Using the wallwisher board below, please include two examples of popular culture that you believe proves some of Johnson's theories in Everything Bad is Good for You.
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Thursday, September 20, 2012
Friday, September 14, 2012
Things Teachers Should Unlearn
Here is your list of the things teachers should unlearn. Here is the original article.
Things Teachers Should Unlearn
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Assignment for Wednesday
Find your name in the document below and use the url below your name to navigate to the online story. Then read the article. Please do two things - First, summarize the article in a short paragraph, and second, please write a short paragraph analyzing how it relates to the chapters of The Dumbest Generation that we have been reading.
Ch. 3 outside research assignment
Ch. 3 outside research assignment
Friday, September 7, 2012
Reminder
For Monday, be sure to have your exploratory essay complete. Make sure it is in MLA format and includes a works cited of at least two sources.
Here is the official assignment - Choose a topic you are interested in. Then choose a position on your topic. Using at least two sources, explore your position on that topic. You do not have to draw any firm conclusions, as this is an exploratory essay. Maybe you want to weigh both sides of an issue. Maybe you want to play devil’s advocate on an issue. Maybe you want to just learn more about a subject you have never had a chance to explore.
Here is one I wrote. Be careful for the sources you choose. I chose a podcast to cite, and I had a dickens of a time citing it correctly. It is always easier to cite books and magazine articles than it is more modern sources. You've been warned.
Remember too, there are other examples in the post below this one to inspire you.
Have a great weekend and thanks for a wonderful first week. Text or Tweet me with any questions.My Exploratory Essay
Here is the official assignment - Choose a topic you are interested in. Then choose a position on your topic. Using at least two sources, explore your position on that topic. You do not have to draw any firm conclusions, as this is an exploratory essay. Maybe you want to weigh both sides of an issue. Maybe you want to play devil’s advocate on an issue. Maybe you want to just learn more about a subject you have never had a chance to explore.
Here is one I wrote. Be careful for the sources you choose. I chose a podcast to cite, and I had a dickens of a time citing it correctly. It is always easier to cite books and magazine articles than it is more modern sources. You've been warned.
Remember too, there are other examples in the post below this one to inspire you.
Have a great weekend and thanks for a wonderful first week. Text or Tweet me with any questions.My Exploratory Essay
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Exploratory Essay
Your second essay will be due next Monday. It will be an exploratory essay. Choose a topic that you have always wanted to learn more about. Do some research on the topic this week and explore it. Write about what you learn about the topic or how you explore your way around the topic. Here are some examples from past classes.
As always, remember to use MLA format and a minimum of two outside sources. Amit, that means you have to have a works cited (muuahhhha -- insert nefarious laughter).
Exploratory Essay-Macbook Air Idk Karma
As always, remember to use MLA format and a minimum of two outside sources. Amit, that means you have to have a works cited (muuahhhha -- insert nefarious laughter).
Exploratory Essay-Macbook Air Idk Karma
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Dumbest Gen Intro Assignment
First assignment for The Dumbest Generation:
Go to the wallwisher site below and leave two pieces of feedback.
First, listen to the Adam Corolla rant on spoiled and entitled millennials via the Glenn Beck show (Lord, have mercy on my soul). Be sure to listen to the first video and the last video on the link. Then summarize two of their main ideas regarding the problem with your generation.
Second, search the web and find a video or story detailing the problems with your millennial generation (or sometimes known as Gen Y) and post it on the site.
So to conclude: You should have two posts on the wallwisher site. One summarizing two main ideas from the Corolla rant. Another posting a story or video on the negative aspects of your generation.
Thanks
Here is the wallwisher link
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
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