Ideally PowerPoint Slides Graphics should be as symbolic and appealing as possible.
You can see on the grading rubric that I ask for one picture per slide with bulleted text that summarizes the speaker's notes.
Death by Power Point is a term being used by Power Point professionals for presentations that do not fully make use of imagery.
To appreciate this more fully, you can go to this link http://www.brainrules.net/film to watch a tutorial as to why it is so important.
When you get to the page the link above brings you to, you are looking for Brain Rule #10. You will notice your choice of rules floats, so either be patient while you re set the site, or be prepared to watch a few more of the short tutorials while you wait for the opportunity to select Rule #10.
Your next PowerPoint will be weighted much more heavily on having images on the slides so if you did not do this on your Week 4 presentation, be vigilant in making better efforts in the future.
Friday, December 4, 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Time Anal
Hi Jeffrey,
To be honest, I am not that hard nosed about deadlines down to the minute for the DQs, nor any work in my class. I certainly do not possess the style of instruction in which I would mark something late because it was a few minutes late.
My focus is on getting you to engage in the big picture of how important Environmental Science is to in fact your daughter's and her daughter's generations, and onto yet at least the 7th Generation.
Science deserves to be learned under not so much fire. Relax into the subject. Content and quality of work impress me far more than whether you got something in exactly on time down to the minute.
Surely you don't plan on turning in things entire days late, that is when the late policy applies; and bear in mind, on checkpoints, this is only 3 points and on assignments, 10 points. Just keep these things in perspective and know that the final bears the greatest weight - 300 points.
To be honest, I am not that hard nosed about deadlines down to the minute for the DQs, nor any work in my class. I certainly do not possess the style of instruction in which I would mark something late because it was a few minutes late.
My focus is on getting you to engage in the big picture of how important Environmental Science is to in fact your daughter's and her daughter's generations, and onto yet at least the 7th Generation.
Science deserves to be learned under not so much fire. Relax into the subject. Content and quality of work impress me far more than whether you got something in exactly on time down to the minute.
Surely you don't plan on turning in things entire days late, that is when the late policy applies; and bear in mind, on checkpoints, this is only 3 points and on assignments, 10 points. Just keep these things in perspective and know that the final bears the greatest weight - 300 points.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Corn King
The price of food went from 50% to 15% in the 70s due to Jimmy Carter's Secretary of Agriculture who changed policies from paying farmers not to produce to producing too much!
Question FAQ paraphrase limits
Hi Adrianna,
That of course, is an excellent question. Paraphrasing is always a delicate situation because it is a gray area. Ideally, you would cite what you paraphrase.
So think that paraphrasing and more formal citing together should be about 15% of your work. Do not become paralyzed at the thought of this. Just try your best. Obviously, we want you to pass the class.
Be sure to run your plagiarism report and if over the 15%, go back over your work and try to think about how you can cut out the excess citations and how to perhaps bring your own personal experience into play to fill out the word requirements, you might be surprised at what you know!
That of course, is an excellent question. Paraphrasing is always a delicate situation because it is a gray area. Ideally, you would cite what you paraphrase.
So think that paraphrasing and more formal citing together should be about 15% of your work. Do not become paralyzed at the thought of this. Just try your best. Obviously, we want you to pass the class.
Be sure to run your plagiarism report and if over the 15%, go back over your work and try to think about how you can cut out the excess citations and how to perhaps bring your own personal experience into play to fill out the word requirements, you might be surprised at what you know!
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Cheating Academic Violations
Hi xxxxx,
I just wanted you to have the same information that I have when I am working and assessing anyone's work. The language below is in effect at virtually any university. When any student graduates from any school, there is a code of honor in effect such that each student has worked through items such that they are turning in work that is the fruit of their own labor. If you were working more closely with me as I had recommended weeks ago, there would be no question as to what is being turned in as your work.
Just please be mindful that I work here as long as I have because I honor my word with the University and they honor theirs in turn with me. This is how healthy relationships work. This is my role with you, to be here to assist you however, I have yet to get a content related question from you.
