Friday, October 28, 2011

the divided brain


Comment about the video.  Your task is to respond to the questions below, include any other thoughts you may have had while watching the video.
–Did you learn anything? If so, what?
–Do you feel you are more left or more right?  Is it possible to be one more than the other?
–Why do you feel society is leaning more towards the left side?  What can you do to correct the balance?

Monday, October 24, 2011

Questions about leadership

Hello Maroon,

You will find a list of questions below.  You may choose to answer all of them but are only required to answer 3.  Please answer to the best of your ability.  I am looking for quality work here.  After responding, comment on other posts.  Do you agree or disagree with other students?

1. Can you laugh at your mistakes?
2. If you had a leader like you, would you want to follow him or her?
3. Do you encourage creativity, or would you want others to follow your inspiration?
4. What is your definition of a team?
5. What are your strengths and weaknesses.
6. How do you lead so others will follow?

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Issues and Interconnectedness

We are going to spend some time discussing our capstone issues and the idea of interconnectedness.   Please respond to the prompts below.

  1. What is the issue?
  2. Who is affected by the issue?
  3. Where does it occur?
  4. How does it occur?
  5. How are issues related?
  6. What patterns are visible?
  7. What role does the issue play in the context of other local/global issues?

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Time management for the Maroonies

We have spent several days reviewing the importance of time management and a variety of strategies related to time management.
1) Why do you think time management is important?
2) What did you learn about time management that you had not already learned about?
3) Did anything strike you as interesting?
4) How can you incorporate better time management into your busy schedule?
5) How might this related to capstone?
6) Share with the class what you are doing for fall break.

Have a great vacation!

-Ms. Pacion