Day 55: Learning Skills through Ethical Debates, Day 3

Group #3:

Presentation

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Day 54: Spring Grad Assembly

No class today because of the Spring Grad Assembly.
Group #3 will present their ethical question tomorrow.

Spring Grad Assembly
Rooms 201 & 202

Topics to be covered

• financing your education (OSAP presentation)
• scholarships
• college & university deadlines
• alternatives to college & university

 Also Updates on:

• Grad Breakfast, Friday June 17th
• Commencement 2011
• Community service hours & your diploma
• Completing your grad information sheets

Day 53: Learning Skills through Ethical Debates, Day 2

Great work from group #1, thanks for starting us off on the right track. Some of you need to make more of an effort to make a contribution to the class discussion today. Please remember that both the presenters and the participants will be assessed.

Group #2:
Presentation

Document 

*The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Day 52: Learning Skills through Ethical Debates

I'm sorry I am not in class today ... but your presentations will go on!  Mr. Hallas and I have fully versed you in what we are looking for in terms of learning skills.  Please remember that both the presenters and the participants will be assessed today.  Look at the charts at the back of the room to remind yourself what we are looking for in the next 4 days.

Presentation

Document

Enjoy!

Day 51: “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.”

1. Working in Lab, room 211

2. Presentations begin Tuesday

3. Order of groups to present will be determined today

Day 50: Your Burning Ethical Question

1.  What did you see in our presentations?
- burning eithical question
- pictures
- videos
- background info on topic
- documents
- group discussion
- direct/lead/moderate/facilitate discussion
- small group dicussion prior to big group discussion
- two sides introduecd and lead by different people
- enthusiasm

2.  What we would like to see in yours.
-  knowledgeable about topic
- research indicates both sides
- examples for both sides
- all of the above
- use of learning skills as discussed in class

3.  Learning skills:  What they are.  What they will look like. (Chart paper brainstorming.)

4.  Your burning ethical question.

5.  Lab time Room 211.

Day 49: “Relativity applies to physics, not ethics.”

1. Continue Introduction to Ethics.

2. Make Groups for Presentations.

3. Full Presentation to be posted after class.

Day 48: "Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere."

1. Matrix was due Friday, Closure date Today.

2. Intro to Ethics.

3. Presentation to be posted after class.

Day 47: " We have become makers of our fate..."

1. Working in Lab, room 211

2. Use this time to work on Matrix

3. Matrix is due Today, Closure on Monday

Day 46: “He who runs behind the truck is exhausted, he who runs in front of the truck is tired.”

1. Working in Lab, room 211

2. Use this time to work on Matrix

3. Matrix is due Friday (tomorrow), Closure on Monday

Day 45: Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.

1. Seminar - Group 2 Today

Day 44: "The unexamined life is not worth living."

1. Seminar - Group 1 Today

2. Seminar - Group 2 Tomorrow

Day 43: "I'm working on it"

1. Finish Watching - Wag the Dog (1997)

                 Room 104

2. Seminar Prep - Groups 1 Tomorrow

Day 42: A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.

1. Watch- Wag the Dog (1997)
              Room 104

Day 41: "Whoa. Déjà vu."

1. Working in Lab, room 211

2. The Matrix - Wikipedia   Quotes from the movie

3. Thursday - Wag the Dog (1997)

4. Seminar 2 - Documents

5. Assignment: See Day 19

6. April 12th Seminar: Nicole D., Desiray, Dani, Kevin, Alex M., Albert, Niki, Justine

7. April 13th Seminar: Mazen, Casey, Chelsea, Shaelyn, Amber, Alex L., Nicole Me., Jonathan, Shauni, Eric, Rebecca, Nicole Ma.

8. Matrix Due: April 15th, Closure Date: April 18th

Day 40: Never send a human to do a machine's job.

1. Working in Lab, room 211

2. Classic Quotes From The Matrix

Day 39: Blue pill, Red pill

1. Finish watching Matrix

2. Mind Map

3. Review Questions from March 30th

4. The Matrix Brainstorming