Consider this post accompanied by the clear description of what an academic violation is as a formal warning.
I am happy to work with you on any remaining work. You will be allowed to turn in the assignment I assigned you in our Syllabus until Wednesday evening. After that, the 4 late days will have expired and the 30 point checkpoint will not be worth enough points to turn in, and also per our Syllabus, I may not accept.
As is, each day is a deduction of 3 points for being late and so 9 points will already be deducted. It may be a good idea simply to move onto Week 8 as any checkpoint is really only 3 percent of your overall grade in this class. I would like to see you focus on your final and do a great job on that since its weight it 300 points, or more than three times and Assignment due Sundays.
You can find the passage below in your Student Handbook, page 2.
University of Phoenix, 2008-2009
Student Code of Academic Integrity
University of Phoenix is an academic community whose fundamental mission is the pursuit of intellectual growth.
Achievement of this mission is dependent upon the development of autonomous thought and respect for the ideas of others.
Academic dishonesty threatens the integrity of individual students as well as the University’s academic community. By
virtue of membership in the University’s academic community, students accept a responsibility to abide by this Student
Code of Academic Integrity, which is a part of the Student Code of Conduct.
Academic integrity violations include all forms of academic dishonesty, including but not limited to:
a. Plagiarism – Intentional or unintentional representation of another’s words or ideas as one’s own in an academic exercise.
Examples of plagiarism include but are not limited to:
• The exact copy of information from a source without proper citation and without use of quotation marks or block
quotation formatting. If any words or ideas used in a class posting or assignment submission do not represent the
student’s original words or ideas, the student must distinguish them with quotation marks or a freestanding, indented
block quotation (for a quotation of 40 or more words), followed by the appropriate citation in accordance with the
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. When a student copies information from a source, he
or she must acknowledge the source with quotation marks or block quotes irrespective of whether or not the source
has been formally published.
• Paraphrasing statements, paragraphs, or other bodies of work without proper citation using someone else’s ideas,
data, language, and/or arguments without acknowledgement.
• Presenting work as the student’s own that has been prepared in whole or part by someone other than that particular
student. This includes the purchase and/or sharing of work.
• Failure to properly cite and reference statistics, data, or other sources of information that are used in one’s submission.
b. Self-plagiarism, double dipping, or dovetailing – Submission of work that has been prepared for a different course without
fair citation of the original work and prior approval of faculty.
Students who submit assignments that were previously submitted in another course are subject to the same consequences
they would face if they plagiarized these assignments. The use of one’s previous work in an assignment requires prior approval
from the current faculty member and citation of the previous work.
c. Fabrication – Falsification or invention of any information, citation, data, or document.
This includes the invention or alteration of data or results, or relying on another source’s results in any assignment without
proper acknowledgement of that source. Fabrication includes citing sources that the student has not actually used or consulted.
d. Unauthorized Assistance – Use of materials or information not authorized by the faculty member to complete an academic
exercise, or the completion of an academic exercise by someone other than the student.
Students must rely upon their own abilities and refrain from obtaining assistance in any manner that faculty does not explicitly
allow. This includes but is not limited to providing or receiving answers to an exam, use of faculty materials or answer
keys, or a student having someone take his or her exam.
e. Copyright infringement – Acquisition or use of copyrighted works without appropriate legal license or permission.
f. Misrepresentation – Falsely representing the student’s situation to faculty when (1) justifying an absence or the need for a
complete grade; or (2) requesting a makeup exam, a special due date, or extension of a syllabus or class deadline for submitting
a course requirement.
g. Collusion – Helping or allowing another student to commit any act of academic dishonesty.
Procedure for Processing Alleged Violations of the Student Code of Conduct:
A. Alleged Violations:
1. An alleged violation of the Student Code of Conduct, unless related to student records, shall be forwarded in
writing to the Campus Director of Academic Affairs, the Campus Director of Operations, or their designee.
