Tuesday, January 31, 2012
What I've Learned This Week
Even though I missed one class, from the slides I've been able to see that the topic of that class was rhetoric. Some of the topics covered were Advertising Strategies, Rhetoric Appeals, Logical Fallacies, pathos; also, there were some ads used as examples, such as the British Smoking Ad, which was my favorite ad out of all the ads on the slide. On Friday, we met Mrs. Otis, who showed us different ways of finding info for our Major Inquiry Project. Most of the ways she showed us involved using the school library's website for finding different articles based on our project topic. After Mrs. Otis finished, we put those lessons to work by researching our topic using our new-found tactics. For my project, I initially was interested in technology as my topic, but after seeing how broad of a topic it is, I'm considering changing it. I'm considering focusing on alcoholism, but its still up in the air for me. Hopefully I'll be able to decide for sure soon.
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I think you're right about technology being a really broad topic, BUT you can narrow it down to consider what interest you most about technology. Right now, there's a big public debate about putting free wi-fi in all CMS schools, and some people are really concerned about how it will be monitored. This could be about technology and censorship or limited access to technology for education for kids from poorer areas. Have a think about it, and let me know your thoughts tomorrow.
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