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Prof. Gold wrote a new blog post: Class Notes – 12/7/10 2 years, 5 months ago · View
Write one paragraph in which you: — provide a one-sentence summary description of the controversy you are writing about — describe some of the competing perspectives and positions that people have taken on that controversy (be specific) — write a one-sentence thesis statement that summarizes the argument of your paper — “In this paper, I [...]
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Prof. Gold wrote a new blog post: Final Research Paper Assignment 2 years, 5 months ago · View
Here is the final research paper assignment
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Prof. Gold wrote a new blog post: Class Notes – 12/2 2 years, 5 months ago · View
Small groups discussion: final paper topics Questions to ask: 1. Is the topic an architectural controversy? 2. How is the topic local to you? 3. Is the topic overly broad/general? How can it be made more specific. 4. How is the topic related to the themes of our class? 5. What are some of the [...]
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Prof. Gold wrote a new blog post: Assignments for Thursday 2 years, 5 months ago · View
Readings: “Between Queens and Brooklyn, An Oil Spill’s Legacy” NY Times “Newtown Creek/Oil Spill Study” EPA, 2007 Final Research Paper Primary and Secondary Sources Writing Bring a paragraph describing your final research paper topic. Your paragraph should explain the following: — what is the topic? — in what ways is it a controversy? — in what ways is it [...]
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Prof. Gold wrote a new blog post: Class Notes – 11/18/10 2 years, 6 months ago · View
Blog Posts — dealing with spam Research paper #3 Research Methodologies Blobjectifying an Argument (Primary vs. Secondary Sources) Story of Stuff – Designing for the Dump Spam/privacy issues — common class password SPAMBOT Research methodology — following curiosity — asking questions — defining a topic — querying databases — documenting sources — the sustainability of gaming [...]
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Prof. Gold commented on the blog post “Design for the Dump” 2 years, 6 months ago · View
Excellent. Please explain your neologisms!! I want to know more.
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Prof. Gold commented on the blog post Manufactured food & drink products: where they come from 2 years, 6 months ago · View
This is a great start! I love your neologisms and I look forward to discussing them today in class. Let’s start thinking about how those neologisms might be applied and thought about in different ways. For example, how might questedibility be measured? Should questedibility be a skill that is taught in schools? How might it [...]
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Prof. Gold posted a new activity comment: 2 years, 6 months ago · View
Okay — but that is a VERY large topic. Can you think about a few ways to make it more specific? What aspects of obesity in America interest you? Do you want to look into a specific age group — why, for example, toddlers these days might be more obese than they were in the past? Or are you interested in a specific cause of obesity, such as fast food? Doing as much work as you can to make your topic more specific will help you find sources more easily and to write a paper that includes fewer generalizations.
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Prof. Gold wrote a new blog post: Assignment for Thursday 2 years, 6 months ago · View
In preparation for Paper #3, write a blog post that does the following: 1. Identify the problem you want to write about and class readings related to it. 2. Do at least one search of library databases to try to find additional materials. Make sure that you cite the articles you’ve found, and email them [...]
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Prof. Gold wrote a new blog post: Paper #3 Assignment: Blobjectify an Argument 2 years, 6 months ago · View
Here is the paper assignment for Essay #3: paper3-assignment
Important dates:
Thursday, Nov. 18: blog post (assignment)
Tuesday, Nov. 23: First draft due (please bring to class)
Tuesday, Nov. 30: Final paper due (please submit electronically)
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Prof. Gold wrote a new blog post: Readings for Tuesday 2 years, 6 months ago · View
For Tuesday’s class, please read Jen Phillips’s “What Happens to Your Phone When You Recycle It?” and Annie Leonard’s related video, The Story of Electronics.
We’ll discuss both of these texts in class, along with an upcoming essay assignment.
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Prof. Gold commented on the blog post Class Notes – Blogging Tips and Thoughts 2 years, 6 months ago · View
Midterm Evaluation: MIDTERM COURSE EVALUATION 1. In what ways have our readings been most interesting or helpful to you? 2. What aspects of our readings have been difficult or problematic for you? 3. Which writing assignments have you learned from and enjoyed completing (consider formal papers, online writing, in-class writing)? 4. What aspects of the [...]
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Prof. Gold wrote a new blog post: Library Session on Thursday 2 years, 6 months ago · View
Please remember that we will meet in front of the Ursula C. Schwerin Library on Thursday for our library session. Please be on-time; if you are late, please ask a librarian at the reference desk to point you to the second-floor library classroom.
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Prof. Gold wrote a new blog post: Class Notes – Blogging Tips and Thoughts 2 years, 6 months ago · View
Titles: — Use creative, original titles — double meanings with some ambiguity provoke the interest of readers — good titles play with double meanings — Strong metaphor — should encapsulate a central issue or tension in the article Writing a Blog Post: Images — use an image — provokes interest, illustrates — provide citation for [...]
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Prof. Gold wrote a new blog post: Recommended Reading: “While Warning About Fat, U.S. Pushes Cheese Sales” 2 years, 6 months ago · View
From The New York Times :
Domino’s Pizza was hurting early last year. Domestic sales had fallen, and a survey of big pizza chain customers left the company tied for the worst tasting pies. Then help arrived from an organization called Dairy Management. It teamed up with Domino’s to develop a new line of pizzas with 40 [...]
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Prof. Gold wrote a new blog post: Assignments for the Week of November 1 2 years, 6 months ago · View
This week we will be doing some reading and writing about technology and its impact on the environment. What happens to the technology we discard? What is the impact of our computer use on the environment? In what ways does networked information have a material basis? Tuesday Reading: Hugo, Pieter. ” A Global Graveyard for Dead Computers [...]
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Prof. Gold commented on the blog post The Pink Panther 2 years, 6 months ago · View
“A woman is capable of having a fake “night” with an individual, but not capable of having a fake handbag.”
Interesting. And what might that say about her? And about Tab?
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Prof. Gold commented on the blog post Assignment for Tuesday 2 years, 6 months ago · View
Thanks, Jose. This is a good start. I’d like to see you be more straightforward with your analysis and to do a better job of connecting the specific details your group noted to an analysis of the image. Let’s start with your first sentence: what do you mean by “a certain aspect of a woman’s [...]
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Prof. Gold commented on the blog post Advertisement Analysis 2 years, 7 months ago · View
Thanks for this, Ayah, but I think you can write up a more detailed analysis of the ad. Look at it and describe what you see. Think about the details of the image — in an ad, every single you see has been planned. What have the advertisers chosen to show the product in this [...]
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Prof. Gold commented on the blog post About the ad 2 years, 7 months ago · View
This is an okay start, Redon, but I’d like to see you go into a little more detail about *how* the ad sells “a type of sexuality for women in a drink.” What type of sexuality is it? What kinds of stereotypes are involved? What is this saying about women who drink this product?
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