2. An alleged violation of the Student Code of Conduct that relates to student records shall be forwarded in writing
to the Registrar.
3. All alleged violations of the Student Code of Conduct shall be subject to a fair and impartial process in
determining whether or not a violation has occurred.
https://ecampus.phoenix.edu/secure/student/Students%20Right%20&%20Responsbilities.pdf
I just wanted you to have the same information that I have when I am working and assessing anyone's work. The language below is in effect at virtually any university. When any student graduates from any school, there is a code of honor in effect such that each student has worked through items such that they are turning in work that is the fruit of their own labor. If you were working more closely with me as I had recommended weeks ago, there would be no question as to what is being turned in as your work.
Just please be mindful that I work here as long as I have because I honor my word with the University and they honor theirs in turn with me. This is how healthy relationships work. This is my role with you, to be here to assist you however, I have yet to get a content related question from you.
Consider this post accompanied by the clear description of what an academic violation is as a formal warning.
I am happy to work with you on any remaining work. You will be allowed to turn in the assignment I assigned you in our Syllabus until Wednesday evening. After that, the 4 late days will have expired and the 30 point checkpoint will not be worth enough points to turn in, and also per our Syllabus, I may not accept.
As is, each day is a deduction of 3 points for being late and so 9 points will already be deducted. It may be a good idea simply to move onto Week 8 as any checkpoint is really only 3 percent of your overall grade in this class. I would like to see you focus on your final and do a great job on that since its weight it 300 points, or more than three times and Assignment due Sundays.
You can find the passage below in your Student Handbook, page 2.
University of Phoenix, 2008-2009
Student Code of Academic Integrity
University of Phoenix is an academic community whose fundamental mission is the pursuit of intellectual growth.
Achievement of this mission is dependent upon the development of autonomous thought and respect for the ideas of others.
Academic dishonesty threatens the integrity of individual students as well as the University’s academic community. By
virtue of membership in the University’s academic community, students accept a responsibility to abide by this Student
Code of Academic Integrity, which is a part of the Student Code of Conduct.
Academic integrity violations include all forms of academic dishonesty, including but not limited to:
a. Plagiarism – Intentional or unintentional representation of another’s words or ideas as one’s own in an academic exercise.
Examples of plagiarism include but are not limited to:
• The exact copy of information from a source without proper citation and without use of quotation marks or block
quotation formatting. If any words or ideas used in a class posting or assignment submission do not represent the
student’s original words or ideas, the student must distinguish them with quotation marks or a freestanding, indented
block quotation (for a quotation of 40 or more words), followed by the appropriate citation in accordance with the
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. When a student copies information from a source, he
or she must acknowledge the source with quotation marks or block quotes irrespective of whether or not the source
has been formally published.
• Paraphrasing statements, paragraphs, or other bodies of work without proper citation using someone else’s ideas,
data, language, and/or arguments without acknowledgement.
• Presenting work as the student’s own that has been prepared in whole or part by someone other than that particular
student. This includes the purchase and/or sharing of work.
• Failure to properly cite and reference statistics, data, or other sources of information that are used in one’s submission.
b. Self-plagiarism, double dipping, or dovetailing – Submission of work that has been prepared for a different course without
fair citation of the original work and prior approval of faculty.
Students who submit assignments that were previously submitted in another course are subject to the same consequences
they would face if they plagiarized these assignments. The use of one’s previous work in an assignment requires prior approval
from the current faculty member and citation of the previous work.
c. Fabrication – Falsification or invention of any information, citation, data, or document.
This includes the invention or alteration of data or results, or relying on another source’s results in any assignment without
proper acknowledgement of that source. Fabrication includes citing sources that the student has not actually used or consulted.
d. Unauthorized Assistance – Use of materials or information not authorized by the faculty member to complete an academic
exercise, or the completion of an academic exercise by someone other than the student.
