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xECiycypIU23hSX79lgpkzAgVMspHyyHfeoA3endT60/edit" target="_blank">Debate format</a><br />
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Topic: Universal Income - Elon Musk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797482651108713152.post-27943323293369634972016-10-17T11:30:00.002-07:002016-10-17T11:30:40.812-07:00S2 - Vaccinations and Autism Part 1Review both resources and in <b>50 words or less</b>, comment on the issue of "Vaccinations and Autism". Yes, in <b>50 words or less</b>.<br />
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Resource #1: <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/autism.html" target="_blank">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</a><br />
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Resource #2: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q62DcaNs_0M" target="_blank">CDC Whistle Blower Admits MMR Vaccine Causes Autism</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797482651108713152.post-11174793386967709202016-10-12T15:22:00.001-07:002016-10-12T15:22:39.741-07:00S1 - A Class DividedGo to: <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/class-divided/" target="_blank">A Class Divided</a> and watch the video. Comment on the following questions:<br />
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<li>Was the "Brown-Eyed-Blue-Eyed" experiment/activity conducted in an ethical manner?</li>
<li>Could/should the "Brown-Eyed-Blue-Eyed" lesson/activity be done in today's classrooms?</li>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797482651108713152.post-19562416769509667312016-09-30T08:44:00.001-07:002016-09-30T08:44:20.354-07:00Freakonomics Chapter 1: What Do Schoolteachers and Sumo Wrestlers Have In Common?<br />
Freakonomics Chapter 2: How Is the Ku Klux Klan Like a Group of Real-Estate Agents?<br />
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In 150 words, consider how motivation is a key part of context and how it has the power to sway intent. Don't worry about addressing both articles specifically; instead think thematically. (Of course, you may refer to them explicitly if you need to.)<br />
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If you left your copy of the text at school/home and need to access an electronic version, do so <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0a0D1NXzvHFRTZMWnRIWFdUNHM/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>.Crumptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03508563344976425548noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797482651108713152.post-39294275163953852012016-09-16T09:31:00.003-07:002016-09-16T13:00:07.052-07:00Readings #3 - 1) Is Google making us stupid? 2) Why Google isn`t making us stupid... or smart.1) <a href="https://drive.google.com/a/share.epsb.ca/file/d/0B0a0D1NXzvHFT3BzbjVtbmxrMlU/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Is Google Making Us Stupid</a><br />
2) <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0a0D1NXzvHFeFJxTnBZZ0tNdk0" target="_blank">Why Google Isn`t Making Us Stupid... Or Smart</a><br />
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Readings #3 - 1) Is Google making us stupid? 2) Why Google isn`t making us stupid... or smart. Read the above articles. In 150 words, address the dichotomy between the two.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797482651108713152.post-52521540548177630842016-09-12T08:20:00.002-07:002016-09-16T09:30:44.515-07:00Post a working definition for: What is technology?.Post your working definition for: "What is technology?"<br />
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Feel free to update, change, modify, or add to your definition as you progress through AP Capstone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797482651108713152.post-43162359265323465922016-09-08T06:51:00.001-07:002017-10-02T14:51:09.138-07:00Reading #2 - If Public Libraries Didn't Exist, Could You Start One Today?<a href="http://freakonomics.com/2007/07/10/if-public-libraries-didnt-exist-could-you-start-one-today/#" target="_blank">Reading #2 - If Public Libraries Didn't Exist, Could You Start One Today?</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">Considering our work last class with McLuhan's tetrads, I want you to imagine introducing a public library <i>today</i>. It doesn't exist in any incarnation yesterday: there is no borrowing of books, no public building, no shh-ing of people by a librarian. Then, read the reading using the link above. In 150 words, post a reply to "Reading #2 - If Public Libraries Didn't Exist, Could You Start One Today?". Within your reply, summarize the article and propose a question or critique regarding the article, keeping in mind your assumptions/imaginations with the consideration at the beginning of this prompt. Try to keep STEEP (Scientific, technological, ecological, economical, and political) perspectives in mind while synthesizing your responses. </span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797482651108713152.post-277357160649192872016-09-05T17:50:00.001-07:002016-09-05T17:51:50.355-07:00Reading #1 - A Freakonomics Proposal to Help the British National Health Service<a href="http://freakonomics.com/2014/05/19/a-freakonomics-proposal-to-help-the-british-national-health-service/#" target="_blank">Reading #1 - A Freakonomics Proposal to Help the British National Health Service</a><br />
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In 150 words, post a reply to "Reading #1 - A Freakonomics Proposal to Help the British National Health Service". Within your reply, summarize the article and propose a question or critique regarding the article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com65