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Comment on Political Science Spectrum Project – The Requirements by ljhs

ljhs — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:15:13 +0000

Hi Scott and Ross

No.

Unless I am not correctly understanding what you are proposing to do here, this “computer paper” idea would not be remotely close to the amount of work required by any of the project’s product options.

Consider some groups are making a 10 minute ppt presentation, others are writing and filming a news broadcast. This is why the Durand style Poster option requires 3 poster boards – to make all the choices equivalent and to give you enough space to showcase your research.

If you have something different in mind from what you just described, speak to me tomorrow in class or during study hall.

Comment on Political Science Spectrum Project – The Requirements by Scott and ross

Scott and ross — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:05:41 +0000

if we created our posters on the computer would it be ok for it to be on computer paper?? Or should we put 4 pieces of paper together to make it equal size??

From Ross and Scott

Comment on Lecture Slides from the Start of Unit by ljhs

ljhs — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:59:53 +0000

Thank you Ahmad! If this is an area of interest for you, then you might want to check out the following books by Will Richardson and Clay Shirky: Blogs, Wikis and Podcasts Here Comes Everybody

Comment on Lecture Slides from the Start of Unit by Ahmad

Ahmad — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:52:31 +0000

I am a graduate student, getting my masters in education. i am really impressed with your blog spot. it is very well done. i do believe that blogs will be the new way our students will be taught.

Comment on Political Science Spectrum Project – The Requirements by ljhs

ljhs — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:59:27 +0000

Hi “Gummi”

No, you do not have to do all of them.

Select the very best subtopics that will fit into a approximately *10 minute* news broadcast.

They should be the subtopics that explain your point on the political spectrum well and work for a news broadcast format.

Comment on Political Science Spectrum Project – The Requirements by Gummi Bear

Gummi Bear — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:49:16 +0000

Mr. Safranski, our group has 5 people and we are doing news broadcast.
And the total subtopic is 12 of ‘em. Do we have to do all of ‘em?
Cuz that’s a lot.

Comment on Political Science Spectrum Project – The Requirements by ljhs

ljhs — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:29:40 +0000

Hi Kaanan,

Websites are non-reference ( except for online encyclopedias like wikipedia, britannica etc.)

Comment on Political Science Spectrum Project – The Requirements by kaanan raja

kaanan raja — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:22:59 +0000

Mr. Safranski,
are websites reference or non-reference?

Comment on The Virtue of Recess – Unstructured Play, Cognition & Child Development by Samurai

Samurai — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:22:03 +0000

I think it’s so rejuvenating to know that you are using wordpress to do something so neccessary… educate. I enjoyed the article about children at play as well as the youtube video regarding how insanely we are investing in technology only to be considered obsolete by it. This world has some distorted views and values but it’s refreshing to know there are good people still left in the world. Please take a moment to view http://www.timetowakeup.wordpress.com I know all of you will enjoy it.
Thank you, Samurai.

Comment on Great Depression-New Deal Vocabulary by John Petty

John Petty — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:32:59 +0000

Marriner S. Eccles, was the Chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1934 1948

In his 1951 memoir Beckoning Frontiers, Eccles detailed what he believed caused the Great Depression.
Our current situation is eerily similar.

Eccles wrote:

“As mass production has to be accompanied by mass consumption, mass consumption, in turn, implies a distribution of wealth — not of existing wealth, but of wealth as it is currently produced — to provide men with buying power equal to the amount of goods and services offered by the nations economic machinery.

Instead of achieving that kind of distribution, a giant suction pump had by 1929-30 drawn into a few hands an increasing portion of currently produced wealth. This served them as capital accumulations. But by taking purchasing power out of the hands of mass consumers, the savers denied to themselves the kind of effective demand for their products that would justify a reinvestment of their capital accumulations in new plants. In consequence, as in a poker game where the chips were concentrated in fewer and fewer hands, the other fellows could stay in the game only by borrowing. When their credit ran out, the game stopped.