Students must rely upon their own abilities and refrain from obtaining assistance in any manner that faculty does not explicitly
allow. This includes but is not limited to providing or receiving answers to an exam, use of faculty materials or answer
keys, or a student having someone take his or her exam.
e. Copyright infringement – Acquisition or use of copyrighted works without appropriate legal license or permission.
f. Misrepresentation – Falsely representing the student’s situation to faculty when (1) justifying an absence or the need for a
complete grade; or (2) requesting a makeup exam, a special due date, or extension of a syllabus or class deadline for submitting
a course requirement.
g. Collusion – Helping or allowing another student to commit any act of academic dishonesty.
Procedure for Processing Alleged Violations of the Student Code of Conduct:
A. Alleged Violations:
1. An alleged violation of the Student Code of Conduct, unless related to student records, shall be forwarded in
writing to the Campus Director of Academic Affairs, the Campus Director of Operations, or their designee.
2. An alleged violation of the Student Code of Conduct that relates to student records shall be forwarded in writing
to the Registrar.
3. All alleged violations of the Student Code of Conduct shall be subject to a fair and impartial process in
determining whether or not a violation has occurred.
https://ecampus.phoenix.edu/secure/student/Students%20Right%20&%20Responsbilities.pdf
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
So what?
I think I hear you, Joh -
The writing and content are generally correct and so there is no real correcting to do, however the meaning, motive and motion are flat and dull.
To this, in walks my advisor from UCSC. His biggest question was always So What? !
That would always get my little ticker thumping sufficiently to make the connection and those little electrons zooming up to my brain to shake me onto additional levels of consciousness to get me to make more connections between my work and how it was relatable and meaningful and in what ways to whom, what and how.
The writing and content are generally correct and so there is no real correcting to do, however the meaning, motive and motion are flat and dull.
To this, in walks my advisor from UCSC. His biggest question was always So What? !
That would always get my little ticker thumping sufficiently to make the connection and those little electrons zooming up to my brain to shake me onto additional levels of consciousness to get me to make more connections between my work and how it was relatable and meaningful and in what ways to whom, what and how.
Monday, November 9, 2009
cite why we do it
Why do we cite and or reference our sources in college
A major concept of why we cite in college, rather than just take personal opinions or feelings about things when what is being asked for are the results of studies and or opinions of recognized industry experts, is that someone has vetted their information through the academic processes.
If the information you took was the fruit of someone else's research and an academic gauntlet; not only do we need to credit that source and or those people because each may have a unique background or bias or procedure for which help decipher that truth. If we know who the source is, we can verify the information through that filter. For example, if the genetically modified organism industry fights against the labeling of GMOs in our food supply, we cannot rule out the profit incentive when trying to learn the truth. 'Consider the Source.'
Another reason why we cite, is so that I can verify that the information you are bringing to the course is a bonifide academic source, because we are an academic institution. And yes, that too, carries it's own bias; however it is a chosen bias because one has volunteered and pursued such an academic endeavor as a college degree.
Still, a popular reason is for copyright reasons. And there are more, it is just that these are the basic reasons for getting into the habit of establishing your sources.
A major concept of why we cite in college, rather than just take personal opinions or feelings about things when what is being asked for are the results of studies and or opinions of recognized industry experts, is that someone has vetted their information through the academic processes.
If the information you took was the fruit of someone else's research and an academic gauntlet; not only do we need to credit that source and or those people because each may have a unique background or bias or procedure for which help decipher that truth. If we know who the source is, we can verify the information through that filter. For example, if the genetically modified organism industry fights against the labeling of GMOs in our food supply, we cannot rule out the profit incentive when trying to learn the truth. 'Consider the Source.'
Another reason why we cite, is so that I can verify that the information you are bringing to the course is a bonifide academic source, because we are an academic institution. And yes, that too, carries it's own bias; however it is a chosen bias because one has volunteered and pursued such an academic endeavor as a college degree.
Still, a popular reason is for copyright reasons. And there are more, it is just that these are the basic reasons for getting into the habit of establishing your sources.
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